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2022-23 regular season

Avalanche at Red Wings

🗓 Sat, Mar 18, 2023 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 2–0

Avalanche beat Red Wings 5–1 at Little Caesars Arena on March 18, 2023.

COL – DET
23–34
Shots on goal
1/3–0/3
Power play
10–17
Hits
14–10
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Nathan MacKinnon
1 G, 2 A
3 shots · 19:39 TOI
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Cale Makar
3 A
1 shots · 21:45 TOI
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Alexandar Georgiev
33 saves
0.971 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Devon Toews Go-ahead 1st · 05:01
Assists: J.T. Compher, Cale Makar · beat Ville Husso
1–0
🐙 Pius Suter Tying 1st · 06:55
Assists: Dylan Larkin · beat Alexandar Georgiev
1–1
2nd period
🏔️ Nathan MacKinnon Go-ahead 2nd · 07:24
Assists: Denis Malgin, Cale Makar · beat Ville Husso
2–1
🏔️ Bowen Byram PP 2nd · 17:37
Assists: Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon · beat Ville Husso
3–1
3rd period
🏔️ Lars Eller SH 3rd · 04:20
Assists: Valeri Nichushkin, Jack Johnson · beat Ville Husso
4–1
🏔️ Mikko Rantanen 3rd · 05:16
Assists: Evan Rodrigues, Nathan MacKinnon · beat Ville Husso
5–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Compher · MacKinnon · Rantanen 19:39
L2 Rodrigues · Malgin · Nichushkin 17:02
L3 Nieto · Eller · O'Connor 12:05
L4 Cogliano · Newhook · Galchenyuk 10:24
D1 Toews · Makar 22:54
D2 Girard · Byram 20:20
D3 Johnson · Hunt 15:30
🐙Red Wings
L1 Perron · Copp · Larkin 18:35
L2 Raymond · Kubalik · Veleno 15:55
L3 Suter · Berggren · Zadina 13:59
L4 Erne · Czarnik · Chiasson 10:27
D1 Seider · Maatta 21:45
D2 Walman · Oesterle 19:28
D3 Hagg · Edvinsson 16:12

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL DET🐙
23 Shots on goal 34
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
10 Hits 17
14 Blocked shots 10
1 Takeaways 5
4 Giveaways 3
8 Penalty minutes 8
COL shooting 21.7% (5/23) DET shooting 2.9% (1/34)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Alexandar Georgiev
33/34
.971 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Ville Husso
16/21
.762 SV% · 5 GA · 45:16 TOI
Magnus Hellberg Shutout
2/2
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 14:44 TOI

Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located
Devon Toews · 1st 05:01 · 1–0 Pius Suter · 1st 06:55 · 1–1 Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 07:24 · 2–1 Bowen Byram · 2nd 17:37 · 3–1 Lars Eller · 3rd 04:20 · 4–1 Mikko Rantanen · 3rd 05:16 · 5–1
COL DET
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 8-9-1 (44% win rate, 18 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 12-9-3 (50% win rate, 24 games)
After 2nd — 3–1
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 10-1-1 (83% win rate, 12 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-7 (12% win rate, 8 games)

Last meetings

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Avalanche lead the season series 2–0
Jan 162023 🐙DET @ 🏔️COL 3–6 Feb 232022 🏔️COL @ 🐙DET 5–2 Dec 102021 🐙DET @ 🏔️COL 3–7 Mar 22020 🏔️COL @ 🐙DET 2–1 Jan 202020 🐙DET @ 🏔️COL 3–6
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Who won Avalanche vs Red Wings on March 18, 2023?

Avalanche won 5–1. The final score was Avalanche 5, Red Wings 1.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Bowen Byram, Devon Toews, Lars Eller, Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Pius Suter.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Alexandar Georgiev made 33 saves on 34 shots (.971 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Ville Husso made 16 saves on 21 shots (.762 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 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeMar 16 🏔️COL @ 🏛️OTT 5–4 AfterMar 20 🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL 0–5
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeMar 14 🐙DET @ 🐯NSH 1–2 AfterMar 20 🐆FLA @ 🐙DET 5–2
Also on March 18
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