Colorado Avalanche vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Wednesday, December 5, 2001 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Detroit Red Wings 4–1 on Wednesday, December 5, 2001 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Avalanche 31–18.
Goals came from Milan Hejduk, Radim Vrbata, Sergei Fedorov, Steve Reinprecht and Rob Blake.
Patrick Roy made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Dominik Hasek stopped 14 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Milan Hejduk (6)Alex Tanguay (12), Joe Sakic (18)1–000:32 COL
Radim Vrbata (3)Martin Skoula (7), Steve Reinprecht (12)2–006:18 COL · 
Sergei Fedorov (13)Brendan Shanahan (17), Steve Duchesne (5)2–108:18 DET
2nd period
Steve Reinprecht (5)Radim Vrbata (7), Chris Drury (9)3–106:17 COL
3rd period
Rob Blake (7)Joe Sakic (19), Milan Hejduk (11)4–116:30 COL
Team stats
COLDET
1831
45%55%
1/40/3
810
3218
148
718
511
Penalties
- 4:59 into the first period
Jiri Fischer · tripping2 min - 12:55 into the first period
Brad Larsen · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 12:55 into the first periodJiri Fischer · hooking2 min
- 17:50 into the first periodMartin Skoula · interference2 min
- 0:41 into the second periodTomas Holmstrom · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 9:37 into the second periodJiri Fischer · holding2 min
- 17:49 into the second periodIgor Larionov · hooking2 min
- 7:52 into the third periodGreg De Vries · hooking2 min
- 11:23 into the third periodRob Blake · cross checking2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 12Radim VrbataR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10:04 |
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 20:15 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 19:42 |
| 28Steve ReinprechtC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12:44 |
| 18Chris DruryC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:09 |
| 40Alex TanguayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 19:08 |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 4 | 23:08 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 19:49 |
| 9Brad LarsenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:24 |
| 13Dan HinoteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:25 |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:12 |
| 26Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:18 |
| 27Scott ParkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:21 |
| 29Eric MessierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:37 |
| 5Todd GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:19 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:09 |
| 11Pascal TrepanierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:22 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 29:21 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1David AebischerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 31 | 1 | .968 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 14Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:22 |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 16:37 |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 15:11 |
| 8Igor LarionovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:45 |
| 11Mathieu DandenaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:37 |
| 13Pavel DatsyukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:43 |
| 17Brett HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:10 |
| 18Kirk MaltbyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:51 |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | 18:58 |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:11 |
| 21Boyd DevereauxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:57 |
| 25Darren McCartyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:59 |
| 33Kris DraperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:24 |
| 96Tomas HolmstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:28 |
| 2Jiri FischerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:38 |
| 5Nicklas LidstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 29:11 |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 26:31 |
| 27Fredrik OlaussonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:34 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Manny LegaceG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | L | 18 | 4 | .778 |