🐙 Away Red Wings 10-21-3 before this game
2–5
Final
🐳 Home Whalers 19-15-0 before this game
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Red Wings at Whalers

Whalers beat Red Wings 5–2 on December 29, 1985.

🗓 Sun, Dec 29, 1985 · 18:00 CST 🏒 1985-86 🔁 Whalers lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐳 HFD
Sylvain Turgeon
1 G, 2 A
4 shots
2nd star 🐳 HFD
Bob Crawford
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · +2
3rd star 🐳 HFD
Ray Ferraro
2 G
3 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐙DET HFD🐳
22 Shots on goal 33
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5
33 Penalty minutes 31
DET shooting 9.1% (2/22) HFD shooting 15.2% (5/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐙Red Wings
Mark Laforest
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐳Whalers
Mike Liut
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 10-21-3 (29% win rate, 34 games)
Whalers
Whalers — tied after 1st: 19-15 (56% win rate, 34 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 10-21-3 (29% win rate, 34 games)
Whalers
Whalers — tied after 2nd: 19-15 (56% win rate, 34 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Whalers lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Jan 3, 1985
🐙DET @ 🐳HFD
2–6 · Whalers won
Nov 21, 1984
🐳HFD @ 🐙DET
2–4 · Red Wings won
Oct 18, 1984
🐙DET @ 🐳HFD
3–7 · Whalers won
Feb 7, 1984
🐙DET @ 🐳HFD
1–4 · Whalers won
Feb 1, 1984
🐳HFD @ 🐙DET
6–6 (OT) · Whalers won

❓ DET vs HFD, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Whalers on December 29, 1985?

Whalers won 5–2.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Whalers?

The final score was Red Wings 2, Whalers 5.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Mark Laforest made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Whalers goalie play?

Mike Liut made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Red Wings vs Whalers season series?

Whalers lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · Dec 28
🐙DET @ ⚜️QUE
5–4 · DET won
Next game · Dec 31
🏝️NYI @ 🐙DET
5–4 · NYI won
🐳Whalers
Previous game · Dec 28
🐳HFD @ 🍁TOR
6–3 · HFD won
Next game · Dec 31
🐳HFD @ ⚜️QUE
1–5 · QUE won
Also on December 29, 1985
🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF
3–4 final
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
5–6 final
🐻BOS @ 🪶CHI
3–4 final
🛢️EDM @ 🐋VAN
5–3 final
Red Wings season page Whalers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule