🏔️ Away Avalanche 19-18-2 before this game
2–3
Final
🐙 Home Red Wings 20-17-1 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
COL 0202
DET 1113

Avalanche at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Avalanche 3–2 at Little Caesars Arena on January 9, 1999.

🗓 Sat, Jan 9, 1999 · 12:00 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Nicklas Lidstrom
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 16:52 TOI · +1
2nd star 🐙 DET
Sergei Fedorov
2 A
2 shots · 19:04 TOI · +1
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Adam Foote
2 A
30:59 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🐙 Steve Yzerman PP Go-ahead 1st · 13:17
Assists: Igor Larionov, Nicklas Lidstrom
0–1
2nd period
🏔️ Claude Lemieux Tying 2nd · 01:17
Assists: Adam Foote
1–1
🏔️ Peter Forsberg Go-ahead 2nd · 01:40
Assists: Adam Foote, Sylvain Lefebvre
2–1
🐙 Martin Lapointe Tying 2nd · 16:55
Assists: Doug Brown, Sergei Fedorov
2–2
3rd period
🐙 Nicklas Lidstrom PP Go-ahead 3rd · 13:01
Assists: Sergei Fedorov, Larry Murphy
2–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL DET🐙
29 Shots on goal 31
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/7
32 Hits 26
17 Blocked shots 5
3 Takeaways 2
4 Giveaways 19
16 Penalty minutes 12
COL shooting 6.9% (2/29) DET shooting 9.7% (3/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Marc Denis
28/31
.903 SV% · 3 GA · 59:00 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Chris Osgood
27/29
.931 SV% · 2 GA · 59:25 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Avalanche
Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.
Red Wings
Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–2
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 19-18-2 (49% win rate, 39 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 20-17-1 (53% win rate, 38 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Forsberg · Sakic · Lemieux 27:45
L2 Yelle · Deadmarsh · Hejduk 16:52
L3 Kamensky · Messier · Drury 13:53
L4 Donovan · Odgers · Parker 10:05
D1 Foote · Lefebvre 26:19
D2 Miller · De Vries 19:32
D3 Russell 7:49
🐙Red Wings
L1 Yzerman · Larionov · Fedorov 19:26
L2 Shanahan · McCarty · Dandenault 17:11
L3 Holmstrom · Lapointe · Brown 16:03
L4 Kozlov · Draper · Roest 6:07
L5 Audet 2:14
D1 Murphy · Gill 23:16
D2 Eriksson · Lidstrom 16:56
D3 Macoun 16:29

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →
Dec 2, 1998
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
2–4 · Avalanche won
Apr 18, 1998
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
3–4 · Avalanche won
Apr 1, 1998
🏔️COL @ 🐙DET
0–2 · Red Wings won
Dec 17, 1997
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
2–2 (OT) · Red Wings won
Nov 11, 1997
🏔️COL @ 🐙DET
2–0 · Avalanche won

❓ COL vs DET, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Red Wings on January 9, 1999?

Red Wings won 3–2.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Red Wings?

The final score was Avalanche 2, Red Wings 3.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Claude Lemieux, Peter Forsberg.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Martin Lapointe, Nicklas Lidstrom, Steve Yzerman.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Marc Denis made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 27 saves on 29 shots (.931 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?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 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 · Jan 6
🐆FLA @ 🏔️COL
2–2 · FLA won
Next game · Jan 10
🏔️COL @ 🪶CHI
3–2 · COL won
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · Jan 6
🏛️OTT @ 🐙DET
2–0 · OTT won
Next game · Jan 10
🐙DET @ 🏛️OTT
1–4 · OTT won
Also on January 9, 1999
🐻BOS @ 🍁TOR
3–6 final
🏝️NYI @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–3 final
🦅WSH @ 😈NJD
3–2 final
🌪️CAR @ 🔔PHI
0–2 final
🎵STL @ 🐧PIT
1–2 final
🪶CHI @ 🐯NSH
3–3 final
🛢️EDM @ 👑LAK
1–1 final
⚔️BUF @ 🦈SJS
2–2 final
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