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The Redwings won the first game of the Stanley Cup Playoffs tonight against Nashville. They beat them 3-1. The Redwings didn't start this game very well. The Red Wings trailed 1-0 only 16 seconds into the contest after Preds forward Adam Hall poked a loose puck past Wings goaltender Manny Legace. After 2 periods the score was still 1-0 Nashville. Going into the third period I thought the Wings were going to lose. The Redwings proved me wrong as they stormed back in the third period with 3 goals. Kris Draper scored the first goal to spark the comeback. A few minutes later in the game Thomas Holmstrom scored the game winning goal. Holmstrom's game-winner came off a redirection past Preds goaltender Tomas Vokoun at 4:55 of the third that put Detroit up 2-1. Near the end of the game Robert Lang scored an amazing goal, as he burned Thomas V, to secure the victory for the Redwings. I said Legace would step up to the task and he did stopping 23/24 shots. This was the first time in three years that the Redwings won the first game in the first series of the playoffs. This was a big win but they are still 3 wins away from winning this series and 15 wins away from winning the Stanley Cup.