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HOME CLUBS' RECENT SUCCESS IN GAME 7, ALL PRO SPORTS
The home team has won the deciding game in each of the past 18 Final series that reached a seventh game, including six Game 7s in the Stanley Cup Final, four in the NBA Finals and eight in the World Series. The last road team to win a title-deciding Game 7 was the Pittsburgh Pirates, who defeated the Baltimore Orioles 4-1 at Memorial Stadium in the 1979 World Series
RED WINGS DOMINANT AT HOME IN 2009 PLAYOFFS
The Red Wings have won eight consecutive games and are 11-1 overall at Joe Louis Arena in the 2009 playoffs, one shy of the single-playoff record for home victories. The Red Wings' lone loss at Joe Louis Arena came in triple overtime, a 4-3 decision to the Anaheim Ducks in Game 2 of the Western Conference Semifinal on May 3.
OSGOOD FOURTH ALL-TIME IN CAREER PLAYOFF SHUTOUTS
Red Wings goaltender Chris Osgood stopped all 22 shots in Game 5 to post his second shutout of the 2009 playoffs, third in a Stanley Cup Final game and 15th of his playoff career. Osgood moved past Dominik Hasek and Jacques Plante (14 each) into fourth place on the all-time list.
2009 PLAYOFF TRENDS ENTERING GAME 7
Record when scoring first: Pittsburgh 9-4, Detroit 10-1
Record when opponent scores first: Pittsburgh 6-4, Detroit 5-6
Record when leading after the first period: Pittsburgh 6-3, Detroit 7-0
Record when leading after the second period: Pittsburgh 10-0, Detroit 12-0
Record when outshooting opponent: Pittsburgh 11-6, Detroit 11-6
Record when outshot: Pittsburgh 4-2, Detroit 4-1