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.889 -- Postseason home winning percentage for the Devils (8-1). The Mighty Ducks, meanwhile, have gone 6-1 on the road. Jean-Sebastien Giguere
Jean-Sebastien Giguere has been dominant in leading the Ducks past the Red Wings, Stars and Wild. AP
1.22 -- Jean-Sebastien Giguere's goals-against average in his first postseason.
1.85 -- Martin Brodeur's career postseason goals-against average, a significant improvement over his also stellar 2.19 regular-season GAA.
3 -- Anaheim players who have won the Stanley Cup (Petr Sykora, Sandis Ozolinsh and Fredrik Olausson).
4 -- Players who have won the Conn Smythe Trophy despite being on the runner-up -- Roger Crozier (1966 Red Wings), Glenn Hall ('68 Blues), Reg Leach ('76 Flyers) and Ron Hextall ('87 Flyers).
7 -- Times in the past 50 years teams sharing the same arena have reached the Stanley Cup finals and the NBA Finals, as the Devils as Nets have this year. The Rangers and Knicks were the last to accomplish the feat in 1994.
9 -- The record for most goals in a Cup final, set by Toronto's Babe Dye against Vancouver in 1922.
10 -- One-goal wins in the playoffs for the Ducks.
11 -- Days of rest the Ducks will have had leading up to Game 1, the longest layoff ever for a Cup finalist.
11.5 -- Ducks' power-play percent in the postseason (13th best), after they converted 16.1 percent (16th) in the regular season.
11.9 -- Devils' league-worst power-play percent in the regular season, which has improved to 15.9 percent (seventh) in the playoffs.
13 -- The record for most points in a Cup final, set by Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky in 1988 against Boston. Gretzky's 10 assists were also a record.
17 -- Years since a goaltender (Patrick Roy) won the Stanley Cup in his first postseason appearance, which J.S. Giguere could accomplish.
26 -- Improvement in points the Ducks made in the standings from the 2001-02 regular season (69) to 2002-03 (95).
34.5 -- Weight, in pounds, of the Stanley Cup.
78 -- Years since a West Coast team (1925 Victoria Cougars) won the Stanley Cup.
2,785 -- Combined regular-season and postseason games without a Stanley Cup for Anaheim forwards Adam Oates and Steve Thomas.

 


 
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