🐙 Away Red Wings 18-11-3 before this game

5–3

Final

🏔️ Home Avalanche 23-5-3 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
DET	2	0	3	5
COL	2	1	0	3

Red Wings at Avalanche

Red Wings beat Avalanche 5–3 at Ball Arena on December 15, 2000.

🗓 Fri, Dec 15, 2000 · 17:00 CST 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2000-01 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐙 DET

Steve Yzerman

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 21:30 TOI · +1

2nd star 🐙 DET

Tomas Holmstrom

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 09:11 TOI · +1

3rd star 🐙 DET

Sergei Fedorov

2 A

1 shots · 20:40 TOI · +2

4rd star 🐙 DET

Manny Legace

33 saves

0.917 SV% · 3 GA

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

🐙 Kris Draper Go-ahead 1st · 01:41

Assists: Doug Brown, Aaron Ward · beat Patrick Roy

1–0

🏔️ Dave Reid Tying 1st · 02:10

Unassisted · beat Manny Legace

1–1

🐙 Nicklas Lidstrom PP Go-ahead 1st · 07:53

Assists: Sergei Fedorov · beat Patrick Roy

2–1

🏔️ Alex Tanguay Tying 1st · 15:12

Assists: Nolan Pratt · beat Manny Legace

2–2

2nd period

🏔️ Greg De Vries Go-ahead 2nd · 17:05

Assists: Dave Reid, Ville Nieminen · beat Manny Legace

2–3

3rd period

🐙 Tomas Holmstrom PP Tying 3rd · 01:44

Assists: Sergei Fedorov, Steve Yzerman · beat Patrick Roy

3–3

🐙 Darren McCarty Go-ahead 3rd · 04:05

Assists: Maxim Kuznetsov, Tomas Holmstrom · beat Patrick Roy

4–3

🐙 Steve Yzerman 3rd · 16:55

Unassisted · beat Patrick Roy

5–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐙DET COL🏔️

25 Shots on goal 36

2/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3

36 Hits 23

14 Blocked shots 11

13 Takeaways 10

2 Giveaways 9

6 Penalty minutes 6

DET shooting 20.0% (5/25) COL shooting 8.3% (3/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐙Red Wings

Manny Legace

33/36

.917 SV% · 3 GA · 59:56 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

20/25

.800 SV% · 5 GA · 58:04 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–2

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 1st: 18-11-3 (56% win rate, 32 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 1st: 23-5-3 (74% win rate, 31 games)

After 2nd — 2–3

Red Wings

Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐙Red Wings

L1 Shanahan · Yzerman · Fedorov 20:40

L2 Maltby · McCarty · Lapointe 16:07

L3 Kozlov · Gilchrist · Verbeek 12:20

L4 Holmstrom · Draper · Brown 11:06

L5 Dandenault 1:21

D1 Lidstrom · Ward 28:18

D2 Murphy · Gill 24:29

D3 Kuznetsov 9:33

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Sakic · Forsberg · Drury 21:31

L2 Tanguay · Hejduk · Deadmarsh 19:14

L3 Podein · Nieminen · Yelle 10:44

L4 Messier · Reid · Hinote 9:08

D1 Bourque · Klemm 24:30

D2 Skoula · De Vries 17:49

D3 Miller · Pratt 14:48

⚔️ Last meetings

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

3–2 (OT) · Avalanche won

❓ DET vs COL, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Avalanche on December 15, 2000?

Red Wings won 5–3.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Avalanche?

The final score was Red Wings 5, Avalanche 3.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Darren McCarty, Kris Draper, Nicklas Lidstrom, Steve Yzerman, Tomas Holmstrom.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Alex Tanguay, Dave Reid, Greg De Vries.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Manny Legace made 33 saves on 36 shots (.917 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 20 saves on 25 shots (.800 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?

Red Wings 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 · Dec 13

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Dec 13

Also on December 15, 2000

Red Wings season page Avalanche season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule