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2008-09 regular season

Red Wings at Avalanche

🗓 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 2–0

Avalanche beat Red Wings 4–3 in a shootout at Ball Arena on December 27, 2008.

DET – COL
44–32
Shots on goal
2/5–3/6
Power play
17–33
Hits
11–22
Blocked shots
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Tomas Holmstrom
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · 15:49 TOI
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Ryan Smyth
1 G, 1 A
6 shots · 22:19 TOI
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Peter Budaj
41 saves
0.932 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Ruslan Salei PP Go-ahead 1st · 05:32
Assists: David Jones, Darcy Tucker · beat Ty Conklin
0–1
🏔️ Ryan Smyth PP 1st · 10:05
Assists: Milan Hejduk, John-Michael Liles · beat Ty Conklin
0–2
🏔️ John-Michael Liles PP 1st · 14:17
Assists: Ryan Smyth · beat Ty Conklin
0–3
2nd period
🐙 Pavel Datsyuk PP 2nd · 14:06
Assists: Tomas Holmstrom, Mikael Samuelsson · beat Peter Budaj
1–3
🐙 Tomas Holmstrom PP 2nd · 15:38
Assists: Mikael Samuelsson, Niklas Kronwall · beat Peter Budaj
2–3
🐙 Johan Franzen Tying 2nd · 18:03
Assists: Brian Rafalski, Tomas Holmstrom · beat Peter Budaj
3–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐙Red Wings
L1 Zetterberg · Hossa · Franzen 20:59
L2 Datsyuk · Filppula · Cleary 17:47
L3 Holmstrom · Samuelsson · Hudler 13:53
L4 Maltby · Draper · Kopecky 7:37
D1 Kronwall · Rafalski 28:32
D2 Stuart · Lilja 22:40
D3 Lebda · Chelios 11:24
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Smyth · Arnason · Hejduk 21:23
L2 Wolski · Jones · Laperriere 17:17
L3 McLeod · Tucker · Svatos 11:21
L4 Hensick · Guite · Stewart 10:49
D1 Clark · Hannan 27:20
D2 Foote · Liles 21:06
D3 Salei · Leopold 17:04

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐙DET COL🏔️
44 Shots on goal 32
2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 3/6
17 Hits 33
11 Blocked shots 22
10 Takeaways 15
8 Giveaways 8
12 Penalty minutes 10
DET shooting 6.8% (3/44) COL shooting 12.5% (4/32)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐙Red Wings
Ty Conklin
29/32
.906 SV% · 3 GA · 64:57 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Peter Budaj
41/44
.932 SV% · 3 GA · 65:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–3
Red Wings
Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 3 goals after 1st: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
After 2nd — 3–3
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 5-0-1 (83% win rate, 6 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 1-6 (14% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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Avalanche lead the season series 2–0
Dec 152008 🏔️COL @ 🐙DET 3–2 May 12008 🐙DET @ 🏔️COL 8–2 Apr 292008 🐙DET @ 🏔️COL 4–3 Apr 262008 🏔️COL @ 🐙DET 1–5 Apr 242008 🏔️COL @ 🐙DET 3–4
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Who won Red Wings vs Avalanche on December 27, 2008?

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

Who scored for Red Wings?

Johan Franzen, Pavel Datsyuk, Tomas Holmstrom.

Who scored for Avalanche?

John-Michael Liles, Ruslan Salei, Ryan Smyth.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Ty Conklin made 29 saves on 32 shots (.906 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Peter Budaj made 41 saves on 44 shots (.932 save percentage).

Where is Red Wings vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Red Wings vs Avalanche season series?

Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeDec 26 🐙DET @ 🐯NSH 2–3 AfterDec 30 🪶CHI @ 🐙DET 0–4
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeDec 23 🌵PHX @ 🏔️COL 4–5 AfterDec 29 🐯NSH @ 🏔️COL 1–5
Also on December 27
🏝️NYI 3–4 ⚔️BUF 🐻BOS 4–2 🌪️CAR 🇨🇦MTL 3–2 🐧PIT 🔔PHI 0–3 🧥CBJ 🐆FLA 4–6 ⚡TBL 😈NJD 4–2 🗽NYR 🦆ANA 3–4 ⭐DAL 🦈SJS 2–3 🎵STL
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