Francois Beauchemin scored in overtime against the Detroit Red Wings, yesterday, handing his team a 5-4 home victory.

Teemu Selanne earned his 21st hat trick, scoring once in each period. The Wings made 38 shots on net and the ducks followed close behind with 34 shots.

The three stars of the night were none other than the usual suspects. Ryan Getzlaf was named third star of the night after getting five assists! Incredible! Detroit’s Pavel Datsyuk stole second star by scoring two goals last night, and of course, Selanne was crowned number one star by getting a hat trick.

Here’s the scoring summary:

• DET: Datsyuk, P. (PPG, 11:17 in 1st), Datsyuk, P. (07:53 in 2nd), Zetterberg, H. (PPG, 16:26 in 2nd), Zetterberg, H. (18:37 in 3rd)
• ANA: Selanne, T. (PPG, 14:11 in 1st), Selanne, T. (PPG, 19:09 in 2nd), Selanne, T. (PPG, 04:50 in 3rd), Sutherby, B. (12:56 in 3rd), Beauchemin, F. (01:39 in OT)

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*Written by Lauren Croteau, for Jeanne, who is away.

Erik Johnson, St. Louis Blues defenseman, reportedly injured his knee - on a golf cart. Johnson slammed his foot between the accelerator and brake petal while trying to stop the cart, and started feeling pain in his right knee. Regardless of the pain, he continued with his golf game, only to notice the swollen knee later that night. It was worse the next day, so the D-man got an MRI exam, which proved to be inconclusive. We can expect a follow up MRI exam on either Saturday or Sunday.

He’s going to miss the first three days of training camp. Geez. I always find it ironic when a hockey player gets an injury during golf…

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Written by Lauren Croteau

The Colorado Avalanche were crushed by the Detroit Red Wings when they lost their game with an embarrassing score of 8-2 at home. Here is the scoring summary:

DET:Samuelsson, M. (04:33 in 1st), Holmstrom, T. (18:34 in 1st), Franzen, J. (19:21 in 1st), Zetterberg, H. (PPG, 02:15 in 2nd), Zetterberg, H. (05:45 in 2nd), Franzen, J. (SHG, 11:37 in 2nd), Franzen, J. (PPG, 17:15 in 2nd), Samuelsson, M. (08:02 in 3rd)

COL:Arnason, T. (PPG, 06:51 in 1st), Liles, J. (PPG, 10:26 in 3rd)

Here is the highlights video from the game:

In Game 3 the battle between the Detroit Red Wings and the Colorado Avalanche resulted in a 4-3 win for the Wings. Here is the score summary for the game:

DET:Datsyuk, P. (PPG, 12:14 in 1st), Franzen, J. (13:12 in 1st), Datsyuk, P. (06:36 in 2nd), Zetterberg, H. (PPG, 12:24 in 2nd)

COL:McLeod, C. (05:17 in 1st), Brunette, A. (PPG, 08:08 in 2nd), Brunette, A. (PPG, 05:19 in 3rd)

Here is the highlights video:

In the second game in the battle between the Colorado Avalanche and the Detroit Red Wings, the Avs ended up being defeated by the Wings in a 5-1 loss. Here is a score summary:

COL:Laperriere, I. (02:38 in 3rd)

DET:Franzen, J. (PPG, 04:22 in 1st), Franzen, J. (PPG, 04:04 in 2nd), Filppula, V. (05:42 in 2nd), Zetterberg, H. (10:11 in 2nd), Franzen, J. (SHG, 08:47 in 3rd)

Here are the highlights from the 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs game:

The Detroit Red Wings have swept the Colorado Avalanche, but to get there, they battled the Nashville Predators in round one of the 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Here are the best moments from that series.

Oh, the heartbreak for the Nashville Predators.  I really wanted to see them advance but they were eliminated from the quarterfinals last night but the Detroit Red Wings on their own home ice.  Not only did they lose, but they were shut out 3-0.  Ouch.  Here’s the scoring summary:

DET: Lidstrom, N. (SHG, 13:44 in 2nd), Hudler, J. (03:52 in 3rd), Rafalski, B. (19:55 in 3rd)

Here are the highlights:

Jordin Tootoo scored the lone goal (17:47 in 2nd) for the Nashville Predators who lost 3-1 to the Detroit Red Wings.   For the Wings, Franzen (05:58 in 1st) and Henrik Zetterberg (06:54 in 3rd and 19:41 in 3rd) both scored.