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GDT - S.C. Finals, Game 6: Red Wings (3-2) at Penguins (2-3)  (8:00)

by Jeff OKWingnut on 06/09/09 at 10:46 AM ET
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SCF Game 6, and the Wings have an opportunity to hoist Lord Stanley at Mellon Arena, for the second consecutive year.  No need for storylines, numbers, quotes, or anything else, the Holy Grail will be in Pittsburgh and only for the Wings.  The only question is whether Detroit will be flying high again. 

I’ll see you Bitches on the Hasek, and in the true faith of Kate:  Let’s Go Red Wings!!!!!

POST Season Team Stats (rank):

DET:  15-6 (w-l), .714 point% (1), 3.52 g/g (1), 2.10 ga/g (2), 1.96 5-5 f/a (1), 24.7 pp (4), 72.1 pk (14), 37.4 s/g (2), 28.5 sa/g (2), 53.2 fo% (2).

PIT:  14-8 (w-l), .636 point% (2), 3.41 g/g (2), 2.82 ga/g (9), 1.05 5-5 f/a (5), 21.3 pp (6), 82.5 pk (5), 33.3 s/g (4), 29.3 sa/g (4), 49.0 fo% (9).

PLAYOFF Player Stats:
DET Skaters:
POS Player GP G A PTS +/-  ATOI
L Henrik Zetterberg 21 11 13 24 14 22:12
C Johan Franzen 21 12 11 23 9 19:35
C Valtteri Filppula 21 3 13 16 9 17:36
R Marian Hossa 21 6 9 15 6 18:39
R Daniel Cleary 21 9 6 15 18 16:52
D Nicklas Lidstrom 19 4 10 14 10 25:37
D Brian Rafalski 16 3 9 12 11 22:16
C Jiri Hudler 21 4 7 11 2 13:45
R Mikael Samuelsson 21 5 5 10 7 15:13
C Pavel Datsyuk 14 1 8 9 6 20:10
D Brad Stuart 21 3 6 9 7 24:23
D Niklas Kronwall 21 2 7 9 6 23:22
L Tomas Holmstrom 21 2 5 7 -1 13:49
D Jonathan Ericsson 20 3 3 6 9 19:16
D Brett Lebda 21 0 6 6 9 13:38
C Darren Helm 21 4 1 5 2 12:07
L Justin Abdelkader 10 2 1 3 2 6:58
L Ville Leino 7 0 2 2 2 8:43
R Tomas Kopecky 8 0 1 1 0 9:31
L Kirk Maltby 18 0 1 1 -1 9:20
D Derek Meech 2 0 0 0 0 4:04
D Chris Chelios 6 0 0 0 0 7:21
C Kris Draper 6 0 0 0 0 9:12

DET Goalies:
Player GPI W L GAA PCT
Chris Osgood 21 15 6 2.00 0.927

PIT Skaters:
POS Player GP G A PTS +/- 
C Evgeni Malkin 22 14 21 35 2 21:03
C Sidney Crosby 22 15 16 31 10 21:26
R Bill Guerin 22 7 8 15 8 17:10
D Sergei Gonchar 20 3 11 14 3 23:01
D Kristopher Letang 21 4 9 13 3 19:29
L Chris Kunitz 22 1 12 13 2 17:05
L Ruslan Fedotenko 22 7 6 13 8 14:25
C Maxime Talbot 22 6 4 10 6 14:50
C Jordan Staal 22 3 5 8 -6 19:16
D Mark Eaton 22 4 3 7 6 18:07
C Tyler Kennedy 22 4 3 7 -4 13:41
L Matt Cooke 22 1 6 7 -3 15:05
R Miroslav Satan 16 1 5 6 2 9:55
R Craig Adams 22 3 2 5 0 9:36
D Philippe Boucher 9 1 3 4 -2 11:23
D Brooks Orpik 22 0 4 4 -1 19:56
D Rob Scuderi 22 1 2 3 1 20:27
D Hal Gill 22 0 2 2 4 0 19:26
R Petr Sykora 6 0 1 1 -3 12:49
D Alex Goligoski 2 0 1 1 -1 10:21
L Pascal Dupuis 14 0 0 0 -4 8:21

PIT Goalies:
Player GPI W L GAA PCT
Marc-Andre Fleury 22 14 8 2.76 0.904

Injury Report:
DET:
Andreas Lilja (D) Concussion (Sidelined indefinitely)
Tomas Kopecky (W/C) Eye injury (Sidelined indefinitely)
Justin Abdelkader (C/LW) Flu (Day to day)

