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2014-15 regular season

Avalanche at Red Wings

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

Avalanche beat Red Wings 2–1 in a shootout at Little Caesars Arena on December 21, 2014.

COL – DET
23–35
Shots on goal
1/2–1/4
Power play
31–18
Hits
20–5
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Erik Johnson
1 G
1 shots · 27:17 TOI
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Gabriel Landeskog
1 A
2 shots · 17:35 TOI
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Calvin Pickard
34 saves
0.971 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
3rd period
🐙 Pavel Datsyuk PP Go-ahead 3rd · 04:52
Assists: Riley Sheahan, Henrik Zetterberg · beat Calvin Pickard
0–1
🏔️ Erik Johnson PP Tying 3rd · 15:45
Assists: Tyson Barrie, Gabriel Landeskog · beat Petr Mrazek
1–1
Shootout
🏔️ Jarome Iginla Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted
2–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Tanguay · O'Reilly · Iginla 18:40
L2 Landeskog · Mitchell · Brière 17:35
L3 Duchene · Talbot · MacKinnon 16:07
L4 McLeod · Cliche · Everberg 8:30
D1 Johnson · Hejda 25:20
D2 Stuart · Redmond 21:02
D3 Barrie · Guenin 18:38
🐙Red Wings
L1 Abdelkader · Datsyuk · Sheahan 20:45
L2 Tatar · Zetterberg · Helm 19:33
L3 Nyquist · Franzen · Jurco 15:18
L4 Miller · Glendening · Cleary 10:39
D1 Kronwall · Quincey 22:31
D2 DeKeyser · Smith 20:35
D3 Kindl · Ericsson 17:17

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL DET🐙
23 Shots on goal 35
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
31 Hits 18
20 Blocked shots 5
4 Takeaways 7
8 Giveaways 14
8 Penalty minutes 4
COL shooting 8.7% (2/23) DET shooting 2.9% (1/35)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Calvin Pickard
34/35
.971 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Petr Mrazek
22/23
.957 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

2 of 3 goals located
Pavel Datsyuk · 3rd 04:52 · 0–1 Erik Johnson · 3rd 15:45 · 1–1
COL DET
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 5-3-5 (38% win rate, 13 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 5-6-7 (28% win rate, 18 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 3-1-5 (33% win rate, 9 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 2-3-4 (22% win rate, 9 games)

Last meetings

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Avalanche lead the season series 1–0
Mar 62014 🏔️COL @ 🐙DET 3–2 OT Oct 172013 🐙DET @ 🏔️COL 4–2 Apr 52013 🐙DET @ 🏔️COL 3–2 OT Apr 12013 🏔️COL @ 🐙DET 2–3 Mar 52013 🏔️COL @ 🐙DET 1–2
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Who won Avalanche vs Red Wings on December 21, 2014?

Avalanche won 2–1 in a shootout. The final score was Avalanche 2, Red Wings 1.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Erik Johnson.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Pavel Datsyuk.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Calvin Pickard made 34 saves on 35 shots (.971 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Petr Mrazek made 22 saves on 23 shots (.957 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 20 🏔️COL @ ⚔️BUF 5–1 AfterDec 23 🎵STL @ 🏔️COL 0–5
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeDec 19 🏝️NYI @ 🐙DET 2–1 AfterDec 23 ⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET 3–6
Also on December 21
⭐DAL 6–5 🛢️EDM ⚔️BUF 3–4 🐻BOS 🌪️CAR 0–1 🗽NYR 🍁TOR 0–4 🪶CHI 🔔PHI 4–3 ✈️WPG
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