May 25, 2009
Defending Cup champ Red Wings looking to repeat
The Detroit Red Wings can advance to the Stanley Cup Final ? and a chance to defend their NHL title ? with one more win over the Chicago Blackhawks.
The defending Stanley Cup champions lead the best-of-seven Western Conference final 3-1 and can eliminate the upstart Blackhawks in Game 5 on Wednesday (7:30 pm ET, VERSUS, CBC).
betED.com NHL Betting Odds have the Red Wings as -240 moneyline, 1.5-point (+130) favorites with the over/under at 5.5.
The Red Wings schooled the young ?Hawks in Game 4 at the United Center in Chicago on Sunday, as Marian Hossa and Henrik Zetterberg each tallied twice to pace a 6-1 Detroit win.
Valtteri Filppula added a goal and two helpers while Johan Franzen also scored for the Red Wings.
And the Red Wings managed to dominate the game without two of their most dominating players, as forward Pavel Datsyuk and star defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom both sat out with lower-body injuries.
As well, Detroit starting goalie Chris Osgood was given a rest after two periods when he complained of dehydration, although he still picked up his 11th win of the postseason by giving up just one goal on 19 shots. Ty Conklin finished the game with nine saves.
Jonathan Toews scored the lone goal for the Blackhawks, who were unable to continue the momentum from a dramatic 4-3 overtime win in Game 3 on Friday.
Chicago also was dealing with an injury to a key player, as starting goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin sat out with a lower-body injury.
Cristobal Huet, making his first playoff start since Game 7 of a 2008 Eastern Conference quarterfinal game while with the Washington Capitals, suffered the loss by allowing five goals on 26 shots.
Backup Corey Crawford, in his first career NHL playoff action, stopped six-of-seven shots in almost 16 minutes during the second period.
The loss was Chicago?s worst since a 6-0 setback to the Minnesota North Stars on April 12, 1991 in Game 5 of a Norris Division semifinal.
Check out betED.com for Stanley Cup Betting.
Defending Cup champ Red Wings looking to repeat
The Detroit Red Wings can advance to the Stanley Cup Final ? and a chance to defend their NHL title ? with one more win over the Chicago Blackhawks.
The defending Stanley Cup champions lead the best-of-seven Western Conference final 3-1 and can eliminate the upstart Blackhawks in Game 5 on Wednesday (7:30 pm ET, VERSUS, CBC).
betED.com NHL Betting Odds have the Red Wings as -240 moneyline, 1.5-point (+130) favorites with the over/under at 5.5.
The Red Wings schooled the young ?Hawks in Game 4 at the United Center in Chicago on Sunday, as Marian Hossa and Henrik Zetterberg each tallied twice to pace a 6-1 Detroit win.
Valtteri Filppula added a goal and two helpers while Johan Franzen also scored for the Red Wings.
And the Red Wings managed to dominate the game without two of their most dominating players, as forward Pavel Datsyuk and star defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom both sat out with lower-body injuries.
As well, Detroit starting goalie Chris Osgood was given a rest after two periods when he complained of dehydration, although he still picked up his 11th win of the postseason by giving up just one goal on 19 shots. Ty Conklin finished the game with nine saves.
Jonathan Toews scored the lone goal for the Blackhawks, who were unable to continue the momentum from a dramatic 4-3 overtime win in Game 3 on Friday.
Chicago also was dealing with an injury to a key player, as starting goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin sat out with a lower-body injury.
Cristobal Huet, making his first playoff start since Game 7 of a 2008 Eastern Conference quarterfinal game while with the Washington Capitals, suffered the loss by allowing five goals on 26 shots.
Backup Corey Crawford, in his first career NHL playoff action, stopped six-of-seven shots in almost 16 minutes during the second period.
The loss was Chicago?s worst since a 6-0 setback to the Minnesota North Stars on April 12, 1991 in Game 5 of a Norris Division semifinal.
Check out betED.com for Stanley Cup Betting.
