DETROIT--Johan Franzen scored the winning goal late in the second period and an impressive Chris Osgood was a wall in the net saving 31 out of 32 shots-on-goal to give the Red Wings a win over Pittsburgh 3-1 in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals.
The Stanley Cup finals opener was full of reminders about last year. Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin were slowed down and Detroit scored some fortunate goals.
Detroit opened with a Brad Stuart goal off the skate of Penguin's goalie Marc-Andre Fleury in the first and Justin Abdelkader gave the insurance tally in the third. Captain Nicklas Lidstrom return to action after missing two games with a lower-body injury but Pavel Datsyuk remained sidelined with a swollen foot he suffered in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals against Chicago.
Pitssburgh will look to learn from painful lessons from last year's six-game loss, while the Wings will hope to become the first club to repeat as back-to-back championships as they did back in '97 and '98. Detroit will host game 2 Sunday 8:00.
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