(1) Detroit vs (5) San Jose Articles and Discussion

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<TABLE width=627><TBODY><TR><TD width=500>[SIZE=+1]Detroit Red Wings[/SIZE]
Team Page | Roster | Stats
Regular Season Record: 50-19-13, 113 pts
Head-to-Head Record: 1-3
Last Stanley Cup Win: 2002
Last Stanley Cup Final Appearance: 2002
Last Postseason Appearance: 2006
Players with Stanley Cup Rings: Kirk Maltby (3), Kris Draper (3), Tomas Holmstrom (3), Nicklas Lidstrom (3), Chris Chelios (2), Mathieu Schneider, Chris Osgood (2), Pavel Datsyuk, Dominik Hasek.

Team Analysis: For much of the regular season, the Red Wings could be categorized as a team that was high on talent, but low on physical play and toughness. The latter certainly made its presence felt in Round 1 against the Flames. Miikka Kiprusoff stood on his head against the Red Wings, but Mike Babcock's squad was able to muster up goals by crashing the net and applying pressure in the offensive zone. A lot of the offence and physical play came from the their third and fourth lines, which includes forwards Dan Cleary, Valtteri Filppula, Johan Franzen and Kris Draper. Todd Bertuzzi, who played in the last four games of the series, is also getting back into his physical game. That leaves the best players needing to be the best players. If skilled forwards Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk add more to the scoreboard, Detroit's offence will be very well-rounded. The blueline is as good as expected. Nicklas Lidstrom leads the team with eight points, while Chris Chelios, Mathieu Schneider, Danny Markov, Brett Lebda and Andreas Lilja have kept the shots and scoring chances low. Case in point, Dominik Hasek stopped 20 of just 21 shots in Game 6 - which went into double overtime.
</TD></TR><TR><TD>[SIZE=+1]San Jose Sharks[/SIZE]
Team Page | Roster | Stats
Regular Season Record: 51-26-5, 107 pts
Head-to-Head Record: 3-1
Last Stanley Cup Win: -
Last Stanley Cup Final Appearance: -
Last Postseason Appearance: 2006
Players with Stanley Cup Rings: Bill Guerin.

Team Analysis: Of the eight teams that advanced into the second round, one could argue that the Sharks had the toughest time getting through. That's not a statement about the team's abilities, but the nature of their gruelling first-round tilt against the Nashville Predators. It was tight, physical and downright dirty at times. If anything, they are a better team for it. Joe Thornton shook off his reputation as a playoff underachiever with six assists in the series and is tied with Patrick Marleau for the team's scoring lead. The front lines also got plenty of scoring helps from Milan Michalek, Ryan Clowe and Jonathan Cheechoo. Craig Rivet has been a big help on the blueline with five points in five games, while Matt Carle, Christian Ehrhoff, Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Scott Hannan and Kyle McLaren limited the Predators to 25 shots or less in four games. The only drawback so far has been the power play, which has been abysmal with just two goals in 30 chances. Evgeni Nabokov was a bit shaky in goal in Games 1 and 2 against Nashville (allowing nine goals), but settled in nicely allowing two goals or less in each of his last three games.
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Detroit ranked 21st in the league on the power play, with a 17.1% success rate. San Jose ranked second at 22.4%.

- Detroit ranked 7th in the league in penalty killing, with an 84.6% success rate. San Jose ranked 14th at 83.3%.

- Kirk Maltby (125), Danny Markov (111) and Johan Franzen (110) are the Red Wings' leading hitters.

- Kyle McLaren (134), Steve Bernier (131) and Patrick Rissmiller (124) are the Sharks' leading hitters.

- Kris Draper is the Red Wings' top face-off man -- 57.3%.

- Marcel Goc is the Sharks' top face-off man -- 55.2%.

- Detroit's Robert Lang ranked third in the league with 104 giveaways.

- Detroit's Pavel Datsyuk led the league with 107 takeaways.

- San Jose's Joe Thornton ranked second in the league with 114 points.

- Detroit's Nicklas Lidstrom ranked third in the league with 27:29 of ice time per game.

- Detroit's Nicklas Lidstrom tied for third in the league with a plus-40.

- Detroit's Dominik Hasek ranked second in the league with a 2.05 goals against average.

- Detroit's Henrik Zetterberg tied for the league lead with 10 game-winning goals.

- Detroit's Pavel Datsyuk tied for the league lead with eight clutch goals. Datsyuk led the league with 20 clutch points and Zetterberg ranked second with 18.

