Detroit at Colorado

Detroit goes for the sweep of the Avs tonight. You know how we feel about this series. We've backed the Red Wings in a big way each game. The facts speak for themselves as Detroit has won 13 of the last 15 meetings and are 7-0 this season, having won by a comined score of 24-9. Detroit won the Presidents Trophy for a reason - they are very good and very disciplined and make it extremely hard for teams to find the net. This team has the desire to be great and those are the teams that sweep their opponents. The Avs are still beat up (Stastny, Smyth, Svatos and Clark) which makes a very tough task that much harder. While Colorado is alllowing 2.8 goals per game in the playoffs and 3.2 over their last five games, Detroit is giving up 2.1 in the playoffs and 1.6 per game over their last five. Colorado is now 0-8 on the season vs. the best of the best (teams outscoring opponents by 0.65+ goals per game). They just don't have what it takes this year. Detroit is 12-2 this year on the road off a road win and 23-4 the past two seasons off a road win in which they scored 4+ goals so we'll back them to finish this one off here in Colorado.