Colorado Avalanche vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Thursday, December 31, 2009 · Joe Louis Arena
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Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 on Thursday, December 31, 2009 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Avalanche 35-22.
Darren Helm scored twice and Brandon Yip scored twice. Pavel Datsyuk and Ville Leino also scored.
Jimmy Howard made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Craig Anderson stopped 31 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Pavel Datsyuk (1)Todd Bertuzzi (1), Doug Janik (1)0–112:56 DET
Darren Helm (1)Kris Draper (1), Nicklas Lidstrom (1)0–217:56 DET · SHG
Brandon Yip (1)Darcy Tucker (1), Matt Duchene (1)1–219:12 COL · PPG
3rd period
- Brandon Yip (2)Darcy Tucker (2), Matt Duchene (2)2–211:59 COL · PPG
Ville Leino (1)Derek Meech (1), Valtteri Filppula (1)2–316:08 DET- Darren Helm (2)Nicklas Lidstrom (2)2–419:37 DET · SHG · EN
Team stats
COLDET
22Shots on goal35
45%Faceoff %55%
2/6Power play0/3
8Penalty minutes14
28Hits24
14Blocked shots8
8Giveaways9
3Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 00:11
Tomas Holmstrom · slashing2 min - 1st 01:25
Brett Clark · holding2 min - 1st 13:33Doug Janik · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 1st 19:58Brandon Yip · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 10:03Todd Bertuzzi · roughing2 min
- 2nd 17:21Brian Rafalski · hooking2 min
- 3rd 02:29Cody McLeod · holding the stick2 min
- 3rd 05:38Tomas Holmstrom · roughing2 min
- 3rd 05:38Adam Foote · roughing2 min
- 3rd 10:19Tomas Holmstrom · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 18:01Valtteri Filppula · tripping2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 9Matt DucheneC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 2 | 15:03 |
| 16Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 13:40 |
| 59Brandon YipR | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 14:38 |
| 8Wojtek WolskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:10 |
| 15Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:40 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 16:48 |
| 25Chris StewartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:12 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:35 |
| 37Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:40 |
| 39TJ GaliardiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:16 |
| 45Chris DurnoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:22 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:39 |
| 5Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:05 |
| 10Kyle CumiskeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 19:22 |
| 22Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:31 |
| 27Kyle QuinceyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 23:32 |
| 44Ryan WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:49 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:05 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Peter BudajG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Craig AndersonG | L | 34 | 31 | 3 | .912 | 58:53 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 43Darren HelmC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 18:28 |
| 5Nicklas LidstromD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 26:11 |
| 13Pavel DatsyukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 19:08 |
| 21Ville LeinoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 08:48 |
| 33Kris DraperC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:32 |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:33 |
| 51Valtteri FilppulaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:43 |
| 14Derek MeechD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:02 |
| 37Doug JanikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:17 |
| 8Justin AbdelkaderL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:00 |
| 18Kirk MaltbyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:05 |
| 20Drew MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:08 |
| 24Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:42 |
| 42Mattias RitolaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:28 |
| 96Tomas HolmstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:44 |
| 22Brett LebdaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:49 |
| 23Brad StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | 26:45 |
| 28Brian RafalskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Chris OsgoodG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Jimmy HowardG | W | 22 | 20 | 2 | .909 | 60:00 |