🏝️ Away Islanders 24-41-8
2–0
Final
🐙 Home Red Wings 49-16-9
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🏝️ NYI 0202
🐙 DET 0000

Islanders at Red Wings

Islanders beat Red Wings 2–0 at Little Caesars Arena on March 27, 2009.

🗓 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Islanders lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏝️ NYI
Josh Bailey
1 G
3 shots · 11:39 TOI
2nd star 🏝️ NYI
Frans Nielsen
1 G
2 shots · 15:41 TOI
3rd star 🏝️ NYI
Joey MacDonald
42 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

🚨 Scoring

2 goals · in order
2nd period
🏝️ Frans Nielsen SH Go-ahead 2nd · 08:41
Assists: Kyle Okposo, Brendan Witt · beat Chris Osgood
1–0
🏝️ Josh Bailey 2nd · 15:09
Assists: Tim Jackman · beat Chris Osgood
2–0

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏝️Islanders
L1 Comeau · Hilbert · Okposo 18:02
L2 Nielsen · Thompson · Park 15:41
L3 Tambellini · McAmmond · Jackman 13:46
L4 Weight · Bailey · Rechlicz 11:39
D1 Martinek · Witt 24:48
D2 Streit · Gervais 23:40
D3 Hillen · Pock 9:42
🐙Red Wings
L1 Zetterberg · Datsyuk · Franzen 20:06
L2 Holmstrom · Samuelsson · Hossa 18:30
L3 Filppula · Cleary · Hudler 14:03
L4 Maltby · Draper · Kopecky 7:47
D1 Lidstrom · Rafalski 24:28
D2 Kronwall · Stuart 19:14
D3 Lebda · Ericsson 12:46

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏝️NYI DET🐙
30 Shots on goal 42
21 Hits 15
14 Blocked shots 1
3 Takeaways 1
9 Giveaways 7
12 Penalty minutes 6
NYI shooting 6.7% (2/30) DET shooting 0.0% (0/42)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏝️Islanders
Joey MacDonald Shutout
42/42
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 59:50 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Chris Osgood
28/30
.933 SV% · 2 GA · 58:30 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Islanders
Islanders — tied after 1st: 12-14-1 (44% win rate, 27 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 14-5-1 (70% win rate, 20 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
Islanders
Islanders — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 7-2 (78% win rate, 9 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-5 (29% win rate, 7 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Islanders lead the season series 1–0
Jan 302007 🐙DET @ 🏝️NYI 4–3 OT Dec 42005 🏝️NYI @ 🐙DET 2–1 Nov 282003 🏝️NYI @ 🐙DET 0–6 Apr 32003 🏝️NYI @ 🐙DET 2–5 Dec 172002 🐙DET @ 🏝️NYI 2–2 OT
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❓ NYI vs DET, answered

Who won Islanders vs Red Wings on March 27, 2009?

Islanders won 2–0. The final score was Islanders 2, Red Wings 0.

Who scored for Islanders?

Frans Nielsen, Josh Bailey.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Joey MacDonald made 42 saves on 42 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Red Wings played?

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

What is the Islanders vs Red Wings season series?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏝️ Islanders
BeforeMar 25 🌲MIN @ 🏝️NYI 6–2 AfterMar 28 🔔PHI @ 🏝️NYI 4–3
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeMar 24 🐙DET @ 🛢️EDM 3–2 AfterMar 29 🐯NSH @ 🐙DET 4–3
Also on March 27
⚡TBL 3–5 🦅WSH 🍁TOR 3–5 ⚔️BUF 😈NJD 2–3 🪶CHI 🐋VAN 4–1 🏔️COL 🛢️EDM 5–3 🦆ANA
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