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2005-06 regular season

Blue Jackets at Red Wings

🗓 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 4–0

Red Wings beat Blue Jackets 5–2 at Little Caesars Arena on December 31, 2005.

CBJ – DET
15–43
Shots on goal
0/5–2/6
Power play
14–14
Hits
17–11
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Robert Lang
3 A
1 shots · 15:57 TOI
2nd star 🐙 DET
Nicklas Lidstrom
2 G
7 shots · 26:04 TOI
3rd star 🐙 DET
Mikael Samuelsson
2 G
5 shots · 14:03 TOI

Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🧥 Rick Nash Go-ahead 1st · 09:27
Assists: Jamie Pushor · beat Chris Osgood
1–0
2nd period
🧥 Jason Chimera 2nd · 00:36
Assists: Trevor Letowski, Cale Hulse · beat Chris Osgood
2–0
🐙 Nicklas Lidstrom PP 2nd · 03:07
Assists: Pavel Datsyuk, Tomas Holmstrom · beat Marc Denis
2–1
🐙 Mathieu Schneider Tying 2nd · 07:57
Assists: Johan Franzen, Andreas Lilja · beat Marc Denis
2–2
🐙 Mikael Samuelsson Go-ahead 2nd · 19:07
Assists: Robert Lang, Henrik Zetterberg · beat Marc Denis
2–3
3rd period
🐙 Nicklas Lidstrom 3rd · 04:19
Assists: Robert Lang, Kris Draper · beat Marc Denis
2–4
🐙 Mikael Samuelsson PP 3rd · 14:26
Assists: Robert Lang, Jason Woolley · beat Marc Denis
2–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🧥Blue Jackets
L1 Nash · Fedorov · Vyborny 18:04
L2 Chimera · Letowski · Zherdev 15:55
L3 Rupp · Balastik · Hartigan 12:41
L4 Shelley · Fritsche · Platt 9:35
D1 Klesla · Suchy 22:59
D2 Hulse · Hainsey 19:46
D3 Pushor · Delmore 16:54
🐙Red Wings
L1 Shanahan · Datsyuk · Zetterberg 18:16
L2 Draper · Lang · Williams 15:57
L3 Maltby · Franzen · Samuelsson 14:15
L4 Holmstrom · Cleary · Mowers 9:45
D1 Lidstrom · Schneider 25:19
D2 Lilja · Chelios 19:34
D3 Woolley · Lebda 13:12

Team stats

Away left · home right
🧥CBJ DET🐙
15 Shots on goal 43
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/6
14 Hits 14
17 Blocked shots 11
3 Takeaways 2
2 Giveaways 17
12 Penalty minutes 10
CBJ shooting 13.3% (2/15) DET shooting 11.6% (5/43)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🧥Blue Jackets
Marc Denis
25/30
.833 SV% · 5 GA · 37:59 TOI
Pascal Leclaire Shutout
13/13
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 21:53 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Chris Osgood
13/15
.867 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 2-3 (40% win rate, 5 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-3 (25% win rate, 4 games)
After 2nd — 2–3
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-7-1 (33% win rate, 12 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 6-0 (100% win rate, 6 games)

Last meetings

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Red Wings lead the season series 4–0
Dec 202005 🧥CBJ @ 🐙DET 3–4 SO Oct 242005 🐙DET @ 🧥CBJ 6–2 Oct 222005 🐙DET @ 🧥CBJ 6–0 Apr 32004 🧥CBJ @ 🐙DET 4–1 Mar 312004 🐙DET @ 🧥CBJ 3–2
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Who won Blue Jackets vs Red Wings on December 31, 2005?

Red Wings won 5–2. The final score was Blue Jackets 2, Red Wings 5.

Who scored for Blue Jackets?

Jason Chimera, Rick Nash.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Mikael Samuelsson (2), Nicklas Lidstrom (2), Mathieu Schneider.

How did the Blue Jackets goalie play?

Marc Denis made 25 saves on 30 shots (.833 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 13 saves on 15 shots (.867 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 4–0 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🧥 Blue Jackets
BeforeDec 30 🧥CBJ @ 🪶CHI 3–2 AfterJan 5 🧥CBJ @ 🦈SJS 3–6
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeDec 27 🐙DET @ ⭐DAL 4–1 AfterJan 3 🌲MIN @ 🐙DET 4–2
Also on December 31
🔔PHI 3–4 🦅WSH 🗽NYR 3–4 🐧PIT 🐋VAN 3–4 🌲MIN 🦆ANA 5–4 🎵STL 🍁TOR 6–3 😈NJD 👑LAK 3–2 ⭐DAL 🇨🇦MTL 3–5 🌪️CAR 🏔️COL 5–2 🌵PHX
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