commentary...

Red Wings scored twice,in first 2:41 of game,then scored very early,in all three periods,and then clamped down,and shut up the "White Out" crowd,in Phoenix... they were disciplined,in giving Phoenix a total butt kicking,in the way of team defense,and Jimmy Howard played his best overall game... let us talk about domination even strength---Coyotes have only one even strength goal,and only one lead,in the entire series,both happened at the same time---2:16,into game one---every other goal has been on power play,for Phoenix,in the entire series,so far... that is reason why Coyotes is down 3 games to none,in series... Red Wings scored every goal,in this game,in first three minutes,of every period,or less,then played disciplined defense the rest of the game... except for Johan Franzen,the goals came from the third,and fourth line(Ruslen Salei,Drew Miller,Valtteri Filppula,and of course,the Mule)... Pavel Datsyuk,and Nicklas Lidstrom played superior defense most of the game,by blocking shots and absorbing the Coyotes' grit,and taking and flicking pucks away,at critical times,breaking up Coyotes' rushes,and peppering Ilya Bryzgalov,with rubber,early in every period,and took the momentum,from the Coyotes,and silenced the sellout crowd,who wanted to cheer,but basically sat on their hands,for three periods... Red Wings actually scored on their very first shot of game,and then it went downhill quickly,for the Coyotes,when the Red Wings scored their second goal,only 2:41,into game,and then their third goal,of game,2:50,into second period,and then finally they scored their fourth goal,only 45 seconds into the third period,to make it 4-1,Red Wings... they beat Phoenix to every puck along the boards,and refused to get goaded into the rough stuff,by the Coyotes... they played with discipline throughout the game,and just put it on the Coyotes,when they made mistakes,and when they turned the puck over,in the neutral zone,and they simply played their best game,in about a month,and tell you the simple truth,they will need to play better,during the rest of the playoffs,because the teams will get tougher to play,and beat... simply put,Coyotes will have to play their best to beat the Red Wings,because they are playing their best,for this series,so far... down three games to none,the Coyotes are in deep trouble,and i have told you what they need to do,to make it a series,but Red Wings are simply determined to make this a short series,and they have simply refused to give,or even budge an inch in the way that they are playing,and they are playing well,and dominating the Coyotes,period....