CALGARY, Alberta – Jarome Iginla scored a power-play goal and Martin Gelinas had two assists, leading Calgary to a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings in Game 3 of the second-round playoff series.

The Flames, feeding off the energy from a raucous home crowd, lead the best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal 2-1. Calgary, which won the series opener in Detroit, will host Game 4 on Thursday.

Stephane Yelle and Shean Donovan also scored for the Flames.

Robert Lang and Jiri Fischer scored for the Red Wings.

A two-day rest between games seemed to help the Flames, who beat the older Red Wings to loose pucks and mixed in speed to complement their grit.

Detroit, which had the NHL’s best record in the regular season, outshot Calgary 12-5 in the third period but couldn’t get the tying goal past goalie Miikka Kiprusoff.

The Red Wings played without veteran defenseman Chris Chelios, who was injured Saturday after a hit by Calgary’s Oleg Saprykin. Chelios returned to that game but was unable to play Tuesday.

Calgary defenseman Rhett Warrener also didn’t play. He was hit in the eye and across the bridge of the nose by he stick of Detroit captain Steve Yzerman in Game 2.

The Flames escaped from a wild, five-goal second period with a 3-2 lead.

Lang silenced the roaring, sellout crowd when he opened the scoring at 1:17, catching Kiprusoff out of position.

Yelle tied it at 3:38 when his shot from the boards ticked defenseman Mathieu Schneider’s stick and deflected through the pads of Detroit’s Curtis Joseph.

Iginla scored his first goal of the series to put the Flames ahead on a power play at 5:46 with Fischer off for roughing. Gelinas feathered a pass from behind the net that Iginla one-timed inside the post for his sixth goal of the playoffs.

Fischer made amends for his penalty by tying the game at 11:41 with a shot from the point.

Marcus Nilson made a pretty play to set up Donovan’s goal at 12:24 that put Calgary ahead 3-2. Nilson, with his back to the boards, fed a soft pass to Donovan. He stickhandled through the crease and tucked the puck into the far corner of the net.

Kiprusoff came up with a big save late in the second period when he stopped Brendan Shanahan’s shot on a two-on-one Detroit breakaway.

Notes: Lang attended Calgary’s training camp in 1996 but couldn’t agree to a contract with the Flames. … The Flames were outshot a combined 28-5 in the first period of the opening two games of the series. … The wife of Calgary D Jordan Leopold gave birth to a daughter Sunday night.

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