The Phoenix Coyotes scored its first three goals on special teams and Ilya Bryzgalov made 31 saves in a 5-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday that forced Game 7 in the first-round series.

Phoenix will host the final game against Detroit on Tuesday night.

Mathieu Schneider snapped the Coyotes’ 0-for-19 skid on the power play with a goal early in the second for a 2-0 lead, and Radim Vrbata scored with the man advantage midway through the period to restore the two-goal edge.

Detroit’s Jimmy Howard made 24 saves, but he gave up at least four goals for the third time in the series. He allowed only one the previous two games as Detroit took a 3-2 lead.

A finalist for the Calder Trophy — given to the NHL’s top rookie — Howard is about to play in his first win-or-go-home game in the NHL.

The Coyotes have been a feel-good story this season after enduring tumultuous times that threatened the team’s long-term future in Arizona. Now the Western Conference’s fourth-seeded team has a chance to eliminate the two-time defending conference champions with one home win.

The Coyotes, in the postseason for the first time since 2002, are 0-5 in the first round of the playoffs. The franchise hasn’t advanced since 1987, when it was the Winnipeg Jets.

In other NHL playoff action:

• Daniel Sedin scored the tiebreaker with 2:03 to play, and the Vancouver Canucks rallied from another third-period deficit to finish off the LA Kings with a 4-2 victory in Game 6 Sunday night.
• Pascal Dupuis scored 9:56 into overtime for the Pittsburgh Penguins, which erased a three-goal deficit and eliminated the Ottawa Senators from the playoffs with a 4-3 victory in Game 6 on Saturday night.
• Joe Pavelski scored two goals to lift the San Jose Sharks to a series-clinching 5-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night in Game 6.
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