Denver ? Patrick Roy added to his reputation as the NHL’s best big-game goalie.

Roy stopped 26 shots to make Peter Forsberg’s goal in the second period stand as the Colorado Avalanche beat the San Jose Sharks 1-0 Wednesday night in Game Seven of the Western Conference semifinals.

San Jose's Vincent Damphousse, left, battles Colorado's Darius Kasparaitis for the puck. Colorado won, 1-0, on Wednesday in Denver.

Colorado, which reached the conference finals for the sixth time in seven years, will face the Detroit Red Wings. Game One is Saturday in Detroit.

San Jose, which won a division title for the first time this season, lost two straight games in failing to reach its first conference finals.

San Jose had a two-man advantage for the final 55 seconds after pulling goalie Evgeni Nabokov and a tripping penalty was called on Colorado’s Rob Blake, but couldn’t get past Roy.

Roy blocked a hard shot from the right circle by Mike Rathje, then stopped Teemu Selanne from the left side with 9 seconds left. Joe Sakic won a faceoff in Colorado’s zone with 4 seconds left to seal it.

Roy, playing in his record-tying 11th Game Seven, extended his own league record with his 22nd career playoff shutout. He is 6-5 in Game Sevens.

Roy has allowed three goals the last six times Colorado has faced elimination, including one in a 2-1 overtime victory in Game Six against the Sharks. He has allowed two goals in the past four Game Sevens, three of which have been in the Avalanche’s last three playoff series.

Forsberg scored with 2:10 left in the second on a give-and-go with Alex Tanguay.

It was Forsberg’s sixth goal of the series and extended his points streak to seven games.