Detroit Red Wings faces conference leader San Jose Sharks for the final time this season Wednesday night at Joe Louis Arena, and both teams will be gunning for a victory.

GAME: San Jose Sharks (41-8-5-4) at Detroit Red Wings (39-13-6-2)
DATE/TIME: Wednesday, February 25 - 7:30 PM EST
LINE: 120, -140 TOTAL: 6
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Oddsmakers currently have the Red Wings listed as 140-moneyline favorites versus the Sharks, while the game's total is sitting at 6.

Trailing 4-3 late in the second period, San Jose scored three straight goals en route to a 6-5 home win. Detroit's Brian Rafalski made it tense by scoring with 1:56 left, but the Red Wings couldn't find the equalizer.

Rafalski, who has scored two of his eight goals this season against the Sharks, and teammate Daniel Cleary are looking to extend their point streaks to five games.

Evgeni Nabokov stopped all 25 shots he faced to earn the shutout, as the Sharks clipped the Stars 1-0 on Monday night.

San Jose cashed as -165 road favorites as the game played under the 5.5-goal total listed by oddsmakers.

The Red Wings (39-13-8) trail the Sharks (41-8-9) by five points but have played two more games than San Jose. They have also lost two of the past three meetings with the Sharks and cooled off since a six-game win streak, going 2-2-1 in the last five.

The Red Wings had a two-game win streak snapped in a 5-2 loss to the Wild on Saturday, as -150 favorites. That game's seven goals sailed OVER the posted over/under (5.5).

Tomas Kopecky and Ville Leino scored in the loss.
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Current streak:
San Jose has won 4 straight games.

Team records:
San Jose: 41-8-9
Detroit: 39-13-8

San Jose most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 6-3-1
Before playing Toronto are 3-3-2
After playing Dallas are 4-6
After a win are 7-3

Detroit most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 5-5
Before playing Edmonton are 7-3
After playing Minnesota are 5-5
After a loss are 4-6

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 6 of San Jose's last 7 games when playing Detroit
San Jose is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Jose's last 6 games
San Jose is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit's last 5 games at home
Detroit is 13-2 SU in its last 15 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Detroit's last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Detroit's last 7 games when playing San Jose
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