🐙 Away Red Wings 15-7-3 before this game

5–3

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
DET	2	2	1	5
PHX	1	1	1	3

Red Wings at Coyotes

Red Wings beat Coyotes 5–3 on December 5, 2002.

🗓 Thu, Dec 5, 2002 · 19:00 CST 🏒 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

Brendan Shanahan

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 16:28 TOI

2nd star 🐙 DET

Kirk Maltby

1 G

4 shots · 14:43 TOI

3rd star 🐙 DET

Darren McCarty

1 G

3 shots · 12:25 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

🐙 Darren McCarty Go-ahead 1st · 00:18

Assists: Sean Avery, Jesse Wallin · beat Brian Boucher

1–0

🐙 Brendan Shanahan 1st · 01:37

Assists: Sergei Fedorov, Mathieu Dandenault · beat Brian Boucher

2–0

🌵 Andrei Nazarov 1st · 03:11

Assists: Ladislav Nagy, Kelly Buchberger · beat Curtis Joseph

2–1

2nd period

🐙 Tomas Holmstrom PP 2nd · 00:51

Assists: Jason Woolley, Brendan Shanahan · beat Brian Boucher

3–1

🌵 Tony Amonte 2nd · 10:56

Assists: Daniel Brière, Brian Savage · beat Curtis Joseph

3–2

🐙 Kirk Maltby 2nd · 19:59

Unassisted · beat Brian Boucher

4–2

3rd period

🌵 Shane Doan 3rd · 13:24

Assists: Daymond Langkow, Mike Johnson · beat Curtis Joseph

4–3

🐙 Nicklas Lidstrom SH Empty net 3rd · 19:46

Unassisted

5–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐙DET PHX🌵

24 Shots on goal 30

1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/6

2 Hits 3

14 Penalty minutes 10

DET shooting 20.8% (5/24) PHX shooting 10.0% (3/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐙Red Wings

Curtis Joseph

27/30

.900 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🌵Coyotes

Brian Boucher

19/23

.826 SV% · 4 GA · 59:16 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–1

Red Wings

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

Coyotes

Coyotes: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 4–2

Red Wings

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

Coyotes

Coyotes: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐙Red Wings

L1 Zetterberg · Draper · Hull 19:21

L2 Shanahan · Maltby · Fedorov 16:28

L3 Devereaux · Dandenault · McCarty 12:25

L4 Holmstrom · Robitaille · Williams 11:08

L5 Avery 6:07

D1 Lidstrom · Chelios 27:58

D2 Bykov · Woolley 17:24

D3 Wallin 14:33

🌵Coyotes

L1 Langkow · Amonte · Doan 21:21

L2 Nagy · Brière · Johnson 18:51

L3 Savage · Wilson · Radivojevic 13:03

L4 Nazarov · Buchberger 7:14

D1 Numminen · Markov 23:20

D2 Mara · Vaananen 18:11

D3 Simpson · Quint 11:09

D4 Suchy 11:04

⚔️ Last meetings

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

2–2 (OT) · Red Wings won

Dec 7, 2001

🌵PHX @ 🐙DET

1–1 (OT) · Coyotes won

2–2 (OT) · Red Wings won

❓ DET vs PHX, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Coyotes on December 5, 2002?

Red Wings won 5–3.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Coyotes?

The final score was Red Wings 5, Coyotes 3.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Brendan Shanahan, Darren McCarty, Kirk Maltby, Nicklas Lidstrom, Tomas Holmstrom.

Who scored for Coyotes?

Andrei Nazarov, Shane Doan, Tony Amonte.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Curtis Joseph made 27 saves on 30 shots (.900 save percentage).

How did the Coyotes goalie play?

Brian Boucher made 19 saves on 23 shots (.826 save percentage).

What is the Red Wings vs Coyotes 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

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Dec 3

🌵Coyotes

Previous game · Dec 3

Also on December 5, 2002

Red Wings season page Coyotes season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule