Schedule and 2009-10 Results
Regular Season Records: Phoenix 50-25-7=107pts, Detroit 44-24-14=102pts
Game 1 on Wednesday, 14 April: Detroit loses at Phoenix, 3-goals-2
Game 2 on Friday, 16 April: Detroit wins at Phoenix, 7-goals-4
Game 3 on Sunday, 18 April: Phoenix wins at Detroit, 4-goals-2
Game 4 on Tuesday, 20 April: Phoenix loses at Detroit, 3-goals-nil
Game 5 on Friday, 23 April: Detroit wins at Phoenix, 4-goals-1
Game 6 on Sunday, 25 April: Phoenix wins at Detroit, 5-goals-2
Game 7 on Tuesday, 27 April: Detroit wins at Phoenix, 6-goals-1

SERIES NOTES:

Post-series assessment: The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Phoenix Coyotes 4-games-3 in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1096. With the series 1096 victory, the Detroit Red Wings improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 53-38 overall and 15-7 in the Preliminary round (with a four-series winning streak). The series 1096 loss drops the Phoenix Coyotes' best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 0-6 overall and 0-6 in the Preliminary round (only the old Hartford Whalers, at 0-7, have a worse best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series record). The victorious Detroit Red Wings posted an LWLWWLW win order in series 1096: Series 1096 thus becomes the fifth NHL Preliminary-round series, the tenth NHL series (all rounds), and the 19th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow this win order to completion. The series 1096 Game 1 loss by the Detroit Red Wings broke a nine Game 1-winning streak in best-of-7 NHL playoff series by Detroit. The Game 7 victory margin of five goals by Detroit ties the NHL record in best-of-7 playoff series for largest Game 7 margin of victory by a road team, set in series 190 (in the 1968 NHL Quarterfinals) by the old Minnesota North Stars with a 9-goals-4 win in Los Angeles against the Kings. The Detroit Red Wings in series 1096 tallied 19 goals on the road, thereby tying a best-of-7 NHL playoff series record for most road goals (set by the 1988 Detroit Red Wings in series 505 and tied by the 1993 Los Angeles Kings in series 633).