ROSEMONT—The Wolves jumped out to a 3-0 first-period lead and kept their heads above water despite a late rally by the Milwaukee Admirals to skate away with a 6-5 victory in Game 1 of the West Division Semifinal Wednesday night. The Wolves now lead the series, 1-game-to-0. Center Matt Anderson led the Wolves with three assists, while right wing Joey Crabb bagged two goals, including the game-winner. Defensemen Arturs Kulda (G, A) and Nathan Oystrick (2A) also posted multiple points for the Wolves, who got goals from five different players. The Wolves (1-0) drew first blood, 2:07 into the game with a power-play marker from right wing Anthony Stewart. Anderson controlled the puck behind the net and chipped it out to Stewart on the doorstep for a quick flick past Admirals goaltender Mark Dekanich. The Wolves made their lead 2-0, 6:53 into the first period with a second power-play marker. Anderson sent the puck down to Oystrick from high in the zone and the blueliner took a shot from the right corner of the net. Dekanich coughed up the rebound and Crabb was there to knock it back into the empty left side of the net.The Wolves then pulled ahead, 3-0, with a goal from captain Jason Krog at 11:08 of the opening frame when he managed to knock the puck out of the air in front of the net, angling it past Dekanich. Milwaukee (0-1) got on the board at 16:46 of the first period. Right wing Chris Mueller fired a shot from the slot, which ricocheted off a Wolves player’s stick and center Mike Santorelli streaked in and pushed the puck past netminder Peter Mannino.The Admirals cut their deficit to one, 3-2, with a power-play marker from Ryan Maki with 18 seconds remaining in the first period. Center Marty Murray carried the puck into the Wolves zone and slid it to Maki, who drove into the crease and roofed a backhanded shot up under the crossbar.Kulda increased the lead to 4-2 at 11:17 of the second period when his slapshot from the blueline bounced off an Admirals player, hit traffic in front of the net and then skipped past Dekanich.The Admirals pulled back within one, 4-3, at 13:45 of the middle frame. Right wing Andreas Thuresson controlled the puck in the left corner and shipped a pass to defenseman Jonathan Blum alone in the slot. Blum wound up and sent a shot straight past Mannino.Crabb bagged his second of the game, 1:28 into the third period to give the Wolves a 5-3 advantage. The right wing took a pass from Anderson near the slot and pushed a shot forward, which a Milwaukee skater got his stick on, causing the puck to flip up high in the air and land in the back of the net, near the far post. The Wolves kept rolling to make it 6-3 at 3:42 of the final frame with a marker from Kevin Doell. Right wing Spencer Machacek slipped a shot to a streaking Doell near the goal mouth and the center popped it past Dekanich. Game two is Friday,also at Allstate Arena before the series moves to Milwaukee’s Bradley Center for games three and four.