Detroit Red Wings vs Phoenix Coyotes
Regular season · Thursday, December 5, 2002 · America West Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Phoenix Coyotes 5–3 on Thursday, December 5, 2002 at America West Arena. The Coyotes outshot the Red Wings 30–24.
Goals came from Darren McCarty, Brendan Shanahan, Andrei Nazarov, Tomas Holmstrom, Tony Amonte, Kirk Maltby, Shane Doan and Nicklas Lidstrom.
Curtis Joseph made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Brian Boucher stopped 19 of 23.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DET | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 24 |
 PHX | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 30 |
Scoring
1st period
Darren McCarty (6)Sean Avery (3), Jesse Wallin (1)1–000:18 DET
Brendan Shanahan (8)Sergei Fedorov (10), Mathieu Dandenault (4)2–001:37 DET
Andrei Nazarov (2)Ladislav Nagy (12), Kelly Buchberger (5)2–103:11 PHX
2nd period
Tomas Holmstrom (4)Jason Woolley (7), Brendan Shanahan (10)3–100:51 DET · 
Tony Amonte (7)Daniel Brière (14), Brian Savage (4)3–210:56 PHX
Kirk Maltby (7)Unassisted4–219:59 DET
3rd period
Shane Doan (12)Daymond Langkow (11), Mike Johnson (14)4–313:24 PHX
Nicklas Lidstrom (8)Unassisted5–319:46 DET · ·
Team stats
DETPHX
2430
53%47%
1/40/6
1410
23
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:04 into the first periodKris Draper · hooking2 min
- 12:04 into the first periodBranko Radivojevic · interference2 min
- 17:34 into the first periodBrendan Shanahan · slashing2 min
- 19:47 into the first periodLadislav Nagy · hooking obstruction2 min
- 8:51 into the second periodChris Chelios · holding the stick2 min
- 13:47 into the second periodSean Avery · diving2 min
- 13:47 into the second periodDanny Markov · slashing2 min
- 17:33 into the second periodShane Doan · hooking2 min
- 0:21 into the third periodLadislav Nagy · holding the stick2 min
- 11:19 into the third periodTomas Holmstrom · illegal stick2 min
- 13:54 into the third periodMathieu Dandenault · cross checking2 min
- 18:16 into the third periodBrett Hull · high sticking2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 14Brendan ShanahanL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16:28 |
| 11Mathieu DandenaultR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:33 |
| 18Kirk MaltbyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14:43 |
| 25Darren McCartyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:25 |
| 42Sean AveryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 06:07 |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:13 |
| 96Tomas HolmstromL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 11:21 |
| 3Jesse WallinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:33 |
| 5Nicklas LidstromD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 30:52 |
| 15Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:44 |
| 17Brett HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:20 |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:08 |
| 21Boyd DevereauxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:25 |
| 29Jason WilliamsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:51 |
| 33Kris DraperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 17:48 |
| 40Henrik ZetterbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:21 |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 25:05 |
| 55Dmitri BykovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:05 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Curtis JosephG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 34Manny LegaceG | 0 | 0 | – |
Phoenix Coyotes
| 8Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 19:05 |
| 10Tony AmonteR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 6 | 21:21 |
| 11Daymond LangkowC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 21:57 |
| 12Mike JohnsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:51 |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 08:36 |
| 17Ladislav NagyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:35 |
| 19Shane DoanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 19:55 |
| 44Andrei NazarovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 05:52 |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 18:04 |
| 28Landon WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:03 |
| 29Branko RadivojevicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:49 |
| 2Todd SimpsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:14 |
| 4Ossi VaananenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:08 |
| 7Deron QuintD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:04 |
| 15Radoslav SuchyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 11:04 |
| 23Paul MaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:14 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 24:54 |
| 55Danny MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 21:46 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Brian BoucherG | L | 23 | 4 | .826 |
| 40Patrick DesrochersG | 0 | 0 | – |