Zetterberg leads Detroit over Nashville in Game 1

Henrik Zetterberg broke a tie at 6:54 of the third period and added an empty-net goal, lifting the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-1 win over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night in Game 1 of the first-round series at Detroit.

Dominik Hasek, playing in his 116th playoff game, made 19 saves for the top-seeded Wings and Dan Ellis stopped 37 shots for the Predators before being pulled with just over a minute left.

Detroit’s Johan Franzen scored in the first period and Nashville’s Jordin Tootoo tied it late in the second.

Game 2 is Saturday in Detroit.

Canadiens 4, Bruins 1: At Montreal, Sergei and Andrei Kostitsyn scored goals 1:28 apart in the opening minutes of their playoff debuts, and the Canadiens remained perfect against Boston this season.

Carey Price also made his playoff debut, stopping 17 shots for Montreal. Bryan Smolinski and Tom Kostopoulos also scored for the Canadiens.

Bruins goalie Tim Thomas stopped 28 shots in his first playoff game and Shawn Hnidy scored for Boston in the first period.

Game 2 is Saturday at Montreal.

Sharks 2, Flames 0: At San Jose, Calif., Evgeni Nabokov made sure the Sharks left town with something to show for all those shots in their first two playoff games.

Nabokov made 21 saves in his sixth career postseason shutout, and rookie Torrey Mitchell scored a power-play goal in the San Jose’s victory over Calgary, evening their first-round series at a game apiece.

Joe Pavelski also scored an early goal for the second-seeded Sharks, who outshot the penalty-prone Flames by a huge margin – 43-21 this time – for the second time in 24 hours. Calgary beat San Jose in Game 1 on Wednesday night 3-2 despite a 16-shot disadvantage.

Game 3 is in Calgary on Sunday.

Stars 4, Ducks 0: At Anaheim, Calif., Marty Turco put on an acrobatic show in goal to earn his fourth career postseason shutout, and Dallas did all its scoring on power plays to overwhelm the defending Cup champion Ducks.

The lopsided win in the opener of the first-round series erased the Ducks’ home-ice advantage. Game 2 is Saturday night in Anaheim.

Turco made 23 saves, Steve Ott and Loui Eriksson had first-period power-play goals, and Jere Lehtinen and Brendan Morrow added power-play scores in the second for the Stars.