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2008-09 regular season

Avalanche at Red Wings

🗓 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 1–0

Avalanche beat Red Wings 3–2 at Little Caesars Arena on December 15, 2008.

COL – DET
27–36
Shots on goal
1/4–0/5
Power play
15–17
Hits
16–2
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Jordan Leopold
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 16:24 TOI
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Paul Stastny
1 G
3 shots · 19:37 TOI
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Andrew Raycroft
34 saves
0.944 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Wojtek Wolski Go-ahead 1st · 01:07
Assists: Tyler Arnason · beat Chris Osgood
1–0
🏔️ Paul Stastny PP 1st · 04:34
Assists: Milan Hejduk, Jordan Leopold · beat Chris Osgood
2–0
2nd period
🐙 Tomas Holmstrom 2nd · 09:10
Assists: Brian Rafalski, Pavel Datsyuk · beat Andrew Raycroft
2–1
3rd period
🏔️ Jordan Leopold 3rd · 01:51
Unassisted · beat Chris Osgood
3–1
🐙 Marian Hossa 3rd · 07:07
Assists: Henrik Zetterberg · beat Andrew Raycroft
3–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Wolski · Smyth · Stastny 19:16
L2 Arnason · Hensick · Laperriere 17:28
L3 Hejduk · Jones · Stewart 11:58
L4 McLeod · McCormick · Dupuis 7:10
D1 Foote · Liles 24:05
D2 Hannan · Clark 20:54
D3 Leopold · Salei 15:09
🐙Red Wings
L1 Zetterberg · Datsyuk · Hossa 20:05
L2 Franzen · Samuelsson · Cleary 17:18
L3 Holmstrom · Filppula · Hudler 15:04
L4 Maltby · Draper · Kopecky 5:27
D1 Lidstrom · Rafalski 25:12
D2 Kronwall · Stuart 22:32
D3 Lebda · Lilja 11:07

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL DET🐙
27 Shots on goal 36
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
15 Hits 17
16 Blocked shots 2
2 Takeaways 4
6 Giveaways 14
12 Penalty minutes 10
COL shooting 11.1% (3/27) DET shooting 5.6% (2/36)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Andrew Raycroft
34/36
.944 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Chris Osgood
24/27
.889 SV% · 3 GA · 58:45 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Red Wings
Red Wings — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 2-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-2 (60% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Avalanche lead the season series 1–0
May 12008 🐙DET @ 🏔️COL 8–2 Apr 292008 🐙DET @ 🏔️COL 4–3 Apr 262008 🏔️COL @ 🐙DET 1–5 Apr 242008 🏔️COL @ 🐙DET 3–4 Feb 182008 🐙DET @ 🏔️COL 4–0
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Who won Avalanche vs Red Wings on December 15, 2008?

Avalanche won 3–2. The final score was Avalanche 3, Red Wings 2.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Jordan Leopold, Paul Stastny, Wojtek Wolski.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Marian Hossa, Tomas Holmstrom.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Andrew Raycroft made 34 saves on 36 shots (.944 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 24 saves on 27 shots (.889 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Red Wings played?

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

What is the Avalanche vs Red Wings season series?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeDec 12 🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL 4–3 AfterDec 16 🏔️COL @ 🔔PHI 2–5
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeDec 13 🐙DET @ 🌵PHX 5–4 AfterDec 18 🦈SJS @ 🐙DET 0–6
Also on December 15
🦈SJS 3–2 👑LAK
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