DETROIT Goalie's bad start reversed

The Red Wings allowed their quickest goal ever in a playoff game.
DETROIT (AP) -- Manny Legace got off to a rough start, then finished strong.
In his first playoff start, Legace gave up a goal 16 seconds after the opening faceoff then made 23 saves in Detroit's 3-1 win over Nashville on Wednesday night in the opening game of their first-round series.
"I had butterflies," the career backup acknowledged.
It almost got worse for Legace.
After Adam Hall scored, Steve Sullivan missed on a penalty shot at 1:31.
Missed opportunity
"I'd like to have that one back," said Sullivan, whose shot sailed to the right of the net. "He didn't give me a lot to shoot at, but he gave me enough."
Tomas Holmstrom and Kris Draper scored early in the third period and Robert Lang added a goal late.
For the first two periods, there were striking similarities to Detroit's playoff appearance of a year ago when a young franchise with a goaltender making his playoff debut rocked a star-studded team.
"I know I was thinking that," Legace said.
Tomas Vokoun played like Jean-Sebastien Giguere, and the Predators looked like the Anaheim Mighty Ducks.
Giguere set a record for a playoff debut with 63 saves last year when Anaheim knocked off the Red Wings in Game 1. Anaheim swept Detroit en route to the Stanley Cup finals.
Goalie recap
Vokoun, in his first playoff game, made 18 saves during the first two periods and finished with 26.
"Tomas was excellent," Nashville coach Barry Trotz said. "He did a good job of keeping us in there. We just couldn't convert early."
Vokoun could not turn away the Red Wings when it mattered most, however.
Draper tied it 37 seconds into the third period and Holmstrom scored just over four minutes later. With 1:45 remaining, Lang had a goal for the Red Wings, who earned an NHL-best 109 points in the regular season.
Detroit coach Dave Lewis won 48 games in each of his first two seasons, but had not won a playoff game until Wednesday.
"I guess it's a bit of a relief," Lewis said.
In Nashville's first playoff game in its six-season history, Hall scored the quickest goal ever allowed by Detroit in a playoff game.
That was the difference until Kirk Maltby fed Draper with a pass. Draper split two defenders between the circles before scoring from the bottom of the left circle.
"He's got good speed, and the angle was changing so quickly," Vokoun said.