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By HELENE ELLIOTT

May 26, 1997 12 AM PT

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The defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche, which avoided elimination in the Western Conference finals Saturday but still trails the Detroit Red Wings, 3-2, will try again today in Detroit to prolong its season. This time, it may get a boost from the return of center Peter Forsberg.

Forsberg, Colorado’s top scorer with 28 goals and 86 points, missed the Avalanche’s 6-0 victory over the Red Wings Saturday because of a charleyhorse in his right leg. He has “more of a chance” to play today at Joe Louis Arena, according to Coach Marc Crawford. The Avalanche hardly missed him, moving Joe Sakic between wingers Valeri Kamensky and Claude Lemieux to form a line that had four goals and eight points.

The Red Wings have won six consecutive home playoff games since losing their opener to St. Louis. “Like they rebounded after a 6-0 loss [in Game 4], we’ll rebound after a 6-0 loss as well,” Detroit center Steve Yzerman said.

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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