Holmstrom powers Red Wings past Ducks

Tomas Holmstrom finished with two goals, an assist and 13 stitches.

Holmstrom scored in each of the first two periods and the Detroit Red Wings took control early on the way to a 5-0 victory Tuesday night over the Anaheim Ducks in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals at Anaheim, Calif.

Dominik Hasek made 29 saves, and the Red Wings scored three times on 13 shots against Anaheim’s Jean-Sebastien Giguere to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-7 series and regain home-ice advantage. Game 4 is Thursday night in Anaheim.

“I think we were successful with all the four lines going,” Holmstrom said. “We played a really, really solid hockey game. Anaheim will come out and play a better game next game for sure.”

Holmstrom left the game at 11:40 of the second period after the Ducks’ Rob Niedermayer and Chris Pronger simultaneously slammed him into the glass. The Detroit forward, who lost the puck just before he was hit, spent several moments lying on the ice with the team’s trainers tending to him.

Holmstrom finally got up and went off to have two cuts on his forehead stitched up. He returned to start the third period and assisted on Detroit’s final goal.

Niedermayer drew a five-minute major for boarding and was ejected.