🏔️ Away Avalanche 2-2 in series
2–1
Final / OT
DET leads 4–3
🐙 Home Red Wings 2-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
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Avalanche at Red Wings — Conference Finals Game 5

Avalanche, Conference Finals Game 5, beat Red Wings 2–1 in overtime at Little Caesars Arena on May 27, 2002.

🗓 Mon, May 27, 2002 · 18:00 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 🏔️ COL
Peter Forsberg
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 21:07 TOI · +2
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Darius Kasparaitis
2 A
2 shots · 23:55 TOI · +2
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Steve Reinprecht
1 G
2 shots · 17:59 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL DET🐙
29 Shots on goal 27
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
28 Hits 20
24 Blocked shots 12
4 Takeaways 5
8 Giveaways 5
10 Penalty minutes 8
COL shooting 6.9% (2/29) DET shooting 3.7% (1/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy
26/27
.963 SV% · 1 GA · 66:24 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Dominik Hasek
27/29
.931 SV% · 2 GA · 66:24 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 59-34-8 (58% win rate, 101 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 66-21-11 (67% win rate, 98 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 59-34-8 (58% win rate, 101 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 66-21-11 (67% win rate, 98 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Sakic · Forsberg · Hejduk 21:20
L2 Messier · Drury · Reinprecht 18:13
L3 Yelle · Hinote · Willsie 13:40
L4 Larsen · Hahl · Vrbata 9:25
D1 Blake · Foote 29:46
D2 De Vries · Kasparaitis 25:28
D3 Skoula · Muir 9:06
🐙Red Wings
L1 Maltby · Fedorov · Yzerman 22:38
L2 Shanahan · Draper · Hull 18:15
L3 Holmstrom · McCarty · Dandenault 15:04
L4 Robitaille · Larionov · Devereaux 13:23
L5 Datsyuk 9:02
D1 Lidstrom · Chelios 28:48
D2 Fischer · Olausson 20:41
D3 Duchesne 14:34

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
May 25, 2002
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
2–3 · Avalanche won
May 22, 2002
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
2–1 (OT) · Red Wings won
May 20, 2002
🏔️COL @ 🐙DET
4–3 (OT) · Avalanche won
May 18, 2002
🏔️COL @ 🐙DET
3–5 · Red Wings won
Mar 23, 2002
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
2–0 · Red Wings won

❓ COL vs DET, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Red Wings on May 27, 2002?

Avalanche won 2–1 in overtime.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Red Wings?

The final score was Avalanche 2, Red Wings 1, in overtime.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 26 saves on 27 shots (.963 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 27 saves on 29 shots (.931 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Red Wings played?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · May 25
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
2–3 · COL won
Next game · May 29
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
2–0 · DET won
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · May 25
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
2–3 · COL won
Next game · May 29
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
2–0 · DET won
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