((HT: LA Times))
Anaheim earned a return trip to the Motor city.
Todd Marchant ((pictured, thanks Leon Halip/US Presswire)) scored 1:15 into a third overtime, lifting the Ducks to a 4-3 series-evening win over the Detroit Red Wings this afternoon.
Jonas Hiller made a career-high 59 saves and Ryan Getzlaf, Chris Pronger and Ryan Carter scored for the Ducks in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinal.
Anaheim will host Game 3 on Tuesday night and after another home game it will be back in Detroit for Game 5.
Chris Osgood stopped 42 shots, Brad Stuart, Mikael Samuelsson and Johan Franzen scored for the defending Stanley Cup champion Red Wings, who lost for the first time this postseason.
In the series opener, Detroit's Nicklas Lidstrom scored with 49 seconds left to avoid overtime.
Marchant had plenty of energy on the game-winning play.
He carried the puck up the middle of ice, made a move to slip into open space in the left circle and flicked a wrist shot past Osgood.
The Red Wings did not take advantage of a rare power play in overtime when Scott Niedermayer was called for tripping with 8:52 left in the first extra period.
They also didn't have anything to show for outshooting Anaheim 14-6 in the first overtime and 15-9 in the second.
Detroit and Anaheim skated in the first postseason game to go beyond one overtime and were in the longest playoff game since the Pittsburgh Penguins beat Detroit midway through a third overtime in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup finals last year.
The Ducks have won five straight playoff games against Detroit in overtime, winning twice after regulation two years ago in Western Conference finals en route to hoisting the Stanley Cup.
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((HT: NBC/NHL))
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