🐙 Away Red Wings 48-17-7 before this game

3–5

Final

🏔️ Home Avalanche 49-13-8 before this game

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

Red Wings at Avalanche

Avalanche beat Red Wings 5–3 at Ball Arena on March 17, 2001.

🗓 Sat, Mar 17, 2001 · 12:00 CST 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2000-01 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Ray Bourque

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 27:17 TOI · +3

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Greg De Vries

2 A

2 shots · 17:30 TOI · +1

3rd star 🏔️ COL

Steve Reinprecht

2 A

1 shots · 12:45 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

🏔️ Joe Sakic Go-ahead 1st · 00:14

Assists: Ray Bourque, Rob Blake · beat Chris Osgood

0–1

2nd period

🏔️ Ville Nieminen 2nd · 02:08

Assists: Peter Forsberg · beat Chris Osgood

0–2

🏔️ Milan Hejduk SH 2nd · 14:23

Assists: Steve Reinprecht, Greg De Vries · beat Chris Osgood

0–3

🐙 Nicklas Lidstrom PP 2nd · 19:54

Assists: Tomas Holmstrom, Sergei Fedorov · beat Patrick Roy

1–3

3rd period

🐙 Jiri Fischer 3rd · 03:19

Assists: Vyacheslav Kozlov, Martin Lapointe · beat Patrick Roy

2–3

🏔️ Shjon Podein 3rd · 17:33

Assists: Greg De Vries, Steve Reinprecht · beat Chris Osgood

2–4

🐙 Pat Verbeek 3rd · 18:08

Assists: Igor Larionov, Vyacheslav Kozlov · beat Patrick Roy

3–4

🏔️ Ray Bourque Empty net 3rd · 19:42

Unassisted

3–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐙DET COL🏔️

26 Shots on goal 28

1/7 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5

37 Hits 23

8 Blocked shots 9

8 Takeaways 23

7 Giveaways 11

10 Penalty minutes 14

DET shooting 11.5% (3/26) COL shooting 17.9% (5/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐙Red Wings

Chris Osgood

23/27

.852 SV% · 4 GA · 59:02 TOI

Manny Legace

0/0

.000 SV% · 0 GA · 00:01 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

23/26

.885 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Red Wings

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

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–3

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 20:29

L2 Draper · Dandenault · Lapointe 14:20

L3 Maltby · McCarty · Verbeek 13:45

L4 Holmstrom · Kozlov · Larionov 12:38

L5 Gilchrist 10:09

D1 Lidstrom · Chelios 25:32

D2 Gill · Fischer 14:30

D3 Ward 11:04

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Sakic · Forsberg · Hejduk 21:57

L2 Tanguay · Nieminen · Drury 16:34

L3 Podein · Yelle · Reinprecht 14:11

L4 Reid · Parker · Hinote 2:35

D1 Blake · Bourque 27:45

D2 Skoula · Klemm 23:04

D3 De Vries · Pratt 9:26

⚔️ Last meetings

Red Wings lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

Jan 7, 2001

🏔️COL @ 🐙DET

3–4 (OT) · Red Wings won

3–2 (OT) · Avalanche won

May 1, 2000

🏔️COL @ 🐙DET

1–3 · Red Wings won

❓ DET vs COL, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Avalanche on March 17, 2001?

Avalanche won 5–3.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Avalanche?

The final score was Red Wings 3, Avalanche 5.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Jiri Fischer, Nicklas Lidstrom, Pat Verbeek.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Joe Sakic, Milan Hejduk, Ray Bourque, Shjon Podein, Ville Nieminen.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 23 saves on 27 shots (.852 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 23 saves on 26 shots (.885 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 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

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Mar 15

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Mar 13

Also on March 17, 2001

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