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SCOREBOARD
Wednesday, May 14
Detroit at Dallas (8 p.m. EDT). The Red Wings can advance to the Stanley Cup finals for the first time since 2002 with a victory.
STAR
Monday
-Pavel Datsyuk, Red Wings, recorded his first career hat trick to lead Detroit to a 5-2 victory over Dallas and a 3-0 series lead in the Western Conference finals.
STREAKING
Detroit won its ninth consecutive playoff game Monday night, beating the Stars 5-2 behind Pavel Datsyuk's first career hat trick to take a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. Henrik Zetterberg added a short-handed goal and two assists as the Red Wings try to advance to the finals for the first time since winning the Stanley Cup in 2002, starting Wednesday night in Dallas.
MOVING ON
San Jose fired coach Ron Wilson on Monday after his club ended its third straight season with a second-round six-game loss. The Sharks won the Pacific Division title and compiled the NHL's second-best record with 49 wins and 108 points, before Dallas knocked them out of the playoffs. Wilson, who coached nine seasons in Anaheim and Washington, went 206-134-45 and won two division titles during 4 1/2 seasons with San Jose. His 518 victories are eighth-most in NHL history and he's ninth with 1,091 career games coached.
