🐙 Away Red Wings 50-11-3 before this game

4–2

Final

🏔️ Home Avalanche 40-17-9 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
DET	1	2	1	4
COL	0	1	1	2

Red Wings at Avalanche

Red Wings beat Avalanche 4–2 at Ball Arena on March 8, 1996.

🗓 Fri, Mar 8, 1996 · 20:00 CST 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 1995-96 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐙 DET

Dino Ciccarelli

1 G

3 shots · +1

2nd star 🐙 DET

Keith Primeau

1 G

3 shots

3rd star 🐙 DET

Paul Coffey

1 G

2 shots

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🐙 Paul Coffey Go-ahead 1st · 06:08

Assists: Vyacheslav Kozlov, Sergei Fedorov

1–0

2nd period

🐙 Darren McCarty 2nd · 12:12

Assists: Viacheslav Fetisov, Steve Yzerman

2–0

🐙 Keith Primeau PP 2nd · 16:40

Unassisted

3–0

🏔️ Peter Forsberg 2nd · 17:16

Assists: Valeri Kamensky, Claude Lemieux

3–1

3rd period

🏔️ Joe Sakic 3rd · 13:01

Assists: Alexei Gusarov, Sandis Ozolinsh

3–2

🐙 Dino Ciccarelli Empty net 3rd · 19:42

Unassisted

4–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐙DET COL🏔️

27 Shots on goal 21

1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5

27 Penalty minutes 16

DET shooting 14.8% (4/27) COL shooting 9.5% (2/21)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐙Red Wings

Mike Vernon

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 59:31 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:22 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Red Wings

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

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 3–1

Red Wings

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

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Red Wings lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

❓ DET vs COL, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Avalanche on March 8, 1996?

Red Wings won 4–2.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Avalanche?

The final score was Red Wings 4, Avalanche 2.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Darren McCarty, Dino Ciccarelli, Keith Primeau, Paul Coffey.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

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

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Red Wings vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Red Wings vs Avalanche season series?

Red Wings lead the season series 2–1 after 3 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 6

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Mar 5

Also on March 8, 1996

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