Wings take 3-0 series lead
PHOENIX, AZ -- Ruslan Salei and Drew Miller had goals 44 seconds apart to open the game, and the Detroit Red Wings scored early in each period to push Phoenix to the brink of elimination with a 4-2 win over the Coyotes on Monday night.
Detroit leveled the Coyotes in its last playoff game in the desert, eliminating them with a 6-1 win in Game 7 of last year's first round.
The Red Wings put the lights out on Phoenix's whiteout this time with the two goals in the opening 2:41, another by Valtteri Filppula nearly as quickly in the second period and Johan
Franzen's score 45 seconds into the third. Detroit can complete the sweep Wednesday in Phoenix after struggling to get past the Coyotes last season.
