The Detroit Red Wings can now concentrate on the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Nicklas Lidstrom scored twice to lift Detroit to a 4-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday, the final day of the regular season.
Detroit won the Presidents’ Trophy, which goes to the team with the NHL’s best record and ensures home ice throughout the playoffs. The Red Wings accumulated 115 points and will face Nashville in the first round.
“It’s helps that the travel isn’t too far. It helps our team not to have those long flights out to the west coast right away,” said Lidstrom. “We’ve seen them a lot.
“We know their tendencies and I think we know what they’re good at, too.”
Last season the Red Wings reached the Western Conference final and played Calgary, San Jose and eventually Stanley Cup-champion Anaheim.
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