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Stanley Cup Finals Capsule NHL Top Stories Penguins at Red Wings Spread, Moneyline, Trends & Matchups Sat 30 May, 06:00 AM Red Wings' Hossa Hopes Decision Pays Off Thu 28 May, 08:50 PM Penguins to Face Red Wings in Stanley Cup Finals Wed 27 May, 10:26 PM Blackhawks at Red Wings Spread, Moneyline, Trends & Matchups Wed 27 May, 06:00 AM Penguins sweep Hurricanes to advance to Stanley Cup Finals Tue 26 May, 11:06 PM NHL News Headlines Hockey Today Sat 30 May, 04:40 AM Deja vu: Red Wings and Penguins poised for rematch Sat 30 May, 03:47 AM Fleury flop not like to be repeated in Cup finals Fri 29 May, 08:23 PM Hawks GM working on next season Fri 29 May, 08:05 PM Stanley Cup Finals Capsule Fri 29 May, 07:30 PM DETROIT (AP) -Capsule of the Stanley Cup finals: No. 2 (West) DETROIT RED WINGS (51-21-10) vs. No. 4 (East) PITTSBURGH PENGUINS (45-28-9). How they got here: Detroit beat No. 7 Columbus 4-0; beat No. 8 Anaheim 4-3; beat No. 4 Chicago 4-1. Pittsburgh beat No. 5 Philadelphia 4-2; beat No. 2 Washington 4-3; beat No. 6 Carolina 4-0. 2008-09 series record: Detroit 1-0-1. Playoff History: Detroit 1-0. Last meeting: Detroit 4-2 in 2008 Stanley Cup finals. Finals Appearances: Detroit 23 appearances, 11 titles (Last: 2008). Pittsburgh 3 appearances, 2 titles (Last: 1992). ed for Detroit in these playoffs. ... Of the 20 players who dressed for Detroit in the finals, 18 have returned. ... Red Wings own home-ice advantage for the 20th consecutive series. Last time they didn't have it was second round vs. Colorado in 2000. ... Osgood became fourth goalie to post shutouts in Games 1 and 2 of finals when he blanked Penguins last year. PITTSBURGH: Captain Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, who lead the NHL with 28 playoff points this year, rank third and fourth in league history in points per game. Crosby has averaged 1.43 points in 42 games, while Malkin has 1.29. Wayne Gretzky leads at 1.84 in 208 games, while Penguins owner Mario Lemieux sits in second at 1.61 in 107 games. ... Crosby is five goals short of tying the NHL mark of 19 in a single postseason set by Philadelphia's Reggie Leach in 1976 and matched by Edmonton's Jari Kurri in 1985. ... Penguins are the first Cup runner-up to return to the finals the following year since the 1983-84 Edmonton Oilers, who captured the title. ... New coach Dan Bylsma, who helped lead Penguins from 10th place in East to fourth after taking over for the fired Michel Therrien on Feb. 15, played under Detroit coach Mike Babcock when Anaheim reached the Stanley Cup finals in 2003. He is trying to become 14th rookie coach to win the Cup and the fourth since 1956. Only Montreal's Al MacNeil (1970-71) took over midseason. New Jersey, in 2000, is the last team to win the Cup during a season in which a coaching change was made. |
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