🐙 Away Red Wings 49-11-3 before this game
4–2
Final
🐳 Home Whalers 29-27-6 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
DET 1124
HFD 1012

Red Wings at Whalers

Red Wings beat Whalers 4–2 on March 6, 1996.

🗓 Wed, Mar 6, 1996 · 18:00 CST 🏒 1995-96 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Sergei Fedorov
1 G, 1 A
6 shots
2nd star 🐙 DET
Igor Larionov
2 A
2 shots
3rd star 🐙 DET
Steve Yzerman
2 A
1 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🐙 Vyacheslav Kozlov Go-ahead 1st · 02:31
Assists: Igor Larionov, Keith Primeau
1–0
🐳 Nelson Emerson PP Tying 1st · 08:24
Assists: Geoff Sanderson, Andrew Cassels
1–1
2nd period
🐙 Dino Ciccarelli PP Go-ahead 2nd · 09:39
Assists: Steve Yzerman, Sergei Fedorov
2–1
3rd period
🐙 Sergei Fedorov PP 3rd · 01:28
Assists: Steve Yzerman, Igor Larionov
3–1
🐳 Andrei Nikolishin 3rd · 04:52
Unassisted
3–2
🐙 Chris Osgood Empty net 3rd · 19:49
Unassisted
4–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐙DET HFD🐳
28 Shots on goal 28
2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
10 Penalty minutes 10
DET shooting 14.3% (4/28) HFD shooting 7.1% (2/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐙Red Wings
Chris Osgood
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐳Whalers
Sean Burke
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:05 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 49-11-3 (78% win rate, 63 games)
Whalers
Whalers — tied after 1st: 29-27-6 (47% win rate, 62 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Red Wings
Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.
Whalers
Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Dec 31, 1995
🐳HFD @ 🐙DET
2–3 · Red Wings won
Mar 29, 1994
🐳HFD @ 🐙DET
2–6 · Red Wings won
Feb 24, 1994
🐳HFD @ 🐙DET
0–3 · Red Wings won
Dec 1, 1993
🐙DET @ 🐳HFD
3–5 · Whalers won
Nov 14, 1992
🐙DET @ 🐳HFD
2–0 · Red Wings won

❓ DET vs HFD, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Whalers on March 6, 1996?

Red Wings won 4–2.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Whalers?

The final score was Red Wings 4, Whalers 2.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Chris Osgood, Dino Ciccarelli, Sergei Fedorov, Vyacheslav Kozlov.

Who scored for Whalers?

Andrei Nikolishin, Nelson Emerson.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

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

How did the Whalers goalie play?

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

What is the Red Wings vs Whalers season series?

Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 after 2 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
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · Mar 3
🐙DET @ 🪶CHI
6–2 · DET won
Next game · Mar 8
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
4–2 · DET won
🐳Whalers
Previous game · Mar 2
🐆FLA @ 🐳HFD
1–7 · HFD won
Next game · Mar 8
🍁TOR @ 🐳HFD
4–7 · HFD won
Also on March 6, 1996
😈NJD @ 🍁TOR
2–2 final
⚔️BUF @ 🐋VAN
2–5 final
⭐DAL @ 🦈SJS
2–1 final
🛢️EDM @ 👑LAK
2–3 final
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