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2006-07 regular season

Kings at Red Wings

🗓 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 2–0

Red Wings beat Kings 6–2 at Little Caesars Arena on December 31, 2006.

LAK – DET
30–36
Shots on goal
1/4–1/2
Power play
14–12
Hits
14–10
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Pavel Datsyuk
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 15:37 TOI
2nd star 🐙 DET
Jason Williams
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 10:37 TOI
3rd star 🐙 DET
Mathieu Schneider
2 A
4 shots · 19:48 TOI

Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🐙 Tomas Holmstrom Go-ahead 1st · 05:45
Assists: Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk · beat Mathieu Garon
0–1
2nd period
👑 Alex Frolov PP Tying 2nd · 01:55
Assists: Derek Armstrong, Oleg Tverdovsky · beat Dominik Hasek
1–1
🐙 Valtteri Filppula Go-ahead 2nd · 04:50
Assists: Jason Williams, Nicklas Lidstrom · beat Mathieu Garon
1–2
🐙 Pavel Datsyuk 2nd · 06:40
Assists: Mathieu Schneider, Niklas Kronwall · beat Mathieu Garon
1–3
👑 Alex Frolov 2nd · 12:42
Assists: Derek Armstrong, Michael Cammalleri · beat Dominik Hasek
2–3
🐙 Kris Draper 2nd · 17:12
Assists: Johan Franzen · beat Mathieu Garon
2–4
3rd period
🐙 Mikael Samuelsson PP 3rd · 04:27
Assists: Mathieu Schneider, Robert Lang · beat Mathieu Garon
2–5
🐙 Jason Williams 3rd · 05:28
Assists: Jiri Hudler, Brett Lebda · beat Mathieu Garon
2–6

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
👑Kings
L1 Avery · Cammalleri · Kopitar 19:05
L2 Frolov · McCauley · Brown 18:21
L3 Armstrong · Willsie · Kostopoulos 13:19
L4 Ivanans · Conroy · Murray 11:07
D1 Visnovsky · Blake 23:34
D2 Miller · Norstrom 20:58
D3 Sopel · Tverdovsky 15:10
🐙Red Wings
L1 Zetterberg · Draper · Cleary 18:41
L2 Maltby · Holmstrom · Lang 16:04
L3 Datsyuk · Samuelsson · Franzen 15:37
L4 Williams · Filppula · Hudler 6:00
D1 Lidstrom · Markov 24:21
D2 Schneider · Kronwall 18:56
D3 Lebda · Lilja 16:20

Team stats

Away left · home right
👑LAK DET🐙
30 Shots on goal 36
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/2
14 Hits 12
14 Blocked shots 10
12 Takeaways 8
6 Giveaways 21
6 Penalty minutes 10
LAK shooting 6.7% (2/30) DET shooting 16.7% (6/36)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
👑Kings
Mathieu Garon
26/32
.812 SV% · 6 GA · 45:28 TOI
Barry Brust Shutout
4/4
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 14:32 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Dominik Hasek
28/30
.933 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Kings
Kings — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-8-1 (10% win rate, 10 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 8-0-2 (80% win rate, 10 games)
After 2nd — 2–4
Kings
Kings — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-5 (0% win rate, 5 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 3-0-1 (75% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Red Wings lead the season series 2–0
Oct 162006 🐙DET @ 👑LAK 3–1 Mar 92006 👑LAK @ 🐙DET 3–7 Nov 282005 🐙DET @ 👑LAK 5–2 Nov 92005 👑LAK @ 🐙DET 4–5 OT Oct 132005 🐙DET @ 👑LAK 5–2
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Who won Kings vs Red Wings on December 31, 2006?

Red Wings won 6–2. The final score was Kings 2, Red Wings 6.

Who scored for Kings?

Alex Frolov (2).

Who scored for Red Wings?

Jason Williams, Kris Draper, Mikael Samuelsson, Pavel Datsyuk, Tomas Holmstrom, Valtteri Filppula.

How did the Kings goalie play?

Mathieu Garon made 26 saves on 32 shots (.812 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 save percentage).

Where is Kings vs Red Wings played?

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

What is the Kings vs Red Wings season series?

Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
👑 Kings
BeforeDec 29 👑LAK @ 🔥CGY 4–6 AfterJan 3 🧥CBJ @ 👑LAK 0–3
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeDec 28 🐙DET @ 🧥CBJ 7–4 AfterJan 2 🦆ANA @ 🐙DET 1–2
Also on December 31
🦆ANA 3–4 🌲MIN 🪶CHI 1–3 🧥CBJ 🔔PHI 5–2 🌪️CAR 🛢️EDM 2–4 🔥CGY 🦈SJS 4–2 ⭐DAL
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