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24/5/2009
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Detroit Red Wings 4 , Edmonton Oilers 3
Shots: 21 - 28
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:66/72=91 %, Challenges:15/61=24 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:64/95=67 %, Challenges:34/52=64 %
Attendance: 19535 of 20066 (Joe Louis Arena)
Ticket income: 961122 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:54 0-1 Nicklas Bäckström [8] (Kyle Calder, Jamie Langenbrunner)
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31:16 1-1 Brian Rafalski [3] (Torrey Mitchell)
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40:55 2-1 Evgeny Malkin [8] (Torrey Mitchell)
43:19 3-1 Mikael Samuelsson [6] (Matt Cooke, Brett Lebda)
45:28 3-2 John Madden [8] (Dustin Penner)
56:56 3-3 Erik Cole [3] (Kyle Calder, Nicklas Bäckström)
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62:15 4-3 Kris Draper [1] (Jiri Hudler, Tomas Holmström)
Penalty summary:
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20:26 John Madden (2 min for hooking)
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Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Daniel Cleary 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.20 4
R Mikael Samuelsson 1 0 2 0 5 1 0 1 17.00 6
R Tomas Holmström 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 18.00 6
R Scott Hartnell 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 20.00 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 7.20 4
C Mike Modano 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 16.10 5
C Kris Draper 1 0 2 1 7 0 0 0 17.20 5
C Torrey Mitchell 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 21.00 7
L Johan Franzén 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 7.20 6
L Matt Cooke 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 16.00 6
L Jiri Hudler 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 19.30 5
L Evgeny Malkin 1 0 5 1 3 1 0 0 20.00 8
D Jakub Kindl 0 0 0 5 1 8 0 1 15.00 8
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 19.50 6
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 27.30 7
D Brett Lebda 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 15.00 7
D Brad Stuart 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
D Brian Rafalski 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 0 27.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Osgood 3 0 25 0 0 62.20 7
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Fernando Pisani 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 7.10 5
R Erik Cole 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 15.00 7
R Ethan Moreau 0 0 4 3 1 5 0 -1 19.00 8
R Dustin Penner 0 1 4 9 1 8 0 0 21.10 10
C Gilbert Brulé 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 1 1 3 2 1 4 0 0 15.00 10
C Shawn Horcoff 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 -2 17.00 5
C Paul Stastny 0 0 4 2 1 3 0 1 21.10 8
L Ryan O'Marra 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7.10 6
L Kyle Calder 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 15.00 7
L Jamie Langenbrunner 0 1 1 5 2 3 0 -2 19.00 7
L John Madden 1 0 4 4 3 3 2 1 21.10 8
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 18.10 6
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -1 15.30 6
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 1 5 0 5 0 0 28.40 8
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17.50 5
D Steve Staios 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -1 17.20 5
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 27.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mathieu Garon 4 0 17 0 0 62.20 4
G Dwayne Roloson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nicklas Bäckström
2nd star: Torrey Mitchell
3rd star: Evgeny Malkin

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Brian Rafalski finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Nicklas Bäckström notched his 10th assist of the playoffs.
-Shawn Horcoff had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes: