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Detroit 8, Colorado 2

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	T
DET	3	4	1	8
COL	1	0	1	2

Final

10:00 PM ET, May 1, 2008

Pepsi Arena

Denver, Colorado

THREE STARS

J. Franzen
Red Wings (C )

Goals: 3
Assists: 0

H. Zetterberg
Red Wings (LW)

Goals: 2
Assists: 2

M. Samuelsson
Red Wings (RW)

Goals: 2
Assists: 0

Game Information
Arena: Pepsi Arena Location: Denver, Colorado	Referees: Mike Hasenfratz Linesmen: Lonnie Cameron, Brian Murphy
Attendance: 18,007 (100.0% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Detroit

Colorado

Total Shots
	40
	31

PIM
	12
	10

Hits
	15
	11

Giveaways
	2
	10

Takeaways
	9
	5

Faceoffs Won
	34
	27

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
4:33		Mikael Samuelsson (1) Assists: Andreas Lilja	Detroit 1-0
6:51		Tyler Arnason (2) (Power Play) Assists: Andrew Brunette, Joe Sakic	Game tied 1-1
18:34		Tomas Holmstrom (2) Assists: Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk	Detroit 2-1
19:21		Johan Franzen (9) Assists: Valtteri Filppula, Brad Stuart	Detroit 3-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
5:58		Tomas Holmstrom: 2 Minutes for Tripping Kurt Sauer
20:00		Kurt Sauer: 2 Minutes for Slashing Pavel Datsyuk

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
2:15		Henrik Zetterberg (6) (Power Play) Assists: Nicklas Lidstrom, Pavel Datsyuk	Detroit 4-1
5:45		Henrik Zetterberg (7) Assists: Pavel Datsyuk	Detroit 5-1
11:37		Johan Franzen (10) (Shorthanded) Assists: Henrik Zetterberg	Detroit 6-1
17:15		Johan Franzen (11) (Power Play) Assists: Nicklas Lidstrom, Jiri Hudler	Detroit 7-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
1:46		Ben Guite: 2 Minutes for Delaying Game - Puck over Glass
10:30		Mikael Samuelsson: 2 Minutes for Hooking Andrew Brunette
13:12		Tomas Holmstrom: 2 Minutes for Slashing Cody McCormick
13:12		Cody McCormick: 2 Minutes for Roughing Tomas Holmstrom
15:55		Ben Guite: 2 Minutes for Slashing Tomas Holmstrom
18:21		Nicklas Lidstrom: 2 Minutes for Hooking Joe Sakic

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
8:02		Mikael Samuelsson (2) Assists: Jiri Hudler, Valtteri Filppula	Detroit 8-1
10:26		John-Michael Liles (2) (Power Play) Assists: Ruslan Salei, Joe Sakic	Detroit 8-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
1:27		John-Michael Liles: 2 Minutes for Holding the Stick Johan Franzen
8:55		Andreas Lilja: 2 Minutes for High-sticking Ian Laperriere
9:14		Dallas Drake: 2 Minutes for Delay of Game

