The Nashville Predators are young, deep and talented. They're also the NHL's first team to advance this postseason.

The Predators moved on to the Western Conference semifinals by topping Detroit with a 2-1 victory Friday night to win the series in five games.

David Legwand, a native of the Detroit area, scored the game-winning goal 13 seconds into the third period, and goalie Pekka Rinne made that stand up the final 19 minutes.

"It's huge," Rinne said of beating the Red Wings. "They have such a great team, great organization with a lot of history with a lot of success. It was a great chance for us to play against the Detroit Red Wings and beat them in five games. It's great. It tells something about this team. We have a lot of talent in this locker room, and (we're) having a great time playing right now."

The Predators now get several days off. They could face third-seeded Phoenix in the second round. The Coyotes lead Chicago 3-1 in that series.

"It's not time to celebrate," Predators forward Alexander Radulov said. "I mean it's only the first round."

This is the second straight postseason the Predators have won the opening series, but beating Detroit makes it sweeter.

The fourth-seeded Predators finished ahead of their Central Division rival for the first time in the regular season, and now they have their first series win over the Red Wings in their third try. Nashville also handed Detroit its earliest postseason departure since a six-game, first-round loss to Edmonton in 2006.

Detroit coach Mike Babcock said the Predators were deeper than his team. He also noted the Red Wings now have followed being ousted in the second round in 2010 and 2011 by San Jose by going out even earlier this time.