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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Tomas Holmstrom scored twice and had an assist, 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.

Dominik Hasek made 29 saves, and the Red Wings scored three times on 12 shots against Anaheim’s Jean-Sebastien Giguere to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series and regain home-ice advantage.

Game 4 is Thursday night in Anaheim.

The 42-year-old Hasek logged his second shutout of this year’s playoffs and the 14th of his career.

He had eight during this regular season to run his total to 76, so he has a combined 90 in regular season and postseason play.

Holmstrom had left the ice with a bloody forehead Tuesday night after he was slammed into the glass by Anaheim’s Rob Niedermayer and Chris Pronger during the second period of Game 3 of the Western Conference finals.

Holmstrom took stitches to close two cuts and returned to the game for the start of the third period.

Niedermayer, who caught Holmstrom on the left side, was given a major penalty for boarding and ejected from the game in which the Ducks trailed 4-0.

Pronger hit Holmstrom from the right, sending the right winger’s helmet flying off his head in the Anaheim zone.

Holmstrom, who scored a goal in each of the first two periods, lay flat on the ice for several minutes before being helped to the dressing room by Red Wings trainers.

Pronger wasn’t penalized on the play.

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