The finals in pictures
Images from the Stanley Cup Finals
Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby shakes hands with hockey legend Gordie Howe while Detroit Red Wings' Nicklas Lidstrom shakes hands with Red Wings great Ted Lindsay before the start of Game 1 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final hockey series in Detroit.SHAUN BEST
Kirk Maltby of the Detroit Red Wings celebrates the goal of teammate Justin Abdelkader in the third period against Marc-Andre Fleury of the Pittsburgh Penguins during Game 1 of the 2009 NHL Stanley Cup Finals.Jim McIsaac
Justin Abdelkader of the Detroit Red Wings celebrates with his bench after scoring a goal in the third period against the Pittsburgh Penguins during Game 1 of the 2009 NHL Stanley Cup Finals at Joe Louis Arena.Jim McIsaac
Chris Kunitz of the Pittsburgh Penguins nearly lands in the Detroit Red Wings bench area during Game 2 of the 2009 NHL Stanley Cup Finals at Joe Louis Arena.Bruce Bennett
Detroit Red Wings center Darren Helm, left, joins the celebration after defenceman Jonathan Ericsson, right front, scored a goal against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second period of Game 2.Paul Sancya
Goaltender Chris Osgood of the Detroit Red Wings picks up his gear after a fight in front of the net against the Pittsburgh Penguins during Game Two of the 2009 NHL Stanley Cup Finals.Harry How
A linesman gets in between Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin and Detroit Red Wings centre Henrik Zetterberg as they rip each other's jerseys off during the third period in Game 2 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final.REBECCA COOK
Co-Owner and Chairman of the Pittsburgh Penguins Mario Lemieux waves to fans before Game 3 of the 2009 NHL Stanley Cup Finals.Bruce Bennett
Sergei Gonchar arrived too late to help Marc-Andre Fleury on Henrik Zetterberg's first-period goal in Game 3.POOL/Reuters
Kris Letang celebrated his first-period goal with defence partner Sergei Gonchar.SHAUN BEST
In Game 4, Penguins coach Dan Bylsma speaks with his two superstars, Malkin and Crosby.Gene J. Puskar
Crosby got into the shot-blocking act to turn aside a Valeri Filppula scoring chance.SHAUN BEST
Crosby converted a Malkin pass off a two-on-one break to beat Osgood for a third-period goal.SHAUN BEST
Bylsma debated a call with referee Paul Devorski during the game.Paul Sancya
Henrik Zetterberg celebrates Niklas Kronwall's goal during the second period of the blowout triumph.SHAUN BEST
Pavel Datsyuk returned to the Detroit lineup, letting Chris Kunitz know his injured foot felt fine.SHAUN BEST
Valtteri Filppula celebrates his goal beside Fleury and Malkin.Frank Gunn
Fleury regained his form in Game 6 at the Mellon, making one of his 25 saves here in the Pens' 2-1 victory.Jim McIsaac
A couple of Detroit fans didn't have much to cheer about. And even if they did. . .SHAUN BEST
Pittsburgh Penguins center Jordan Staal, second from left, is congratulated by Rob Scuderi, Tyler Kennedy and Matt Cooke after Staal scored in the second period.Keith Srakocic