Stanley Cup Roundup: Day 42

Well after the previous round saw three series go the full 7, this round wrapped up fairly quickly. The Penguins swept the Hurricanes. And the Red Wings made short work of Chicago.

DETROIT RED WINGS 2, CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS 1 (OT)
***Detroit wins series 4-1***
The Blackhawks had to replace the Bulin Wall in net with Cristobal Huet, who split time in net this season. Huet was amazing last night, but like Pedro Martinez in 2001, he got no offensive support. Huet stopped 44 of 46 shots. Meanwhile, Chicago had 0 shots in the 4 minutes of overtime that was played.

The Wings went after Martin Havlat in this series, and they hit him enough to literally knock him out. Without Havlat, Chicago's offense lost its teeth, and Detroit only needed 2 or 3 goals a night to close out the series.

To be fair, the Wings won this without Lidstrom, without Datsyuk, and without Draper. Not too shabby.



The Stanley Cup finals start Saturday night.

-The Commodore