🐦 Away Thrashers 20-16-3 before this game
5–6
Final / OT
🐙 Home Red Wings 25-12-2 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
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Thrashers at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Thrashers 6–5 in overtime at Little Caesars Arena on December 31, 2003.

🗓 Wed, Dec 31, 2003 · 18:00 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
2 G, 1 A
6 shots · 18:12 TOI · +2
2nd star 🐦 ATL
Ilya Kovalchuk
1 G, 2 A
3 shots · 23:08 TOI · +1
3rd star 🐙 DET
Mathieu Schneider
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 27:44 TOI

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐦ATL DET🐙
27 Shots on goal 44
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
18 Hits 17
19 Blocked shots 9
9 Takeaways 4
5 Giveaways 17
17 Penalty minutes 13
ATL shooting 18.5% (5/27) DET shooting 13.6% (6/44)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐦Thrashers
Pasi Nurminen
38/44
.864 SV% · 6 GA · 62:24 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Curtis Joseph
22/27
.815 SV% · 5 GA · 62:24 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 1st: 20-16-3 (51% win rate, 39 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 25-12-2 (64% win rate, 39 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 2nd: 20-16-3 (51% win rate, 39 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 25-12-2 (64% win rate, 39 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · McEachern · Savard 23:08
L2 Kozlov · Robitaille · Stefan 16:19
L3 Blatny · Petrovicky · Vigier 14:07
L4 Simon · Lindsay · Lessard 4:31
D1 Kaberle · Tremblay 26:58
D2 Exelby · Tjarnqvist 22:04
D3 Tamer · Sutton 12:39
🐙Red Wings
L1 Datsyuk · Draper · Hull 18:38
L2 Shanahan · Zetterberg · Yzerman 17:48
L3 Maltby · Whitney · Holmstrom 16:09
L4 Devereaux · Dandenault · Mowers 5:39
D1 Schneider · Lidstrom 27:42
D2 Chelios · Woolley 18:34
D3 Fischer · Kronwall 15:22

⚔️ Last meetings

Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Feb 15, 2003
🐙DET @ 🐦ATL
6–2 · Red Wings won
Mar 30, 2002
🐦ATL @ 🐙DET
1–4 · Red Wings won
Apr 5, 2001
🐦ATL @ 🐙DET
0–4 · Red Wings won
Nov 29, 2000
🐙DET @ 🐦ATL
6–4 · Red Wings won
Dec 27, 1999
🐦ATL @ 🐙DET
2–3 (OT) · Red Wings won

❓ ATL vs DET, answered

Who won Thrashers vs Red Wings on December 31, 2003?

Red Wings won 6–5 in overtime.

What was the final score of Thrashers vs Red Wings?

The final score was Thrashers 5, Red Wings 6, in overtime.

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Pasi Nurminen made 38 saves on 44 shots (.864 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Curtis Joseph made 22 saves on 27 shots (.815 save percentage).

Where is Thrashers vs Red Wings played?

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

What is the Thrashers 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
🐦Thrashers
Previous game · Dec 29
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐦ATL
2–1 · MTL won
Next game · Jan 3
🐦ATL @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–5 · MTL won
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · Dec 28
🐙DET @ 🪶CHI
0–3 · CHI won
Next game · Jan 2
🐙DET @ 🌪️CAR
4–1 · DET won
Also on December 31, 2003
🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT
6–1 final
🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL
2–2 final
🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF
1–7 final
🦈SJS @ 🧥CBJ
1–0 final
🦆ANA @ 🌪️CAR
3–1 final
🏔️COL @ 🔥CGY
2–1 final
🐋VAN @ 🪶CHI
4–3 final
🇨🇦MTL @ ⭐DAL
1–1 final
Thrashers season page Red Wings season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule