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

Red Wings, Conference Finals Game 6, beat Avalanche 3–1 at Little Caesars Arena on May 26, 1997.

🗓 Mon, May 26, 1997 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 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
Igor Larionov
2 A
1 shots · +2
2nd star 🐙 DET
Brendan Shanahan
1 G
7 shots · +1
3rd star 🐙 DET
Martin Lapointe
1 G
3 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL DET🐙
16 Shots on goal 42
6 Penalty minutes 6
COL shooting 6.2% (1/16) DET shooting 7.1% (3/42)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 59:43 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Mike Vernon
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 63-26-9 (64% win rate, 98 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 58-28-11 (60% win rate, 97 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 63-26-9 (64% win rate, 98 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 58-28-11 (60% win rate, 97 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
May 24, 1997
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
0–6 · Avalanche won
May 22, 1997
🏔️COL @ 🐙DET
0–6 · Red Wings won
May 19, 1997
🏔️COL @ 🐙DET
1–2 · Red Wings won
May 17, 1997
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
4–2 · Red Wings won
May 15, 1997
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
1–2 · Avalanche won

❓ COL vs DET, answered

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

Red Wings won 3–1.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Red Wings?

The final score was Avalanche 1, Red Wings 3.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Mike Vernon made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Red Wings played?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · May 24
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
0–6 · COL won
Next game · Oct 1
⭐DAL @ 🏔️COL
2–2 · DAL won
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · May 24
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
0–6 · COL won
Next game · May 31
🐙DET @ 🔔PHI
4–2 · DET won
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