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

Red Wings, Conference Finals Game 2, beat Avalanche 4–2 at Ball Arena on May 17, 1997.

🗓 Sat, May 17, 1997 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 1996-97 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 Conference Finals — Best of 7

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

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Sergei Fedorov
1 G, 1 A
7 shots
2nd star 🐙 DET
Steve Yzerman
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · +1
3rd star 🐙 DET
Nicklas Lidstrom
2 A
5 shots

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐙DET COL🏔️
40 Shots on goal 17
2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
10 Penalty minutes 14
DET shooting 10.0% (4/40) COL shooting 11.8% (2/17)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐙Red Wings
Mike Vernon
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 58:51 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 55-27-11 (59% win rate, 93 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 62-23-9 (66% win rate, 94 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 55-27-11 (59% win rate, 93 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 62-23-9 (66% win rate, 94 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
May 15, 1997
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
1–2 · Avalanche won
Mar 26, 1997
🏔️COL @ 🐙DET
5–6 (OT) · Red Wings won
Mar 16, 1997
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
2–4 · Avalanche won
Dec 17, 1996
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
3–4 · Avalanche won
Nov 13, 1996
🏔️COL @ 🐙DET
4–1 · Avalanche won

❓ DET vs COL, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Avalanche on May 17, 1997?

Red Wings won 4–2.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Avalanche?

The final score was Red Wings 4, Avalanche 2.

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 4 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 15
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
1–2 · COL won
Next game · May 19
🏔️COL @ 🐙DET
1–2 · DET won
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · May 15
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
1–2 · COL won
Next game · May 19
🏔️COL @ 🐙DET
1–2 · DET won
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