DETROIT (Michigan News Source) – Colorado jumped out to a 5-0 lead half way through the second period before Detroit started their comeback. By that time, it was too little too late as the Red Wings fell to the Avalanche, 6-3.

“I thought we had a good start. Obviously, we had a d-zone breakdown on the goal. So, I’m sure there’s momentum…It’s frustrating on a whole in that I don’t mind our first period. We obviously had some looks, probably should have had a goal or two. Then we got out of it down, 2-0, which was frustrating. Kind of reflective of the whole game,” said head coach Derek Lalonde.

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Colorado scored at 5:12 and 18:04 in the first period for the 2-0 lead. The Avalanche then added three more goals in the second period at 3:05, 10:06, and 15:53 for the 5-0 lead. Goalie Ville Husso was pulled halfway through the second period as he stopped 17-of-22 shots. Magnus Hellberg finished the game making four saves.

Andrew Copp made his fourth goal of the year for the first Detroit goal of the game in the second period. Michael Rasmussen found him for the assist as Copp fired a shot from the right face-off circle. Just over three minutes into the third period, Filip Hornek found Ben Chiarot (3:40) for his fourth goal of the season as Detroit was now within three, 5-2. Colorado scored just two minutes later for the four-goal lead, 6-2, at 5:24. David Perron finished off the scoring for Detroit’s third goal at 19:26 tipping in Seider’s shot from the point for the 6-3 final.

Copp said on the Red Wings’ defense, “You gotta be disciplined. We kind of found our way in the penalty box and once they got moving around, we played pretty passive in the d-zone a little bit.”

Detroit heads to Arizona on Tuesday night for a game vs. the Coyotes at 9:00 p.m.