"Blue Jackets forward Kristian Huselius finally rediscovered his scoring touch. It came a few games too late.

Huselius contributed a goal and an assist -- his first points of the series -- but the Detroit Red Wings closed out a Stanley Cup quarterfinal with a 6-5 win in Nationwide Arena in Game 4.

The left winger had been so ineffective that coach Ken Hitchcock dropped him from the first to third line. Huselius had been slow to regain his rhythm after suffering a concussion April 4.

"I felt better for sure," Huselius said. "I had a slow start to the series, but I finally felt like I had my legs tonight."

Huselius tied the score at 1 early in the first period with a power-play goal. It broke a 20-game playoff goalless streak.

He was reunited with captain Rick Nash and center Manny Malhotra in the second period, and the line clicked for an even-strength goal from Nash at 1:44 to cut the Wings lead to 3-2.

"He is what he is," Hitchcock said. "He is a really skilled guy who does a lot of damage off the rush. The judgment on him is the judgment on a lot of skilled guys, they have to get points.""