SAN JOSE, Calif. — Joe Pavelski scored the first of three goals in a 1:19 span in the first period and added a second power-play goal early in the third to lead the Sharks to a 4-3 victory over the Red Wings on Thursday night in Game 1 of the second-round series.
Dany Heatley and Devin Setoguchi added first-period goals to help the Sharks end a string of four straight home losses in series openers.
“We just got the early jump — a couple quick goals bang, bang,” Setoguchi said. “It’s a little bit of a buzz-killer for them.”
Sharks 4, Red Wings 3
Detroit 1 1 1 — 3
San Jose 3 0 1 — 4
First period — 1, San Jose, Pavelski 6 (Boyle, Demers), 9:05 (pp). 2, San Jose, Heatley 1 (Thornton, Demers), 10:01. 3, San Jose, Setoguchi 4 (Pavelski, Boyle), 10:24. 4, Detroit, Cleary 1 (Ericsson, Abdelkader), 11:40. Penalties — Holmstrom, Det (roughing), 7:00; Mitchell, SJ (roughing), 7:00; Filppula, Det (slashing), 8:47; Murray, SJ (interference), 12:18; Boyle, SJ (interference), 16:53.
Second period — 5, Detroit, Franzen 2 (Datsyuk), 4:45. Penalties — Heatley, SJ (slashing), 5:25; Bertuzzi, Det (slashing), 6:39; Heatley, SJ (tripping), 8:06; Lilja, Det (high-sticking), 10:32; Ericsson, Det (roughing), 10:32; Couture, SJ (roughing), 10:32; Franzen, Det (tripping), 18:57; Filppula, Det (high-sticking), 19:53.
Third period — 6, San Jose, Pavelski 7 (Boyle, Heatley), :50 (pp). 7, Detroit, Rafalski 1 (Datsyuk, Franzen), 2:57. Penalties — Kronwall, Det (hooking), 8:17; Nichol, SJ (delay of game), 10:47.
Shots on goal — Detroit 10-8-5 — 23. San Jose 10-5-12 — 27. Power-play opportunities — Detroit 0 of 5; San Jose 2 of 6. Goalies — Detroit, Howard 4-4-0 (27 shots-23 saves). San Jose, Nabokov 5-2-0 (23-20).
Attendance — 17,562 (17,496). T — 2:35.
Referees — Paul Devorski, Eric Furlatt. Linesmen — Steve Miller, Jonny Murray.
