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   Series
Red Wings eliminate Predators
Nicklas Lidstrom, middle, deflects the puck while keeping Jeremy Stevenson away from the net. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Nicklas Lidstrom, middle, deflects the puck while keeping Jeremy Stevenson away from the net. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Robert Lang has carved his place in Red Wings' history. Acquired from Washington in a late-season trade, the 11-year centre had two assists to help Detroit advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 2-0 victory at Nashville's Gaylord Entertainment Center on Saturday afternoon.

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Past stories:
April 17: Wings confident Joseph is their man
April 15: Red Wings pound Predators in Game 5
April 14: Wings' Joseph to start Game 5
April 13: Predators even series with Wings
April 13: Wings' Hasek to have groin surgery
April 11: Predators win first playoff game
April 10: Lucky bounce lifts Wings past Predators
April 9: Red Wings almost lose Legace
April 9: Preds' Zidlicky scratched for Game 2
April 8: Wings on menu for hungry Predators
April 7: Wings win opener versus Predators
April 7: Red Wings look to solve Vokoun
April 6: Red Wings have something to prove
April 5: Predators add spice to playoffs
April 5: Legace or Joseph? Who will start in net?

   Team stats
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   Schedule/Results
1: Detroit 3-1   Recap | Box
2: Detroit 2-1   Recap | Box
3: Nashville 3-1   Recap | Box
4: Nashville 3-0   Recap | Box
5: Detroit 4-1   Recap | Box
6: Detroit 2-0   Recap | Box
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   Head-to-head
Detroit
Power plays2 / 296.9%
Penalty kill25 / 2986.2%
Nashville
Power plays1 / 293.4%
Penalty kill27 / 2993.1%

   Impact players
For Game 6:
Detroit Red Wings Robert Lang Why? The talented centre set up a pair of goals and was a constant threat in the Nashville zone.
Nashville Predators Tomas Vokoun Why? The Nashville netminder managed to keep his Predators in the game.

   Analysis
Hockey Night in Canada's Kelly Hrudey:
Kelly Hrudey
This might look like a similar situation from last year when Detroit played a lower seed in Anaheim, but it's much different only because Tomas Vokoun hasn't played as well as Jean-Sebastien Giguere did last season. I thought earlier this year that Vokoun may have been the type of guy to pull off an upset, but his game hasn't been as strong since the all-star break.

I think more so than any other year, any of the 16 teams in the playoffs can make the finals. It's not just 12 or 13 teams that have a legitimate shot at the Stanley Cup, it's more like 15 or 16. But if there's one out of any of them that I'd be more surprised to see an upset, it's this one. I really think Detroit can walk all over them.

It's important for Detroit to try and get a lead in every game just to keep Nashville out of the picture as long as possible. Nashville won't have a lot of pressure on them so their enthusiasm level will be very high. Detroit will want to eliminate any of those positive thoughts Nashville might have.

For Nashville, the key will be to just go play. A key player for Nashville that not a lot of people know about is Adam Hall.