🐻 Away Bruins 8-2-1 before this game
1–2
Final / OT
🐙 Home Red Wings 6-5-2 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
BOS 00101
DET 00112

Bruins at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Bruins 2–1 in overtime at Little Caesars Arena on November 7, 2002.

🗓 Thu, Nov 7, 2002 · 19:00 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Nicklas Lidstrom
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 32:25 TOI
2nd star 🐙 DET
Sergei Fedorov
1 G
6 shots · 20:31 TOI
3rd star 🐙 DET
Chris Chelios
1 A
4 shots · 29:23 TOI · +1
4rd star 🐙 DET
Manny Legace
33 saves
0.971 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
3rd period
🐻 Joe Thornton Go-ahead 3rd · 05:16
Assists: Glen Murray · beat Manny Legace
1–0
🐙 Nicklas Lidstrom PP Tying 3rd · 10:17
Assists: Henrik Zetterberg, Brendan Shanahan · beat John Grahame
1–1
Overtime
🐙 Sergei Fedorov Go-ahead OT · 02:08
Assists: Nicklas Lidstrom, Chris Chelios · beat John Grahame
1–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS DET🐙
34 Shots on goal 28
0/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7
8 Hits 11
16 Penalty minutes 14
BOS shooting 2.9% (1/34) DET shooting 7.1% (2/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
John Grahame
26/28
.929 SV% · 2 GA · 61:46 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Manny Legace
33/34
.971 SV% · 1 GA · 62:01 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 8-2-1 (73% win rate, 11 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 6-5-2 (46% win rate, 13 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 8-2-1 (73% win rate, 11 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 6-5-2 (46% win rate, 13 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Thornton · Rolston · Murray 24:20
L2 Stumpel · Axelsson · Knuble 17:05
L3 Huml · Zamuner · Mcinnis 12:16
L4 Grosek · Stock 5:28
D1 Gill · Berard 23:39
D2 O'Donnell · Boynton 21:21
D3 Girard · Sweeney 13:36
D4 Brown 3:28
🐙Red Wings
L1 Shanahan · Fedorov · Hull 19:19
L2 Maltby · Datsyuk · Dandenault 16:52
L3 Holmstrom · Draper · Zetterberg 15:10
L4 Robitaille · Larionov · McCarty 12:06
L5 Devereaux 9:08
D1 Lidstrom · Chelios 30:54
D2 Fischer · Wallin 14:12
D3 Kuznetsov 7:09

⚔️ Last meetings

Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Mar 16, 2002
🐙DET @ 🐻BOS
1–2 · Bruins won
Dec 23, 2000
🐙DET @ 🐻BOS
2–1 (OT) · Red Wings won
Nov 22, 2000
🐻BOS @ 🐙DET
5–4 · Bruins won
Dec 11, 1999
🐙DET @ 🐻BOS
5–4 · Red Wings won
Dec 19, 1998
🐙DET @ 🐻BOS
1–4 · Bruins won

❓ BOS vs DET, answered

Who won Bruins vs Red Wings on November 7, 2002?

Red Wings won 2–1 in overtime.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Red Wings?

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

Who scored for Bruins?

Joe Thornton.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Nicklas Lidstrom, Sergei Fedorov.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

John Grahame made 26 saves on 28 shots (.929 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Manny Legace made 33 saves on 34 shots (.971 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Red Wings played?

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

What is the Bruins vs Red Wings season series?

Red Wings 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
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Nov 2
🗽NYR @ 🐻BOS
2–3 · BOS won
Next game · Nov 9
🏛️OTT @ 🐻BOS
1–7 · BOS won
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · Nov 5
🪶CHI @ 🐙DET
2–0 · CHI won
Next game · Nov 12
🐯NSH @ 🐙DET
1–4 · DET won
Also on November 7, 2002
🔥CGY @ 🗽NYR
0–1 final
😈NJD @ 🔔PHI
1–0 final
🐆FLA @ 🦅WSH
1–2 final
⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR
0–2 final
🏝️NYI @ 🇨🇦MTL
0–3 final
🧥CBJ @ 🎵STL
5–2 final
🐦ATL @ 🪶CHI
0–5 final
🌲MIN @ 🌵PHX
1–4 final
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