🐙 Away Red Wings 31-16-7 before this game

3–5

Final

🏔️ Home Avalanche 26-14-12 before this game

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

Red Wings at Avalanche

Avalanche beat Red Wings 5–3 at Ball Arena on February 8, 2003.

🗓 Sat, Feb 8, 2003 · 14:00 CST 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Milan Hejduk

3 G

8 shots · 20:53 TOI · +1

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Peter Forsberg

2 A

4 shots · 21:21 TOI · +2

3rd star 🏔️ COL

Alex Tanguay

2 A

2 shots · 19:13 TOI · +1

4rd star 🏔️ COL

Patrick Roy

31 saves

0.912 SV% · 3 GA

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

🏔️ Milan Hejduk Go-ahead 1st · 07:31

Assists: Peter Forsberg, Alex Tanguay · beat Curtis Joseph

0–1

🐙 Tomas Holmstrom PP Tying 1st · 10:22

Assists: Luc Robitaille, Nicklas Lidstrom · beat Patrick Roy

1–1

🐙 Tomas Holmstrom Go-ahead 1st · 11:20

Assists: Patrick Boileau, Sean Avery · beat Patrick Roy

2–1

🏔️ Milan Hejduk PP Tying 1st · 14:52

Assists: Peter Forsberg, Alex Tanguay · beat Curtis Joseph

2–2

2nd period

🐙 Brendan Shanahan Go-ahead 2nd · 00:15

Assists: Sergei Fedorov · beat Patrick Roy

3–2

3rd period

🏔️ Adam Foote Tying 3rd · 08:05

Unassisted · beat Curtis Joseph

3–3

🏔️ Radim Vrbata Go-ahead 3rd · 12:52

Assists: Steve Reinprecht · beat Curtis Joseph

3–4

🏔️ Milan Hejduk Empty net 3rd · 19:05

Unassisted

3–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐙DET COL🏔️

34 Shots on goal 36

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

8 Hits 11

14 Penalty minutes 14

DET shooting 8.8% (3/34) COL shooting 13.9% (5/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐙Red Wings

Curtis Joseph

31/35

.886 SV% · 4 GA · 59:46 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

31/34

.912 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–2

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 1st: 31-16-7 (57% win rate, 54 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 1st: 26-14-12 (50% win rate, 52 games)

After 2nd — 3–2

Red Wings

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

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐙Red Wings

L1 Zetterberg · Hull · Dandenault 19:39

L2 Shanahan · Maltby · Datsyuk 16:58

L3 Holmstrom · Fedorov · Draper 14:46

L4 Robitaille · Larionov · Devereaux 11:02

L5 Avery 7:27

D1 Lidstrom · Bykov 26:00

D2 Woolley · Kuznetsov 16:20

D3 Boileau 12:20

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Tanguay · Forsberg · Hejduk 20:53

L2 Reinprecht · Aubin · Vrbata 14:54

L3 Messier · Nedorost · Keane 10:30

L4 McAllister · McAmmond · Shantz 9:06

L5 Parker 7:46

D1 Blake · Foote 29:18

D2 De Vries · Skoula 23:42

D3 Muir 3:46

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

2–1 (OT) · Avalanche won

❓ DET vs COL, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Avalanche on February 8, 2003?

Avalanche won 5–3.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Avalanche?

The final score was Red Wings 3, Avalanche 5.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Tomas Holmstrom (2), Brendan Shanahan.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Milan Hejduk (3), Adam Foote, Radim Vrbata.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Curtis Joseph made 31 saves on 35 shots (.886 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 31 saves on 34 shots (.912 save percentage).

Where is Red Wings vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Red Wings vs Avalanche season series?

Avalanche lead the season series 2–1 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

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Feb 6

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Feb 6

Also on February 8, 2003

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