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Game 1 played at home
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2000 NHL Preliminary round - Series 805.
Los Angeles Kings vs Detroit Red Wings

Schedule and 2000 Results
Regular Season Records: Detroit 48-24-10-2=108pts, Los Angeles 39-31-12-4=94pts
Game 1 on Thursday, 13 April: Los Angeles loses at Detroit, 2-0
Game 2 on Saturday, 15 April: Los Angeles loses at Detroit, 8-5
Game 3 on Monday, 17 April: Detroit wins at Los Angeles, 2-1
Game 4 on Wednesday, 19 April: Detroit wins at Los Angeles, 3-0

OVERALL SUBSTANCE: Best-of-7 Sweep:
The sweep of Los Angeles by Detroit is the 14th sweep in best-of-7 NHL Prelim round play, the 87th sweep in best-of-7 NHL playoffs (all rounds), and the 141th sweep in best-of-7 MLB, NBA, and NHL playoffs (all rounds). The sweep is the eleventh by the Detroit Red Wings, and their third in the NHL Prelim round; the sweep is the fifth suffered by the Los Angeles Kings, and their second in the NHL Prelim round. But the sweep was also an annihilation for the Red Wings: Not for one second did Los Angeles hold a lead in this best-of-7 series. This annihilation was the first since Detroit's annihilation of San Jose in the 1995 Qtrs, the third in NHL Prelim best-of-7 round play, and the fifteenth in NHL best-of-7 playoffs. Of the 240 minutes played in the series, 45:09 was spent tied, Detroit led by one goal for 103:24, Detroit led by two goals for 87:49, and Detroit led by three goals for 3:38.

INDIVIDUAL STYLE: Historical best-of-7 performance of Detroit and Los Angeles in the current situation:
Detroit series record, all rounds, overall: 38-31 (.551)
Detroit series record, all rounds, Game 1 @ home: 30-13 (.698)
Detroit series record, Prelim round, overall: 9-4 (.692)
Detroit series record, Prelim round, Game 1 @ home: 9-3 (.750)
Los Angeles series record, all rounds, overall: 7-15 (.318)
Los Angeles series record, all rounds, Game 1 on road: 5-12 (.294)
Los Angeles series record, Prelim round, overall: 4-5 (.444)
Los Angeles series record, Prelim round, Game 1 on road: 2-4 (.333)
These records are drawn only from the best-of-7 series played by Detroit and Los Angeles through 2000. (Bold numbers denote league highs in the given category.)