Detroit Red Wings vs Colorado Avalanche
Playoffs · Thursday, May 1, 2008 · Pepsi Center
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Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Colorado Avalanche 8–2 on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at Pepsi Center. The Red Wings outshot the Avalanche 40–31.
Mikael Samuelsson scored twice, Johan Franzen scored a hat trick and Henrik Zetterberg scored twice. Tyler Arnason, Tomas Holmstrom and John-Michael Liles also scored.
Chris Osgood made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 12 of 15.
Scoring
1st period
Mikael Samuelsson (1)Andreas Lilja (1)1–004:33 DET
Tyler Arnason (2)Andrew Brunette (3), Joe Sakic (7)1–106:51 COL · 
Tomas Holmstrom (2)Henrik Zetterberg (5), Pavel Datsyuk (6)2–118:34 DET
Johan Franzen (9)Valtteri Filppula (2), Brad Stuart (1)3–119:21 DET
2nd period
Henrik Zetterberg (6)Nicklas Lidstrom (4), Pavel Datsyuk (7)4–102:15 DET · - Henrik Zetterberg (7)Pavel Datsyuk (8)5–105:45 DET
- Johan Franzen (10)Henrik Zetterberg (6)6–111:37 DET ·
- Johan Franzen (11)Nicklas Lidstrom (5), Jiri Hudler (6)7–117:15 DET ·
3rd period
- Mikael Samuelsson (2)Jiri Hudler (7), Valtteri Filppula (3)8–108:02 DET
John-Michael Liles (2)Ruslan Salei (4), Joe Sakic (8)8–210:26 COL ·
Team stats
DETCOL
4031
56%44%
2/42/5
1210
1511
1210
210
95
Penalties
- 5:58 into the first period
Tomas Holmstrom · tripping2 min - 20:00 into the first period
Kurt Sauer · slashing2 min - 1:46 into the second periodBen Guite · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 10:30 into the second periodMikael Samuelsson · hooking2 min
- 13:12 into the second periodCody McCormick · roughing2 min
- 13:12 into the second periodTomas Holmstrom · slashing2 min
- 15:55 into the second periodBen Guite · slashing2 min
- 18:21 into the second periodNicklas Lidstrom · hooking2 min
- 1:27 into the third periodJohn-Michael Liles · holding the stick2 min
- 8:55 into the third periodAndreas Lilja · high sticking2 min
- 9:14 into the third periodDallas Drake · delaying game2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 40Henrik ZetterbergC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 6 | 14:18 |
| 13Pavel DatsyukC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 13:43 |
| 93Johan FranzenR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 6 | 16:19 |
| 26Jiri HudlerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 14:46 |
| 37Mikael SamuelssonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 7 | 15:03 |
| 51Valtteri FilppulaC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 13:49 |
| 5Nicklas LidstromD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 16:09 |
| 96Tomas HolmstromL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 13:08 |
| 3Andreas LiljaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 17:41 |
| 23Brad StuartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:40 |
| 11Daniel ClearyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:53 |
| 17Dallas DrakeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:37 |
| 25Darren McCartyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:39 |
| 33Kris DraperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:01 |
| 43Darren HelmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:16 |
| 22Brett LebdaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 18:00 |
| 28Brian RafalskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 19:21 |
| 55Niklas KronwallD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 24:38 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Chris OsgoodG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |
| 39Dominik HasekG | 0 | 0 | – |
Colorado Avalanche
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 3 | 19:09 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 17:01 |
| 39Tyler ArnasonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 6 | 17:19 |
| 4John-Michael LilesD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 20:12 |
| 24Ruslan SaleiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | 17:51 |
| 10Wyatt SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:47 |
| 11Cody McCormickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:48 |
| 14Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:04 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 18:45 |
| 28Ben GuiteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:26 |
| 37T.J. HensickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:51 |
| 54David JonesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:50 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 16:59 |
| 6Jeff FingerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 21:23 |
| 22Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 16:14 |
| 34Kurt SauerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:37 |
| 44Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:07 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 15:50 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Peter BudajG | 25 | 5 | .800 | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | L | 15 | 3 | .800 |