The Detroit Redwings and the San Jose Sharks will start off in a great series

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The Detroit Redwings and the San Jose Sharks will start off in a great series

The Detroit Redwings and the San Jose Sharks are poised to have a very good series that will be fun and entertaining to watch.

The Detroit Red Wings team that will take the ice in San Jose for a second-round playoff series is very similar to the group that lost to the Sharks in five games at this stage a year ago.

Instead of being drained by a seven-game, first-round series like they were a year ago, the Red Wings begin this series well rested and extremely healthy after sweeping Phoenix in the opening round.

Both teams are well aware of the difference a year makes. Last year, the Red Wings won a Game 7 in Arizona and flew that night to San Jose. They took one day off to rest before starting a series against a rested Sharks team.

San Jose won three straight one-goal games to open the series, overcoming third period deficits in the last two wins and went on to win the series in five games.

The Red Wings finished off the first round April 20, giving then eight full days off between series compared to the three for the Sharks, who eliminated Los Angeles in six games. That could make rust the issue early in Game 1 this year.

The time off has given the Red Wings time to heal some injuries. Johan Franzen, who led the team with 28 goals in the regular season, has recovered from an injured left ankle that forced him to miss Game 4 against the Coyotes. Leading scorer Henrik Zetterberg is also back after missing the entire first round with an injured left knee.

This is the third time in the past five years that these teams have met in the second round, with Detroit winning in six games in 2007 and the Sharks taking last year’s series in five.

The San Jose Sharks are poised to get a win in game one against a Detroit team that is famous for falling after getting plenty of rest.

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