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DETROIT - Pavel Datsyuk and Johan Franzen scored midway
through the second period to put the Detroit Red Wings ahead, and
they went on to beat the Phoenix Coyotes 4-2 Wednesday night in
Game 1 of the first-round playoff series.
Brian Rafalski and Jiri Hudler padded Detroit's lead late in the
second period and early in the third.
Jimmy Howard made 26 saves for the third-seeded Red Wings.
Kyle Turris scored 2:16 in to put Phoenix ahead in his playoff
debut. Radim Vrbata had a goal midway through the third period to
pull the sixth-seeded Coyotes within two goals, but they couldn't
get any closer.
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