🏔️ Away Avalanche 50-18-6 before this game

5–6

Final / OT

🐙 Home Red Wings 42-22-8 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	F
COL	1	3	1	0	5
DET	0	3	2	1	6

Avalanche at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Avalanche 6–5 in overtime at Little Caesars Arena on March 26, 1997.

🗓 Wed, Mar 26, 1997 · 18:30 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Valeri Kamensky

3 G

5 shots · -1

2nd star 🐙 DET

Martin Lapointe

2 G

3 shots · +1

3rd star 🐙 DET

Sergei Fedorov

1 G, 1 A

7 shots

🚨 Scoring

11 goals · in order

1st period

🏔️ Valeri Kamensky Go-ahead 1st · 03:29

Assists: Peter Forsberg

1–0

2nd period

🐙 Sergei Fedorov Tying 2nd · 00:35

Assists: Larry Murphy, Steve Yzerman

1–1

🏔️ Valeri Kamensky PP Go-ahead 2nd · 01:12

Assists: Keith Jones, Sandis Ozolinsh

2–1

🐙 Martin Lapointe Tying 2nd · 03:08

Assists: Vyacheslav Kozlov

2–2

🏔️ Rene Corbet Go-ahead 2nd · 06:20

Assists: Stephane Yelle

3–2

🏔️ Adam Deadmarsh 2nd · 13:34

Assists: Sylvain Lefebvre, Eric Lacroix

4–2

🐙 Nicklas Lidstrom PP 2nd · 19:40

Assists: Steve Yzerman

4–3

3rd period

🏔️ Valeri Kamensky 3rd · 01:11

Assists: Stephane Yelle, Claude Lemieux

5–3

🐙 Martin Lapointe 3rd · 08:27

Assists: Sergei Fedorov, Larry Murphy

5–4

🐙 Brendan Shanahan Tying 3rd · 09:03

Assists: Igor Larionov, Jamie Pushor

5–5

Overtime

🐙 Darren McCarty Go-ahead OT · 00:39

Assists: Brendan Shanahan, Igor Larionov

5–6

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏔️COL DET🐙

19 Shots on goal 47

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

75 Penalty minutes 73

COL shooting 26.3% (5/19) DET shooting 12.8% (6/47)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

0/6

.000 SV% · 6 GA · 60:39 TOI

🐙Red Wings

Mike Vernon

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 60:39 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

Red Wings

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

After 2nd — 4–3

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

Red Wings

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

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →

❓ COL vs DET, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Red Wings on March 26, 1997?

Red Wings won 6–5 in overtime.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Red Wings?

The final score was Avalanche 5, Red Wings 6, in overtime.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Valeri Kamensky (3), Adam Deadmarsh, Rene Corbet.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Martin Lapointe (2), Brendan Shanahan, Darren McCarty, Nicklas Lidstrom, Sergei Fedorov.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

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

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Mike Vernon made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Red Wings played?

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

What is the Avalanche vs Red Wings season series?

Avalanche 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

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Mar 25

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Mar 23

Also on March 26, 1997

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