Jiri Hudler

The Red Wings opened up their playoff series with the Phoenix Coyotes with a 4 – 2 victory last night at the Joe.  After ANOTHER sluggish start, quick goal against and a parade to the penalty box … the Wings fought it off and straightened it out...

It took the Red Wings through another slow start, overtime and a shootout for Jiri Hudler and Pavel Datsyuk to secure a 3 - 2 win over the Buffalo Sabres at HSBC Arena on a strange, momentum-shifting night.  Detroit earned their first win of a five-game road swing Saturday, before four games out west in seven days...