The Red Wings found a perfect way to move halfway to a repeat — beat the Pittsburgh Penguins back-to-back. So much for Detroit being old, beaten down and needing a break. The Red Wings topped the Penguins 3-1 in Game 2 of the finals Sunday night and are two wins from holding onto the Stanley Cup. Just as they did a year ago in winning the title for the 11th time and fourth in 11 seasons, the Red…
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The Stanley Cup playoffs can be a grind. Teams go after each other for 60 minutes and come back and do it again every other night. But the NHL decided to do things differently for this year’s Cup finals, having the Red Wings and Penguins go back-to-back to kick off the series. Detroit beat Pittsburgh 3-1 on Saturday night at Joe Louis Arena, and they’re back at it on Sunday night. Read Original Post Here
Brett Hull and Les Jackson are out as co-general managers of the Dallas Stars, and in their place is another former star player, Joe Nieuwendyk. The surprising change was announced Sunday. Nieuwendyk had been the special assistant to the general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs. “These moves are all about helping this club take the proverbial ‘next step,”‘ team owner Tom Hicks said in a statement. Read Original Post Here
Back before Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier became, well, Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier, they were a pair of budding superstars trying to shake off a loss in the Stanley Cup finals. The next year they were champions. A quarter-century later, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and the rest of the up-and-coming Pittsburgh Penguins are striving to copy the achievement. Read Original Post Here
Brett Hull and Les Jackson are out as co-general managers of the Dallas Stars, and in their place is another former star player, Joe Nieuwendyk. The surprising change was announced Sunday. Nieuwendyk had been the special assistant to the general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs. In 1999, he won the Conn Smythe Award when Dallas won its first and only Stanley Cup title, the series-winning goal… Read Original Post Here
Red Wings coach Mike Babcock is keeping his lineup the same for Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals, meaning injured forwards Pavel Datsyuk and Kris Draper will again sit out against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The teams will be back on the ice Sunday night, less than 24 hours after the Red Wings took the series opener 3-1 on Saturday. Read Original Post Here
The Detroit Red Wings gave Marc-Andre Fleury flashbacks. And, they weren’t good. Johan Franzen scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period and Chris Osgood made 31 saves, helping the defending champions beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 Saturday night in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals. Franzen and Brad Stuart had goals that bounced off Fleury, who sat on a shot that trickled in for Detroit’s…
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Justin Abdelkader’s first NHL goal is hard to top. The Detroit Red Wings rookie scored in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals on Saturday night. His initial shot was turned away by Marc-Andre Fleury, but Abdelkader stuck with it, firing past the Pittsburgh goalie on his second try to give the Wings an insurance goal in their 3-1 win Saturday night. Read Original Post Here
Game 1 of a playoff series is almost always the Detroit Red Wings’ game, and give credit in part to their home-ice advantage. The Pittsburgh Penguins? They probably feel like giving the Red Wings two minutes for boarding. The Red Wings used their knowledge of Joe Louis Arena’s exceptionally lively boards to repeatedly set up offensive plays that led to rebound goals — and frustrate the Penguins… Read Original Post Here
Nicklas Lidstrom and Jonathan Ericsson couldn’t have come back at a better time for the defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings. The Swedish defensemen returned for Game 1 of the finals Saturday night and were instrumental in limiting the Pittsburgh Penguins to one goal and holding star Sidney Crosby scoreless in Detroit’s 3-1 victory.
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