On Saturday afternoon the Detroit Red Wings will return home for game 5 of the NHL playoffs to play the Dallas Stars.  Detroit has a 3-1 game stranglehold on the series.  Dallas stayed alive last game, when they beat Detroit by a score of 3-1.  There was a couple questionable calls in this game, as Detroit had a couple goals called back that were under review.  They can’t let this bother then and they must put this behind them heading into game 5 on Saturday.

The big question is going to be can Marty Turco finally win a game at Jo Louis Arena? Turco now has a horrible record of 0-9-2 when playing in Detroit.  He just can’t seem to get that first win under his belt.  If you put this stat aside and look at his total performance in this years playoffs he was done quite well.  He ranks 4th in save percentage with 0.921 and has 1 shutout in the playoffs.  In game 4 of this series he played phenomenal.  He stopped 33 out of 34 shots and lead Dallas to its first win against the Wings.  Currently Oddsmakers at Sportsbetting.com have Detroit as a huge -260 favorite to win Saturday’s game.

Detroit’s 10 game winning streak was snapped on Wednesday.  This should not slow down these juggernauts at all.  They will come into this game focused and ready to eliminate the Stars and head to the Stanley Cup Finals.  Henrick Zetterberg was Detroit's lone bright spot last game as he scored Detroit’s only goal.  He leads the entire league with 10 goals and 9 assists for 19 points in this years playoffs.  Expect him to come out firing on Saturday.  Look for Detroit to take this game and advance.

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