PITTSBURGH — Sergei Gonchar's first season in this city was a miserable one.
Since the Penguins last won the Stanley Cup in 1992, their opponent in Game 1 of the finals tonight, the Detroit Red Wings, captured hockey's greatest prize three times and have become the NHL's model franchise. The Penguins, one of the league's original expansion teams in 1967, have been anything but. Stanley Cup Finals Preview