- Patrick Marleau led the Sharks with seven points in four games against the Red Wings this year.

- Mathieu Schneider led the Red Wings with five points in four games against the Sharks this year.

- Johan Franzen led the Red Wings with a plus-7 in Round One.

- Scott Hannan and Christian Ehrhoff led the Sharks with a plus-3 in Round One.

- Nicklas Lidstrom led the Red Wings with 29:09 of ice time in Round One.

- Craig Rivet led the Sharks with 26:34 of ice time in Round One.

- Detroit's leaders in power play ice time (per game/regular season):
Nicklas Lidstrom 5:39
Mathieu Schneider 5:19
Tomas Holmstrom 4:07
Henrik Zetterberg 4:05
Pavel Dstsyuk 3:59
Robert Lang 3:34

- San Jose's leaders in power play ice time (per game/regular season):
Joe Thornton 5:01
Matt Carle 4:36
Jonathan Cheechoo 4:22
Patrick Marleau 4:15
Christian Ehrhoff 4:03
Bill Guerin 3:47
* Guerin's totals include games with the Blues.

- Detroit's leaders in penalty killing ice time (per game/regular season):
Chris Chelios 4:50
Nicklas Lidstrom 4:32
Kris Draper 3:34
Andreas Lilja 2:57
Danny Markov 2:55
Henrik Zetterberg 2:51

- San Jose's leaders in penalty killing ice time (per game/regular season):
Scott Hannan 3:25
Mike Grier 3:19
Marc-Edouard Vlasic 3:18
Curtis Brown 3:17
Craig Rivet 3:13
Kyle McLaren 2:50
* Rivet's totals include games with the Canadiens.

 

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DETROIT (AP) - A collective sigh of relief could be heard from the Detroit Red Wings when Johan Franzen scored in overtime at Calgary on Sunday night' or Monday morning in the Motor City.
Detroit advanced in the playoffs for just the second time since 2002.
The win also gave the Red Wings a much-needed break after beating the Flames twice in less than 36 hours in arenas nearly 2,000 miles apart.
''Some guys are new to the team, so I'm sure they're happy,'' star defenceman Nicklas Lidstrom said Monday when the team arrived home. ''For some of us that have been here for a while, it's a relief to win in the first round.''
The Western Conference's top-seeded team won the series 4-2 over Calgary and will be able to rest before hosting fifth-seeded San Jose in Game 1 on Thursday.

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''In the Western Conference, seeds don't mean anything,'' forward Kris Draper said.
Entering the playoffs, the Red Wings were determined to avoid the early exits that have haunted them recently. And they were confident in the changes made to help.
Detroit brought back goaltender Dominik Hasek to replace Manny Legace.
The Red Wings added depth, toughness and speed with acquisitions. They also gave younger players a chance to play after losing Steve Yzerman to retirement and Brendan Shanahan to free agency last summer.
Most importantly perhaps, Red Wings coach Mike Babcock insists the current team is not carrying around ''baggage'' from previous playoff flops.
''This team isn't about '03, '04 or '06,'' Babcock said.
Detroit tied Buffalo for the most points in the NHL' losing a tiebreaker for the Presidents' Trophy a year after winning it' and has at least tied for the most points in the league in three straight seasons and four of five.
But regular-season success hasn't carried over into the playoffs much recently for the storied franchise.
Since winning back-to-back Stanley Cup titles in 1997-98, Detroit lost in the first round in two of the previous three post-seasons and only made it past the second round in 2002, when it won a 10th championship.
Of course, just surviving the first round this year isn't going to satisfy fans.
Babcock said that won't change his players' mind-set.
''I don't think you'll see us carrying the weight of the world around,'' he said. ''We're just going to go out and play.''
The Red Wings didn't want to play against Calgary on Tuesday night at home in Game 7 and Franzen granted their wish by ending the series.
''It will be very nice to get the break because we played back to back with travel,'' said Robert Lang, who tied Game 6 with a goal late in the second period.
Franzen's series-winning shot turned the Saddledome eerily silent' besides the Red Wings shouts of joy.
''It was a great relief to see Johan score that goal. Everybody's ready to go,'' Hasek said in Calgary after the game.
The Red Wings scheduled a ''very optional'' skate on Tuesday and didn't expect more than a handful of players to show up for it. All of the healthy players will practice on Wednesday, when they will begin to prepare for their second-round opponent.
Forward Tomas Holmstrom is day-to-day with an eye injury after Calgary's Craig Conroy hit him with his stick at 6:44 of overtime Sunday night. Defenceman Brett Lebda is day-to-day with a concussion and ankle injury. The team expects to know Thursday whether Lebda will be available for Game 1.

