Game 6 Preview - Red Wings @ Penguins

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!

NHL - Detroit Red Wings/Pittsburgh Penguins Box Score Wednesday June 4, 2008 - Yahoo! Sports

Just 5 minutes until puck drop in game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals.  The Detroit Red Wings are looking for the win that will give them the Cup.  The Penguins trying to force a series deciding game 7.

Keys to the game:

• M.A. Fleury repeating his stellar performance that helped win game 6.  If he can, the Penguins can make a game of this.
• Pittsburgh need to shut down the Red Wings top line. If Zetterberg and Datsyuk are free to skate on open ice they will do damage. The Penguins need to shut that line down.
• Evgeni Malkin.  He was quiet in most games of this series, but got the assist on Sykoras game winner in game 6.  If Malkin can get on a roll, he could be the difference maker.

Game on!

Tags: detroitred wings, pittsburgh penguins, nhl, stanley cup, game 7, zetterberg, datsyuk, crosby, malkin, igloo

Tags: A., blog, com, Crosby, cup, D, day, Dec, Detroit, detroit red wings, end, Erie, Evgeni, evgeni malkin, Finals, fleury, Free, Game, games, hat, Ice, June, key, line, look, malkin, man, min, minute, New, NHL, open ice, OWN, Peat, Penguins, Pittsburgh, pittsburgh penguins, puck, Red, red wings, right, roll, row, score, Series, size, skate, Sport, Sports, Stanley, Stanley Cup, style, Sykora, th, THIS, til, Title, View, Wednesday, win, Wings, winner, www, yahoo, Zetterberg

West Heating Up

Going into the All Star break this year many people you could have been forgiven for assuming the Red Wings were guaranteed to take out the conference at the end of the regular season.

Who would have thought that the Red Wings, who dominated the season to that point in the competition would come out of the break looking like another, far less impressive team.

At the point of the All Star break, the Red Wings had a 17 point lead over the closest competitor. After todays loss to the Dallas Stars, their 6th loss in a row, that lead has been cut to just 8 points.

If the Red Wings are not scared yet, they should be. The Dallas Stars are on a roll and have their sights set on that top spot. 6 points behind Dallas are the defending champions, the Anaheim Ducks, who have yet to see the success they expected after the return of Scott Neidermayer and Teemu Selanne.

The west is a hot spot, and in the battle for the top 8 spots, there are in fact 12 teams still battling it out with realistic chances of making the top 8.

Tags: Anaheim, battle, break, competition, competitor, conference, Dallas, Eastern Conference, end, fact, lead, loss, NHL, point, Red, return, roll, row, scott neidermayer, season, Selanne, spot, Standings, Star, Stars, success, Team, Teemu, west, West Heating, Wings, year