Detroit Red Wings vs Colorado Avalanche
Playoffs · Tuesday, April 29, 2008 · Pepsi Center
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Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Colorado Avalanche 4–3 on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at Pepsi Center. The Red Wings outshot the Avalanche 35–33.
Pavel Datsyuk scored twice and Andrew Brunette scored twice. Cody McLeod, Johan Franzen and Henrik Zetterberg also scored.
Chris Osgood made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 31 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Cody McLeod (1)T.J. Hensick (1), Tyler Arnason (3)0–105:17 COL
Pavel Datsyuk (4)Henrik Zetterberg (4), Nicklas Lidstrom (3)1–112:14 DET · 
Johan Franzen (8)Brett Lebda (1), Mikael Samuelsson (4)2–113:12 DET
2nd period
- Pavel Datsyuk (5)Brian Rafalski (6), Tomas Holmstrom (4)3–106:36 DET
Andrew Brunette (4)John-Michael Liles (3), Joe Sakic (5)3–208:08 COL · 
Henrik Zetterberg (5)Pavel Datsyuk (5), Mikael Samuelsson (5)4–212:24 DET ·
3rd period
- Andrew Brunette (5)Joe Sakic (6), Ruslan Salei (3)4–305:19 COL ·
Team stats
DETCOL
3533
41%59%
2/72/5
1014
2125
313
36
1012
Penalties
- 7:30 into the first period
Ian Laperriere · interference2 min - 11:55 into the first periodIan Laperriere · roughing2 min
- 17:39 into the first periodCody McLeod · high sticking2 min
- 7:38 into the second period
Darren McCarty · holding2 min - 9:33 into the second periodPeter Forsberg · high sticking double minor4 min
- 13:07 into the second periodPeter Forsberg · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 13:35 into the second periodHenrik Zetterberg · interference2 min
- 15:48 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 1:36 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3:48 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 8:37 into the third periodDallas Drake · high sticking2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 13Pavel DatsyukC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 19:47 |
| 37Mikael SamuelssonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 17:15 |
| 40Henrik ZetterbergC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 21:21 |
| 93Johan FranzenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 19:53 |
| 96Tomas HolmstromL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:11 |
| 5Nicklas LidstromD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 25:48 |
| 22Brett LebdaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:28 |
| 28Brian RafalskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 24:19 |
| 11Daniel ClearyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16:34 |
| 17Dallas DrakeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:20 |
| 25Darren McCartyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 04:19 |
| 26Jiri HudlerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 08:29 |
| 33Kris DraperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:03 |
| 43Darren HelmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 05:13 |
| 51Valtteri FilppulaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:16 |
| 23Brad StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 22:32 |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:50 |
| 55Niklas KronwallD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 25:21 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Chris OsgoodG | W | 33 | 3 | .909 |
| 39Dominik HasekG | 0 | 0 | – |
Colorado Avalanche
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17:29 |
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 19:31 |
| 37T.J. HensickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:07 |
| 39Tyler ArnasonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:12 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:30 |
| 4John-Michael LilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:00 |
| 24Ruslan SaleiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:19 |
| 11Cody McCormickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:00 |
| 14Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:25 |
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:50 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:54 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:10 |
| 28Ben GuiteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:45 |
| 54David JonesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12:41 |
| 22Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:16 |
| 34Kurt SauerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:35 |
| 44Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:28 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:26 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Peter BudajG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | L | 35 | 4 | .886 |