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Hawks Thrash Wings In Season's First Meeting - Chicago 5 Detroit 2

After outlasting the Dallas Stars in overtime, the Detroit Red Wings shifted their focus to their old arch nemesis, the Chicago Blackhawks. The Blackhawks appear primed for another Stanley Cup run, having added Andrew Ladd, Christian Ehrhoff, Dale Weise, and Tomas Fleischmann. Would the Red Wings be able to keep up, or would the Blackhawks continue on their quest for their 4th Stanley Cup in the last 7 years? Here's how it went down.

First Period

The Red Wings came out and on their very first shift, I thought they were going to set the tone for the period as the Pavel Datsyuk-Henrik Zetterberg-Justin Abdelkader line had a great first shift.