Tonight the Stanley Cup Finals will head back to Joe Louis Arena.  The Detroit Red Wings will play the Pittsburg Penguins in NHL Playoffs game 5.  The Red Wings are out to a commanding 3-1 lead in the series and can win the Stanley Cup tonight with a victory at home.  Last game, the Penguins lost a close match at home by a score of 2-1.  They had a fair effort but it wasn’t good enough.  There could very well be a Stanley Cup winner tonight if they Wings continue to play like they have been.

Tonight Detroit is going to get its first of three chances to win a fourth title in 11 seasons.  They are led by goaltender Chris Osgood.  Every since taking over for Dominik Hasek in the first round against the Nashville Predators he is 13-3 with a 1.45 goals against average.  He has only allowed 4 goals against the Penguins in 4 games.  If he continues to shine tonight it may be the end for the Penguins.  Superstar Henrik Zetterberg has also been huge for Detroit in these playoffs.  He is second in points in the playoffs with 23 and has a plus 16 rating.  Not far behind in Pavel Datsyuk who has 20 points and a plus 13 rating.  Currently Oddsmakers at Sportsbook.com have the Detroit Red Wings as -250 Stanley Cup odds favorites heading into tonight’s NHL game.

The Penguins are going to need all of their players to play hard tonight.  Especially, Evgeni Malkin, who has been held scoreless by Detroit after having 19 points in 14 playoff games.  He also had 106 points during the regular season and was second to only Alexander Ovechkin.  Pittsburg needs him now more then ever to snap out of this slump or it will spell an end to their magical Stanley Cup run.

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