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PITTSBURGH - The Detroit Red Wings are one win away from the Stanley Cup. Fourth-liner Jiri Hudler got the game-winning goal 2:26 into the third period and Red Wings veterans Nicklas Lidstrom and Henrik Zetterberg shone in a 2-1 victory on Saturday night that pushed the gifted young Pittsburgh Penguins to the brink of elimination. After breaking Pittsburgh's 17-game home winning streak, the Wings hold a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series and can claim an 11th Cup with a victory in Game 5 on Monday on home ice in Detroit. Of the 29 teams in history to hold a 3-1 lead in a Stanley Cup final, 28 have gone on to win the Cup, with the one exception the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs' comeback win over Detroit. "We know as a team that we haven't won anything yet," said Lidstrom, who is in line to become the first European captain of an... [read full story]