 

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The Red Wings will face the Sharks in round 2 of the NHL playoffs.
The Sharks emerged as the next opponent late Monday night, when the Canucks defeated Dallas. That left no. 1 seed Detroit, no. 2 seed Anaheim, no. 3 seed Vancouver and no. 5 seed San Jose still standing in the Western Conference.
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>The Wings don't match up very well with the Sharks. The Sharks made a big pickup at the trade deadline when they acquired Bill Guerin, giving them yet another big, fast, scoring forward.

With Guerin, Joe Thornton, Jonathan Cheechoo and Patrick Marleau, the Sharks field two enormous and mobile forward lines. They also acquired Craig Rivet at the trade deadline, improving an already solid defense.

In goal, Evgeni Nabokov withstood the challenges of Vesa Toskala to secure the no.1 job; Nabokov played every game as the Sharks eliminated no. 4 Nashville in five games in round one.

The Wings went 1-3 against San Jose during the regular season, losing both games in San Jose – and badly. One was a 5-1 loss, the other, 9-4. In both cases the Sharks used their speed to force the Wings into taking penalties, and then used their power play to put Detroit away. While regular-season records rarely translate into much once the playoffs begin, the bottom line is, the Sharks are a very good and very deep team. They finished with only six fewer points than Detroit, and played in a much tougher division.

The series begins with Game 1 Thursday and Game 2 Saturday at Joe Louis Arena, shifts to San Jose for Game 3 Monday and Game 4 May 2, and, if necessary, Game 5 would be in Detroit on May 5, Game 6 in San Jose on May 7, and Game 7 in Detroit on May 9.

 

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Sharks get Detroit next in Cup quest
<!--subtitle-->S.J. WON SEASON SERIES 3-1; TEAMS SPLIT PLAYOFF MEETINGS
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The Sharks will open the second round of the playoffs in Detroit with games Thursday and Saturday.
Games3 and 4 in San Jose will be next Monday and Wednesday.
Vancouver, which beat Dallas in Game7 of its first-round series Monday, will face Anaheim in the other Western Conference semifinal.
This will be the third playoff encounter between the Sharks and Red Wings. The Sharks staged a seven-game upset of top-seeded Detroit in 1994. The following season, the Red Wings swept the Sharks in the second round and outscored them 24-6 in the process.
The Sharks beat Detroit in the season series 3-1. This included just the Sharks' third regular-season victory at Joe Louis Arena in 29 visits on Dec.2. Rookie Joe Pavelski scored the winning goal with 5.9 seconds left.
But the teams have not met since Jan.4, when the Sharks erupted for six power-play goals in a 9-4 victory. In the first round of the playoffs, the Sharks and Red Wings each won a game in double-overtime. For the Sharks, it came in the opener of their five-game series victory over Nashville. Detroit closed out Calgary in Sunday's Game6 when Johan Franzen scored in the second extra session.

 

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For now, lines get back to normal
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The Sharks had a familiar look as they returned to the ice Monday for the first time since disposing of the Nashville Predators, with all four lines identical to those that started the past three games.
But that doesn't mean that down the road, the Patrick Marleau-Joe Thornton-Bill Guerin combination that scored the series-winning goal won't be reunited.
"It's just who's playing well, who's struggling, who needs a kick in the pants," Coach Ron Wilson said.
"It's also knowing how the other team is reading their matchups and so worried about who's playing against them," Wilson said. "And all of a sudden you play all the guys they're worrying about on the same line."
Monday, Thornton was back centering Milan Michalek and Jonathan Cheechoo; Marleau and Guerin were again skating with rookie Joe Pavelski.
And while those two lines accounted for eight of the 13 postseason goals scored by Sharks forwards, Wilson also praised his other two lines - Marcel Goc, Ryane Clowe and Steve Bernier; Curtis Brown, Mike Grier and Patrick Rissmiller.
"You look at our lineup and everybody played well and that was huge," Wilson said, noting that all of his forwards were getting at least 11:30 in ice time. "You look at the other teams and their fourth lines are playing five or six minutes. That's huge for us." Wilson said that with minutes spread more evenly throughout the lineup, the Sharks were able to wear down the Predators. That's
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also the plan for the next round.
"We're just using our assets the way they should be used," he said. "If you're big, you should play big. If you're fast, we should play fast."
While his teammates were relaxing in the Bay Area, Guerin flew directly from Nashville to St. Louis so he could spend time with his wife and four kids over the two-day break.
"It was a big weekend for our family," said Guerin, who came to the Sharks from the Blues at the Feb.27 trade deadline. "Our daughter had her first communion."
In addition to attending the church ceremony for Grace, 8, the Guerins spent the weekend watching four youth hockey games and tee-ball.
"It worked out perfect," Guerin said of the Sharks getting two days off after eliminating the Predators. "I know the kids were very happy to have me being around, but I enjoyed it a lot more than they did, I can tell you that."
The Sharks signed right wing Mike Morris, their first-round pick in the 2002 draft.
Morris had just graduated high school in Massachusetts when the Sharks took him 27th overall. His four-year career at Northeastern was marked by injuries, including a serious car accident that cause him to miss the 2005-06 season.
The Sharks also signed Jamie McGinn, the 36th overall pick last year. McGinn scored 89 points in 68 games for his junior team in Ottawa before joining San Jose's American Hockey Leagues affiliate in Worcester, Mass.

