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0 -- Times that two European goalies have met in the Stanley Cup finals before this year. Carolina's Arturs Irbe is from Latvia, while Dominik Hasek is from the Czech Republic. |

Sergei Fedorov and Brendan Shanahan lead a balanced Red Wings attack. AP |
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0-11-1 -- Carolina's record in games at Detroit since winning there on Nov. 11, 1989, when they were the Hartford Whalers. |
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1 -- Playoff series won by the Carolina/Hartford franchise in 11 tries before this season. The Hurricanes have won three consecutive series to get to the finals. |
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2 -- Teams that have won the Stanley Cup at least 10 times, Montreal (23) and Toronto (13). Detroit has won it nine times. |
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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). |
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5 -- Head coaches who were younger than Carolina's Paul Maurice (35 years, 4 months, 5 days) when they reached their first Stanley Cup finals -- Montreal's Claude Ruel (30 years, 7 months, 15 days; 1969), Boston's Cy Denneny (31 years, 3 months, 5 days; 1929), St. Louis' Scotty Bowman (34 years, 7 months, 17 days; 1968), Montreal's Leo Dandurand (34 years, 8 months, 9 days; 1924), and Colorado's Marc Crawford (35 years, 3 months, 22 days; 1996). |
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6 -- Red Wings with at least 10 points this postseason, compared to three for the Hurricanes. |
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8 -- Consecutive wins in the finals by the Red Wings, who swept the Flyers in 1997 and the Capitals in '98. |
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9 -- The record for most goals in a Cup final, set by Toronto's Babe Dye against Vancouver in 1922. |
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11 -- Game 7s in Stanley Cup history, including last year's Devils-Avalanche series. |
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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. |
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14 -- Teams that had more points than Carolina's 91 during the regular season. The No. 8 seed in the Western Conference, Vancouver, had 94 points. |
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20 -- Goals scored by the Hurricanes' BBC line of Bates Battaglia, Rod Brind'Amour and Erik Cole, 1/3 of the team's postseason total. |
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32 -- Games won in the finals by Bowman, who needs two more to tie the all-time record held by Toe Blake. Bowman is tied with Blake for most Cup titles with eight. |
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34.5 -- Weight, in pounds, of the Stanley Cup. |
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37 -- Career power-play goals by Brett Hull in the postseason. He passed Mike Bossy (34) this year to become the all-time leader. |
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98 -- Career postseason goals by Hull, including a team-leading eight this year. He needs eight more to catch Jari Kurri for third on the all-time list. Wayne Gretzky is the leader with 122. |