Red Wings Vs. Sharks, Game 5: Holmstrom Tip Gives Red Wings Huge Comeback Win, Forces Game 6

Well, it is a comeback now. The Detroit Red Wings have won two consecutive games on the ropes in their Western Conference Semifinal series with the San Jose Sharks. They have now defeated San Jose on the road, to send the series back to Detroit for Game 6 at 3-2. They came back from 3-1 down in Game 5 to win it 4-3 on a Tomas Holmstrom goal at HP Pavilion in San Jose.

San Jose finally broke through late in the opening frame when Dan Boyle let one go from the point. Devin Setoguchi re-directed it on the way and it went past Jimmy Howard to make it 1-0 San Jose at 17:18. It was Setoguchi’s fifth goal of the post-season, while Boyle and Thornton set it up to get their seventh and eighth assists of the playoffs, respectively.