Teams Regroup as Series Shifts to Steel City

After two exciting games at Joe Louis Arena, the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins got to enjoy a day off on Monday, as the series shifts to the home of the Eastern Conference Champions. In a way, each team can consider the day a moral victory. The Red Wings can take the extra time to heal a few injuries, while developing a plan to put Pittsburgh against the wall in game three. On the other side, the Penguins got to use Monday as a chance to fix what went wrong in Detroit, while figuring out a way to get back into the series on home ice.Looking back at the first two tilts of the 2009 Stanley Cup Final, the Red Wings might have a 2-0 series lead, but the games could certainly have gone either way. If Evgeni Malkin had finished off his second period breakaway in game one, the Penguins would have taken a 2-1 lead, meaning Johan Franzen's late tally would have made for a 2-2 tie after 40 minutes of play. In game two, the Penguins hit two posts. Give or take a few inches, and...