Edmonton evens series with Detroit

The Edmonton Oilers are using a passive trap to stay with Detroit.

Just when they seemed to lull the Red Wings to sleep, the Oilers picked the right times to be aggressive in Game 2.

Brad Winchester and Fernando Pisani scored less than a minute apart late in the second period to rally Edmonton to a 4-2 victory in Detroit over the top-seeded Red Wings on Sunday that tied the first-round playoff series.

Dwayne Roloson made 33 saves for the Oilers, who also got goals from Chris Pronger and Jarret Stoll to get even 1-1 in the best-of-seven Western Conference matchup. Edmonton trailed 2-1 before Winchester and Pisani connected.

The Oilers clogged the middle of the ice with a trap for much of the game, negating Detroit's talent.

"They did a pretty good job in the neutral zone," Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said. "We didn't come through it — except in the second period — with speed."

Trailing 2-1, the Oilers did some aggressive forechecking while Detroit seemed casual with the puck. That led to the tying and go-ahead goals that made it 3-2 with 1:14 left in the second period.

"We needed to differentiate when we backed up and when we put on pressure — and we did that," Oilers coach Craig MacTavish said.

Edmonton's Michael Peca forced Kirk Maltby's giveaway in the corner and centered the puck for Pisani's goal. Pronger took the puck from Detroit's Jason Williams along the boards and passed it to Winchester, who scored from between the circles on a hard shot goalie Manny Legace appeared to have in clear view.

"They really capitalized on a couple of our mistakes by scoring a couple of quick goals," Williams said.

Winchester's goal was his first in the NHL after earning one assist in 19 regular-season games as a rookie. He didn't play in Game 1, but MacTavish put him in the lineup after liking what he saw when Winchester skated with Shawn Horcoff and Ryan Smyth during Saturday's practice.

SHARKS 3, PREDATORS 0: At Nashville, Tenn., San Jose cleaned up its act after giving up four power-play goals in the playoff opener, and Jonathan Cheechoo had a goal and two assists to get the Sharks even with Nashville in the first-round series in the Western Conference.

LIGHTNING 4, SENATORS 3: At Ottawa, Martin St. Louis kept the defending Stanley Cup champions out of an 0-2 hole to start the playoffs. St. Louis scored his second goal of the game 6:19 into the third, and the Tampa Bay Lightning battled back twice for a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Sunday night, evening the Eastern Conference series at 1-1.

MIGHTY DUCKS 4, FLAMES 3: At Calgary, Alberta, Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 22 saves in his return to Anaheim's lineup Sunday night, helping the Mighty Ducks pull even with the Calgary Flames with a 4-3 victory in Game 2 of the Western Conference series.