NHL Playoff Preview: Red Wings vs. Ducks
May 1, 2009 by Jeanne Dupuis
Filed under Anaheim Ducks, Detroit Red Wings, NHL Playoffs, Schedule
Tonight, the Detroit Red Wings will host the Anaheim Ducks for what could be a very interesting series. The Ducks have already surprised a lot of people by eliminating the top seeded team in the league in the first round and now the 2007 Stanley Cup Champions will take on the 2008 Stanley Cup Champions. Who will advance to the next round?
I can’t even make a prediction about how this is going to go down but I do have a feeling that, like so many other series, this one could be determined by goaltending. Both teams have their strengths (Detroit is a playoff machine and Anaheim seems to have drive and the element of surprise) but I want to see how Chris Osgood fares against Jonas Hiller, the goalie-who-has-emerged-from-obscurity-to-become-one-of-the-most-talked-about-players-in-the-postseason.
The action starts tonight. Here’s the schedule:
- Friday, May 1 at Detroit, 7:00 p.m. VERSUS, TSN2
- Sunday, May 3 at Detroit, 2:00 p.m. NBC, TSN
- Tuesday, May 5 at Anaheim, 10:30 p.m. VERSUS, TSN
- Thursday, May 7 at Anaheim, 10:30 p.m. VERSUS, TSN
- *Sunday, May 10 at Detroit, 5:00 p.m. TSN
- *Tuesday, May 12 at Anaheim, TBD VERSUS, TSN
- *Thursday, May 14 at Detroit, TBD VERSUS, TSN
image: TSN
