🐋 Away Canucks 32-20-11 before this game

3–2

Final

🐙 Home Red Wings 48-10-3 before this game

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

Canucks at Red Wings

Canucks beat Red Wings 3–2 at Little Caesars Arena on March 2, 1996.

🗓 Sat, Mar 2, 1996 · 14:00 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1995-96 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐋 VAN

Cliff Ronning

2 G

3 shots · +2

2nd star 🐙 DET

Steve Yzerman

2 G

3 shots · +1

3rd star 🐋 VAN

Martin Gelinas

1 G

3 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

2nd period

🐙 Steve Yzerman PP Go-ahead 2nd · 14:40

Assists: Keith Primeau, Nicklas Lidstrom

0–1

3rd period

🐋 Martin Gelinas Tying 3rd · 00:38

Assists: Jyrki Lumme, Russ Courtnall

1–1

🐙 Steve Yzerman Go-ahead 3rd · 06:26

Unassisted

1–2

🐋 Cliff Ronning Tying 3rd · 13:08

Assists: Dave Babych, Esa Tikkanen

2–2

🐋 Cliff Ronning Go-ahead 3rd · 16:03

Assists: Bret Hedican

3–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐋VAN DET🐙

25 Shots on goal 33

0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6

14 Penalty minutes 8

VAN shooting 12.0% (3/25) DET shooting 6.1% (2/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐋Canucks

Corey Hirsch

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐙Red Wings

Mike Vernon

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 58:59 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Canucks

Canucks — tied after 1st: 32-20-11 (51% win rate, 63 games)

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 1st: 48-10-3 (79% win rate, 61 games)

After 2nd — 0–1

Canucks

Canucks: 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 3–1 Full head-to-head →

❓ VAN vs DET, answered

Who won Canucks vs Red Wings on March 2, 1996?

Canucks won 3–2.

What was the final score of Canucks vs Red Wings?

The final score was Canucks 3, Red Wings 2.

Who scored for Canucks?

Cliff Ronning (2), Martin Gelinas.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Steve Yzerman (2).

How did the Canucks goalie play?

Corey Hirsch made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

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

Where is Canucks vs Red Wings played?

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

What is the Canucks vs Red Wings season series?

Red Wings lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

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

🐋Canucks

Previous game · Feb 29

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Feb 29

Also on March 2, 1996

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