Player Summary

Detroit Red Wings												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
D. Cleary RW	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	24	16:53	2:28	2:28	11:57	4	1	80.0
P. Datsyuk C	0	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	22	13:43	2:25	0:34	10:44	0	1	00.0
D. Drake LW	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	22	13:37	0:34	2:37	10:26	0	0	00.0
K. Draper C	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	27	15:01	0:34	3:05	11:22	8	6	57.1
V. Filppula C	0	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	23	13:49	0:39	1:32	11:38	0	0	00.0
J. Franzen C	3	0	3	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	16:19	2:36	2:08	11:35	7	2	77.8
D. Helm C	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	19	13:16	0:00	0:00	13:16	6	7	46.2
T. Holmstrom LW	1	0	2	2	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	24	13:08	2:20	0:00	10:48	0	0	00.0
J. Hudler LW	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	14:46	2:36	0:00	12:10	0	0	00.0
N. Kronwall D	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	32	24:38	2:20	3:39	18:39	0	0	00.0
B. Lebda D	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	26	18:00	0:39	0:25	16:56	0	0	00.0
N. Lidstrom D	0	2	2	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	23	16:09	2:36	1:30	12:03	0	0	00.0
A. Lilja D	0	1	3	1	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	26	17:41	0:00	3:08	14:33	0	0	00.0
D. McCarty RW	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	18	12:39	0:00	0:00	12:39	0	1	00.0
B. Rafalski D	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	24	19:21	2:20	2:20	14:41	0	0	00.0
M. Samuelsson RW	2	0	3	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	25	15:03	2:36	0:00	12:27	0	2	00.0
B. Stuart D	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	29	21:40	0:39	3:22	17:39	0	0	00.0
H. Zetterberg LW	2	2	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	23	14:18	2:33	0:48	10:57	9	7	56.3
Detroit Red Wings Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
C Chelios									Healthy
K Maltby									Hamstring
A Downey									Healthy
T Kopecky									Knee Injury
M Hartigan									Healthy
D Meech									Healthy
J Howard									Healthy
K Quincey									Healthy
J Ericsson									Healthy
J Kindl									Healthy
J Abdelkader									Healthy

Colorado Avalanche												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
T. Arnason C	1	0	-3	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	17:19	3:52	0:00	13:27	7	6	53.8
A. Brunette LW	0	1	-2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	25	17:01	4:33	0:00	12:28	0	0	00.0
J. Finger D	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	29	21:23	1:44	1:04	18:35	0	0	00.0
A. Foote D	0	0	-3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	15:50	0:00	4:31	11:19	0	0	00.0
B. Guite RW	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	4	2	0	0	23	14:26	0:00	2:13	12:13	2	10	16.7
S. Hannan D	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	25	16:14	0:23	3:33	12:18	0	0	00.0
M. Hejduk RW	0	0	-3	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	24	18:45	4:27	0:00	14:18	0	0	00.0
T. Hensick C	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	2	23	16:51	2:39	0:00	14:12	6	5	54.5
D. Jones RW	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	19	13:50	2:45	0:00	11:05	0	0	00.0
I. Laperriere C	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	17	11:04	0:00	2:21	8:43	0	1	00.0
J. Leopold D	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	13:07	3:04	0:00	10:03	0	0	00.0
J. Liles D	1	0	-2	1	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	23	20:12	5:08	0:00	15:04	0	0	00.0
C. McCormick C	0	0	-2	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	24	16:48	0:00	2:48	13:45	0	0	00.0
C. McLeod LW	0	0	-3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	22	16:59	0:53	1:56	14:10	1	0	100.0
J. Sakic C	0	2	-3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	26	19:09	4:27	0:29	14:13	9	9	50.0
R. Salei D	0	1	-3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	22	17:51	2:05	0:33	15:13	0	0	00.0
K. Sauer D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	22	14:37	0:00	1:44	12:53	0	0	00.0
W. Smith C	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	10:47	0:00	0:54	9:53	2	3	40.0
Colorado Avalanche Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
P Forsberg									Groin
R Smyth									Foot Injury
S Parker									Healthy
J Jillson									Healthy
M Svatos									Knee Injury
J Boychuk									Healthy
T Weiman									Healthy
B Richardson									Healthy
W Wolski									Shoulder
P Stastny									Knee Injury
C Stewart									Healthy
K Cumiskey									Healthy
J Hlinka									Healthy

Goaltending Summary

Detroit Red Wings Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
C. Osgood	31	2	29	.935	59:35	0

Colorado Avalanche Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
J. Theodore	15	3	12	.8	19:58	0
P. Budaj	25	5	20	.8	40:00	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
Detroit	15	20	5	40
Colorado	5	12	14	31

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Detroit	2 of 0
Colorado	2 of 0

* - A player receives a "plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

Playoff Series

Detroit won 4-0

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NHL Scores

Thursday, May 1st

Pittsburgh	0	Final
NY Rangers	3

Detroit	8	Final
Colorado	2

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Detroit 8, Colorado 2

Final

Playoff Series

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Thursday, May 1st