2–3

Final

🐙 Home Red Wings 27-6-2 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
HFD	2	0	0	2
DET	2	1	0	3

Whalers at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Whalers 3–2 at Little Caesars Arena on December 31, 1995.

🗓 Sun, Dec 31, 1995 · 18:30 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1995-96 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐙 DET

Doug Brown

1 G

6 shots · +1

2nd star 🐙 DET

Nicklas Lidstrom

1 G

3 shots

3rd star 🐙 DET

Keith Primeau

1 G

2 shots

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🐙 Doug Brown Go-ahead 1st · 05:00

Assists: Viacheslav Fetisov, Vladimir Konstantinov

0–1

🐳 Paul Ranheim Tying 1st · 05:24

Assists: Robert Kron

1–1

🐙 Nicklas Lidstrom SH Go-ahead 1st · 14:04

Assists: Greg Johnson, Steve Yzerman

1–2

🐳 Kevin Dineen Tying 1st · 17:15

Assists: Andrew Cassels, Geoff Sanderson

2–2

2nd period

🐙 Keith Primeau Go-ahead 2nd · 01:58

Assists: Tim Taylor, Chris Osgood

2–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐳HFD DET🐙

30 Shots on goal 39

11 Penalty minutes 9

HFD shooting 6.7% (2/30) DET shooting 7.7% (3/39)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐳Whalers

Sean Burke

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:31 TOI

🐙Red Wings

Chris Osgood

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–2

Whalers

Whalers — tied after 1st: 14-19-3 (39% win rate, 36 games)

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 1st: 27-6-2 (77% win rate, 35 games)

After 2nd — 2–3

Whalers

Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.

Red Wings

Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

❓ HFD vs DET, answered

Who won Whalers vs Red Wings on December 31, 1995?

Red Wings won 3–2.

What was the final score of Whalers vs Red Wings?

The final score was Whalers 2, Red Wings 3.

Who scored for Whalers?

Kevin Dineen, Paul Ranheim.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Doug Brown, Keith Primeau, Nicklas Lidstrom.

How did the Whalers goalie play?

Sean Burke made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Whalers vs Red Wings played?

At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Red Wings home rink.

What is the Whalers vs Red Wings season series?

Red Wings 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

🐳Whalers

Previous game · Dec 30

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Dec 29

Also on December 31, 1995

Whalers season page Red Wings season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule