Lord Stanley Returns Tonight

Red Wings and Penguins battle one more time, as NHL season closes tonight with first Game 7 in Stanley Cup Finals since 2006, when Carolina defeated Edmonton. (Photo courtesy of CBC)

One of the NHL's Original Six, or the future of the league. Either one will have a defining moment tonight, when the Detroit Red Wings host the Pittsburgh Penguins in the seventh and deciding game of this year's Stanley Cup Finals.

Pittsburgh goes into the Joe Louis Arena off a 2-1 victory in Game 6, which featured goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury at his best, stopping several Red Wings shots in the final seconds the way Wings goalie Chris Osgood did against Pittsburgh in Game 6 a year ago at the Igloo. However, Pittsburgh will need more than Fleury to hoist their first Cup since 1992, as Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin will be playing in arguably the biggest games of their young careers. Crosby and Malkin have combined to score 29 goals this season, while Osgood has posted a 2.00 goals against average, second in the postseason.