🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 1-2-0 before this game

3–2

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
MTL	0	1	2	3
DET	1	0	1	2

Canadiens at Red Wings

Canadiens beat Red Wings 3–2 at Little Caesars Arena on October 17, 2002.

🗓 Thu, Oct 17, 2002 · 19:00 CDT 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Andrei Markov

1 G

3 shots · 16:30 TOI · +2

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Saku Koivu

1 G

3 shots · 19:11 TOI · +1

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Andreas Dackell

1 G

2 shots · 13:56 TOI

4rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Jeff Hackett

30 saves

0.938 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🐙 Brendan Shanahan PP Go-ahead 1st · 03:28

Assists: Henrik Zetterberg, Tomas Holmstrom · beat Jeff Hackett

0–1

2nd period

🇨🇦 Andreas Dackell Tying 2nd · 00:12

Assists: Joe Juneau · beat Curtis Joseph

1–1

3rd period

🇨🇦 Saku Koivu Go-ahead 3rd · 06:40

Assists: Richard Zednik, Randy Mckay · beat Curtis Joseph

2–1

🇨🇦 Andrei Markov 3rd · 09:52

Assists: Yanic Perreault, Oleg Petrov · beat Curtis Joseph

3–1

🐙 Pavel Datsyuk 3rd · 13:37

Assists: Luc Robitaille, Chris Chelios · beat Jeff Hackett

3–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL DET🐙

14 Shots on goal 32

0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3

3 Hits 10

6 Penalty minutes 6

MTL shooting 21.4% (3/14) DET shooting 6.2% (2/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jeff Hackett

30/32

.938 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐙Red Wings

Curtis Joseph

11/14

.786 SV% · 3 GA · 59:01 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

Red Wings

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

After 2nd — 1–1

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 1-2 (33% win rate, 3 games)

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 2-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Koivu · Mckay · Zednik 18:46

L2 Juneau · Perreault · Petrov 14:55

L3 Bulis · Dackell · Audette 11:10

L4 Kilger · Lindsay · Czerkawski 8:54

D1 Brisebois · Quintal 20:21

D2 Rivet · Dykhuis 17:30

D3 Traverse · Markov 16:34

🐙Red Wings

L1 Fedorov · Zetterberg · Dandenault 18:03

L2 Shanahan · Robitaille · Hull 15:17

L3 Maltby · Datsyuk · Larionov 12:52

L4 Holmstrom · Draper · McCarty 11:09

L5 Devereaux 8:44

D1 Lidstrom · Chelios 24:32

D2 Fischer · Bykov 15:08

D3 Kuznetsov 9:32

⚔️ Last meetings

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

5–6 (OT) · Red Wings won

❓ MTL vs DET, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Red Wings on October 17, 2002?

Canadiens won 3–2.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Red Wings?

The final score was Canadiens 3, Red Wings 2.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Andreas Dackell, Andrei Markov, Saku Koivu.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Brendan Shanahan, Pavel Datsyuk.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jeff Hackett made 30 saves on 32 shots (.938 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Curtis Joseph made 11 saves on 14 shots (.786 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Red Wings played?

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

What is the Canadiens vs Red Wings season series?

Canadiens 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

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Oct 15

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Oct 13

Also on October 17, 2002

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