No. 1 Red Wings 54-21-7, 115 points; first place in Central Division. Defeated Nashville 4-2 in first round, Colorado 4-0 in conference semifinals.
No. 5 Stars 45-30-7, 97 points; third place in Pacific Division. Defeated Anaheim 4-2 in first round, San Jose 4-2 in conference semifinals.
Can Franzen keep it up?
Detroit center Johan Franzen, threatening to become the most famous Mule since Francis, is coming off nine goals against the Avalanche.
The goalie game.
Dominik Hasek begins the series watching, but it’s even money that it’s him against Marty Turco by Game 4.
Flashback.
There aren’t brawl tapes to show, but this again is reminiscent of the not-so-long-ago time when the conference finals were a matchup of — pick two of the three — Wings, Stars or Avalanche.
Post pick: Red Wings in seven.