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<TABLE class=data cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=2><TBODY><TR><TD class=datahl2>1/4/07</TD><TD class=datacell>SJ 9 - DET 4</TD><TD class=datacell>SJ -125</TD><TD class=datacell>O 5.5</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datahl2>12/2/06</TD><TD class=datacell>DET 2 - SJ 3</TD><TD class=datacell>SJ -116</TD><TD class=datacell>U 5.5</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datahl2>10/25/06</TD><TD class=datacell>DET 2 - SJ 1</TD><TD class=datacell>DET -112</TD><TD class=datacell>U 6.0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datahl2>10/19/06</TD><TD class=datacell>SJ 5 - DET 1</TD><TD class=datacell>SJ -145</TD><TD class=datacell>P 6.0</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

 

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Dominic Hasek

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=yspsctbg align=middle><TD class=ysptblhdr align=left colSpan=17 height=18>Next Game (4/26 vs. SAN)</TD></TR><TR class=ysptblthbody1 align=right><TD class=yspdetailttl align=left width="24%" height=18></TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>GP</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>GS</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>MIN</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>W</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>L</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>T</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>OTL</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>EGA</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>GA</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>GAA</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>SA</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>SV</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>SV%</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>SO</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1 align=right height=16><TD class=yspscores align=left>Career vs San Jose</TD><TD class=yspscores>15</TD><TD class=yspscores>13</TD><TD class=yspscores>843</TD><TD class=yspscores>8</TD><TD class=yspscores>4</TD><TD class=yspscores>3</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>36</TD><TD class=yspscores>2.56</TD><TD class=yspscores>406</TD><TD class=yspscores>370</TD><TD class=yspscores>.911</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2 align=right height=16><TD class=yspscores align=left>Home (this year)</TD><TD class=yspscores>33</TD><TD class=yspscores>33</TD><TD class=yspscores>2009</TD><TD class=yspscores>24</TD><TD class=yspscores>3</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>6</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>59</TD><TD class=yspscores>1.76</TD><TD class=yspscores>766</TD><TD class=yspscores>707</TD><TD class=yspscores>.923</TD><TD class=yspscores>6</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Evegeni Nabokov

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=yspsctbg align=middle><TD class=ysptblhdr align=left colSpan=17 height=18>Next Game (4/26 vs. DET)</TD></TR><TR class=ysptblthbody1 align=right><TD class=yspdetailttl align=left width="24%" height=18></TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>GP</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>GS</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>MIN</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>W</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>L</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>T</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>OTL</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>EGA</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>GA</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>GAA</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>SA</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>SV</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>SV%</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>SO</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1 align=right height=16><TD class=yspscores align=left>Career vs Detroit</TD><TD class=yspscores>17</TD><TD class=yspscores>17</TD><TD class=yspscores>936</TD><TD class=yspscores>4</TD><TD class=yspscores>10</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>53</TD><TD class=yspscores>3.40</TD><TD class=yspscores>492</TD><TD class=yspscores>439</TD><TD class=yspscores>.892</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2 align=right height=16><TD class=yspscores align=left>Away (this year)</TD><TD class=yspscores>25</TD><TD class=yspscores>24</TD><TD class=yspscores>1366</TD><TD class=yspscores>11</TD><TD class=yspscores>10</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>3</TD><TD class=yspscores>59</TD><TD class=yspscores>2.59</TD><TD class=yspscores>639</TD><TD class=yspscores>580</TD><TD class=yspscores>.908</TD><TD class=yspscores>3</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

