🐙 Away Red Wings 13-8-0 before this game

2–4

Final

🏔️ Home Avalanche 10-11-0 before this game

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

Red Wings at Avalanche

Avalanche beat Red Wings 4–2 at Ball Arena on December 2, 1998.

🗓 Wed, Dec 2, 1998 · 20:00 CST 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Sylvain Lefebvre

2 A

2 shots · 25:33 TOI · +3

2nd star 🐙 DET

Steve Yzerman

1 G, 1 A

7 shots · 18:49 TOI · -1

3rd star 🐙 DET

Nicklas Lidstrom

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 26:28 TOI

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🏔️ Milan Hejduk Go-ahead 1st · 07:16

Assists: Peter Forsberg, Sylvain Lefebvre

0–1

🐙 Nicklas Lidstrom PP Tying 1st · 12:37

Assists: Steve Yzerman, Vyacheslav Kozlov

1–1

2nd period

🐙 Steve Yzerman PP Go-ahead 2nd · 00:30

Assists: Nicklas Lidstrom, Darren McCarty

2–1

🏔️ Joe Sakic Tying 2nd · 08:29

Assists: Jeff Odgers, Aaron Miller

2–2

3rd period

🏔️ Chris Drury Go-ahead 3rd · 02:51

Assists: Sylvain Lefebvre, Adam Foote

2–3

🏔️ Rene Corbet 3rd · 14:38

Assists: Shjon Podein, Valeri Kamensky

2–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐙DET COL🏔️

29 Shots on goal 30

2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5

8 Hits 18

12 Blocked shots 14

4 Takeaways 13

19 Giveaways 23

22 Penalty minutes 22

DET shooting 6.9% (2/29) COL shooting 13.3% (4/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐙Red Wings

Norm Maracle

26/30

.867 SV% · 4 GA · 59:04 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

27/29

.931 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 1st: 13-8 (62% win rate, 21 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 1st: 10-11 (48% win rate, 21 games)

After 2nd — 2–2

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 13-8 (62% win rate, 21 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 10-11 (48% win rate, 21 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐙Red Wings

L1 Yzerman · Larionov · McCarty 18:02

L2 Holmstrom · Shanahan · Lapointe 16:23

L3 Fedorov · Draper · Brown 12:57

L4 Kozlov · Dandenault · Kocur 11:47

D1 Lidstrom · Murphy 25:56

D2 Krupp · Macoun 19:20

D3 Eriksson · Ward 11:42

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Sakic · Forsberg · Deadmarsh 24:42

L2 Corbet · Drury · Lemieux 17:20

L3 Kamensky · Podein · Hejduk 13:24

L4 Belak · Odgers · Parker 4:46

L5 Donovan 0:52

D1 Foote · Lefebvre 26:04

D2 De Vries · Miller 19:56

D3 Russell 10:00

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

2–2 (OT) · Red Wings won

❓ DET vs COL, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Avalanche on December 2, 1998?

Avalanche won 4–2.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Avalanche?

The final score was Red Wings 2, Avalanche 4.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Nicklas Lidstrom, Steve Yzerman.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Chris Drury, Joe Sakic, Milan Hejduk, Rene Corbet.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Norm Maracle made 26 saves on 30 shots (.867 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 27 saves on 29 shots (.931 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?

Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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 · Nov 29

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Nov 28

Also on December 2, 1998

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