Colorado Avalanche vs Detroit Red Wings
Playoffs · Thursday, April 24, 2008 · Joe Louis Arena
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Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Colorado Avalanche 4–3 on Thursday, April 24, 2008 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Avalanche 36–21.
Johan Franzen scored twice. Paul Stastny, Henrik Zetterberg, Daniel Cleary, John-Michael Liles and Milan Hejduk also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Paul Stastny (2)Ryan Smyth (2), Milan Hejduk (3)1–008:53 COL
Henrik Zetterberg (3)Pavel Datsyuk (3), Brian Rafalski (4)1–109:46 DET
Daniel Cleary (1)Johan Franzen (3), Brian Rafalski (5)1–213:48 DET
Johan Franzen (3)Niklas Kronwall (6), Jiri Hudler (4)1–317:23 DET ·
2nd period
- Johan Franzen (4)Valtteri Filppula (1), Mikael Samuelsson (2)1–401:13 DET
John-Michael Liles (1)Cody McLeod (1), Scott Hannan (1)2–405:17 COL
Milan Hejduk (3)Paul Stastny (1), Ryan Smyth (3)3–416:29 COL
Team stats
COLDET
2136
40%60%
0/31/5
106
1627
148
49
46
Penalties
- 5:26 into the first period
Andreas Lilja · roughing2 min - 11:04 into the first period
Ben Guite · holding2 min - 17:08 into the first periodCody McLeod · hooking2 min
- 18:48 into the first periodRuslan Salei · cross checking2 min
- 6:15 into the second periodMilan Hejduk · high sticking2 min
- 17:50 into the second periodAndreas Lilja · holding2 min
- 5:40 into the third periodKurt Sauer · interference2 min
- 6:37 into the third periodHenrik Zetterberg · interference2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.