Mathieu Schneider sat in the visitors dressing room at HP Pavilion and didn’t miss a beat when asked where he was aiming his last shot of the night Wednesday.

“Right where it went,” he said with a grin that indicated the relief among him and his Red Wings teammates.

Schneider’s goal at 16:04 of overtime in Game 4 against the Sharks triggered a 3-2 victory and a 2-2 tie in the second-round series.

The defenseman scored unassisted when he intercepted Scott Hannan’s attempted clearing pass during a Detroit power play, and ripped a shot that went in off Patrick Rissmiller and over Evgeni Nabokov’s shoulder.

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