LOS ANGELES -- After giving up 11 offensive rebounds and losing by an uncharacteristic 17-point margin in Game 3 of the WNBA Finals, the Lynx felt like their identity had been stolen.Minnesota simply isnt accustomed to losing the battle on the boards.But in an elimination game with the WNBA championship on the line Sunday, the Lynx turned to defensive anchor Sylvia Fowles to steer the team back to rebounding supremacy.Led by Fowles game-high 13 rebounds, the Lynx dominated the glass and beat Los Angeles 85-79 to force a decisive Game 5 on Thursday (ESPN2, 8 p.m. ET) in Minnesota.Rebounding is our identity, said Fowles, who helped the Lynx outrebound the Sparks 41-25. If we want to win on the road, thats something that we have to do.Fowles struggled mightily in Fridays Game 3, posting a career-low four rebounds as Los Angeles hauled in 11 offensive boards.After Game 3, we kept it at the top of our minds that four rebounds from us bigs wasnt enough, Fowles said. We just tried to go out there and assert ourselves better.Fowles finished Sundays season-saving victory with her fourth double-double in seven games, adding 10 points on 5-of-8 shooting.Minnesota coach Cheryl Reeve said Fowles hustle plays on the glass were huge. The Lynx created 12 second-chance opportunities off 14 offensive rebounds, six of which were grabbed by the 6-foot-6 post.Anybody that understands what it takes to win games, you know that rebounding is at the top of the list, Reeve said. Its possessions, and so we got huge effort from Sylvia Fowles.Minnesotas rebounding margin Sunday was particularly impressive given the absence of forward Rebekkah Brunson, who after being whistled for three fouls in the first quarter was used sparingly by Reeve for the rest of the game. Brunson, who was the teams second-leading rebounder behind Fowles at 7.3 boards per game during the regular season, finished with just two rebounds in 17 minutes.Minnesota made up for Brunsons absence collectively, the majority of the production being spread amongst the other four Lynx starters. For the second time this postseason, the first not including Brunson, four Lynx starters totaled at least six boards, including a playoff-high six rebounds from veteran guard Lindsay Whalen, seven rebounds from Seimone Augustus and nine rebounds from Maya Moore.I think everybody wants to come in and own the boards, said Moore, who scored a game-high 31 points. Collectively, as a team, we have to help Syl out because she creates so many opportunities for us by being in there. We appreciate the heck out of her.Augustus said the Lynx expect the same level of production from Fowles in Thursdays winner-take-all Game 5. 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SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- When their team scores a goal at home, Calgary Flames fans are used to fire shooting from strategic points in their buildings ceiling, not from the home teams bench.Still, Flames first-year coach Glen Gulutzan is finding himself on an increasingly hot seat with less than 20 percent of the seasons games played as Calgary sinks further and further back in the Western Conference standings.The Flames come to Minnesota on Tuesday having lost four in a row, and owning a 5-10-1 mark, which is second-worst in the league (ahead of only the Arizona Coyotes).All of that recent losing had Gulutzan juggling his lines on Monday at practice before the team boarded a Minnesota-bound plane, looking for a new spark.When you lose four in a row, youve got to make some changes, Gulutzan said, without revealing the exact combinations the Wild will be expected to counter on Tuesday, although it looks as if Alex Chiasson will move to the second line and be replaced by Troy Brouwer, who will play with regular top-liners Johnny Gaudreau and Sean Monahan. Any guy weve got here weve got a chance of putting in, so well see how the lineup transpires.The Flames have scored just four goals during the four-game skid, and speculation is growing in Calgary that an early-season coaching change may be needed. However, Gulutzan, who coached the Dallas Stars for two seasons and is in his second head-coaching gig in the NHL, is less concerned about offense and focusing more on his teams inabiliity to consistently stifle the opponents offense.ddddddddddddEverybodys talking about the points, but the reality is weve given up 60-some goals, 50-some goals, Gulutzan said. If you go back a year from now, one of the reasons we didnt have success is we gave up 260-some goals. The top teams in the league dont do that.After a brief power outage in early November, the Wild (8-5-1) are back to looking like one of the top teams in the league, coming home after two weeks away and having just collected four of a possible six points on a three-game eastern road trip. And the health news is even better in Minnesota, after star left winger Zach Parise skated in practice on Monday and may return to the lineup after a two-week absence caused by a lower-body injury.Its good. It beats skating on your own, Parise said Monday after practice. Its one of those things I needed to get the progress and get back to feeling good again. It was good to be practicing with the team.Parise said he felt fine and would make his case to coach Bruce Boudreau about a return to the ice against the Flames on Tuesday, hoping to join Charlie Coyle and Eric Staal on the teams top line.It is the start of a whirlwind stretch in which Minnesota will play seven games in 12 days -- five of them at home.The Wild defense is on a roll, having allowed just nine goals in the past eight games. ' ' '