se ys ▁bearing ▁the ▁players ' ▁initial s . ▁When ▁the ▁Red ▁W ings ▁were ▁presented ▁with ▁the ▁Stanley ▁Cup , ▁they ▁whe e led ▁Konst antin ov ▁onto ▁the ▁ice ▁and ▁placed ▁the ▁Cup ▁in ▁his ▁lap . ▁They ▁also ▁took ▁him ▁for ▁a ▁victory ▁lap ▁around ▁the ▁r ink . ▁ ▁Path s ▁to ▁the ▁Final s ▁ ▁Detroit ▁advanced ▁to ▁the ▁Final s ▁by ▁defe ating ▁the ▁Phoenix ▁Co y otes , ▁St . ▁Louis ▁Blues , ▁and ▁Dallas ▁Stars ▁in ▁six ▁games ▁each . ▁ ▁Washington ▁defeated ▁the ▁Boston ▁Bru ins ▁ 4 – 2 , ▁the ▁Ott awa ▁Sen ators ▁ 4 – 1 , ▁and ▁the ▁Buff alo ▁Sab res ▁ 4 – 2 . ▁ ▁Game ▁summar ies ▁In ▁this ▁series , ▁Capit als ▁head ▁coach ▁Ron ▁Wilson ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁person ▁to ▁head ▁coach ▁in ▁both ▁an ▁Olympics ▁and ▁a ▁Stanley ▁Cup ▁Final ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁year , ▁having ▁co ached ▁team ▁USA ▁at ▁the ▁Nag ano ▁Olympics . ▁Peter ▁Lav io lette ▁would ▁join ▁him ▁in ▁this ▁fe at ▁in ▁ ▁while ▁with ▁the ▁Carolina ▁H urr ican es ▁during ▁their ▁championship ▁season , ▁having ▁co ached ▁the ▁American ▁ice ▁hockey ▁team ▁during ▁the ▁Tor ino ▁Olympics . ▁ ▁Game ▁one ▁At ▁home , ▁Detroit ▁took ▁an ▁early ▁lead ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁period ▁and ▁scored ▁two ▁goals ▁within ▁two ▁minutes ▁and ▁ 1 4 ▁seconds ▁of ▁each ▁other . ▁The ▁Red ▁W ings ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁hold ▁off ▁a ▁Washington ▁assault ▁and ▁take ▁the