🏔️ Away Avalanche 16-12-0 before this game
4–1
Final
🐙 Home Red Wings 22-4-2 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
COL 2114
DET 1001

Avalanche at Red Wings

Avalanche beat Red Wings 4–1 at Little Caesars Arena on December 5, 2001.

🗓 Wed, Dec 5, 2001 · 19:00 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Radim Vrbata
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 10:04 TOI
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Steve Reinprecht
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 12:44 TOI
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Milan Hejduk
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 19:42 TOI · +2
4rd star 🏔️ COL
Patrick Roy
30 saves
0.968 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Milan Hejduk Go-ahead 1st · 00:32
Assists: Alex Tanguay, Joe Sakic · beat Dominik Hasek
1–0
🏔️ Radim Vrbata PP 1st · 06:18
Assists: Martin Skoula, Steve Reinprecht · beat Dominik Hasek
2–0
🐙 Sergei Fedorov 1st · 08:18
Assists: Brendan Shanahan, Steve Duchesne · beat Patrick Roy
2–1
2nd period
🏔️ Steve Reinprecht 2nd · 06:17
Assists: Radim Vrbata, Chris Drury · beat Dominik Hasek
3–1
3rd period
🏔️ Rob Blake 3rd · 16:30
Assists: Joe Sakic, Milan Hejduk · beat Dominik Hasek
4–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL DET🐙
18 Shots on goal 31
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
32 Hits 18
14 Blocked shots 8
5 Takeaways 11
7 Giveaways 18
8 Penalty minutes 10
COL shooting 22.2% (4/18) DET shooting 3.2% (1/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Dominik Hasek
14/18
.778 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–1
Avalanche
Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.
Red Wings
Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 3–1
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 Tanguay · Sakic · Hejduk 19:42
L2 Messier · Drury · Yelle 15:37
L3 Podein · Reinprecht · Hinote 12:44
L4 Larsen · Vrbata · Parker 7:24
D1 Foote · Blake 26:14
D2 De Vries · Skoula 20:29
D3 Trepanier · Gill 12:50
🐙Red Wings
L1 Shanahan · Yzerman · Dandenault 18:37
L2 Holmstrom · Fedorov · Hull 16:10
L3 Robitaille · Larionov · Draper 14:45
L4 Maltby · Datsyuk · McCarty 11:59
L5 Devereaux 9:57
D1 Lidstrom · Chelios 27:51
D2 Olausson · Duchesne 16:52
D3 Fischer 7:38

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Apr 7, 2001
🏔️COL @ 🐙DET
3–4 · Red Wings won
Mar 17, 2001
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
3–5 · Avalanche won
Jan 7, 2001
🏔️COL @ 🐙DET
3–4 (OT) · Red Wings won
Dec 15, 2000
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
5–3 · Red Wings won
May 5, 2000
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
2–4 · Avalanche won

❓ COL vs DET, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Red Wings on December 5, 2001?

Avalanche won 4–1.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Red Wings?

The final score was Avalanche 4, Red Wings 1.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Milan Hejduk, Radim Vrbata, Rob Blake, Steve Reinprecht.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Sergei Fedorov.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 14 saves on 18 shots (.778 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 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
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · Dec 3
🏛️OTT @ 🏔️COL
2–4 · COL won
Next game · Dec 7
🏔️COL @ ⚔️BUF
4–1 · COL won
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · Dec 1
🐙DET @ 😈NJD
1–4 · NJD won
Next game · Dec 7
🌵PHX @ 🐙DET
1–1 · PHX won
Also on December 5, 2001
😈NJD @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–1 final
🧥CBJ @ 🐆FLA
0–2 final
🌲MIN @ 🪶CHI
2–4 final
🏛️OTT @ ⭐DAL
6–3 final
🦆ANA @ 🛢️EDM
2–3 final
🎵STL @ 🌵PHX
0–3 final
Avalanche season page Red Wings season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule