According to George Sipple of the Detroit Free Press, should the Red Wings make the Stanley Cup final, games in the final would only take place on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

The Stanley Cup final would start on either Thursday or Saturday depending on when the Conference finals were completed. All Stanley Cup final games would have 8 p.m. starts.

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EMPTY NETTER ASSISTS

Eastern Conference

Penguins-Flyers

-The Flyers got some good news on the injury front. Defenseman Braydon Coburn and Kimmo Timonen could return for Game 5 Sunday.

-Dave Molinari's game recap from last night.

-Gary Roberts has a minor case of e. coli or something.

-Fans outside Mellon Arena were disappointed.

-Can Ty Conklin get his name on the Stanley Cup?

-Postgame video.

-Martin Biron is still the Flyers' best hope.

-John Stevens made the right move by switching his lines.

-The Penguins failed to get a sweep for the second consecutive series.

-The Flyers think they have momentum now.

-Philadelphia finally showed some life.

-The Flyers finally started crashing the crease.

-Scott Hartnell poured his heart out last night.

-It was pretty simple for the Flyers in Game 4. All they had to do was shoot the puck.

-Kukla's Korner has the post-game press conferences of John Stevens and Michel Therrien.

-Apparently you can buy Penguins Eastern Conference Championships hats.

Western Conference

Red Wings-Stars

-The Stars won't let Marty Turco take on the Red Wings alone in Game 5.

-Detroit still plans on crashing the crease http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/hockey/stars/stories/051608dnsporedwingssider.2e287f9.html.

-The Red Wings don't want this thing going past five games.

-Changing lines helped the Stars.

-Stars forward Steve Ott is no Bluto Blutarsky.

-Desperation can be a good motivator.

-Red Wings forward Johan Franzen will not play in Game 5.

-Stars forward Brenden Morrow is dealing with a shoulder injury.

-NHL commissioner Gary Bettman gave the thumbs up to that bogus interference call on Detroit's Tomas Holmstrom in Game 4.

-Detroit needs to get its power play going.

-The Stars are confident.

AHL

-Forward Bobby Ryan, the second overall pick in the 2005 draft after Sidney Crosby, scored two goals and led Portland to a 3-2 win at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. The series is tied, 1-1.

-Ryan was a beast last night.

-The Portland Pirates are the masters of the one-goal game.

-Former Penguins prospect Stephen Dixon plays for Portland.

Non-Playoff Stuff

IIHF

There were no games played Thursday in the World Championships.

Penguins

-Penguins owner Mario Lemieux was among seven inductees to the IIHF Hall of Fame.

Southeast Division

-The Panthers signed a contract extension with general manager Jacques Martin.

Adams Division

-Could the next Winter Classic at Yankee Stadium be in jeopardy?

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