PIT:
Mike Zigomanis (C/RW) Shoulder surgery (Remainder of season)

HOT and NOT:  

DET Hot:
Brian Rafalski (D) 3 pts in last 2 GP
Niklas Kronwall (D) 2 pts in last 3 GP
Henrik Zetterberg (C) 5 pts in last 3 GP
Johan Franzen (LW/C) 14 pts in last 14 GP
Chris Osgood (G) 5-2-0, 1.64, .941 in last 7 GPI

DET Not Hot:
Tomas Holmstrom (RW/LW) 0 pts in last 3 GP
Dan Cleary (LW/RW) 1 pts in last 5 GP

PIT Hot:
Kristopher Letang (D) 4 pts in last 4 GP
Evgeni Malkin (C/W) 23 pts in last 12 GP
Sidney Crosby (C) 22 pts in last 15 GP
Jordan Staal (C/LW) 2 pts in last 2 GP
Maxime Talbot (C/W) 6 pts in last 6 GP

PIT Not hot:
Miroslav Satan (RW/LW) 0 pts in last 5 GP
Bill Guerin (RW) 0 pts in last 3 GP
Chris Kunitz (LW) 1 pts in last 6 GP
Marc-Andre Fleury (G) 1-1-0, 4.39, .883 in last 2 GPI

Jeff Sagarin NHL Ratings, from USAToday.com:

To make predictions for upcoming games, simply compare the RATINGS of
the teams in question and allow an ADDITIONAL .25 goals for the home
team.  Thus, for example, a HOME team with a rating of 4.43 would be
favored by .57 goals over a VISITING team having a rating of 4.11.
Or a VISITING team with a rating of 4.56 would be favored by .42 goals
over a HOME team having a rating of 3.89

NOTE: Use whatever home advantage is listed in the output below.
In the example just above, a home edge of .25 was shown for
illustrative purposes. The home edge will vary during the season.

NHL 2008-2009 through 2009   June 6, Saturday -  finals
HOME ADVANTAGE=  0.37       RATING   W   L SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16 |  ELO_CHESS   |  PREDICTOR
1 Detroit Red Wings     =  4.96   66 37   4.05(  11)  25 16 |  35 19 |  4.91   1 |  5.03   1
5 Pittsburgh Penguins   =  4.50   59 45   4.05(  9)  22 19 |  38 31 |  4.55   4 |  4.46   5

Wings report from Monday, post-practice, via The Highlander:

Coach Mike Babcock just said that Dan Cleary will definitely play in Game 6. He also said that Pavel Datsyuk will start the game on Henrik Zetterberg’s wing. So, it looks like the same lineup as in Game 5. . .

Although he left practice early today, Kris Draper just said that he’s perfectly fine for Tuesday’s Game 6. . .

No Dan Cleary on the ice as the Red Wings just started their drills. They’re working, however, as though Cleary will play in Game 6, using Ville Leino as a placeholder. Cleary missed practice time leading into Game 5, including the morning skate, but played in the game. All the other lines are the same with Pavel Datsyuk on Henrik Zetterberg’s wing.

Datsyuk-Zetterberg-Leino
Franzen-Filppula-Hossa
Holmstrom-Helm-Samuelsson
Hudler-Draper-Maltby

Lidstrom-Rafalski
Kronwall-Stuart
Lebda-Ericsson

Osgood
Conklin

Ken Holland beleives it is Henrik Zetterberg’s talent and will that is the difference in shutting down Crosby, from Mike G. Morreale, NHL.com:

Detroit Red Wings General Manager Ken Holland pondered and then smiled when asked about the star-powered matchup between Henrik Zetterberg and Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby in the Stanley Cup Final. It’s been a classic confrontation and, as it stands right now, Holland’s guy is winning the battle.

Zetterberg, deemed worn down by some Pens players just two days ago, has not only posted two goals and six points in five games against Pittsburgh, but has played a huge part in limiting Crosby to a mere mortal-like goal and two assists. Crosby entered this best-of-7 Stanley Cup Final series with 14 goals in 17 games.

“Sid is going to get his points, but it’s just a matter of limiting the damage and Henrik has done just that,” Holland said. “The thing I love about Henrik is that he not only has talent but incredible will.” . . .

You can have skill, but if you don’t have will and determination it’s pretty tough to advance,” Holland said. “At the end of the day, it was will that got us through the Anaheim series with the amount of injuries we had and knowing how mentally tough they were. We found a way to get through that series and I think our will allowed us to get through the Chicago series.”

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