🐙 Away Red Wings 4-4-0
3–3
Final / OT
🐳 Home Whalers 3-5-0
Goals 1st2nd3rdOTF
🐙 DET 21003
🐳 HFD 02103

Red Wings at Whalers

Red Wings beat Whalers 3–3 in overtime on October 21, 1989.

🗓 🏒 1989-90 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Steve Yzerman
2 A
2nd star 🐳 HFD
Ray Ferraro
1 G, 1 A
2 shots
3rd star 🐙 DET
John Chabot
1 G
2 shots

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🐙 Joey Kocur Go-ahead 1st · 01:13
Assists: Steve Yzerman, Adam Graves · beat Mike Liut
1–0
🐙 John Chabot 1st · 09:57
Assists: Borje Salming, Joe Murphy · beat Mike Liut
2–0
2nd period
🐳 Dean Evason 2nd · 02:05
Assists: Paul Macdermid · beat Glen Hanlon
2–1
🐳 Ray Ferraro PP Tying 2nd · 04:31
Assists: Dave Babych, Jody Hull · beat Glen Hanlon
2–2
🐙 Dave Barr PP Go-ahead 2nd · 15:06
Assists: Steve Yzerman, Shawn Burr · beat Mike Liut
3–2
3rd period
🐳 Sylvain Cote Tying 3rd · 11:21
Assists: Ray Ferraro, Scott Young · beat Glen Hanlon
3–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐙DET HFD🐳
13 Shots on goal 31
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7
34 Penalty minutes 15
DET shooting 23.1% (3/13) HFD shooting 9.7% (3/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐙Red Wings
Glen Hanlon
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 65:00 TOI
🐳Whalers
Mike Liut
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 65:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Red Wings
Red Wings — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
Whalers
Whalers — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
After 2nd — 3–2
Red Wings
Red Wings — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Whalers
Whalers — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Red Wings lead the season series 1–0
Dec 311988 🐳HFD @ 🐙DET 3–2 Dec 301988 🐙DET @ 🐳HFD 3–4 Nov 161988 🐙DET @ 🐳HFD 4–3 Mar 241988 🐳HFD @ 🐙DET 3–2 Jan 241988 🐙DET @ 🐳HFD 1–2 OT
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❓ DET vs HFD, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Whalers on October 21, 1989?

Red Wings won 3–3 in overtime. The final score was Red Wings 3, Whalers 3.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Dave Barr, Joey Kocur, John Chabot.

Who scored for Whalers?

Dean Evason, Ray Ferraro, Sylvain Cote.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Glen Hanlon made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Whalers goalie play?

Mike Liut made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Red Wings vs Whalers season series?

Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeOct 19 🐙DET @ 🎵STL 4–3 AfterOct 24 🪶CHI @ 🐙DET 5–3
🐳 Whalers
BeforeOct 19 🐳HFD @ 🗽NYR 3–7 AfterOct 23 🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3
Also on October 21
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