Detroit seal Stanley Cup victory

Detroit Red Wings held off Pittsburgh Penguins to clinch a 3-2 win in game six and lift the Stanley Cup.

The Red Wings went 2-0 up after a powerplay goal from Brian Rafalski in the first period and a second-period strike from Valtteri Filppula.

Evgeni Malkin hit back for the Penguins before Henrik Zetterberg made it 3-1 early in the third period.

Marian Hossa scored on a powerplay with 87 seconds left in regulation but Detroit held on to win the series 4-2.

The Red Wings had been 35 seconds from securing the Cup in game five on Monday, but were pegged by a late equaliser and then stunned by a triple overtime winner.

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But this time, the Red Wings refused to buckle under an all-out Penguins assault and Detroit netminder Osgood made a last-second stop to seal the win.

Detroit's Swedish captain Nicklas Lidstrom became the first European to lead his team to an NHL championship.

He said: "It felt great being the first guy on our team to touch the Cup. Experience has a lot to do with it (winning).

"I think that gives the whole team some calmness. We're not going to panic. Losing (game five) in triple overtime, I think we did a good job of putting that behind us.

"The main thing is we didn't get rattled."

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