 

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<TABLE width=627 border=1><TBODY><TR class=one align=middle><TH>Game</TH><TH>Date</TH><TH>Matchup/Result</TH><TH>Breakdown</TH></TR><TR class=one align=middle><TD>1</TD><TD>Thursday, April 26, 7:30pm et</TD><TD>Sharks @ Red Wings</TD><TD><X name="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=163587&hubname=nhl">Recap | <X name="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/scores/boxscore/?id=6978">Box</TD></TR><TR class=one align=middle><TD>2</TD><TD>Saturday, April 28, 3pm et</TD><TD>Sharks @ Red Wings</TD><TD><X name="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=163587&hubname=nhl">Recap | <X name="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/scores/boxscore/?id=6978">Box</TD></TR><TR class=one align=middle><TD>3</TD><TD>Monday, April 30, 10pm et</TD><TD>Red Wings @ Sharks</TD><TD><X name="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=163587&hubname=nhl">Recap | <X name="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/scores/boxscore/?id=6978">Box</TD></TR><TR class=one align=middle><TD>4</TD><TD>Wednesday, May 2, 10pm</TD><TD>Red Wings @ Sharks</TD><TD><X name="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=163587&hubname=nhl">Recap | <X name="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/scores/boxscore/?id=6978">Box</TD></TR><TR class=one align=middle><TD>*5</TD><TD>Saturday, May 5, 2pm</TD><TD>Sharks @ Red Wings</TD><TD><X name="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=163587&hubname=nhl">Recap | <X name="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/scores/boxscore/?id=6978">Box</TD></TR><TR class=one align=middle><TD>*6</TD><TD>Monday, May 7, TBA</TD><TD>Red Wings @ Sharks</TD><TD><X name="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=163587&hubname=nhl">Recap | <X name="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/scores/boxscore/?id=6978">Box</TD></TR><TR class=one align=middle><TD>*7</TD><TD>Wednesday, May 9, TBA</TD><TD>Sharks @ Red Wings</TD><TD><X name="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=163587&hubname=nhl">Recap | <X name="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/scores/boxscore/?id=6978">Box</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

 

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Hasek in Playoffs

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=yspsctbg align=middle><TD class=ysptblhdr align=left colSpan=16 height=18>Playoffs</TD></TR><TR class=ysptblthbody1 align=right><TD class=yspdetailttl align=left height=18> Date</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl align=left height=18>Opponent</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl align=left height=18>Score</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>GS</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>MIN</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>W</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>L</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>OTL</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>EGA</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>GA</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>GAA</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>SA</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>SV</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>SV%</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>SO</TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2 align=right height=16><TD class=yspscores align=left> Apr 22</TD><TD class=yspscores align=left>@ CGY</TD><TD class=yspscores align=left>W 2-1</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>84</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>0.71</TD><TD class=yspscores>21</TD><TD class=yspscores>20</TD><TD class=yspscores>.952</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores> </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1 align=right height=16><TD class=yspscores align=left> Apr 21</TD><TD class=yspscores align=left>CGY</TD><TD class=yspscores align=left>W 5-1</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>60</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>1.00</TD><TD class=yspscores>24</TD><TD class=yspscores>23</TD><TD class=yspscores>.958</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores> </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2 align=right height=16><TD class=yspscores align=left> Apr 19</TD><TD class=yspscores align=left>@ CGY</TD><TD class=yspscores align=left>L 2-3</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>59</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>3</TD><TD class=yspscores>3.03</TD><TD class=yspscores>21</TD><TD class=yspscores>18</TD><TD class=yspscores>.857</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores> </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1 align=right height=16><TD class=yspscores align=left> Apr 17</TD><TD class=yspscores align=left>@ CGY</TD><TD class=yspscores align=left>L 2-3</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>59</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>3</TD><TD class=yspscores>3.05</TD><TD class=yspscores>28</TD><TD class=yspscores>25</TD><TD class=yspscores>.893</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores> </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2 align=right height=16><TD class=yspscores align=left> Apr 15</TD><TD class=yspscores align=left>CGY</TD><TD class=yspscores align=left>W 3-1</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>60</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>1.00</TD><TD class=yspscores>15</TD><TD class=yspscores>14</TD><TD class=yspscores>.933</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores> </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1 align=right height=16><TD class=yspscores align=left> Apr 12</TD><TD class=yspscores align=left>CGY</TD><TD class=yspscores align=left>W 4-1</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>60</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>1.01</TD><TD class=yspscores>20</TD><TD class=yspscores>19</TD><TD class=yspscores>.950</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores> </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2 align=right><TD class=yspscores align=left colSpan=3> Total</TD><TD class=yspscores>6</TD><TD class=yspscores>382</TD><TD class=yspscores>4</TD><TD class=yspscores>2</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>10</TD><TD class=yspscores>1.57</TD><TD class=yspscores>129</TD><TD class=yspscores>119</TD><TD class=yspscores>.922</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Nabokov in Playoffs

