🏔️ Away Avalanche 0-0 in series
3–5
Final
DET leads 4–3
🐙 Home Red Wings 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Avalanche at Red Wings — Conference Finals Game 1

Red Wings, Conference Finals Game 1, beat Avalanche 5–3 at Little Caesars Arena on May 18, 2002.

🗓 Sat, May 18, 2002 · 14:00 CDT 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 2001-02 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 Conference Finals — Best of 7

COL vs DET · DET leads 4–3 Full series →
Game 1
3–5
Final · DET
Game 2
4–3
OT · COL
Game 3
2–1
OT · DET
Game 4
2–3
Final · COL
Game 5
2–1
OT · COL
Game 6
2–0
Final · DET
Game 7
0–7
Final · DET

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Darren McCarty
3 G
4 shots · 12:54 TOI · +2
2nd star 🐙 DET
Kirk Maltby
2 A
2 shots · 17:11 TOI · +2
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Joe Sakic
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 25:29 TOI · -1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL DET🐙
27 Shots on goal 30
2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/2
21 Hits 31
16 Blocked shots 7
2 Takeaways 8
7 Giveaways 10
4 Penalty minutes 10
COL shooting 11.1% (3/27) DET shooting 16.7% (5/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy
25/30
.833 SV% · 5 GA · 58:37 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Dominik Hasek
24/27
.889 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 57-33-7 (59% win rate, 97 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 64-20-10 (68% win rate, 94 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 57-33-7 (59% win rate, 97 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 64-20-10 (68% win rate, 94 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Tanguay · Sakic · Forsberg 20:11
L2 Reinprecht · Drury · Hejduk 17:37
L3 Messier · Yelle · Keane 15:12
L4 Larsen · Hahl · Hinote 5:39
D1 Foote · Blake 24:48
D2 De Vries · Kasparaitis 21:40
D3 Skoula · Muir 10:32
🐙Red Wings
L1 Fedorov · Yzerman · Hull 19:09
L2 Maltby · Shanahan · Draper 17:11
L3 Devereaux · Datsyuk · Dandenault 13:40
L4 Robitaille · Holmstrom · McCarty 10:23
L5 Williams 2:48
D1 Lidstrom · Chelios 27:35
D2 Fischer · Olausson 18:08
D3 Duchesne 13:11

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Mar 23, 2002
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
2–0 · Red Wings won
Feb 4, 2002
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
3–1 · Red Wings won
Jan 5, 2002
🏔️COL @ 🐙DET
1–3 · Red Wings won
Dec 5, 2001
🏔️COL @ 🐙DET
4–1 · Avalanche won
Apr 7, 2001
🏔️COL @ 🐙DET
3–4 · Red Wings won

❓ COL vs DET, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Red Wings on May 18, 2002?

Red Wings won 5–3.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Red Wings?

The final score was Avalanche 3, Red Wings 5.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 25 saves on 30 shots (.833 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 24 saves on 27 shots (.889 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Red Wings played?

At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Red Wings home rink.

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 · May 15
🦈SJS @ 🏔️COL
0–1 · COL won
Next game · May 20
🏔️COL @ 🐙DET
4–3 · COL won
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · May 11
🎵STL @ 🐙DET
0–4 · DET won
Next game · May 20
🏔️COL @ 🐙DET
4–3 · COL won
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