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DETROIT (AP) -- The Detroit Red Wings are off to a hot start, and Brendan Shanahan is right in the middle of things as usual.
| | Colorado's Greg De Vries, left, tries to keep Detroit's Martin Lapointe in check in front of goalie Patrick Roy. |
Shanahan scored two goals as the Red Wings beat the Colorado
Avalanche 5-3 Wednesday night in the season's first renewal of one
of the NHL's fiercest rivalries.
Shanahan's goals left him one short of 400 in his career.
"It just means I've been around," Shanahan said. "Being on a
team with (Steve) Yzerman and (Larry) Murphy, with all the
milestones they've hit, it makes mine pretty humble."
Slava Kozlov, Tomas Holmstrom and Darren McCarty also
scored for the Red Wings (7-1-1), who have won five straight and
are unbeaten in seven games since their lone loss Oct. 5 against
Dallas.
"We talked during the start of training camp about the
importance of getting off to a good start, and we have," Shanahan
said. "We had a lot of early-season tests last year and didn't do
very well."
Adam Deadmarsh scored two goals and Shjon Podein another as
Colorado (5-4-2) fell to 2-2 on a four-game road trip that ends
Thursday at Philadelphia. The Avalanche's early schedule has been
road-heavy because of the move into their new home at the Pepsi
Center.
"The beauty of the schedule is everybody plays 41 home, 41
away," said Colorado goalie Patrick Roy, who made 22 saves.
"It'll all even out. I think playing some tough games on the road
early will help us."
Deadmarsh's second goal came in the final minute during a
six-man attack, cutting Detroit's lead to 4-3. But McCarty's
empty-net goal with 18.4 seconds left ended Colorado's comeback
hopes.
The game was the first meeting between the teams since Colorado
ousted Detroit in six games in last season's Western Conference
semifinals.
"I still enjoy playing Colorado and I'm sure every one else in
this room does, too," Detroit goalie Chris Osgood said after
making 20 saves.
"It's always nice to play against a good hockey club like
that," Roy said. "It gives you a chance to see where you are. I
thought it was a great hockey game."
It was cleanly played game with no fights and only five minor
penalties.
But two of them created a five-on-three advantage for the Red Wings
that led to two goals in a 54-second span and wiped out a 2-0
deficit in the second period.
"We got into some penalty trouble and the five-on-three gave them some
pretty good chances," Deadmarsh said. "Our team took a lot of
pride in penalty killing early in the season but tonight we didn't
have it."
Kozlov converted a short centering pass from Igor Larionov at
4:04. Then, with Greg DeVries still in the penalty box for
slashing, Shanahan got a backhander past Roy at 4:48 as he was
falling in front of the crease on a hit by Aaron Miller.
"The guys battled back and played a great game," Osgood said.
"We worked hard and got some penalties and took advantage."
Holmstrom gave Detroit a 3-2 lead with his fourth goal from in
front of the net at 14:43.
"He got knocked around a few times," Deadmarsh said. "But he
got up and put the puck in the net."
Shanahan made it 4-2 when he completed a two-on-one break with Yzerman 14:44 into the third period.
Deadmarsh opened the scoring 8:44 into the first period when he
slipped his own rebound past Osgood after beating defenseman Aaron
Ward on a rush along the left side.
Podein made it 2-0 with 1:36 left in the first by skating in to
the goal mouth and chipping a shot over Osgood's glove hand.
"We had momentum in the first period," Roy said. "Then by
getting those penalties we gave them momentum and they took advantage of it."
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