Watch: Red Wings' Athanasiou follows up brilliant near miss with opening goal
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The first playoff goal of young Athanasiou's career is teed up and blasted. #TBLvsDET #StanleyCuphttps://t.co/hv8XDBOR7d
— #StanleyCup Playoffs (@NHL) April 18, 2016
Andreas Athanasiou would not be denied.
The Detroit Red Wings forward opened the scoring in Game 3 with his first career playoff goal after pounding a one-timer past Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Ben Bishop.
The goal came late in the second period, and could have been the 21-year-old's second of the game had he made good on a ridiculous spin-o-rama effort in the first period.
Andreas Athanasiou pulled a double spin move that put Jason Garrison on his knees https://t.co/EvsT23jQJ2
— The Cauldron (ICYMI) (@CauldronICYMI) April 17, 2016