commentary...

Red Wings lost last night,because of a four goal outburst,in first period,by Colorado... they got out-played by Avalanche,in first two periods... the four goal outburst,against Detroit,was in 8:17,of time,of the first period---the second fastest four goal outburst,against Red Wings,since 1987-1988... fastest four goal outburst,was done in a game,by the Buffalo Sabres,against Detroit,in 7:24,of time,on March 27,1990(had to watch replay of game,for that nugget of trivia)... Jan Mursak scored his first goal,of his NHL career,to open up scoring for Red Wings,but Matt Duchene scored two goals(he has 5 goals in games,against Detroit,with 2 two goal games-the last two games,and he scored his first NHL goal,at Joe Louis Arena,last year)... all Avalanche goals were even-strength... they lead NHL,in that category... Red Wings' defense sucked,big time,hanging Jimmy Howard out to dry,on three of the four goals that he allowed,on ten shots,turning puck over and over,in their own zone,and throughout the entire rink... Howard got pulled in first period,and actually was not credited with the loss-Joey MacDonald was-for allowing fifth goal,in second period,but no one on the Red Wings' roster played well(i would say something different,but i do not want to be banned,but you get my point)... the only thing that i can say that is good about the game that the loss was only the second in regulation,when scoring four goals,or more,in last 43 games,and the Red Wings had won the last six road games... the Red Wings had won twelve straight games,in scoring four goals,or more,each game,going back to November 26th,2010,including the game we saw- a 5-3 win,against San Jose,on November 30th... not much good last night... a real stinker!!!!!!!