1–5

Final

🐙 Home Red Wings 25-8-4 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
STL	1	0	0	1
DET	1	2	2	5

Blues at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Blues 5–1 at Little Caesars Arena on December 31, 2002.

🗓 Tue, Dec 31, 2002 · 18:00 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐙 DET

Sergei Fedorov

3 A

3 shots · 19:20 TOI · +2

2nd star 🐙 DET

Brendan Shanahan

2 G

4 shots · 19:26 TOI · +1

3rd star 🐙 DET

Jason Woolley

2 A

18:50 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🎵 Keith Tkachuk PP Go-ahead 1st · 04:20

Assists: Doug Weight, Pavol Demitra · beat Curtis Joseph

1–0

🐙 Sean Avery Tying 1st · 13:13

Assists: Boyd Devereaux, Mathieu Dandenault · beat Brent Johnson

1–1

2nd period

🐙 Darren McCarty PP Go-ahead 2nd · 04:01

Assists: Jason Woolley, Chris Chelios · beat Brent Johnson

1–2

🐙 Kirk Maltby 2nd · 14:56

Assists: Dmitri Bykov, Sergei Fedorov · beat Brent Johnson

1–3

3rd period

🐙 Brendan Shanahan 3rd · 01:59

Assists: Sergei Fedorov, Jason Woolley · beat Brent Johnson

1–4

🐙 Brendan Shanahan PP 3rd · 06:22

Assists: Nicklas Lidstrom, Sergei Fedorov · beat Fred Brathwaite

1–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🎵STL DET🐙

30 Shots on goal 22

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 2/9

9 Hits 5

86 Penalty minutes 44

STL shooting 3.3% (1/30) DET shooting 22.7% (5/22)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🎵Blues

Brent Johnson

12/16

.750 SV% · 4 GA · 41:59 TOI

Fred Brathwaite

5/6

.833 SV% · 1 GA · 18:01 TOI

🐙Red Wings

Curtis Joseph

29/30

.967 SV% · 1 GA · 59:58 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Blues

Blues — tied after 1st: 23-10-4 (62% win rate, 37 games)

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 1st: 25-8-4 (68% win rate, 37 games)

After 2nd — 1–3

Blues

Blues: 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

🎵Blues

L1 Tkachuk · Weight · Demitra 18:28

L2 Rucinsky · Cajanek · Mellanby 13:30

L3 Boguniecki · Dubinsky · Drake 12:05

L4 Stillman · Nash · Low 10:27

D1 MacInnis · Jackman 23:27

D2 Khavanov · Salvador 19:42

D3 Laflamme · Finley 15:50

🐙Red Wings

L1 Shanahan · Robitaille · Fedorov 19:20

L2 Draper · McCarty · Hull 16:53

L3 Maltby · Larionov · Zetterberg 15:35

L4 Holmstrom · Devereaux · Dandenault 8:45

L5 Avery 5:19

D1 Lidstrom · Chelios 24:38

D2 Bykov · Woolley 19:16

D3 Kuznetsov 14:36

⚔️ Last meetings

Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

Dec 8, 2002

🎵STL @ 🐙DET

3–4 (OT) · Red Wings won

❓ STL vs DET, answered

Who won Blues vs Red Wings on December 31, 2002?

Red Wings won 5–1.

What was the final score of Blues vs Red Wings?

The final score was Blues 1, Red Wings 5.

Who scored for Blues?

Keith Tkachuk.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Brendan Shanahan (2), Darren McCarty, Kirk Maltby, Sean Avery.

How did the Blues goalie play?

Brent Johnson made 12 saves on 16 shots (.750 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Curtis Joseph made 29 saves on 30 shots (.967 save percentage).

Where is Blues vs Red Wings played?

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

What is the Blues vs Red Wings season series?

Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 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

🎵Blues

Previous game · Dec 29

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Dec 29

Also on December 31, 2002

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