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2008-09 regular season

Avalanche at Red Wings

🗓 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 3–0

Avalanche beat Red Wings 6–5 in a shootout at Little Caesars Arena on February 15, 2009.

COL – DET
28–45
Shots on goal
1/2–2/6
Power play
21–19
Hits
24–7
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Ben Guite
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 16:05 TOI
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Milan Hejduk
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 20:34 TOI
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Andrew Raycroft
40 saves
0.889 SV% · 5 GA

Scoring

10 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Ian Laperriere Go-ahead 1st · 00:16
Assists: Cody McCormick · beat Chris Osgood
1–0
2nd period
🏔️ Ruslan Salei 2nd · 00:23
Assists: Ben Guite · beat Chris Osgood
2–0
🐙 Daniel Cleary PP 2nd · 04:21
Assists: Nicklas Lidstrom, Brian Rafalski · beat Andrew Raycroft
2–1
🐙 Daniel Cleary PP Tying 2nd · 04:47
Assists: Nicklas Lidstrom, Pavel Datsyuk · beat Andrew Raycroft
2–2
🐙 Marian Hossa Go-ahead 2nd · 08:58
Assists: Valtteri Filppula, Ville Leino · beat Andrew Raycroft
2–3
3rd period
🏔️ Marek Svatos PP Tying 3rd · 01:01
Assists: Wojtek Wolski, Milan Hejduk · beat Chris Osgood
3–3
🐙 Marian Hossa Go-ahead 3rd · 03:33
Assists: Brian Rafalski, Valtteri Filppula · beat Andrew Raycroft
3–4
🏔️ Ben Guite Tying 3rd · 06:27
Assists: Cody McCormick, Ian Laperriere · beat Chris Osgood
4–4
🐙 Jiri Hudler Go-ahead 3rd · 09:18
Assists: Niklas Kronwall, Darren Helm · beat Andrew Raycroft
4–5
🏔️ Milan Hejduk Tying 3rd · 12:31
Assists: Ryan Smyth, T.J. Hensick · beat Chris Osgood
5–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Wolski · Smyth · Hejduk 20:34
L2 Laperriere · Svatos · Guite 16:41
L3 McLeod · Arnason · McCormick 14:35
L4 Hensick · Stewart · Willsie 9:07
D1 Salei · Foote 25:32
D2 Clark · Hannan 23:26
D3 Leopold · Liles 16:16
🐙Red Wings
L1 Zetterberg · Datsyuk · Cleary 22:33
L2 Filppula · Hossa · Hudler 16:41
L3 Leino · Helm · Samuelsson 13:57
L4 Maltby · Draper · Kopecky 9:37
D1 Lidstrom · Rafalski 27:12
D2 Kronwall · Lilja 23:50
D3 Meech · Chelios 12:42

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL DET🐙
28 Shots on goal 45
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 2/6
21 Hits 19
24 Blocked shots 7
4 Takeaways 4
4 Giveaways 7
12 Penalty minutes 4
COL shooting 21.4% (6/28) DET shooting 11.1% (5/45)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Andrew Raycroft
40/45
.889 SV% · 5 GA · 65:00 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Chris Osgood
23/28
.821 SV% · 5 GA · 64:54 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 5-7 (42% win rate, 12 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 4-3-1 (50% win rate, 8 games)
After 2nd — 2–3
Avalanche
Avalanche — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-7-1 (33% win rate, 12 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 12-0-2 (86% win rate, 14 games)

Last meetings

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Avalanche lead the season series 3–0
Dec 272008 🐙DET @ 🏔️COL 3–4 SO Dec 152008 🏔️COL @ 🐙DET 3–2 May 12008 🐙DET @ 🏔️COL 8–2 Apr 292008 🐙DET @ 🏔️COL 4–3 Apr 262008 🏔️COL @ 🐙DET 1–5
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Who won Avalanche vs Red Wings on February 15, 2009?

Avalanche won 6–5 in a shootout. The final score was Avalanche 6, Red Wings 5.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Ben Guite, Ian Laperriere, Marek Svatos, Milan Hejduk, Ruslan Salei.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Daniel Cleary (2), Marian Hossa (2), Jiri Hudler.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Andrew Raycroft made 40 saves on 45 shots (.889 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 23 saves on 28 shots (.821 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 3–0 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeFeb 13 🇨🇦MTL @ 🏔️COL 4–2 AfterFeb 17 🏛️OTT @ 🏔️COL 2–3
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeFeb 13 🐙DET @ 🧥CBJ 2–3 AfterFeb 18 🐯NSH @ 🐙DET 2–6
Also on February 15
🔔PHI 5–2 🗽NYR 🦈SJS 5–6 😈NJD 🦅WSH 4–2 🐆FLA 🌪️CAR 3–0 ⚔️BUF 🐦ATL 8–4 🦆ANA 🇨🇦MTL 2–4 🐋VAN
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