Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk each had a goal and two assists on Saturday afternoon to put Detroit within a game of advancing to the Western Conference final.

Tomas Holmstrom had a goal and an assist, with Mikael Samuelsson also scoring in the 4-1 win over San Jose in the most decisive game in the series.

Detroit's Tomas Holmstrom and San Jose netminder battle for the puck in Game 5. Holmstrom finished with a goal and assist.
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But the win came with a heavy price: Mathieu Schneider, the overtime hero of Game 4, broke his wrist in the first period after a check by Sharks captain Patrick Marleau.

The injury will sideline Schneider for the remainder of the post-season.

"He's a big part of our game. He's a top-four defenceman who plays a lot of minutes," Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom said. "He's a big part of our power play, so yeah, he'll be missed."

Detroit is already without Brett Lebda, who hurt his ankle late in the series with Calgary, while Niklas Kronwall suffered a pelvis injury late in the regular season.

"The team really stepped up," said Lidstrom, who was outstanding in logging 29 minutes of ice time. "The forwards helped out the D when we got down to five defencemen."

All three of Detroit's victories have come in games where the Sharks scored first. 

The Red Wings can finish off the Sharks on Monday in San Jose.

Marcel Goc scored the opening goal, but in an all-too-familiar script, San Jose's shot output tailed off considerably from the second period onwards.

The Sharks had just seven shots on Detroit goaltender Dominik Hasek between the beginning of the second and midway through the third before a late-game push. San Jose was 0-for-6 on the power play.

Hasek finished with 23 saves.

Nabakov strong in net

San Jose netminder Evgeny Nabokov was strong in the crease with 29 saves, but an errant clearing attempt late in the second led to Detroit's go-ahead goal.

"Their second goal was, obviously, a backbreaker emotionally," said Sharks coach Ron Wilson.

The Red Wings suffered another injury setback to their blue-line in the win.

San Jose scored the first goal for the fourth time this series when Goc's shot from the left wing skidded past Hasek's outstretched pad just under five minutes into the game.

"All of a sudden the puck was in the net," Hasek said. "I felt terrible about it."

The Sharks have outscored Detroit by a total of 6-2 in the first periods of the series.

The strong presence of Zetterberg and Holmstrom in front of the San Jose net set up Detroit's tying goal early in the second.

"He's a competitive, compassionate guy who plays hard," Wings coach Mike Babcock said of Holmstrom. "You're not going to out-will Homer."

Loose puck

The pair fought off Shark defenders, with Zetterberg roofing a loose puck over Nabokov at 3:10. Lidstrom notched his eighth assist of the post-season on the play.

Nabokov made his gaffe while clearing the puck. The goaltender attempted a pass to Patrick Marleau, but did not see Datsyuk in the lane.

The Red Wings star had an empty net for the easy goal at 16:13.

Detroit held a 14-4 shots advantage in the middle period and then buried San Jose with a pair of power-play goals early in the third.

Samuelsson's blast from the left face-off circle at 3:46 was followed just over two minutes later when Holmstrom made no mistake from the slot.

Zetterberg and Datsyuk each drew assists on both goals.

The Sharks played more desperately, but Hasek turned aside chances from Milan Michalek and Joe Thornton.

Detroit have now won all four weekend matinee games they've played in the NHL playoffs, including two over San Jose.

"There were a lot of things that we can build from in this game and we will go forward," Wilson said.

The Sharks were without forward Bill Guerin who took a puck to the face late in Game 4.

With files from the Associated Press