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=yspsctbg align=middle><TD class=ysptblhdr align=left colSpan=16 height=18>Playoffs</TD></TR><TR class=ysptblthbody1 align=right><TD class=yspdetailttl align=left height=18> Date</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl align=left height=18>Opponent</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl align=left height=18>Score</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>GS</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>MIN</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>W</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>L</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>OTL</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>EGA</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>GA</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>GAA</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>SA</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>SV</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>SV%</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>SO</TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1 align=right height=16><TD class=yspscores align=left> Apr 20</TD><TD class=yspscores align=left>@ NAS</TD><TD class=yspscores align=left>W 3-2</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>60</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>2</TD><TD class=yspscores>2.00</TD><TD class=yspscores>24</TD><TD class=yspscores>22</TD><TD class=yspscores>.917</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores> </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2 align=right height=16><TD class=yspscores align=left> Apr 18</TD><TD class=yspscores align=left>NAS</TD><TD class=yspscores align=left>W 3-2</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>60</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>2</TD><TD class=yspscores>2.01</TD><TD class=yspscores>25</TD><TD class=yspscores>23</TD><TD class=yspscores>.920</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores> </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1 align=right height=16><TD class=yspscores align=left> Apr 16</TD><TD class=yspscores align=left>NAS</TD><TD class=yspscores align=left>W 3-1</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>60</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>1.00</TD><TD class=yspscores>20</TD><TD class=yspscores>19</TD><TD class=yspscores>.950</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores> </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2 align=right height=16><TD class=yspscores align=left> Apr 13</TD><TD class=yspscores align=left>@ NAS</TD><TD class=yspscores align=left>L 2-5</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>59</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>4</TD><TD class=yspscores>4.07</TD><TD class=yspscores>21</TD><TD class=yspscores>17</TD><TD class=yspscores>.810</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores> </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1 align=right height=16><TD class=yspscores align=left> Apr 11</TD><TD class=yspscores align=left>@ NAS</TD><TD class=yspscores align=left>W 5-4</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>88</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>4</TD><TD class=yspscores>2.72</TD><TD class=yspscores>43</TD><TD class=yspscores>39</TD><TD class=yspscores>.907</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores> </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2 align=right><TD class=yspscores align=left colSpan=3> Total</TD><TD class=yspscores>5</TD><TD class=yspscores>327</TD><TD class=yspscores>4</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores>1</TD><TD class=yspscores>13</TD><TD class=yspscores>2.39</TD><TD class=yspscores>133</TD><TD class=yspscores>120</TD><TD class=yspscores>.902</TD><TD class=yspscores>0</TD><TD class=yspscores> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

 

[B.A.R.]

Great stuff Santa.

This is gonna be a helluva series and my intial lean is San Jose. Either way it will be a long, physical series. Looks like no bullshit scheduling this time out. Both teams had to travel a lot in first round.

 

[Morphius]

red wings update...

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Zetterberg (flu) will play; Lebda out longer?

Henrik Zetterberg didn't participate in the morning skate today, raising some eyebrows because he hasn't been on the ice since Game 6 at Calgary Sunday. But, coach Mike Babcock said Zetterberg's been bothered by the flu the last couple of days and is ready to play tonight. The inflamed disc in his back is likely bothering him as well.

Babcock said either Kyle Calder or Mikael Samuelsson will replace Tomas Holmstrom on the top line with Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk. CBC's Ron McLean mentioned during the Anaheim-Vancouver game last night that Samuelsson and Calder each has a broken bone in his hand. The Wings are denying it. In any event, they're ready to play.

Holmstrom's status for Game 2 Saturday is up in the air. But, it sounds like Brett Lebda (sprained ankle) might be out longer. <!-- THE POST -->

 

[Liquidnoose]

Not since the mid 90's Devils have I seen a team pull a 2 1/2 period defensive shell/trap....Sharks win bu they are gonna have to play a lot better to repeat on Sat. I'll take any SJ win but jeez...60 mins full tilt!