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The 2007 Stanley Cup will make its home in either Anaheim or Ottawa this year, as the Ducks and Senators face-off in the Stanley Cup final starting Monday night.

The Senators will enter this nhl series well-rested after having eight days off between knocking off Buffalo and starting up with Anaheim. The Ducks will enjoy some time off as well, with five days of rest after sending Detroit packing on Tuesday.

In their series clincher against Detroit, the Ducks jumped out to a 3-0 lead behind goals from Rob Niedermayer, Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf. Henrik Zetterberg finally got the Wings on the board with his sixth postseason marker early in the third period, but Samuel Pahlsson scored less than three minutes later to give the Ducks back their three-goal cushion. It turned out that the Ducks really needed that three-goal lead after Pavel Datsyuk scored two power-play goals to get Detroit back within a goal. That was as close as the Red Wings would get though, as Jean-Sebastien Giguere shut the door from there on to get Anaheim to their second Cup final in the last four years.

This will be the modern-day Senators' first trip to the Cup final in franchise history. The original Senators last brought the Cup back to Ottawa in 1927. The Canadian Capital hasn't seen a Cup champion since after the original Sens moved to St. Louis following the 1933-34 season.

This year's Senators heads to the final with plenty of firepower, led by their three big guns, Dany Heatley, Jason Spezza and captain Daniel Alfredsson. Heatley leads all players with 21 postseason points, while Alfredsson is the playoff goal leader with 10 goals, four of which have been game-winners. Spezza is no slouch either with 20 points during the postseason campaign.

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The third round of the 2007 NHL playoffs is still a few days from getting underway, but there's a lot to look forward to in the Eastern Conference final.

The Ottawa Senators and Buffalo Sabres will do battle for the right to represent the East in the 2007 Stanley Cup finals. The Sabres came within one game of heading to the Cup final last season, but fell to eventual Cup champion Carolina in Game 7 of the Conference final. The Sabres made it that far last year with a number of key players sidelined by injury, but this time around they have all their big scorers and heavy hitters healthy and ready to go.

The Sabres got through the New York Islanders in five hockey games in the first round and took apart the New York Rangers in six games in Round 2. Buffalo's leading scorers through the first two rounds are Daniel Briere with 11 points (2 goals, 9 assists) and clutch performer Chris Drury with 10 points (7 goals, 3 assists). Thomas Vanek has also turned it on with five postseason goals after playing his way to the bench in the playoffs last year. Ryan Miller has looked shaky at times during the playoffs, but he still sports some impressive numbers with a 2.06 goals against average and a .929 save percentage.

The Senators swept through the Pittsburgh Penguins in five games in Round 1 and looked equally impressive while doing away with the =New Jersey Devils in five games in the second round. Ottawa's big guns have been firing throughout the playoffs so far, as Dany Heatley has collected 14 points (5 goals, 9 assists) and Jason Spezza has 12 points (5 goals, 7 assists). Even maligned captain Daniel Alfredsson has avoided the playoff choker label so far this postseason with six goals and five assists. One of Ottawa's biggest problems during some of their early playoff exits in the past has been lackluster goaltending. Ray Emery has erased any of those questions this year with some stellar play in nets, while posting a 2.04 goals against average and a .919 save percentage.

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It's do or die for theVancouver Canuckson Thursday night, as they face the Anaheim Ducks ina crucial Game 5 of theirsecond-round 2007 NHL playoff series.

Anaheim knocked off Vancouver 3-2 in overtime on Tuesday afterTravis Moen beat goalie Roberto Luongo early in the extra frame to give the Ducks a 3-1series lead. The Canucks blew ahuge opportunity to even up the series in that hockey game aftertaking a 2-0 lead into the third period. Markus Naslund buried his fourth goalof the playoffs in thefirst period to get Vancouver on the board, while Brendan Morrisonnetted his first postseason goal in thesecond period to give the Canucks atwo-goal lead.

The Ducks began chipping away at Vancouver's lead early inthe third after Chris Pronger found the back of the net for his third goal ofthe season. A bruised and battered Teemu Selanne tied it for Anaheim with his third postseason marker with five minutesremaining, to send the game to OT where Moen finished off Vancouver.

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