Detroit, MI (Best E Casino) - Marty Turco made 38 saves, including 12 in the third period, as the Dallas Stars staved off elimination again with a 2-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals at Joe Louis Arena.

Trevor Daley and Joel Lundqvist scored for Dallas, which trails the best-of- seven series, 3-2. Turco has endured hard times at Joe Louis Arena throughout his career, entering play with a mark of 0-9 (with two ties), but the product of the University of Michigan was stellar between the pipes in this game. Turco also had an assist in the contest.

Jiri Hudler provided the offense for Detroit, which suffered its first loss at home in the playoffs (7-1). Chris Osgood allowed two goals on 21 shots in defeat.

Game 6 is scheduled for Monday night in Dallas.

For only the second time in the series, the Stars opened the scoring. Turco ventured out of the net to handle the puck and played it off the far boards to Niklas Hagman, who handed off to Brad Richards. Richards carried the puck across the blue line before dropping the puck between his legs to Daley coming late. Daley gathered the feed, skated down the middle and snapped a shot that beat Osgood on the stick-side at the 9:21 mark of the first period.

Detroit evened the score on the power play. In the waning seconds of the man advantage, Niklas Kronvall threaded a perfect slap-pass to Hudler unattended at the left side of the goal. Turco made an outstanding save on the initial shot, but Hudler shoveled the rebound off the near post with 4:30 remaining in the opening stanza.

The Stars reclaimed the lead at the 6:04 mark of the middle stanza. A poor line change by Detroit resulted in an odd-man rush for Dallas. Lundqvist raced down the right wing and his snap shot from the faceoff circle found room on the near side.

Turco shined in the third period, making key save after key save to preserve the lead and keep the Stars alive. In the final minute, Detroit pulled Osgood for an extra skater, but couldn't come up with the equalizer.

Game Notes

Dallas snapped a 10-game playoff losing streak at Joe Louis Arena...Detroit forward Johan Franzen, who leads the NHL with a franchise-record 12 playoff goals, missed his fourth straight game with concussion-like symptoms...The Stars were without forwards Stu Barnes (headaches) and Jere Lehtinen (leg), and defensemen Philippe Boucher (strained hip) and Mark Fistric (mononucleosis)...The 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs and the 1975 New York Islanders are the only NHL teams ever to win a playoff series after dropping the first three games...Detroit finished 1-for-3 on the power play, while Dallas went 0- for-4.