🐙 Away Red Wings 2-0 in series
6–4
Final
COL leads 4–2
🏔️ Home Avalanche 0-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Red Wings at Avalanche — Conference Finals Game 3

Red Wings, Conference Finals Game 3, beat Avalanche 6–4 at Ball Arena on May 23, 1996.

🗓 Thu, May 23, 1996 · 19:30 CDT 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 1995-96 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 Conference Finals — Best of 7

COL vs DET · COL leads 4–2 Full series →
Game 1
3–2
OT · COL
Game 2
3–0
Final · COL
Game 3
6–4
Final · DET
Game 4
2–4
Final · COL
Game 5
2–5
Final · DET
Game 6
1–4
Final · COL

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Sergei Fedorov
4 A
4 shots · +1
2nd star 🐙 DET
Nicklas Lidstrom
2 G, 1 A
2 shots · +1
3rd star 🐙 DET
Dino Ciccarelli
1 G, 1 A
3 shots

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐙DET COL🏔️
22 Shots on goal 19
2/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
16 Penalty minutes 18
DET shooting 27.3% (6/22) COL shooting 21.1% (4/19)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐙Red Wings
Chris Osgood
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy
0/6
.000 SV% · 6 GA · 57:53 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 75-17-5 (77% win rate, 97 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 60-24-12 (62% win rate, 96 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 75-17-5 (77% win rate, 97 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 60-24-12 (62% win rate, 96 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
May 21, 1996
🏔️COL @ 🐙DET
3–0 · Avalanche won
May 19, 1996
🏔️COL @ 🐙DET
3–2 (OT) · Avalanche won
Mar 22, 1996
🏔️COL @ 🐙DET
0–7 · Red Wings won
Mar 8, 1996
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
4–2 · Red Wings won
Jan 17, 1996
🏔️COL @ 🐙DET
2–3 · Red Wings won

❓ DET vs COL, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Avalanche on May 23, 1996?

Red Wings won 6–4.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Avalanche?

The final score was Red Wings 6, Avalanche 4.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 6 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Red Wings vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

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🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · May 21
🏔️COL @ 🐙DET
3–0 · COL won
Next game · May 25
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
2–4 · COL won
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · May 21
🏔️COL @ 🐙DET
3–0 · COL won
Next game · May 25
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
2–4 · COL won
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