Denver ? Fredrik Olausson scored his first playoff goal in 10 years at 12:44 of overtime as Detroit beat Colorado, 2-1, Wednesday night to take a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference finals.

Darren McCarty scored three straight goals in the third period of Game One, a 5-3 Detroit victory, after scoring just five during the regular season. Kirk Maltby and Boyd Devereaux, who had one goal between them in the first two rounds, both scored for Detroit in Game Two.

Olausson took advantage of his, beating Patrick Roy from just inside the blue line on a shot that appeared to hit Colorado defenseman Martin Skoula in the leg.

Dominik Hasek, who made 20 saves, set up the goal by clearing a loose puck to Steve Yzerman at center ice. Yzerman found Olausson, who scored his first playoff goal since April 18, 1992, for Winnipeg against Vancouver.

“I don’t think Patrick saw it when I shot it, and it might have surprised him a little bit,” said Olausson.

Colorado struggled defensively and only made it to overtime because Roy stopped 40 shots.