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Red Wings seek another Presidents' Trophy

Apr 1, 2007 - 2:29 PM Detroit (47-19-12) at Columbus (32-39-7) 12:30 pm EDT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Ticker) -- The Detroit Red Wings again have their sights set on the Presidents' Trophy.

The Red Wings, who are one point behind Buffalo in the race for the Presidents' Trophy, begin the final week of the regular season against favorable competition when they face the Blue Jackets on Sunday.

Along with Sunday's contest at Columbus, Detroit will close out the campaign with a home-and-home series against Chicago (28-40-9).

The Red Wings are a remarkable 23-2-3 against Columbus and Chicago in the past two seasons. If it can continue that dominance, Detroit can secure the best record in the NHL.

The Red Wings and Anaheim (47-20-12) have 106 points, one more than Nashville in the Western Conference. But Detroit is behind high-powered Buffalo (50-21-7) for the league's best mark.

The Red Wings are looking for their third consecutive Presidents' Trophy and sixth straight division title. Detroit is bidding to become the first club to finish atop the NHL's standings three straight seasons since the 1976-78 Montreal Canadiens.

However, Detroit did not take a step towards that honor in its last contest, giving up a three-goal third-period lead in a 4-3 shootout loss to Dallas on Friday. Red Wings goaltender Dominik Hasek allowed the only goal of the bonus format to the Stars' Sergei Zubov.

Detroit has lost three of its last five games - all in a shootout.

After a rare four-game winning streak, Columbus dropped its second straight contest with a 3-1 loss to Chicago on Friday.








  • NHL
    FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    DETROIT 0 3 1 4
    COLUMBUS 0 0 1 1 FINAL
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: NONE
    2ND PRD: DET - (PP) BRETT LEBDA 5 (MIKAEL SAMUELSSON, ROBERT LANG)
    1:57
    DET - TOMAS HOLMSTROM 27 (JIRI HUDLER, BRETT LEBDA) 10:27
    DET - (SH) PAVEL DATSYUK 27 (UNASSISTED) 17:16
    3RD PRD: DET - TOMAS HOLMSTROM 28

    Apr 1 2:58 PM


  • NHL
    DETROIT 4
    COLUMBUS 1
    3RD PRD: COB - RICK NASH 25 (UNASSISTED) 19:01

    Red Wings vs. Blue JacketsApr 1 2:56 PM


  • NHL
    DETROIT 4
    COLUMBUS 0
    3RD PRD: DET - TOMAS HOLMSTROM 28 (KRIS DRAPER, DANIEL CLEARY) 0:49

    Red Wings vs. Blue JacketsApr 1 2:23 PM


  • NHL
    END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    DETROIT 0 3 3
    COLUMBUS 0 0 0 END OF THE 2ND
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: NONE
    2ND PRD: DET - (PP) BRETT LEBDA 5 (MIKAEL SAMUELSSON, ROBERT LANG)
    1:57
    DET - TOMAS HOLMSTROM 27 (JIRI HUDLER, BRETT LEBDA) 10:27
    DET - (SH) PAVEL DATSYUK 27 (UNASSISTED) 17:16
    SHOTS ON GOAL:

    Apr 1 2:02 PM


  • NHL
    DETROIT 3
    COLUMBUS 0
    2ND PRD: DET - (SH) PAVEL DATSYUK 27 (UNASSISTED) 17:16

    Red Wings vs. Blue JacketsApr 1 1:58 PM


  • NHL
    DETROIT 2
    COLUMBUS 0
    2ND PRD: DET - TOMAS HOLMSTROM 27 (JIRI HUDLER, BRETT LEBDA) 10:27

    Red Wings vs. Blue JacketsApr 1 1:50 PM


  • NHL
    DETROIT 1
    COLUMBUS 0
    2ND PRD: DET - (PP) BRETT LEBDA 5 (MIKAEL SAMUELSSON, ROBERT LANG)
    1:57

    Red Wings vs. Blue JacketsApr 1 1:32 PM


  • NHL
    END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    DETROIT 0 0
    COLUMBUS 0 0 END OF THE 1ST
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: NONE
    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    DET 8 8
    COB 13 13
    GOALIES: DET - DOMINIK HASEK
    COB - FREDRIK NORRENA

    Apr 1 1:11 PM

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