updated 2:37 a.m. ET May 4, 2007

ANAHEIM, Calif. - The Ducks’ Niedermayer brothers teamed to finally end the game — and the series.

Rob Niedermayer made a big hit to jar the puck loose, it squirted across to Scott, and the elder Niedermayer quickly got off a wrist shot from the left point. The puck got past Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo 4:30 into the second overtime on Thursday night.

Anaheim’s 2-1 victory moved the Ducks into the Western Conference finals for the second year in a row.

The Ducks, who lost to Edmonton in the conference finals last year, may have to wait for almost a week to find out their next opponent. Detroit and San Jose are tied 2-2 in the other Western Conference semifinal. If that series goes the distance, the seventh game would be played May 9.

The Ducks kept putting shots at Luongo, and he kept snaring, smothering or flicking them aside. Anaheim finished with a club playoff record 63 shots.

By contrast, Anaheim goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere faced just 27 shots.

“I think we felt good about how we were playing,” Scott Niedermayer said. “You will have nights like this where the puck is not going in, but you keep doing it.

“I think he (Luongo) is what kept them in most of the night. We did a good job of continuing to put pressure on and keep trying to get scoring chances. And it paid off.”

Things fell into place on the final scoring sequence.

“My brother got a big hit on their guy (Jannik Hansen) and the puck slid to me,” Scott Niedermayer said. “I just tried to get a wrist shot on net and I don’t know if he didn’t see it or what.”

Bill Clement on the NHL Pens better than in 2008 Plus, why the Capitals have become a tougher playoff out

Rob Niedermayer said, “Luckily, it went to Scott and I think it kind of surprised Luongo. It was a lucky goal, but we’ll take it, for sure.”

Luongo took his eye off the puck for an instant and it cost him.

Special feature Schedule, stats, player breakdowns, pick

“I thought there was an elbow (on Rob Niedermayer’s hit), so I looked at the ref for one split second and when I turned my head, the puck was coming at me. I couldn’t get a piece of it.”’

Luongo had kept the Canucks in it as they tried to stay alive in Game 5, and he finished with 56 saves.

Slide show   Week in Sports Pictures Pain on the skating rink, flying high on the hardwood, upsets on the football field, and more. more photos

“It’s probably the best goaltending performance I’ve ever seen in a game,” the Canucks’ Brendan Morrison said.

Luongo had an equipment problem and wasn’t ready to start the first overtime. Dany Sabourin filled in and the Ducks went after him, getting off five shots in the first 3:34 of the extra period.

When there finally was a stoppage, Luongo skated on and gave his backup a grateful pat on the head. Then he went back to work and made four saves during a Ducks power play that followed a delay-of-game penalty against Willie Mitchell midway through the first OT.

“Anytime you see a goalie in there who’s not warm and has just been watching the game, I mean, we tried to get one in there as fast as we could because Luongo was stopping everything,” Rob Niedermayer said. “And to see him come back in was kind of a downer.”

MORE FROM NHL

NHL Section Front

Brodeur wins, becomes all-time minutes leader Tavares’ late goal rallies Isles over Penguins Ducks end Blackhawks' 8-game win streak Flames deal Wings first consecutive shutouts since ’01 Lightning routs Rangers in Tortorella's return Sabres beat Flyers to snap 4-game skid Wild tops Avs behind Kobasew’s hat trick Bruins' Lucic sidelined up to 4 weeks Oilers' Hemsky to have shoulder surgery Live updates on Friday’s action NHL Section Front   Add NHL headlines to your news reader: