AP
May 19, 2008
DALLAS - The Red Wings aren't really going to blow this - are they?
Just a few days ago, the Red Wings were still in a span of being undefeated for almost a month, owning the NHL's longest postseason winning streak in 15 years and doing it with flair. Three games into the Western Conference finals, they hadn't even trailed the Stars for a single second. All they had to do was win once more to seal a spot in the Stanley Cup finals.
Then the Stars won Game 4. And Game 5. Now Game 6 is tonight and the Stars are feeling good, realizing they are halfway to a historic comeback.
"I think that's crept into all of us a little bit," Dallas captain Brenden Morrow said yesterday. "It's building. We're getting a little more of that feeling."
As for the Red Wings, they've lost four straight games only once all season. It seems hard to imagine this talented, experienced group would pick Games 4-7 of this series to do it again. Still, they're heading in that direction.
"We're still up 3-2," center Kris Draper said. "That's something that we've got to keep hammering home. We're in a dogfight with a great hockey club. You don't expect that to be easy."
Dallas is the 13th team out of 153 to turn a 3-0 deficit into a 3-2 series. Only five have forced a deciding game, and only two have come all the way back to win the series. Toronto did it in 1942. The Islanders did it 33 years later, in 1975.
