| The Pittsburgh Penguins will try to even the Stanley Cup Final at two games apiece when they host the Detroit Red Wings for Game 4 Saturday night.
After dropping the first two games in Detroit – and getting shutout in both – Pittsburgh picked up its first win of the series in Game 3 on Thursday, winning 3-2 at home. Detroit leads the best-of-seven series 2-1.
The only adjustment Detroit coach Mike Babcock is expected to make is reducing players’ shift lengths. Detroit's Henrik Zetterberg and linemate Pavel Datsyuk both averaged 50-second shifts in Game 3, about 15 seconds longer than normal.
Detroit is 12-3 SU in its past 15, 5-2 SU in its past seven on the road, and 4-1 SU in its past five against Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh is 13-4 SU in its past 17, and 9-0 SU in its past nine at home.
Four of the past five overall meetings have gone under the total, but four of the past six meetings in Pittsburgh have gone over.
The Favorite is 5-0 in the past five meetings, and the Home team is 5-1 in the past six.
The game can be seen on NBC and CBC.
Betting Line: Pittsburgh is a slight -115 favorite at BetUS. The over/under is 5.
Betting Consensus: About 66 per cent of wagers on this game are on Detroit.
Pick: Pittsburgh
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