NHL

• Franzen scores in OT as Red Wings take series lead

  
  

  Detroit, MI (Sports Network) - Johan Franzen's breakaway goal 1:48 into overtime boosted Detroit to a 2-1 win over Nashville, as the Red Wings overcame an incredible effort from Predators goaltender Dan Ellis to grab the lead after five games of their Western Conference quarterfinal series.

  Chris Osgood, starting in place of a struggling Dominik Hasek, stopped 20 shots for the top-seeded Red Wings, who grabbed a 3-2 series edge and have a chance to move to the semifinals on Sunday with a victory in Nashville.

  Valtteri Filppula scored in the first period for Detroit, which has won all three of its games at Joe Louis Arena.

  The results have been similar thus far to the 2004 conference quarterfinals. That series was tied after four games, before the Red Wings won the next two against the Predators.

  Ellis did all he could to keep the Predators in the game, as he finished with 52 saves, but Detroit scored on its first shot of overtime.

  The Predators forced the extra session on Radek Bonk's goal with 43.4 seconds left in regulation, but faltered right away.

  Niklas Kronvall picked up a loose puck in the neutral zone and fed Franzen, who approached the net and used a backhander to get the puck by a sliding Ellis. The disc barely trickled by the netminder's left skate and tucked inside the right post.

  Nashville remained without a road win in its playoff history, falling to 0-9.

  04/18 22:46:15 ET