Detroit Red Wings at Colorado Avalanche

Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 9:00 PM ET Pepsi Center, Denver Regular Season Final

Final score

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Colorado Avalanche 3–2 on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 on the road.

Final score, Detroit Red Wings at Colorado Avalanche
Team	Goals	2008-2009 record
Detroit Red Wings	3	51-21-10
at Colorado Avalanche	2	32-45-5

Goals by period, Detroit Red Wings at Colorado Avalanche
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Detroit Red Wings	1	2	0	3
Colorado Avalanche	1	0	1	2

Shots on goal by period, Detroit Red Wings at Colorado Avalanche
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Detroit Red Wings	9	15	6	30
Colorado Avalanche	11	4	12	27

Scoring summary

Every goal, Detroit Red Wings at Colorado Avalanche. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	03:10	Colorado Avalanche	John-Michael Liles (8)	Milan Hejduk (28), Scott Hannan (6)	Even strength	DET 0, COL 1
1st	19:41	Detroit Red Wings	Valtteri Filppula (8)	Tomas Kopecky (12), Nicklas Lidstrom (33)	Even strength	DET 1, COL 1
2nd	07:03	Detroit Red Wings	Johan Franzen (26)	Brett Lebda (9)	Even strength	DET 2, COL 1
2nd	13:33	Detroit Red Wings	Kris Draper (7)	Derek Meech (4), Aaron Downey (1)	Even strength	DET 3, COL 1
3rd	18:19	Colorado Avalanche	Milan Hejduk (24)	Ryan Smyth (31), Paul Stastny (24)	Even strength	DET 3, COL 2

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Detroit Red Wings skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 11 D. Cleary	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		17:31
Number 13 P. Datsyuk	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	60%	20:13
Number 18 K. Maltby	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		12:49
Number 26 J. Hudler	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		13:33
Number 33 K. Draper	C	1	0	1	+2	0	1	0	0	57.1%	12:14
Number 37 M. Samuelsson	R	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0		18:42
Number 40 H. Zetterberg	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	58.8%	20:31
Number 44 A. Downey	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0		07:42
Number 51 V. Filppula	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	50%	12:31
Number 82 T. Kopecky	R	0	1	1	+1	0	4	2	0	100%	16:01
Number 93 J. Franzen	R	1	0	1	-1	0	6	1	0	50%	20:28
Number 5 N. Lidstrom	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1		22:54
Number 14 D. Meech	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		06:56
Number 22 B. Lebda	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1		16:03
Number 23 B. Stuart	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2		16:59
Number 28 B. Rafalski	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2		24:01
Number 52 J. Ericsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	2		19:51
Number 55 N. Kronwall	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	2		19:01

Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 29 T. Conklin	27	25	2	.926	60:00	Win

Colorado Avalanche skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 W. Wolski	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	1	28.6%	10:58
Number 11 C. McCormick	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0		12:26
Number 14 I. Laperriere	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0	100%	17:25
Number 16 D. Tucker	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0		15:44
Number 23 M. Hejduk	R	1	1	2	+2	0	3	1	0	33.3%	20:39
Number 26 P. Stastny	C	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	2	10%	21:07
Number 28 B. Guite	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	1	43.8%	14:59
Number 39 T. Arnason	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	60%	13:20
Number 40 M. Svatos	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		13:08
Number 42 C. Stewart	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		09:26
Number 55 C. McLeod	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		07:23
Number 94 R. Smyth	L	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	0	60%	20:01
Number 4 J. Liles	D	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	2		21:33
Number 5 B. Clark	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5		21:23
Number 22 S. Hannan	D	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	2		24:24
Number 24 R. Salei	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3		21:17
Number 29 D. Tjarnqvist	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		13:11
Number 52 A. Foote	D	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	3		18:34

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 A. Raycroft	30	27	3	.900	59:02	Loss

Penalties, Detroit Red Wings at Colorado Avalanche
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	10:58	Colorado Avalanche	Scott Hannan	High sticking	2
1st	13:14	Detroit Red Wings	Niklas Kronwall	Holding	2
2nd	04:10	Colorado Avalanche	Adam Foote	Interference	2

Detroit Red Wings head coach: Mike Babcock
Colorado Avalanche head coach: Tony Granato
Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Rob Shick
Linesmen: Mark Wheler, Brad Lazarowich
Detroit Red Wings scratches: Chris Chelios, Darren McCarty, Tomas Holmstrom, Marian Hossa, Andreas Lilja, Jimmy Howard, Justin Abdelkader, Darren Helm, Ville Leino
Colorado Avalanche scratches: Joe Sakic, Brian Willsie, Matt Hendricks, Philippe Dupuis, David Jones, Aaron MacKenzie, Wes O'Neill, Derek Peltier, Mike Vernace, T.J. Hensick, Ray Macias, Kyle Cumiskey, Chris Durno, Per Ledin, TJ Galiardi

Every Detroit Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche game in the 2008-2009 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Colorado Avalanche 3 at Detroit Red Wings 2	Final	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Detroit Red Wings, Mon, Dec 15, 2008
Detroit Red Wings 3 at Colorado Avalanche 4	Final/SO	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Colorado Avalanche, Sat, Dec 27, 2008
Colorado Avalanche 6 at Detroit Red Wings 5	Final/SO	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Detroit Red Wings, Sun, Feb 15, 2009
Detroit Red Wings 3 at Colorado Avalanche 2	Final	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Colorado Avalanche, Wed, Mar 4, 2009

Other NHL games on Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Matchup	Status	Details
Montreal Canadiens 1 at Buffalo Sabres 5	Final	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres, Wed, Mar 4, 2009