J.T. Compher scored his first NHL goal and Calvin Pickard made 27-of-28 saves in the process of handing the Detroit Red Wings a 3-1 loss on the first night of a home-and-home.
Once again, the Avs would give up a goal on an inexcusable breakaway early in the contest. Justin Abdelkader retrieved a puck along the half-boards in his own zone and centered the puck back toward the blue line to teammate Andreas Athanasiou. Simple enough to defend, right? Well, apparently not. Both Blake Comeau and Fedor Tyutin were caught fast asleep and were soon rendered mere spectators to an easy breakaway goal (Athan-a-see-you-later!