Pre-GAME 5 (5/5): Sharks @ Red Wings - 2 PM ET

[aflac9262 211]

TV: NBC (HD)¹, RDS, TSN (HD)

RADIO: FREE FM 97.1, WXYT 1270 AM, KFOX 98.5 FM, NHL Radio

SIRIUS: 123 (Schedule)

XM: 205 (Schedule)

¹ Fans outside of local market: NBC will cut away at the end of regulation time so you can watch some exciting horse racing.

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â–º Guerin will not play, after being hit in the face by an angry puck in Game 4. Steve Bernier will take his spot.

â–º Lebda did practice on Friday, but will not play this afternoon (Sore Ankle - Day to Day).

â–º Joe Thornton is on a seven game point streak (1 G - 8 A). He has a goal and four assists in this series.

â–º Red Wings all-time record in Game 5s: (31-33). Lets hope there is no OT either Wings all-time postseason OT record at home is (17-29), while their road record is (19-15).

DETROIT

Niklas Kronwall (Fractured Sacrum); Out

Brett Lebda (Ankle); Out

SAN JOSE

Bill Guerin (Facial Injury); Out

Offense

1: PAVEL DATSYUK - HENRIK ZETTERBERG - TOMAS HOLMSTROM

2: JOHAN FRANZEN - ROBERT LANG - MIKAEL SAMUELSSON

3: DAN CLEARY - KRIS DRAPER - KIRK MALTBY

4: KYLE CALDER - VALTTERI FILPPULA - TODD BERTUZZI

Defense

1: NICKLAS LIDSTROM - DANNY MARKOV

2: MATHIEU SCHNEIDER - ANDREAS LILJA

3: CHRIS CHELIOS - KYLE QUINCEY

Offense

1: MILAN MICHALEK - JOE THORNTON - JONATHAN CHEECHOO

2: RYANE CLOWE - PATRICK MARLEAU - MIKE GRIER

3: PATRICK RISSMILLER - MARCEL GOC - STEVE BERNIER

4: JOE PAVELSKI - CURTIS BROWN - MARK SMITH

Defense

1: MATT CARLE - CRAIG RIVET

2: MARC-EDOUARD VLASIC - SCOTT HANNAN

3: KYLE McLAREN - CHRISTIAN EHRHOFF

Highlights

HIGHLIGHTS WILL BE DOWNLOADABLE FOR EACH GAME AS THE SERIES PROGRESSES

ROUND 2 vs SAN JOSE

Series tied, 2-2

GAME 1: STREAM - DOWNLOAD

GAME 2: STREAM - DOWNLOAD

GAME 3: STREAM - DOWNLOAD

GAME 4: STREAM - DOWNLOAD

GAME 5:(5/05) SAN @ DET - -2:00 PM ET - (TV: RDS, TSN, NBC)

GAME 6:(5/07) DET @ SAN - --------TBD - (TV: FSND, RDS, TSN, VERSUS)

GAME 7:(5/09) SAN @ DET - --------TBD - (TV: FSND, TSN, VERSUS)*

* If necessary

ROUND 1 vs CALGARY

DET won series, 4-2

GAME 1: STREAM - DOWNLOAD

GAME 2: STREAM - DOWNLOAD

GAME 3: STREAM - DOWNLOAD

GAME 4: STREAM - DOWNLOAD

GAME 5: STREAM - DOWNLOAD

GAME 6: STREAM - DOWNLOAD

Game 6 Extra: OT Goal + Reaction / Some Post-Game (CBC)

Edited May 5, 2007 by aflac9262

[daft_davy 0]

10-0 wings

[Offsides 21]

Let's Go Wings!

All of my traditions are messed up right now...all my superstitions are in shambles.

I will be at my graduation and might miss part (if not all) of the game.

The Wings will have to find a way to win without me!

I'm nervous.

[chelios4eva 0]

Let's Go Wings!

All of my traditions are messed up right now...all my superstitions are in shambles.

I will be at my graduation and might miss part (if not all) of the game.

The Wings will have to find a way to win without me!

I'm nervous.

Forget your graduation, the Wings need you

Wings win 4-2

[Grypho 195]

10-0 wings

I hope everybody says that.

Wings win 4-2

I don't know about the winner, but I think it will be a 4-2 game.

