🏔️ Away Avalanche 29-19-2 before this game
3–1
Final
🐙 Home Red Wings 28-21-1 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
COL 0213
DET 0101

Avalanche at Red Wings

Avalanche beat Red Wings 3–1 at Little Caesars Arena on February 5, 1999.

🗓 Fri, Feb 5, 1999 · 18:30 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Joe Sakic
1 G
6 shots · 26:33 TOI
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Sylvain Lefebvre
1 G
2 shots · 25:03 TOI · +2
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Adam Deadmarsh
1 G
2 shots · 19:26 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
2nd period
🏔️ Joe Sakic Go-ahead 2nd · 03:21
Unassisted
1–0
🐙 Vyacheslav Kozlov Tying 2nd · 03:58
Assists: Darren McCarty, Kris Draper
1–1
🏔️ Adam Deadmarsh PP Go-ahead 2nd · 12:00
Assists: Peter Forsberg, Sandis Ozolinsh
2–1
3rd period
🏔️ Sylvain Lefebvre 3rd · 03:52
Assists: Valeri Kamensky, Adam Foote
3–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL DET🐙
30 Shots on goal 28
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
21 Hits 25
12 Blocked shots 13
9 Takeaways 11
4 Giveaways 12
13 Penalty minutes 11
COL shooting 10.0% (3/30) DET shooting 3.6% (1/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy
27/28
.964 SV% · 1 GA · 59:51 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Chris Osgood
27/30
.900 SV% · 3 GA · 57:59 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 29-19-2 (58% win rate, 50 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 28-21-1 (56% win rate, 50 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Avalanche
Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.
Red Wings
Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Sakic · Forsberg · Lemieux 25:22
L2 Kamensky · Deadmarsh · Hejduk 19:11
L3 Yelle · Drury · Donovan 11:46
L4 Podein · Corbet · Parker 5:28
D1 Foote · Lefebvre 25:26
D2 Ozolinsh · Miller 17:46
D3 Gusarov · De Vries 15:12
🐙Red Wings
L1 Shanahan · Yzerman · Fedorov 23:09
L2 Larionov · McCarty · Lapointe 17:09
L3 Kozlov · Maltby · Dandenault 14:11
L4 Holmstrom · Draper · Brown 10:16
D1 Lidstrom · Murphy 28:40
D2 Ward · Macoun 14:30
D3 Eriksson · Golubovsky 7:32

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Jan 9, 1999
🏔️COL @ 🐙DET
2–3 · Red Wings won
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

❓ COL vs DET, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Red Wings on February 5, 1999?

Avalanche won 3–1.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Red Wings?

The final score was Avalanche 3, Red Wings 1.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Adam Deadmarsh, Joe Sakic, Sylvain Lefebvre.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Vyacheslav Kozlov.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 27 saves on 28 shots (.964 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 27 saves on 30 shots (.900 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 2–1 after 3 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 · Feb 3
🏔️COL @ ⚔️BUF
5–3 · COL won
Next game · Feb 7
🏔️COL @ ⭐DAL
3–0 · COL won
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · Feb 3
🏝️NYI @ 🐙DET
1–5 · DET won
Next game · Feb 7
🐙DET @ 🐧PIT
1–2 · PIT won
Also on February 5, 1999
🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH
1–4 final
🦆ANA @ ⚡TBL
5–3 final
🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT
0–3 final
🐯NSH @ 🛢️EDM
2–4 final
Avalanche season page Red Wings season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule