Final
Red Wings hope to avoid quarterfinal letdown vs. Flames
Apr 12, 2007 - 2:35 PM Calgary (43-29-10) at Detroit (50-19-13) 7:00 pm EDT Western Conference quarterfinalsDETROIT (Ticker) -- The Detroit Red Wings hope to start the postseason on a positive note Thursday when they face the Calgary Flames in Game One of their Western Conference quarterfinal series.
Losing out on their third straight Presidents' Trophy to the Buffalo Sabres via the tiebreaker of more victories, the Red Wings settled for their sixth consecutive Central Division title.
However, the perennial powerhouse has made early exits from the postseason in all but one of the previous five campaigns, including three Western Conference quarterfinal losses. Last season, the Red Wings lost in the quarterfinals to eighth-seeded Edmonton.
Things could again be tough for the Red Wings since the Flames represent one of the strongest eighth seeds in recent history.
The Flames, who came within one win of capturing the Stanley Cup in 2004, finished this season with 96 points. But they still had to wait until the penultimate day of the campaign to clinch the last postseason berth in the highly competitive West. Calgary also has reigning Vezina Trophy winner Miikka Kiprusoff in net.
The Red Wings also have plenty of experience in net with six-time Vezina winner Dominik Hasek, who finished the regular season with a 2.05 ERA goals-against average to go along with eight shutouts.
The teams split four games this season, with each winning both contests on home ice.
- PLAYOFFS
NHL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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CALGARY 0 0 1 1
DETROIT 2 2 0 4 FINAL
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: DET - VALTTERI FILPPULA 1 (JOHAN FRANZEN, BRETT LEBDA) 4:51
DET - (PP) NICKLAS LIDSTROM 1 (JIRI HUDLER, ROBERT LANG)
8:36
2ND PRD: DET - PAVEL DATSYUK 1 (TOMAS HOLMSTROM, MATHIEU SCHNEIDER)
6:56
DET - MAT
Apr 12 9:39 PM - PLAYOFFS
NHL CALGARY 1
DETROIT 4
3RD PRD: CGY - (PP) ALEX TANGUAY 1 (DAYMOND LANGKOW, KRISTIAN
HUSELIUS) 14:55
Flames vs. Red WingsApr 12 9:26 PM - PLAYOFFS
NHL END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
CALGARY 0 0 0
DETROIT 2 2 4 END OF THE 2ND
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: DET - VALTTERI FILPPULA 1 (JOHAN FRANZEN, BRETT LEBDA) 4:51
DET - (PP) NICKLAS LIDSTROM 1 (JIRI HUDLER, ROBERT LANG)
8:36
2ND PRD: DET - PAVEL DATSYUK 1 (TOMAS HOLMSTROM, MATHIEU SCHNEIDER)
6
Apr 12 8:40 PM - PLAYOFFS
NHL CALGARY 0
DETROIT 4
2ND PRD: DET - MATHIEU SCHNEIDER 1 (PAVEL DATSYUK, NICKLAS LIDSTROM)
9:57
Flames vs. Red WingsApr 12 8:24 PM - PLAYOFFS
NHL CALGARY 0
DETROIT 3
2ND PRD: DET - PAVEL DATSYUK 1 (TOMAS HOLMSTROM, MATHIEU SCHNEIDER)
6:56
Flames vs. Red WingsApr 12 8:17 PM - PLAYOFFS
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Calgary 0 --0
Detroit 2 --2
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Shots on goal:
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Calgary 7 --7
Detroit 11 --11
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Goalies : Calgary, Miikka Kiprusoff (11 shots, 9 saves). Detroit,
Dominik Hasek (7 shots, 7 saves). Referees: Dave Jackson, Mick
Mcgeough. Linesmen: Gr
Apr 12 7:48 PM - PLAYOFFS
NHL CALGARY 0
DETROIT 2
1ST PRD: DET - (PP) NICKLAS LIDSTROM 1 (JIRI HUDLER, ROBERT LANG) 8:36
Flames vs. Red WingsApr 12 7:29 PM - PLAYOFFS
NHL CALGARY 0
DETROIT 1
1ST PRD: DET - VALTTERI FILPPULA 1 (JOHAN FRANZEN, BRETT LEBDA) 4:51
Flames vs. Red WingsApr 12 7:21 PM
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