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[Dark Knight]

Please post your thoughts, pictures and comments on tonight's game in this thread.

Chicago at Detroit

[DropThePuck]

TSN's Ice Chips

Rod Brind'Amour took a puck in the face early in overtime in Game 7 on Thursday and did not return to the game. The captain suffered a deep cut over his right eye, but there was no damage to the eye, no evidence of a concussion, and Brind'Amour should be good to go in the series opener against the Pens on Monday in Pittsburgh. - News Observer

Chicago will have five days off between games by the time they play Game 1 Sunday in Detroit. One of the biggest beneficiaries of the down time is Patrick Sharp, who missed the final five games of the regular season with a left knee injury. The veteran winger has played in all 12 of the Hawks' postseason games and said the knee is "pretty close" to being 100 percent. - Chicago Tribune
Chris Chelios likely will open the series as a healthy scratch. He has played in four playoff games. "Hopefully at some point I will get in, but if Tomas Holmstrom continues to slump, Dan Cleary might see more net-front time on the power play," said Chelios. "Maybe that's something we have to consider if some guys don't start tipping some in there," said head coach Mike Babcock. - Detroit Free Press

Projected Lines vs. Blackhawks

Forwards:
Franzen - Zetterberg - Cleary
Filppula - Samuelsson - Hudler
Abdelkader - Datsyuk - Hossa
Holmstrom - Draper - Helm

iDefenceman Sergei Gonchar returned to practice on Sunday after taking three days off. He remains questionable for Game 1 against the Hurricanes. - TSN

Projected Lines vs. Hurricanes

Forwards:
Kunitz - Crosby - Guerin
Fedotenko - Malkin - Talbot
Cooke - Staal - Kennedy
Dupuis - Adams - Satan

Defence:
Orpik - Gonchar
Gill - Scuderi
Eaton - Letang

Goaltender:
Fleury
Garon

Spares:
Sykora, Godard, Goligoski

[Barmy Army]

Wooo-hooo the Hawks scored

1-0 with 6 minutes gone in the first.

[Barmy Army]

Score Update

It's now 1-1 ( booo)

[Barmy Army]

Final score

Red Wings 5 Blackhawks 2

[TecKaHoLiC]

Boo..this series will be a sweep. I truly believe if we would of won game 7..we would of been in the finals!

[DropThePuck]

2 - Burish, A. (05:25 in 1st), Versteeg, K. (PPG, 03:12 in 3rd)
5 - Cleary, D. (08:23 in 1st), Franzen, J. (16:38 in 2nd), Samuelsson, M. (07:31 in 3rd), Cleary, D. (08:58 in 3rd), Zetterberg, H. (EN, 19:17 in 3rd)


Chicago Blackhawks winger Ben Eager (55) is pushed by Detroit Red Wings defenseman Brett Lebda (22) during the first period of Game 1 of the NHL hockey Western Conference finals in Detroit, Sunday, May 17, 2009.
(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)


Brian Rafalski #28 of the Detroit Red Wings fights for the puck against Jonathan Toews #19 (L) of the Chicago Blackhawks during the first period of Game One of the Western Conference Championship Round of the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs on May 17, 2009 at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.
(Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images)


Chicago Blackhawks goalie Nikolai Khabibulin (39), of Russia, looks back as Detroit Red Wings winger Dan Cleary's shot bounces off the post for a goal during the third period of Game 1 of the NHL hockey Western Conference finals in Detroit, Sunday, May 17, 2009.
(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)


Chicago Blackhawks winger Dustin Byfuglien (33) screens Detroit Red Wings goalie Chris Osgood (30) as Detroit's Kris Versteeg (32) scores during the third period of Game 1 of the NHL hockey Western Conference finals in Detroit, Sunday, May 17, 2009. Helping on defense are Brian Rafalski (28) and Niklas Kronwall (55), of Sweden.
(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

[DropThePuck]

I truly believe if we would of won game 7..we would of been in the finals!

Would have, could have, should have.

We didn't quite have it all together, and our lucky bounces weren't enough to make up for it. At least we have a team whose future looks bright, and we have next season to look forward to. Not sure how Canadians are feeling now that all their teams have been booted. I suppose they can cheer for their individual hometown players if they totally haven't lost interest.

[lvsprt]

I hope the Hawks can buckle down and contain the Wings but there would be a certain amount of pride in knowing how difficult a time we gave the Wings so they don't sail to the finals and potentially win.