🪶 Away Blackhawks 20-6-7
0–4
Final
🐙 Home Red Wings 23-7-5
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🪶 CHI 0000
🐙 DET 1124

Blackhawks at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Blackhawks 4–0 at Little Caesars Arena on December 30, 2008.

🗓 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 3–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Johan Franzen
2 G
2 shots · 16:27 TOI
2nd star 🐙 DET
Pavel Datsyuk
1 G, 1 A
7 shots · 17:18 TOI
3rd star 🐙 DET
Ty Conklin
36 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🐙 Pavel Datsyuk PP Go-ahead 1st · 15:51
Assists: Niklas Kronwall, Brian Rafalski · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
0–1
2nd period
🐙 Johan Franzen PP 2nd · 06:58
Assists: Brian Rafalski, Niklas Kronwall · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
0–2
3rd period
🐙 Johan Franzen 3rd · 00:37
Assists: Tomas Holmstrom, Pavel Datsyuk · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
0–3
🐙 Tomas Kopecky 3rd · 12:05
Assists: Valtteri Filppula · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
0–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🪶Blackhawks
L1 Sharp · Toews · Versteeg 17:18
L2 Fraser · Havlat · Brouwer 15:19
L3 Ladd · Bolland · Kane 13:50
L4 Eager · Adams 8:36
D1 Keith · Seabrook 22:53
D2 Wisniewski · Campbell 21:28
D3 Walker · Johnson 15:30
D4 Byfuglien 12:27
🐙Red Wings
L1 Datsyuk · Draper · Zetterberg 16:39
L2 Holmstrom · Franzen · Cleary 16:15
L3 Filppula · Hossa · Hudler 15:17
L4 Maltby · Kopecky 9:34
D1 Kronwall · Rafalski 25:48
D2 Stuart · Lilja 21:20
D3 Lebda · Chelios 11:07
D4 Meech 9:48

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🪶CHI DET🐙
36 Shots on goal 39
0/6 Power play (goals / chances) 2/6
23 Hits 33
8 Blocked shots 9
3 Takeaways 4
3 Giveaways 7
12 Penalty minutes 12
CHI shooting 0.0% (0/36) DET shooting 10.3% (4/39)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🪶Blackhawks
Nikolai Khabibulin
35/39
.897 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Ty Conklin Shutout
36/36
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 59:59 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 6-0-2 (75% win rate, 8 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 10-1-2 (77% win rate, 13 games)
After 2nd — 0–2
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-2 (33% win rate, 3 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-0-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Red Wings lead the season series 3–0
Dec 62008 🪶CHI @ 🐙DET 4–5 SO Oct 252008 🐙DET @ 🪶CHI 6–5 SO Apr 62008 🪶CHI @ 🐙DET 1–4 Apr 22008 🐙DET @ 🪶CHI 2–6 Mar 112008 🪶CHI @ 🐙DET 1–3
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Who won Blackhawks vs Red Wings on December 30, 2008?

Red Wings won 4–0. The final score was Blackhawks 0, Red Wings 4.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Johan Franzen (2), Pavel Datsyuk, Tomas Kopecky.

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Nikolai Khabibulin made 35 saves on 39 shots (.897 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Ty Conklin made 36 saves on 36 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

Where is Blackhawks vs Red Wings played?

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

What is the Blackhawks vs Red Wings season series?

Red Wings lead the season series 3–0 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🪶 Blackhawks
BeforeDec 28 🪶CHI @ 🌲MIN 4–1 AfterJan 1 🐙DET @ 🪶CHI 6–4
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeDec 27 🐙DET @ 🏔️COL 3–4 AfterJan 1 🐙DET @ 🪶CHI 6–4
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