🦈 Away Sharks 13-8-9 before this game
2–3
Final / OT
🐙 Home Red Wings 22-10-1 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
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Sharks at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Sharks 3–2 in overtime at Little Caesars Arena on December 17, 2003.

🗓 Wed, Dec 17, 2003 · 18:30 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 2003-04 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Henrik Zetterberg
1 G, 2 A
3 shots · 19:21 TOI · +2
2nd star 🐙 DET
Brendan Shanahan
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 20:31 TOI · +2
3rd star 🐙 DET
Pavel Datsyuk
1 G
6 shots · 24:36 TOI

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦈SJS DET🐙
28 Shots on goal 29
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
16 Hits 16
9 Blocked shots 9
1 Takeaways 6
11 Giveaways 16
12 Penalty minutes 10
SJS shooting 7.1% (2/28) DET shooting 10.3% (3/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦈Sharks
Evgeni Nabokov
26/29
.897 SV% · 3 GA · 63:51 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Curtis Joseph
26/28
.929 SV% · 2 GA · 63:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Sharks
Sharks — tied after 1st: 13-8-9 (43% win rate, 30 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 22-10-1 (67% win rate, 33 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Sharks
Sharks — tied after 2nd: 13-8-9 (43% win rate, 30 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 22-10-1 (67% win rate, 33 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦈Sharks
L1 Damphousse · Primeau · Cheechoo 18:44
L2 Marleau · McCauley · Ekman 18:07
L3 Sturm · Thornton · Dimitrakos 14:56
L4 Korolyuk · Ricci · Parker 7:05
D1 Hannan · Stuart 27:16
D2 Rathje · McLaren 21:32
D3 Preissing · Ehrhoff 15:08
🐙Red Wings
L1 Datsyuk · Draper · Hull 22:05
L2 Shanahan · Maltby · Zetterberg 19:21
L3 Williams · Dandenault · Mowers 12:44
L4 Devereaux · Hudler · Bootland 6:49
D1 Schneider · Lidstrom 30:22
D2 Woolley · Fischer 19:16
D3 Kronwall · Rivers 12:56

⚔️ Last meetings

Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Mar 27, 2003
🐙DET @ 🦈SJS
0–3 · Sharks won
Feb 10, 2003
🦈SJS @ 🐙DET
4–5 · Red Wings won
Oct 29, 2002
🦈SJS @ 🐙DET
2–3 · Red Wings won
Oct 10, 2002
🐙DET @ 🦈SJS
6–3 · Red Wings won
Apr 6, 2002
🐙DET @ 🦈SJS
3–6 · Sharks won

❓ SJS vs DET, answered

Who won Sharks vs Red Wings on December 17, 2003?

Red Wings won 3–2 in overtime.

What was the final score of Sharks vs Red Wings?

The final score was Sharks 2, Red Wings 3, in overtime.

How did the Sharks goalie play?

Evgeni Nabokov made 26 saves on 29 shots (.897 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Curtis Joseph made 26 saves on 28 shots (.929 save percentage).

Where is Sharks vs Red Wings played?

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

What is the Sharks vs Red Wings 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
🦈Sharks
Previous game · Dec 13
🦆ANA @ 🦈SJS
0–2 · SJS won
Next game · Dec 18
🦈SJS @ 🎵STL
2–4 · STL won
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · Dec 15
🐆FLA @ 🐙DET
1–4 · DET won
Next game · Dec 19
🪶CHI @ 🐙DET
2–3 · DET won
Also on December 17, 2003
🦅WSH @ 🐆FLA
2–2 final
🐋VAN @ ⭐DAL
1–3 final
🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL
3–2 final
Sharks season page Red Wings season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule