By AJ Petronzi
In Play Magazine
It was not the way the Detroit Red Wings wanted to win tonight's game, but they did beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 in the first game in the NHL after the Olympic break.
Tomas Holmstrom scored the first goal in this contest and Johan Franzen scored on the powerplay to give the Wings a two goal advantage. In the second period, TJ Galiardi and Chris Stewart tied the game. In the third, Nicklas Lidstrom scored his first road goal of the season and the game winner.
There were concerns going into the game about the fatigue of the players coming home from Vancouver (particularly the Wings Brian Rafalski and Colorado’s Paul Stastny) but that didn’t factor in greatly. Stastny didn’t get as involved in the game as Colorado would have liked, but most of the Aves were just standing around while Detroit skated around them. Detroit did give away a two goal lead tonight and looked terrible in the second period, but the rebounded from that.
In Play! Man of the Game: Tomas Holmstrom. Holmstrom scored the first goal and had assists on both of Detroit’s other goals. Holmstrom looked rested and better than he’s looked all season.
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