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2005-06 regular season

Blue Jackets at Red Wings

🗓 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 3–0

Red Wings beat Blue Jackets 4–3 in a shootout at Little Caesars Arena on December 20, 2005.

CBJ – DET
33–38
Shots on goal
1/5–0/7
Power play
11–20
Hits
12–10
Blocked shots
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Brett Lebda
2 A
1 shots · 19:51 TOI
2nd star 🧥 CBJ
Nikolay Zherdev
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 16:23 TOI
3rd star 🐙 DET
Chris Osgood
30 saves
0.909 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🐙 Robert Lang Go-ahead 1st · 04:16
0–1
🧥 Rick Nash Tying 1st · 13:13
Assists: Nikolay Zherdev · beat Chris Osgood
1–1
🐙 Mark Mowers Go-ahead 1st · 16:27
Assists: Brett Lebda · beat Pascal Leclaire
1–2
3rd period
🧥 Duvie Westcott PP Tying 3rd · 08:30
2–2
🐙 Brendan Shanahan Go-ahead 3rd · 10:40
2–3
🧥 Nikolay Zherdev Tying 3rd · 15:51
3–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🧥Blue Jackets
L1 Nash · Fedorov · Hrdina 20:32
L2 Vyborny · Letowski · Zherdev 17:28
L3 Balastik · Rupp · Chimera 14:55
L4 Shelley · Fritsche · Platt 6:45
D1 Westcott · Suchy 28:12
D2 Klesla · Delmore 20:06
D3 Hainsey · Richardson 16:09
🐙Red Wings
L1 Shanahan · Zetterberg · Datsyuk 22:39
L2 Williams · Lang · Draper 18:21
L3 Maltby · Franzen · Samuelsson 13:01
L4 Holmstrom · Cleary · Mowers 8:00
D1 Lidstrom · Chelios 28:32
D2 Lilja · Lebda 21:10
D3 Woolley · Rivers 11:18

Team stats

Away left · home right
🧥CBJ DET🐙
33 Shots on goal 38
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/7
11 Hits 20
12 Blocked shots 10
13 Takeaways 13
6 Giveaways 21
14 Penalty minutes 10
CBJ shooting 9.1% (3/33) DET shooting 10.5% (4/38)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🧥Blue Jackets
35/38
.921 SV% · 3 GA · 64:54 TOI
🐙Red Wings
30/33
.909 SV% · 3 GA · 65:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–2
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-4 (33% win rate, 6 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 9-1 (90% win rate, 10 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-7 (30% win rate, 10 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)
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CBJ vs DET, answered

Who won Blue Jackets vs Red Wings on December 20, 2005?

Red Wings won 4–3 in a shootout. The final score was Blue Jackets 3, Red Wings 4.

Who scored for Blue Jackets?

Duvie Westcott, Nikolay Zherdev, Rick Nash.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Brendan Shanahan, Mark Mowers, Robert Lang.

How did the Blue Jackets goalie play?

Pascal Leclaire made 35 saves on 38 shots (.921 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 30 saves on 33 shots (.909 save percentage).

Where is Blue Jackets vs Red Wings played?

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

What is the Blue Jackets vs Red Wings season series?

Red Wings lead the season series 3–0 after 3 games.

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