🧥 Away Blue Jackets 14-16-3 before this game
2–4
Final
🐙 Home Red Wings 22-8-4 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
CBJ 1012
DET 3014

Blue Jackets at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Blue Jackets 4–2 at Little Caesars Arena on December 26, 2002.

🗓 Thu, Dec 26, 2002 · 18:30 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 3–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Tomas Holmstrom
2 G
5 shots · 11:12 TOI · +1
2nd star 🐙 DET
Brett Hull
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 15:33 TOI · +2
3rd star 🐙 DET
Jason Woolley
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 16:22 TOI · +3

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🐙 Tomas Holmstrom Go-ahead 1st · 02:50
Assists: Boyd Devereaux, Patrick Boileau · beat Marc Denis
0–1
🧥 Mike Sillinger SH Tying 1st · 08:49
Assists: Geoff Sanderson · beat Curtis Joseph
1–1
🐙 Tomas Holmstrom Go-ahead 1st · 11:08
Assists: Nicklas Lidstrom · beat Marc Denis
1–2
🐙 Jason Woolley 1st · 17:45
Assists: Brett Hull, Kirk Maltby · beat Marc Denis
1–3
3rd period
🧥 Mike Sillinger 3rd · 02:03
Assists: Geoff Sanderson · beat Curtis Joseph
2–3
🐙 Brett Hull Empty net 3rd · 19:42
Assists: Jason Woolley
2–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🧥CBJ DET🐙
26 Shots on goal 35
12 Hits 13
10 Penalty minutes 14
CBJ shooting 7.7% (2/26) DET shooting 11.4% (4/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🧥Blue Jackets
Marc Denis
31/34
.912 SV% · 3 GA · 59:35 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Curtis Joseph
24/26
.923 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–3
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets: no games found in this situation this year.
Red Wings
Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–3
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets: no games found in this situation this year.
Red Wings
Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🧥Blue Jackets
L1 Sanderson · Whitney · Sillinger 23:00
L2 Pirjeta · Wright · Vyborny 18:21
L3 Nash · Kallio · Marshall 11:56
L4 Shelley · Pronger · Hyvonen 9:03
D1 Spacek · Richardson 23:50
D2 Westcott · Walser 18:46
D3 Lachance · Klesla 13:09
🐙Red Wings
L1 Maltby · Fedorov · Draper 17:18
L2 Shanahan · Hull · McCarty 15:33
L3 Robitaille · Zetterberg · Larionov 13:38
L4 Holmstrom · Avery · Devereaux 9:08
D1 Lidstrom · Chelios 26:44
D2 Bykov · Woolley 17:52
D3 Kuznetsov · Boileau 13:20

⚔️ Last meetings

Red Wings lead the season series 3–0 Full head-to-head →
Dec 23, 2002
🐙DET @ 🧥CBJ
1–0 · Red Wings won
Dec 14, 2002
🧥CBJ @ 🐙DET
4–6 · Red Wings won
Mar 21, 2002
🐙DET @ 🧥CBJ
3–2 (OT) · Red Wings won
Feb 8, 2002
🧥CBJ @ 🐙DET
3–2 · Blue Jackets won
Dec 27, 2001
🧥CBJ @ 🐙DET
1–5 · Red Wings won

❓ CBJ vs DET, answered

Who won Blue Jackets vs Red Wings on December 26, 2002?

Red Wings won 4–2.

What was the final score of Blue Jackets vs Red Wings?

The final score was Blue Jackets 2, Red Wings 4.

Who scored for Blue Jackets?

Mike Sillinger (2).

Who scored for Red Wings?

Tomas Holmstrom (2), Brett Hull, Jason Woolley.

How did the Blue Jackets goalie play?

Marc Denis made 31 saves on 34 shots (.912 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Curtis Joseph made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 save percentage).

Where is Blue Jackets vs Red Wings played?

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

What is the Blue Jackets vs Red Wings season series?

Red Wings lead the season series 3–0 after 3 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
🧥Blue Jackets
Previous game · Dec 23
🐙DET @ 🧥CBJ
1–0 · DET won
Next game · Dec 28
🎵STL @ 🧥CBJ
6–1 · STL won
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · Dec 23
🐙DET @ 🧥CBJ
1–0 · DET won
Next game · Dec 28
🐙DET @ 🐯NSH
4–2 · DET won
Also on December 26, 2002
🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF
3–2 final
🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR
6–1 final
🏔️COL @ 🎵STL
2–3 final
⭐DAL @ 🐯NSH
1–3 final
🌲MIN @ 🪶CHI
2–2 final
🐋VAN @ 🛢️EDM
4–2 final
🌵PHX @ 👑LAK
3–4 final
🦆ANA @ 🦈SJS
1–4 final
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