The outcome of this game was obvious from the Tomas Holmstrom goal scored at 1:07 of the first period. All the worry and woe of the regular season can be out aside Wings fans, this team has shown up for the playoffs ready and prepared to make a long run in defense of the Stanley Cup.
Here is a blurb from the game recap on Yahoo! Sports:
Henrik Zetterberg of the Detroit Red Wings scored two goals and the Wings dominated from start to finish Tuesday night to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 and grab a 3-0 lead in their first-round series.
The first NHL playoff game at Nationwide Arena—in the Blue Jackets’ 659th game—was a mammoth letdown for a franchise-record crowd of 19,219.
Dan Cleary had a goal and two assists, Tomas HolmstromJohan scored 1:07 in and Franzen added two assists. The Red Wings can advance to the conference semifinals with a win Thursday night.
Chris Osgood’s shutout streak of 144 minutes, 27 seconds ended with 3:53 left when R.J. Umbergerdrive. scored on a backhander off a rebound of Rick Nash’s The goal was almost identical to the only other score the Blue Jackets have in the series, when Umberger scored late in the second period of Game 1.
via Red Wings take 3-0 series lead – NHL – Yahoo! Sports.
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