| The Pittsburgh Penguins face the Detroit Red Wings in Game 1 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final Saturday night at the Joe Louis Arena.
Detroit is 6-4 in the past 10 meetings with Pittsburgh. The teams have never met in the NHL Playoffs, and haven’t squared off since Oct. 7, 2006, when Detroit blanked Pittsburgh 2-0 on the road.
In the conference finals, Detroit advanced to the Cup final with a 4-1 win over the Dallas Stars in Game 6 of the Western Conference final Monday night in Dallas, winning the best-of-seven series 4-2. Pittsburgh blew out the Philadelphia Flyers 6-0 in Game 5 on Sunday to win the Eastern Conference championship 4-1.
Detroit goal-scoring leader Johan Franzen, who hasn't played since Game 1 of the conference final due to a concussion, has been practicing with the team, but has been ruled out of playing in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final.
Pittsburgh is 12-2 SU in its past 14 and 4-2 SU in its past six on the road, but 1-5 SU in its past six against Detroit and 2-5-1 SU in its past eight in Detroit.
The Red Wings are 10-2 SU in their past 12, and 10-1 SU in their past 11 at home. The total has gone under in six of the past eight meetings in Detroit.
The game can be seen on VERSUS and CBC.
Betting Line: Detroit is a -170 favorite at BetUS. The over/under total is 5½.
Betting Consensus: About 57 per cent of wagers on this game are on Detroit.
Pick: The Red Wings take Game 1.
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