Detroit Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock coaches behind Valtteri Filppula, left, Kris Draper, middle, and Kirk Maltby, right, during the first period in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup hockey finals against the...

...12: Alex Tanguay #40 of the Calgary Flames carries the puck as Danny Markov #55 and Kirk Maltby #18 both of the Detroit Red Wings defend during the 2007 NHL Western Conference Quarterfinals on...

Andy McDonald #19 of the Anaheim Ducks skates with the puck past Kirk Maltby #18 of the Detroit Red Wings during game one of the 2007 Western Conference finals on...

Kirk Maltby's second clutch goal lifted Detroit past the Oilers 3-2

Flames goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff defends against the Red Wings' Kirk Maltby during the first period of Game 5 at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. Kiprusoff made 31...

Wings wing Kirk Maltby may be seeing stars (and Stars

The Wings' Kirk Maltby, left, scored two early short-handed goals

Kirk Maltby of the Red Wings takes a glove in the face from the Hurricanes' Erik Cole during...

...contained Sergei Fedorov in Game 2, so the Red Wings got their offense from elsewhere, with Kirk Maltby, Nicklas Lidstrom and Kris Draper scoring goals

Kirk Maltby of the Red Wings exchanges unpleasantries with Hurricanes winger Erik Cole near the end of Game...

Kirk Maltby got Detroit on the board in the 7th minute

Brad Larsen of the Colorado Avalanche upends Detroit's Kirk Maltby as fans gasp

Colorado Avalanche winger Brad Larsen knocks the helmet off Detroit Red Wings winger Kirk Maltby during the second period in game 5 of the Western Conference finals

Brad Larsen has some words for Detroit's Kirk Maltby during the third period of Colorado's 5-3 loss to the Red Wings on Saturday...