🏝️ Away Islanders 12-12-1
2–1
Final
🐙 Home Red Wings 18-7-2
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🏝️ NYI 1012
🐙 DET 1001

Islanders at Red Wings

Islanders beat Red Wings 2–1 at Little Caesars Arena on December 4, 2005.

🗓 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 2005-06 🔁 Islanders lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏝️ NYI
Alexei Yashin
1 G
3 shots · 17:31 TOI
2nd star 🏝️ NYI
Mike York
1 G
3 shots · 20:17 TOI
3rd star 🏝️ NYI
Rick DiPietro
35 saves
0.972 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🐙 Mathieu Schneider Go-ahead 1st · 04:21
Assists: Jason Williams · beat Rick DiPietro
0–1
🏝️ Alexei Yashin Tying 1st · 18:15
Assists: Arron Asham, Miroslav Satan · beat Jimmy Howard
1–1
3rd period
🏝️ Mike York Go-ahead 3rd · 16:19
Assists: Jason Blake, Brad Lukowich · beat Jimmy Howard
2–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏝️Islanders
L1 Blake · York · Parrish 20:17
L2 Yashin · Hunter · Satan 18:13
L3 Smith · Asham · Weinhandl 15:11
L4 Colley · Godard 4:14
D1 Zhitnik · Sopel 25:34
D2 Lukowich · Niinimaa 18:40
D3 Campoli · Martinek 13:25
D4 Gervais 4:07
🐙Red Wings
L1 Shanahan · Draper · Zetterberg 19:39
L2 Holmstrom · Datsyuk · Samuelsson 18:35
L3 Maltby · Williams · Franzen 13:05
L4 Yzerman · Cleary · Mowers 9:19
D1 Lidstrom · Schneider 26:29
D2 Lilja · Chelios 17:44
D3 Lebda · Woolley 14:00

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏝️NYI DET🐙
28 Shots on goal 36
18 Hits 21
11 Blocked shots 11
3 Takeaways 6
12 Giveaways 20
10 Penalty minutes 8
NYI shooting 7.1% (2/28) DET shooting 2.8% (1/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏝️Islanders
Rick DiPietro
35/36
.972 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Jimmy Howard
26/28
.929 SV% · 2 GA · 58:46 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Islanders
Islanders — tied after 1st: 3-4-1 (38% win rate, 8 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 8-3-2 (62% win rate, 13 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Islanders
Islanders — tied after 2nd: 3-3 (50% win rate, 6 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 4-3-1 (50% win rate, 8 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Islanders lead the season series 1–0
Nov 282003 🏝️NYI @ 🐙DET 0–6 Apr 32003 🏝️NYI @ 🐙DET 2–5 Dec 172002 🐙DET @ 🏝️NYI 2–2 OT Nov 22001 🏝️NYI @ 🐙DET 1–2 Oct 132001 🐙DET @ 🏝️NYI 5–4 OT
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❓ NYI vs DET, answered

Who won Islanders vs Red Wings on December 4, 2005?

Islanders won 2–1. The final score was Islanders 2, Red Wings 1.

Who scored for Islanders?

Alexei Yashin, Mike York.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Mathieu Schneider.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Rick DiPietro made 35 saves on 36 shots (.972 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Jimmy Howard made 26 saves on 28 shots (.929 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Red Wings played?

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

What is the Islanders vs Red Wings season series?

Islanders lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏝️ Islanders
BeforeNov 29 🔔PHI @ 🏝️NYI 4–3 AfterDec 6 🏝️NYI @ 🎵STL 6–3
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeDec 1 🔥CGY @ 🐙DET 3–2 AfterDec 6 😈NJD @ 🐙DET 2–5
Also on December 4
⚔️BUF 6–4 🏔️COL 🐻BOS 2–5 🐋VAN
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