For whatever reason, the NHL still refuses to schedule the home game against the Avalanche on March 26th. The insanity of that 1997 game and the genuine hatred between those two teams could never be replicated, but come on, just give us another opportunity to relive our revenge-filled glory days.
Detroit nearly scored in the first 30 seconds as Justin Abdelkader snagged the puck when Gabriel Landeskog mishandled it. Abdelkader got it to Anthony Mantha at the net front, who froze Semyon Varlamov just long enough to pass over to Dylan Larkin at the side of the goal.