Penguins net their first goals, victory of finals

PITTSBURGH -- Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins found their offense right where they left it -- home in the Igloo.

Crosby scored Pittsburgh's first two goals of the Stanley Cup finals, beating previously perfect goalie Chris Osgood, and the Penguins made this a series with a 3-2 victory Wednesday night.

The Red Wings still lead 2-1 after two shutout wins at home. Game 4 will be Saturday night, again in Pittsburgh, before the series shifts back to Detroit for a now necessary fifth game.

The Penguins improved to 9-0 at home in the playoffs and have won 17 straight there, dating to a shootout loss to San Jose on Feb. 24. Pittsburgh's last game in front of the home crowd was a 6-0 blitz in the clinching Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals against Philadelphia.

Marc-Andre Fleury, who hasn't been beaten at home in 19 straight games, made 32 saves. He allowed Johan Franzen's power-play goal with 5:12 left in the second period that cut Pittsburgh's lead to 2-1 and Mikael Samuelsson's tally in the third that got Detroit back within one.

Osgood stopped 21 shots, but fell to 6-1 in his career in the finals.