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The Detroit Red Wings have slipped from being regarded as an elite NHL team, getting knocked out of the playoffs in the first round after consecutive second-round exits.
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The Detroit Red Wings have slipped from being regarded as an elite NHL team, getting knocked out of the playoffs in the first round after consecutive second-round exits.
Hope for a Stanley Cup ended for the Detroit Red Wings losing to the Nashville Predators 2-1 on Friday night in Game 5 of the 2012 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs.
Game 5 is Saturday night in Arizona.
Martin Brodeur bounced back from his shortest postseason performance with a record-setting 24th Stanley Cup playoff shutout, leading the New Jersey Devils to a 4-0 Game 4 victory over the Florida Panthers Thursday night.
The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 to tie the series at two games a piece as Braden Holtby stopped 44 shots in the win.
Brian Elliott made 24 saves, B.J. Crombeen and Andy McDonald scored and the St. Louis Blues moved one win away from the second round.
Thursday afternoon the Wings held their final practice before hopping on a plane and heading to Nashville where game 5 will take place on Friday night.
An Illinois man was arrested this week for sending threatening emails to the president and owner of the Chicago Blackhawks and the former general manager of the Chicago Cubs, claiming they "stole his idea to win championships."
Cory Schneider made 43 saves and stopped Dustin Brown's penalty shot in his first career playoff victory, Daniel Sedin sparked Vancouver's power play in his return from injury, and the top-seeded Canucks avoided an embarrassing first-round sweep with a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings in Game 4 on Wednesday night.
(93-7 The FAN) -- The Penguins finally found a multiple-goal lead they liked, thrashing the Philadelphia Flyers, 10-3, Wednesday night in Game 4.
Kyle Turris scored at 2:42 of overtime to give the Ottawa Senators a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Wednesday night, tying the Eastern Conference series at two games apiece.
This probably won't surprise anyone, but Phoenix Coyotes forward Raffi Torres doesn't think there was anything wrong with his hit on Marian Hossa.
Brian Campbell scored on a second-period power play and the Florida Panthers staged their greatest playoff comeback in franchise history, rallying from an early three-goal deficit to defeat the New Jersey Devils 4-3 on Tuesday night.
Mikkel Boedker scored 13:15 into overtime, and the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Tuesday night to take a 2-1 lead in their wild and physical opening-round Western Conference playoff series.
NHL punishment czar Brendan Shanahan caught so much flack for his soft, inexplicable non-suspension of Shea Weber, that I was worried he would overcompensate and hammer Andrew Shaw far worse than deserved.
Seems like the new feeling in Hockey Town during the playoffs these days is playing from behind!
The Red Wings fall to the Nashville Predators 3-1 Tuesday night and go down 3-1 in the best of 7 series the first-round Western Conference playoff series.
Henrik Lundqvist made 39 saves for his fourth NHL playoff shutout, and Brian Boyle scored for the third straight game as the New York Rangers beat the Ottawa Senators 1-0 on Monday night.
The Rangers -- and their fans -- got a good look at the future Monday night.
Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstom received a match penatly after the final buzzer of Monday Night's Game 3 against the Bruins, and could find himself watching Thursday's Game 4.
Washington's Karl Alzner should be ready for Milan Lucic on Thursday.
Nicklas Lidstrom expects his next game-day trip to Joe Louis Arena to be like any other — even though it might be his last.
Monday afternoon the Red Wings were back on the ice and video room in preparation for game four of their first round series with Nashville.
After a frustrating Game 2 versus the Washington Capitals, the Boston Bruins are on the road tonight for an important Game 3. Gresh and Zolak feel the Bruins need to pump up the energy tonight and crash the net.
Heading into the playoffs, the Penguins had really good special teams numbers, tied for fifth in the entire league on the power play and the third best penalty killing team. However, in this series there seems to be nothing special for special teams as the Philadelphia Flyers continue to completely own the Penguins who seem to have no answers.
