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0 -- Losses by the Red Wings (against seven wins) in the 2002 playoffs when Tomas Holmstrom scored a goal. Steve Yzerman
Steve Yzerman has captained the Red Wings to the Stanley Cup title in three of the past six seasons. AP
1 -- Playoff games played by Jiri Slegr. If Slegr hadn't received the call to fill in for the suspended Jiri Fischer in Game 5 of the finals, his name wouldn't be among those included on the Stanley Cup.
2 -- Non-Canadians to win the Conn Smythe Trophy. Nicklas Lidstrom joined Rangers defenseman Brian Leetch as the only players born outside of Canada to be named the playoff MVP. Lidstrom also became the first European, and just the seventh defensemen, to win the award.
3 -- Players to win the Stanley Cup in the same season in which they won a gold medal. Canadians Brendan Shanahan and Steve Yzerman joined 1980 U.S. Olympian and New York Islanders rookie Ken Morrow in achieving the feat.
6 -- Shutouts by Dominik Hasek in the 2002 Stanley Cup playoffs, shattering the previous record of four that was jointly held by 13 other goalies.
7 -- Short-handed goals by the Wings this postseason, breaking the previous team record of six, set in the 1998 playoffs.
9 -- Stanley Cups won by Scotty Bowman, breaking the previous record of eight held by his mentor, Toe Blake.
10 -- Stanley Cups won by the Red Wings, third only to the Canadiens' 26 and the Leafs' 13.
13 -- Seconds apart the Red Wings scored in the third period in Game 2, the fourth-fastest margin between two goals in finals history.
22 -- Appearances in the Stanley Cup finals by the Red Wings. Though Detroit has won 10 Cups, it has also lost in the finals 12 times, tying Boston for the most ever.
23 -- Postseason points by Steve Yzerman, the second-most in his career behind the 24 he scored in 1998 when he won the Conn Smythe Trophy.
28 -- Postseason appearances for Scotty Bowman, four more than former Habs, Leafs and Blackhawks coach Dick Irvin.
31:10 -- Average ice time in the playoffs for Conn Smythe trophy winner Nicklas Lidstrom, who was third in regular-season ice time with an average of 28:48.
36 -- Wins in the Stanley Cup finals by Scotty Bowman, breaking Toe Blake's record of 34.
41 -- Age of Igor Larionov when he scored two goals in Game 3, making him the oldest player to score in the Stanley Cup finals, surpassing Ray Bourque (40 years, 154 days in Game 3 in 2001).
51 -- Postseason appearances by the Red Wings in the franchise's 76-year history.
54:47 -- Length of the overtime periods in Game 3, making it the third-longest game in Stanley Cup finals history. The Wings won 3-2/
+55 -- Chris Chelios' plus-minus total for the season after leading in both the regular season (+40) and postseason (+15).
68 -- Scotty Bowman's age, making him the second-oldest coach to win a major pro sports championship. Chicago Bears head coach George Halas was three months older when the Bears won the 1963 NFL title game.
100 -- Career playoff goals by Brett Hull, placing him fourth all-time behind Wayne Gretzky (122), Mark Messier (109) and Jari Kurri (106). Hull's 10 postseason goals also tied him with Petr Klima (1988) and Sergei Fedorov (1998) for the most in one playoffs by a Red Wing.
166:03 -- Length of Dominik Hasek's shutout streak between Jeff O'Neill's goal at 7:34 of the third period in Game 3 and O'Neill's goal at 18:50 of the second period in Game 5, the second-longest streak in finals history behind Frank McCool's 188:35 streak in 1945.
223 -- Coaching victories by Scotty Bowman in the postseason, giving him 100 more than second-place Al Arbour.
251-226-1 -- Detroit's all-time record in 478 playoff games.
1,444 -- Games played by Luc Robitaille before finally winning his first Stanley Cup. Teammates Steve Duchesne (1,218), Fredrik Olausson (1,068) and Dominik Hasek (678) also ended long personal droughts.
1,455 -- Minutes played by Dominik Hasek this postseason, breaking the team record of 1,361 minutes set by Chris Osgood in 1998.

 


 
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