PITTSBURGH -- Gary Bettman will fly to Pittsburgh from court proceedings in Phoenix, just in case he is needed to present the Stanley Cup to Detroit captain Nicklas Lidstrom in Game 6.

Pittsburgh fans, of course, hope to not see the Little General on the ice at Mellon Arena.

So which way will it go?

Will Punxsutawney Bettman see his shadow, and deliver the silverware? Or will Wiarton Gary pop back down into his hole, not to be seen again until Game 7 in Detroit?

Let us discuss.

We bring you: Five Things According To Spec.

Five things the Detroit Red Wings need to do to bring home Stanley in Game 6:

1. Hossa and Homer

Marian Hossa and Tomas Holmstrom both snoozed through the first half of this series, with zero goals between them. The moribund Holmstrom hasn't scored in 17 games, a drought so deep even his own teammates are beginning to kiddingly ask him if he'll ever manage to get his stick on a point shot again. The ineffective Hossa has goals in just two of his last 17 games. If either of those two break out on Tuesday night, it could be the difference

2. Weather the Storm

The Penguins came out very strong in Game 5, out-chancing the Red Wings during a span of 7:19 between the opening faceoff and the first stoppage in play. But Chris Osgood made a couple of key saves, and slowly the Red Wings gained their footing as the period wore on. On Tuesday, with the home crowd, Pittsburgh's opening surge should be imposing. If Detroit can reach the 10 minute mark in a scoreless tie, good news for them.

3. Pav'in The Way

That Russian virtuoso Pavel Datsyuk missed seven straight games, then returned in Game 4 to notch two assists in 17:38 of ice time. If Datsyuk gets better, hogs the puck for even longer, and makes his linemates even more confident in his second game back, the Red Wings as a whole are that much better.

4. The Great Edge

Nicklas Lidstrom, the smoother-than-silk, six-time Norris Trophy winner, has shown a few cracks in this series. Age, it seems, even afflicts the best defenceman of his time. He's 39, and if Lidstrom can - for one night - pull the kind of game out of his hat that he used to play when he was 30, it would go a long ways towards burying the Penguins.

5. Os-great

No secrets here. A great performance by your goalie is de rigueur in a Cup-winning game on the road. In Games 4 and 5, neither losing goalie had a prayer on almost any of the goals scored by the winning team. If Osgood can make some big saves early, the Penguins have proven they can become frustrated. And, his folks are in from St. Albert, Alberta to watch.

Five things the Pittsburgh Penguins must do to take this series back to Hockeytown:

1. Score on the rush

"The rush" being that first surge that we can expect Pittsburgh to give, their sails full of air from a soldout Mellon Arena. Something has to go in for Pittsburgh during this crucial stretch after the opening faceoff. And as the Penguins showed in that Game 2, three-goals-in-5:27 binge during the second period, one goal often leads to another.

2. The Cavalry

We've been harping on this one, we know, but if the four wingers who play with Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin don't start producing, we'll all be home for the weekend. The four-man crew of Bill Guerin, Chris Kunitz, Ruslan Fedotenko and Maxime Talbot have just seven points in this series. Henrik Zettererg has six points all by himself. They need to score and score now - Malkin and Crosby can't beat the Red Wings alone.

3. Sykora and Satan

Two guys who, if they aren't scoring, aren't doing anything at all. Miro [Casper] Satan has been a ghost in this series, and Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma is hinting that perhaps Petr Sykora will rejoin the lineup after sitting out the past 14 game as a healthy scratch. "He'll be out there for warm-ups," Bylsma said. Some production - any production - from that spot in the lineup would help immensely. (Update: Blysma addresses Sykora return)

4. The Big Two

With the last change at home, Bylsma can get Crosby and Malkin out on the ice together in strategic situations. Like, against the third defensive pairing, or when Zetteberg and Datsyuk aren't on the ice. When that chance comes, Pittsburgh's two difference makers have make a difference.

5. Fleury of Saves

No cheapies in Game 6, Marc-Andre. Goals like the one Dan Cleary opened Game 5 with simply can not go in. The Penguins might be getting an inkling that Detroit, once again, is the better team in the Stanley Cup final. If they see that they are about to get out-goaltended again, those seeds will germinate quickly.