October 12, 2010
DETROIT - Ondrej Pavelec showed athleticism and a bit of acrobatics on Tuesday, as his 25-save performance included a flurry of saves in the second period with his team down 2-0. With Detroit up with goals in the first from Brian Rolston and David Legwand, Pavelec made four saves and saw another shot hit the post on one Detroit shift as the Avalanche failed to get the puck out of the zone. The Wings got to the Colorado goalie twice in the first, with Evander Kane sitting for Colorado after tripping Mike Modano, Rolston blasted a shot from the point at 12:18, which seemed to cleanly beat Pavelec. Replays showed him looking to his right though, as the shot came with just a bit of a screen from the Avs' Tomas Vanek. Just under tw ominutes later at 14:40, Pavel was surrounded and Legwand was able to turn and fire a quick shot from the slot to make it 2-0. Colorado's lone goal came on a giveaway by Wings goalie Tim Thomas, who had to make just 8 saves in his debut. Colorado's ninth and final shot came after Thomas came out to negate an icing and flipped the puck off the boards right to Steve Downie, who shot it in the gaping net ahead of a diving try by Brian Rafalski. Mike Grier had two assists to help lead the wings to a perfect 3-0 start.
Wings' Quick Stats: 3 GP (3-0-0, 6 points)
Goal Leader: David Legwand (2)
Assist Leader: Grier, Nathan Gerbe (2)
Points Leader: Legwand (3)
Wins: Ryan Miller (2)
Shots: Andy Greene (9)
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