[rwfan007 18]

I have a new job: pick up and delivery... my route starts at 1:15 and lasts 3-4 hours.... do the math. grr... o well, I will have the VCR going and the radio blaring

[YoungGuns1340 1]

3-1 or 5-1 Wings. Big game from our top lines. This game is ours.

[daft_davy 0]

I hope everybody says that.

I don't know about the winner, but I think it will be a 4-2 game.

i used to post that in GDTs before...and it sometimes worked hehe...

[servo 15]

Wings still have yet to handedly "win" a game. Each series to date in memory they dominate at least one game. If momentum carries this is ours. I'd love to see Hasek get a shutout but I predict 5-2 Wings. Hopefully, these stupid Tolls called "fans" will stay off of the boards and refrain from posting their worthless negative crap. I don't want to see posts about the series is over, the Wings have no desire, drive or will to win etc etc etc!

GO WINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Vincanni 1]

10-0 wings

That's completely unrealistic, we all know San Jose scores 2 goals each game.

10-2 Wings.

There much better.

[HockeyCrazy3033 168]

I'm feeling great about today's game and feeling a blowout!

Wings 6(Franzen, Datsyuk, Lang, Bert, Lidstrom, Sammy)

Sharks 2 (Bernier, Ehroff)

GO WINGS!!!!!!

Edited May 5, 2007 by HockeyCrazy3033

[Vincanni 1]

Actually I'm quite worried about this game, I feel a lose means we kill the series with the Sharks winning it in 6. A win means, well I think we still lose game 6 and probably win game 7.

Homer's return makes me quite confident, and I know there's no quit in our team so it'll be going down to the last second. But it's kind of a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation for us depending on how things go scoring wise. They score first and we have to spend the entire game playing catch up, we score first and they stay hungry the entire game and we end up being the ones trying to sit on a lead.

[Kira 451]

Step one in the process of getting to round 3 was accomplished the other night. Step two is winning tomorrow. Step 3 is going back to San Jose and winning Monday night. I want to see us take that second step to the third round. We need to play with heart and soul.

In the words of Stan Rogers..."Turn to and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain and rise again."

[kylee 727]

so pumped to watch this game tomorrow.

if the Wings take the game tomorrow, i believe the series is done, but first things first.

i just want to see the Wings come out flyin and dont look back.

send the sharks a demoralizing loss.

go Langer!

go Hank!

ps. i really hope that guy who started a thread on getting an octopus into the joe ends up throwing that thing down and help set the joe off for this big game!

[Guest REDWINGS4LYFE]

I say 2-1 detroit, dom stands on his head goals by Z and Big B

[HenrikRules40 14]

â–º Guerin will not play, after being hit in the face by an angry puck in Game 4. Steve Bernier will take his spot.

Aflac, you slay me.

WING ARE GONNA WINNNNNNN!!!

[bcwingsfan19 0]

Wings better win

4-2 is my guess.

[FireCaptain 563]

Go Wings. No predictions except for the prophecy.

[T-Ruff 47]

Wings have the momentum.....keep it....

[Elshupacabra 0]

This one will be REALLY tough, the Sharks are going to come out S-T-R-O-N-G . We'll have to weather the storm in the first period, but I KNOW we can do it.

GO WINGS!

[Zeta Power 40 1]

come on wings...bring it!

[Dabura 12,207]

IMO, the Sharks are going to make good on their promise of not sitting back. As a result, this game will be more wide-open and high-scoring than the previous four.

Wings 5 (Datsyuk, Holmstrom, Franzen, Schneider, Zetterberg)

Sharks 3 (Thornton, Thornton, Thornton disguised as Marleau)

[Saran 1]

LETS GOOOOO WINGS

wings win 3-1

[Heroes of Hockeytown 694]

No more pansy baby girl hockey. I demand JUICE.

Blood for the blood god! It matters not from whence the blood flows, so long as it flows! GRRAAAAAAAAARGGGRRAAAAAARAHAAA!!

[/psycho]

[Zenithian 0]

In any series, Game 5 is the most important of them all; in an evenly matched series, it is this game that places one team on the threshold of total victory, and the other on the brink of elimination. That simple fact cannot be overstated - teams that win Game 5 are statistically more likely to win the series. I think this matchup will be no exception; if the Wings win this game, they will take the series. They have the momentum, the will, and the never-say-die attitude that is necessary to go all the way in the playoffs.

I believe the Wings will win this game in convincing fashion!