🏔️ Away Avalanche 39-16-15 before this game

3–5

Final

🐙 Home Red Wings 44-18-8 before this game

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

Avalanche at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Avalanche 5–3 at Little Caesars Arena on March 15, 2003.

🗓 Sat, Mar 15, 2003 · 14:00 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Season series tied 2–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐙 DET

Brett Hull

1 G, 1 A

5 shots · 15:49 TOI · +2

2nd star 🐙 DET

Sergei Fedorov

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 15:48 TOI · +1

3rd star 🐙 DET

Pavel Datsyuk

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 16:00 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

🐙 Pavel Datsyuk Go-ahead 1st · 05:13

Assists: Henrik Zetterberg, Brett Hull · beat Patrick Roy

0–1

🏔️ Steve Reinprecht SH Tying 1st · 13:27

Assists: Greg De Vries · beat Curtis Joseph

1–1

🏔️ Rob Blake PP Go-ahead 1st · 17:14

Assists: Joe Sakic, Steve Reinprecht · beat Curtis Joseph

2–1

2nd period

🐙 Brendan Shanahan Tying 2nd · 08:22

Assists: Sergei Fedorov · beat Patrick Roy

2–2

🐙 Sergei Fedorov Go-ahead 2nd · 13:29

Assists: Steve Yzerman, Nicklas Lidstrom · beat Patrick Roy

2–3

🐙 Igor Larionov 2nd · 17:05

Assists: Luc Robitaille · beat Patrick Roy

2–4

3rd period

🐙 Brett Hull 3rd · 05:56

Assists: Pavel Datsyuk, Chris Chelios · beat Patrick Roy

2–5

🏔️ Derek Morris PP 3rd · 11:09

Assists: Milan Hejduk, Alex Tanguay · beat Curtis Joseph

3–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏔️COL DET🐙

24 Shots on goal 38

2/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2

24 Hits 10

11 Blocked shots 13

3 Takeaways 6

8 Giveaways 11

6 Penalty minutes 8

COL shooting 12.5% (3/24) DET shooting 13.2% (5/38)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

33/38

.868 SV% · 5 GA · 58:52 TOI

🐙Red Wings

Curtis Joseph

21/24

.875 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–1

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

Red Wings

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

After 2nd — 2–4

Avalanche

Avalanche: 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

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Tanguay · Sakic · Hejduk 21:13

L2 Battaglia · Reinprecht · Hahl 18:12

L3 Aubin · Hinote · Willsie 13:52

L4 Forsberg · Shantz · Parker 7:19

D1 Blake · Foote 25:29

D2 Morris · De Vries 21:41

D3 Marchment · Skoula 13:01

🐙Red Wings

L1 Shanahan · Zetterberg · Dandenault 18:34

L2 Datsyuk · Fedorov · Hull 15:49

L3 Maltby · Yzerman · Draper 15:32

L4 Holmstrom · Larionov · McCarty 12:43

L5 Robitaille 9:01

D1 Lidstrom · Schneider 23:54

D2 Chelios · Bykov 17:59

D3 Woolley 13:53

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 2–2 Full head-to-head →

❓ COL vs DET, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Red Wings on March 15, 2003?

Red Wings won 5–3.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Red Wings?

The final score was Avalanche 3, Red Wings 5.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Derek Morris, Rob Blake, Steve Reinprecht.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Brendan Shanahan, Brett Hull, Igor Larionov, Pavel Datsyuk, Sergei Fedorov.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 33 saves on 38 shots (.868 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Curtis Joseph made 21 saves on 24 shots (.875 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Red Wings played?

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

What is the Avalanche vs Red Wings season series?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 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

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Mar 13

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Mar 12

Also on March 15, 2003

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