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Red Wings Go Up 3-0 on Avs

Colorado pushed to brink of elimination

By Doug Sweeney, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 30, 2008 12:06 AM CDT

(Newser) – The usually heated Colorado-Detroit matchup has never been this one-sided, on the scoreboard or in the trainer's room. Pavel Datsyuk scored twice and Johan Franzen picked up his sixth goal of the series, putting the Red Wings on the cusp of the Western Conference finals... Read full story »

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