Loui Ericksson's goal about 12 minutes after Detroit's was waved off, then third-period goals from Mike Modano and Brenden Morrow sent the Dallas Stars past the Red Wings 3-1 on Wednesday, preventing the Western Conference finals from ending in a sweep. Game 5 is Saturday night in Detroit. Detroit lost for the first time since April 16, ending a nine-game winning streak that was the franchise's longest in a single postseason. Goalie Chris Osgood ended a 9-0 run, giving up one goal less than he had in the previous three games combined. But what will frustrate the Red Wings most was the way this game turned in the second period. Pavel Datsyuk put the puck past Marty Turco on a power-play shot from the right circle midway 7:34 into the period, but on-ice officials immediately called it off, saying Tomas Holmstrom interfered with Turco from inside the crease. Detroit coach Mike Babcock stood on the bench arguing his case to no avail. Part of the problem is it's not a reviewable call. Replays, however, showed that Holmstrom's skates weren't touching much of the blue stuff. Commissioner Gary Bettman was here for the game and probably was sitting close enough to a TV to have seen it again. Had it counted, Detroit would've been up 1-0. Instead, the game remained tied – until Ericksson scored with 22.7 seconds left in the period, putting Dallas in front for the first time all series. The excitement was short-lived. Just 49 seconds into the third period, and 1:12 after Ericksson's goal, Detroit's Henrik Zetterberg zipped a shot past Turco to tie it at 1. The Red Wings went on a power play a few minutes later, but failed to capitalize. Seconds after their advantage ended, the Stars went on a power play and Modano cashed in quickly, setting up in the slot and whizzing a one-timer by Osgood. Morrow then added another with 5:26 left, drawing huge roars from a crowd featuring so many Red Wings fans that an octopus was thrown onto the ice to big cheers after the national anthem. Canada, Russia advance In Halifax, Derek Roy scored three goals and added an assist to give defending champion Canada an 8-2 win over Norway and a berth in the semifinals of the ice hockey World Championships. Finland edged the United States 3-2 in overtime to book a meeting with Russia, which trounced Switzerland 6-0 to advance. Host Canada meets Sweden in Friday's semifinals for the second straight year after the Scandinavians pulled out a 3-2 overtime win over the Czech Republic. Rick Nash added two goals, while Dany Heatley, Ryan Getzlaf and Jonathan Toews added one apiece for Canada, which won for the 16th straight time at the championships. Morten Ask and Mathis Olimb replied for the Norwegians, who were making a quarterfinal appearance for the first time ever at this level. Also at Halifax, Sami Lepisto scored 3:59 into overtime to lead Finland over the United States. Lepisto took a pass from Saku Koivu at the point and fired the puck through a crowd and underneath US goalie Robert Esche for the win. “It's hard to lose like this,” US coach John Tortorella said. Tuomo Ruutu and Anssi Salmela also scored for Finland, which held a 2-0 lead with less than 5 minutes remaining in regulation. The Americans rallied with goals by Phil Kessel and Drew Stafford 37 seconds apart to force overtime. The loss marked the seventh time in the last nine years the US team failed to advance past the quarterfinals. Switzerland put two pucks into its own net in the opening minutes at Quebec City to help Russia to an easy victory. Maxim Afinogenov had two goals for Russia, seeking its first world championship title since 1993. Alexander Semin opened the scoring 1:14 into the game as Alexander Ovechkin screened goalie Martin Gerber. Then, the costly mistakes came for the Swiss. Afinogenov got credit for a goal when Swiss defenseman Raphael Diaz pushed the puck into his own net with his hand at 2:18. He was in the crease after Afinogenov's drive to the net and tried to push the puck under Gerber to freeze it. Danis Zaripov was also given a goal that defenseman Philippe Furrer mistakenly shot into his own net 6:23 in. Furrer was attempting to clear the puck around the boards while killing a penalty, but his blast from the left circle went straight into the net. A scary moment came with 6:47 left the game, when Russia's Ilya Kovalchuk took a major penalty and a game misconduct – earning an automatic suspension for the semifinal – after a charge on Julien Vauclair. The Swiss defenseman was down for several minutes and attended to by trainers on the ice before refusing a stretcher and skating off the ice under his own power. Afinogenov scored his second of the game, and Ovechkin and Sergei Fedorov had goals in the second period to make it 6-0. Evgeny Nabokov made 22 saves for the shutout.
