The Detroit Red Wings seem to play
best when their season is on the line. They
beat the top ranked Colorado Rockies three straight
times facing elimination before the finals and now
they did it again. Facing elimination, the Red
Wings smothered the Flyers, blanking them 2-0 and
sending the series back to Philadelphia down 3 games
to 2. Denis Savard scored his 13th goal of the
playoffs and Doug Smith scored his 3rd. John
Vanbiesbrouck made 23 saves for the shut out.
It was a costly victory, though. The team lost
forward Tom Fergus and defenseman Steve Konroyd to
injury, neither of whom will play in Game #6.
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