"It's not that easy. You get pushed in. Seems likes defensemen, they can do it more than I can do it around the net," he said. "I get pushed in, then it's my fault, into the crease. Have to see how I get there, too. I think the goalies are pretty good, too, to fake when they get hit and stuff like that. Of course, they have their blue paint to be in. But, you know, sometimes they fake it well, too."

Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said he's ready to move on from the Game 4 incident, but he added that his team won't back off from trying to get to the net to create chances.

"I mean, we're going to the net, and we're going to go there as hard as we can. Never got to the net enough last game," Babcock said. "That's always been our focus as far as getting prepared in one area. That's what we try to do and we'll continue to do that.

"It's over with and done with now, though. We're moving on. But he's going right back to the spot. He did it right. Any way you look at it, they'll do a video this summer, they'll say, this is how to do it right. They'll have that clip on it."

"No, I thought they fit in good with our team last game, which we were all the same. Prior to that, they've been excellent," said coach Mike Babcock. "I think they have got good players, they're playing against good people. I've been real impressed with Filppula. Sammy was leading us in finished checks in the first three games. Didn't get much done last game in that area.

"I just think they got to keep going about their business. It's a grind. I don't think anyone at the start of the series picked, say, this line here is going to carry the whole thing. That's not how it works. Datsyuk and Zetterberg weren't the same as they were the game before. That's part to do with them, that's part to do with the other team. That's just how it goes. That's what it is in team sport, we have to pick one another up."

Said captain Nicklas Lidstrom: "You can't rely on that first line all the time. You have to have other players step up. We had that previous years in the first couple games, as well. You have to find ways to get more pucks to the net, create more scoring chances that way."

Power outage

The Red Wings' power play has struggled since scoring three times in the first game of the series. The Stars' penalty kill has limited it to just one goal in 15 attempts over the last three games.

"I think our entry hasn't been as good as it was the first couple games. They're playing real well through the neutral zone," said captain Nicklas Lidstrom. "Once we get in, I think we had some chances in that last game. We have to have more motion on the power play. If we're standing still, not passing the puck around, we have to have some more motion."

Injury update

F Johan Franzen (concussion-like symptoms) did not skate Friday and is out for Game 5.