Brendan Shanahan and Sergei Fedorov each registered three points in the Red Wings' 5-3 victory over the Kings in Game One of the Western Conference quarterfinals. Detroit played the final 40 minutes without center Steve Yzerman due to what the team described as a sore leg. But the Red Wings overcame the absence of their captain to tie an NHL record with their 12th straight first-round win. I don't know what happened. He didn't say anything about it but he couldn't put any weight on it.
High sprains are worse.
We'll see with treatment the next couple days. You're never happy seeing them. Steve is one of the elite players in the league. Tomas Holmstrom, Fedorov and Shanahan scored in the first 13 minutes for the Red Wings, who picked up where they left off in last year's first-round sweep of Los Angeles. Shanahan recorded a pair of goals, while Fedorov, who was held without a goal in the final 10 regular-season contests, picked up his game in the playoff opener with a goal and two assists.