🌲 Away Wild 18-17-4
4–2
Final
🐙 Home Red Wings 26-9-3
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🌲 MIN 2024
🐙 DET 0112

Wild at Red Wings

Wild beat Red Wings 4–2 at Little Caesars Arena on January 3, 2006.

🗓 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 2005-06 🔁 Season series tied 1–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Brian Rolston
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 16:17 TOI
2nd star 🐙 DET
Tomas Holmstrom
2 G
5 shots · 11:31 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Dwayne Roloson
43 saves
0.956 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🌲 Andrei Zyuzin Go-ahead 1st · 05:55
Assists: Brian Rolston · beat Chris Osgood
1–0
🌲 Filip Kuba 1st · 06:58
Assists: Brent Burns, Daniel Tjarnqvist · beat Chris Osgood
2–0
2nd period
🐙 Tomas Holmstrom PP 2nd · 06:14
Assists: Nicklas Lidstrom, Pavel Datsyuk · beat Dwayne Roloson
2–1
3rd period
🌲 Brian Rolston 3rd · 08:04
Unassisted · beat Chris Osgood
3–1
🐙 Tomas Holmstrom 3rd · 17:58
Assists: Jason Woolley, Nicklas Lidstrom · beat Dwayne Roloson
3–2
🌲 Alexandre Daigle Empty net 3rd · 18:39
Assists: Marian Gaborik, Marc Chouinard
4–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Robitaille · Walz · Dupuis 18:48
L2 Chouinard · Gaborik · Rolston 16:17
L3 White · Koivu · Daigle 12:06
L4 Boogaard · Bouchard 6:26
D1 Kuba · Tjarnqvist 22:18
D2 Mitchell · Foster 19:58
D3 Zyuzin · Schultz 16:08
D4 Burns 9:35
🐙Red Wings
L1 Zetterberg · Datsyuk · Draper 19:21
L2 Shanahan · Lang · Samuelsson 17:17
L3 Maltby · Williams · Franzen 13:44
L4 Holmstrom · Cleary · Mowers 6:40
D1 Lidstrom · Schneider 28:10
D2 Lilja · Chelios 16:36
D3 Woolley · Lebda 12:28

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN DET🐙
23 Shots on goal 45
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7
15 Hits 14
19 Blocked shots 2
4 Takeaways 6
12 Giveaways 21
16 Penalty minutes 10
MIN shooting 17.4% (4/23) DET shooting 4.4% (2/45)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Dwayne Roloson
43/45
.956 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Chris Osgood
19/22
.864 SV% · 3 GA · 58:42 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Wild
Wild — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 5-0 (100% win rate, 5 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–1
Wild
Wild — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 6-0-1 (86% win rate, 7 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-2-1 (0% win rate, 3 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Season series tied 1–1
Nov 112005 🌲MIN @ 🐙DET 1–3 Mar 292004 🌲MIN @ 🐙DET 3–5 Dec 262003 🌲MIN @ 🐙DET 2–2 OT Nov 222003 🐙DET @ 🌲MIN 5–2 Nov 152003 🐙DET @ 🌲MIN 1–1 OT
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❓ MIN vs DET, answered

Who won Wild vs Red Wings on January 3, 2006?

Wild won 4–2. The final score was Wild 4, Red Wings 2.

Who scored for Wild?

Alexandre Daigle, Andrei Zyuzin, Brian Rolston, Filip Kuba.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Tomas Holmstrom (2).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Dwayne Roloson made 43 saves on 45 shots (.956 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 19 saves on 22 shots (.864 save percentage).

Where is Wild vs Red Wings played?

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

What is the Wild vs Red Wings season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌲 Wild
BeforeDec 31 🐋VAN @ 🌲MIN 3–4 AfterJan 5 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 4–2
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeDec 31 🧥CBJ @ 🐙DET 2–5 AfterJan 5 🎵STL @ 🐙DET 0–3
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