Detroit Red Wings centre Kris Draper holds up the Stanley Cup after the Red Wings defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 in Game Six of the Stanley Cup finals in Pittsburgh on Wednesday night. - AP

PITTSBURGH (AP):

HOCKEYTOWN IS home to the Stanley Cup - again.

Using a little Motown magic on the road, the Detroit Red Wings won the Stanley Cup for the fourth time in 11 seasons with a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 6 of the NHL finals on Wednesday night.

The celebration came two nights later than expected. The Penguins forced the series back to Pennsylvania by tying Game Five with 34.3 seconds left in regulation and winning it shortly before 1 a.m. in Detroit in triple overtime.

Undeterred, the Red Wings hit the road and wrapped up their fourth straight series on the road in these playoffs. Detroit are third in NHL history with 11 Stanley Cup titles, trailing fellow Original Six clubs Montreal (23) and Toronto (13).

Just as in Game Five, things got a little dicey for the Red Wings, who allowed Marian Hossa's power-play goal with 1:27 remaining that got the Penguins to 3-2. Pittsburgh had already pulled Game Five hero Marc-Andre Fleury to create a six-on-four skating edge.

Pile-on celebration

With the final seconds ticking down, Penguins captain Sidney Crosby put a backhander on goal that Hossa just missed with a tip at the right post.

It set off a pile-on celebration behind the Detroit net for the Red Wings, as the disappointed fans in Mellon Arena saluted their club once more with a chant of "Let's Go Pens!"

In the best night for Swedish hockey since the national squad won the gold medal at the 2006 Turin Olympics, defenceman Nicklas Lidstrom became the first European captain of a Stanley Cup champion, and Henrik Zetterberg, who had a goal and assist in the Cup clincher, won the Conn Smythe Trophy as play-off MVP.

The Red Wings were knocked out of the Western Conference finals a year ago by eventual champions Anaheim.

"It's nice to get that out of the way," Zetterberg said of the European stigma. "It's been a lot of talk, especially after last year. So it was nice to see that we could make it all the way. It's been a battle for sure, but it's a great feeling right now. I'm at a loss for words. It's just an unbelievable feeling."