(KG) AVS_WINGS -- Colorado center Joe Sakic skated past Detroit goalie Chris Osgood in the first period. The Detroit Red Wings hosted the Colorado Avalanche Thursday night April 24, 2008 in Joe Louis Arena in the first game of the Western Conference semif [Getty Images]

(KG) AVS_WINGS -- Colorado center Joe Sakic skated past Detroit goalie Chris Osgood in the first period. The Detroit Red Wings hosted the Colorado Avalanche Thursday night April 24, 2008 in Joe Louis Arena in the first game of the Western Conference semifinal series of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs. Karl Gehring/The Denver Post (Photo By Karl Gehring/The Denver Post via Getty Images)