Tonight game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals will take place.  The Detroit Red Wings will face the Pittsburg Penguins on their home ice again.  This is a very critical game in the series for both teams as a lot is on stake in this game.  Both the Wings and Penguins are going to come out hungry.  A Wings win will put them up 3-1 heading back to Detroit for a potential Stanley Cup Win at home.  A Penguins win will tie up the series up at 2 games a piece and will set up a best of 3 series.  Tonight’s game is very important as it will be the turning point of the series.

The Penguins find themselves in a similar situation to game 3.  It is another must win for them tonight.  Pittsburg looks forward to the challenge and coach Michel Therrien liked the way his teamed performed last game.  Good athletes like challenges and this is when they are at their best.  They can bring their games to new levels and shine.  In game 3 Pittsburgh’s leader and superstar, Sidney Crosby led the way with 2 goals.  He is going to have to lead his team to another victory tonight and get on the scoreboard early.  Currently Oddsmakers at Sportbetting.com have the Penguins as -115 favorites heading into tonight’s game.

The Detroit Red Wings will look to make a few adjustments for today’s match up.  They will need to tighten up on defense as they had done in both games 1 and 2, when they shut out the Penguins both times.  Chris Osgood is also going to have to step up his game in net.  He holds a record of 6-1 in the Stanley Cup Finals and last game was his only loss.  Detroit is also going to need its snipers to show up tonight.  Johan Franzen had a goal last game and still leads the entire NHL is playoffs goals.  He will need the support of Davel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg tonight if the Wings want to be successful.

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