2–1

Final

🏔️ Home Avalanche 11-6-8 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
CGY	0	2	0	2
COL	0	0	1	1

Flames at Avalanche

Flames beat Avalanche 2–1 at Ball Arena on December 3, 2002.

🗓 Tue, Dec 3, 2002 · 20:00 CST 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🔥 CGY

Oleg Saprykin

1 G

5 shots · 12:03 TOI · +1

2nd star 🔥 CGY

Craig Conroy

1 G

3 shots · 17:35 TOI

3rd star 🔥 CGY

Rob Niedermayer

1 A

4 shots · 16:04 TOI · -1

4rd star 🔥 CGY

Roman Turek

30 saves

0.968 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order

2nd period

🔥 Oleg Saprykin Go-ahead 2nd · 06:37

Assists: Jarome Iginla, Chris Drury · beat Patrick Roy

1–0

🔥 Craig Conroy PP 2nd · 18:07

Assists: Martin Gelinas, Rob Niedermayer · beat Patrick Roy

2–0

3rd period

🏔️ Radim Vrbata 3rd · 16:43

Assists: Martin Skoula, Eric Messier · beat Roman Turek

2–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🔥CGY COL🏔️

32 Shots on goal 31

1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4

9 Hits 6

15 Penalty minutes 11

CGY shooting 6.2% (2/32) COL shooting 3.2% (1/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🔥Flames

Roman Turek

30/31

.968 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

30/32

.938 SV% · 2 GA · 59:49 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Flames

Flames — tied after 1st: 6-13-6 (24% win rate, 25 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 1st: 11-6-8 (44% win rate, 25 games)

After 2nd — 2–0

Flames

Flames: no games found in this situation this year.

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🔥Flames

L1 Drury · Conroy · Iginla 18:12

L2 Yelle · Niedermayer · Nichol 16:04

L3 Gelinas · Sloan · Clark 13:32

L4 Saprykin · Berube · Johansson 9:35

D1 Lydman · Regehr 26:54

D2 Montador · Gauthier 19:26

D3 Buzek · Dupont 11:58

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Sakic · McAmmond · Hejduk 21:37

L2 Tanguay · Reinprecht · Vrbata 18:36

L3 Messier · Nedorost · Hinote 10:24

L4 Shantz · Keane · Parker 9:10

D1 Blake · Morris 25:40

D2 De Vries · Skoula 24:02

D3 Foote · Smith 8:22

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →

Nov 2, 2002

🏔️COL @ 🔥CGY

4–4 (OT) · Avalanche won

Feb 26, 2002

🔥CGY @ 🏔️COL

2–2 (OT) · Flames won

2–2 (OT) · Flames won

Dec 1, 2001

🏔️COL @ 🔥CGY

2–2 (OT) · Avalanche won

❓ CGY vs COL, answered

Who won Flames vs Avalanche on December 3, 2002?

Flames won 2–1.

What was the final score of Flames vs Avalanche?

The final score was Flames 2, Avalanche 1.

Who scored for Flames?

Craig Conroy, Oleg Saprykin.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Radim Vrbata.

How did the Flames goalie play?

Roman Turek made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 30 saves on 32 shots (.938 save percentage).

Where is Flames vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Flames vs Avalanche season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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

🔥Flames

Previous game · Dec 1

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Nov 30

Also on December 3, 2002

Flames season page Avalanche season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule