This goal will be easy for Selanne to remember

It has been said that hockey players -- especially prolific scorers -- remember all their goals. Case in point: Teemu Selanne, who scored the winner in overtime Sunday in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals.

The winger didn’t miss a beat when asked if he remembered his last overtime playoff goal.

“Winnipeg-Vancouver, first round, 1993,” he said. “At Vancouver.”

The goal itself?

“It was a lucky one,” said the former Winnipeg Jet. “It bounced off a skate.”

As for Sunday’s textbook back-hander over a flailing Dominik Hasek, Selanne saw that the 42-year-old Red Wings goalie does not drop to his knees straight on, like many of today’s goalies. Rather, he flops on his side, moving his limbs to take away as much of the net as possible.

“I knew I had nothing [to shoot at] on the bottom,” Selanne said. “So I went up high.”

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Detroit winger Todd Bertuzzi was kept out of practice Monday because of recurring back spasms, but Coach Mike Babcock said he expects him to play tonight in Game 6 at the Honda Center.

Bertuzzi, who scored goals in Games 3 and 4, played only two shifts in the third period Sunday before leaving the game for good.

“He played until I think about partway through the third last night, if I’m not mistaken,” Babcock said. “About 10 minutes left and then he couldn’t go. He was feeling a little better here this morning.”

If Bertuzzi is unable to play, rookie forward Jiri Hudler would be inserted into the lineup, Babcock said.

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Ducks first-line winger Chris Kunitz was sporting a bulky cast following surgery for what he said were two broken bones in his right hand, not just one as first thought.

“The swelling has been coming down,” he said, adding that the hand “feels better, and I can use it a little more” than was possible a few days ago.

Kunitz, who was injured by a puck in Game 1 of the series, is expected to miss the remainder of this year’s playoffs, but said he will be seeing a doctor on Friday “to see if it’s healing faster than originally diagnosed.”

Asked if there was any chance he could play in the Stanley Cup finals, should the Ducks make it there, Kunitz smiled and said, “Right now, it’s all hope.”

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Several Ducks players responded to criticism by some members of the media that their play in this series has been shoddy and that luck has played a big role. The critics included NBC studio analyst Brett Hull, who said, “If I was Detroit, I would not be worried.”

The Ducks’ top-line center, Andy McDonald, disagrees.

“I don’t think anyone in our locker room feels that we’re lucky,” he said. “Maybe we haven’t had our best outings in the last two games, but we still win. All we have to do is improve a little bit and we’ll be even harder to beat.”

Ducks television color commentator Brian Hayward, who attended Monday’s practice, said the NBC coverage “seemed to be very pro-Red Wings.”

“I thought the Ducks had the better of the play in overtime,” said Hayward, who also occasionally works NHL games for NBC.

Times staff writer Eric Stephens contributed to this report.

joel.greenberg@latimes.com