Red Wings Advance To Conference Finals
Archived from 2001-02 season.
Brendan Shanahan had two goals and two assists and Dominik Hasek made 16 saves for his third shutout of the playoffs as the Detroit Red Wings eliminated the St. Louis Blues with a 4-0 victory in Game 5 of their second round series.
"We had our best game of the playoffs," Detroit coach Scotty Bowman said. "We wanted to win badly to not have to go back and wear out a lot of guys. And maybe not even win."
The Red Wings reached the Western Conference for the first time since 1998, when they won their second consecutive Stanley Cup.
Detroit eliminated St. Louis from the playoffs for the fourth time since 1996.
"For a team that was desperate like we were, I didn't think we came out the way we wanted," St. Louis' Keith Tkachuk said. "It almost seemed like they were down three games to one."
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