Johan Franzen and Marian Hossa scored two goals each Thursday and the Detroit Red Wings evened their conference semifinal series with a 6-3 win over Anaheim. The defending Stanley Cup champion Red Wings ended a two-game losing streak and bounced back from a controversial setback Tuesday to tie the series at 2-2.

Red-hot goalie Jonas Hiller led Anaheim to a 2-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings Tuesday, giving the Ducks a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference semifinals. Hiller made 45 saves in his second sharp outing of the series and survived a furious Detroit rally in the third period that included the potential tying goal being waved off by the referee with 1:09 to play. Teemu Selanne and Scott Niedermayer scored for the Ducks, who will host Game 4 Thursday. Detroit got its only goal from Henrik Zetterberg.

Patrick Marleau's overtime goal Saturday lifted the San Jose Sharks to a 3-2 win over Anaheim in Game 5 of their Western Conference quarterfinal series. Marleau's game-winner at 6:02 of the extra stanza cut top-seeded San Jose's deficit against the eighth-seeded Ducks to 3-2 with Game 6 scheduled for Monday at Anaheim. Joe Thornton (power play) and Devin Setoguchi also scored goals.

Jonas Hiller recorded a shutout in the first playoff appearance of his NHL career Thursday, bringing the Anaheim Ducks a 2-0 series-opening win over San Jose. Hiller, who in his second NHL season has replaced Jean-Sebastien Giguere as the Ducks No.

Ryan Getzlaf and Teemu Selanne scored shootout goals Friday, giving Anaheim a 4-3 win over Dallas and the final playoff berth in the Western Conference. Just by getting into overtime, the Ducks clinched a post-season spot.