A blood test can now be used to detect brain damage in amateur boxers. Deterioration of nerve cells seems to occur even after a two-month break from boxing.

Chris Osgood made 22 saves in his 15th career playoff shutout Saturday when the Detroit Red Wings beat Pittsburgh 5-0 for a 3-2 lead in the Stanley Cup Finals. Detroit scored four second period goals -- three on the power play. Dan Cleary, Valtteri Filppula, Niklas Kronwall, Brian Rafalski and Henrik Zetterberg scored for the Red Wings, who rebounded from a pair of 4-2 setbacks in Pittsburgh.

Sergei Gonchar's goal midway through the third period broke a 2-2 tie and Pittsburgh took a 4-2 win from Detroit Tuesday in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Maxime Talbot had his second goal of the game on an empty net in the final minute.

Daniel Cleary scored twice for Detroit and the defending Stanley Cup champions downed Chicago 5-2 Sunday in the opener of their Western Conference title series. Johan Franzen had a goal, his ninth of the post-season, and two assists, and Mikael Samuelsson and Henrik Zetterberg also scored for theRed

Henrik Zetterberg had a goal and two assists Sunday and the Detroit Red Wings beat Anaheim 4-1 to go up 3-2 in their Western Conference playoff series. Chris Osgood faced only 17 shots on goal while Anaheim's Jonas Hiller made 34 saves. Detroit put the game on Darren Helm's first playoff goal with 3:08 remaining in regulation and Zetterberg's empty-net goal wrapped up the scoring. After a scoreless first period, the Red Wings took a 2-0 lead early in the second period.