The Red Wings defeated the Penguins 3-1 in Game One of the Stanley Cup Finals on Saturday night. Brad Stuart scored the first goal of the game for Detroit, but Pittsburgh's Ruslan Fedotenko answered five minutes later to tie the game at one goal apiece after one period. Red Wings goalie Chris Osgood proved to be too good for the Penguins. He finished the game with 31 saves. Johan Franzen scored what turned out to be the game-winning goal at the 19:02 mark of the second period, and Justin Abdelkade put the icing on the cake at the start of the third. Game Two will be Sunday night in Detroit.

The Red Wings, playing without stars Nicklas Lidstrom and Pavel Datsyuk, needed Darren Helm and Dan Cleary to eliminate the Blackhawks in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals Wednesday night, as reported by the Associated Press. Helm scored 3:58 into OT, and Cleary had a goal in the third period in the defending champion Red Wings? 2-1 win over Chicago that set up a Stanley Cup finals rematch with the Penguins.

The Penguins are headed back to the Stanley Cup finals, clinching a return trip with a 4-1 win over the Hurricanes on Tuesday night that finished off a sweep in the Eastern Conference finals, according to an Associated Press report.

With injured stars Nicklas Lidstrom and Pavel Datsyuk sidelined, Marian Hossa and Henrik Zetterberg had two goals each, sending the Red Wings to a convincing 6-1 victory over the Blackhawks on Sunday and a 3-1 lead in the Western Conference finals, as reported by the Associated Press.

Evgeni Malkin had two goals and an assist, Sidney Crosby added a goal and an assist, and the Penguins pushed the Hurricanes to the brink of elimination by beating them 6-2 on Saturday night, according to an Associated Press report.

Patrick Sharp scored at 1:52 of overtime Friday night, giving Chicago a 4-3 victory over Detroit and cutting the Red Wings? lead in the Western Conference finals to 2-1, according to an Associated Press report.

Evgeni Malkin put Pittsburgh ahead for good by scoring twice in the third period of his first three-goal performance and the Penguins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 7-4 Thursday night to open a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals, according to an Associated Press report.

The Detroit Red Wings got an overtime goal from Mikael Samuelsson to secure a 3-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night and a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. Chris Osgood made 37 saves for the defending Stanley Cup champions.

Philippe Boucher and Miroslav Satan were missing when the Penguins made their late-season surge that carried them to the playoffs. Satan and Boucher scored their first goals of the playoffs and goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury prevented Carolina from getting its offense going, leading the Penguins to a 3-2 win over the Hurricanes on Monday night, as reported by the Associated Press.

The Red Wings defeated the Blackhawks 5-2 in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals on Sunday afternoon. Detroit's Dan Cleary matched a playoff career high with two goals against the team that drafted him 13th overall in 1997. Johan Franzen, Mikael Samuelsson and Henrik Zetterberg added goals for Chicago, who scored the last three goals of the game.