An entertaining — spanning at least two periods — matinee at Little Caesars Arena ended with the Wings losing 5-1 to their former rivals for the 10th straight season.
Pius Suter equalized early and Ville Husso made 15 saves in two periods when there was a respectable 3-1 deficit. But the defending Stanley Cup champions scored twice 62 seconds apart early in the third period, and goals from Lars Eller and Mikko Rantanen caused the Wings to trade Husso for Magnus Hellberg, 14-44. Center Nathan MacKinnon and defenseman Cale Makar each had three points, similar to the Avs’ 6-3 win over the Wings in January in Colorado.
Solid debut
It was a big day for Simon Edvinsson, who was selected in the first round of 2021. who made his NHL debut while Gustav Lindstrom is struggling with an undisclosed injury. Edvinsson played just under five minutes in the first period and met Logan O’Connor. Edvinsson was called out in the 12th minute of the second period for a stumble by JT Compher and drew a penalty early in the third period to put the Wings on their third power play. He didn’t look out of place, a good effort for his debut.
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keep pace
Giving up a goal on home ice early in a game isn’t a good start, but Devon Toews shot from Compher five minutes later and fired a shot from the blue line that sneaked up on Husso. But the Wings came right back and tested Alexander Georgiev while Olli Määttä and Filip Zadina landed pucks deep in the net. Suter beat Georgiev and fired a shot from the right circle that rolled off a defender and sank under the bar. That was Suter’s 12th goal of the season and second point since being promoted to the top last week. The Wings had two power plays during this period and beat the Avs 16-6.
Those two again
MacKinnon made it look easy in the 2-1 win from 7:24 in the second period: He got the puck, went straight through defenders Jordan Oesterle and Moritz Seider and scored the 30th goal of the season. Makar drew an assist, his second of the game. He scored his third goal to make it 3-1. MacKinnon shot during a 4-on-3 power play that Husso stopped, but Bowen Byram made the rebound count. Makar and MacKinnon feasting on the wings Also in January when MacKinnon had two goals and two assists and Makar had two goals and one assist.
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This article originally appeared on the Detroit Free Press: The Detroit Red Wings fall 10th straight into the Colorado Avalanche
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