Stars’ goaltender Marty Turco was on fire Saturday in Detroit

These guys are not going to go down without putting up a fight. As visitors in Hockeytown, the Dallas Stars beat the home team Detroit Red Wings 2-1 in game five of the Stanley Cup playoffs Western Conference Finals. First star of the game Marty Turco stood on his head at Joe Louis Arena as he made 38 saves in the win. Turco was credited with an assist on the Stars’ second goal as he came way out of his net to play the puck to Joel Lundqvist, who picked up the goal.

“Any time I have an opportunity I’m getting out there to help our guys,” Turco said. “I was able to hit some guys long, assist on the game-winner. That doesn’t happen very often.”

For Turco, that sort of game-winning performance has never happened in Detroit before. This afternoon’s victory was his first NHL win in Detroit.

“What a gutty performance by my team to help me get over the slide,” Turco told reporters. “It was a great upper.”

Game six in this Western Conference series goes down on Monday in Dallas.