Avalanche–Red Wings rivalry

Avalanche–Red Wings rivalry
	Colorado Avalanche Detroit Red Wings
First meeting	October 6, 1995
Latest meeting	March 25, 2025
Next meeting	TBD
Statistics
Meetings total	124
All-time series	64–49–1–10 (DET)
Regular season series	47–32–1–10 (DET)
Postseason results	17–17
Largest victory	DET 7–0 COL; March 22, 1996; May 31, 2002
Longest win streak	COL W10
Current win streak	COL W3
Postseason history
	1996 conference finals: Avalanche won, 4–2; 1997 conference finals: Red Wings won, 4–2; 1999 conference semifinals: Avalanche won, 4–2; 2000 conference semifinals: Avalanche won, 4–1; 2002 conference finals: Red Wings won, 4–3; 2008 conference semifinals: Red Wings won, 4–0;

The Avalanche–Red Wings rivalry is a historic rivalry in the National Hockey League (NHL) between the Colorado Avalanche and Detroit Red Wings. The rivalry gained notoriety during the mid-1990s and early 2000s, with the peak of the rivalry occurring from 1996 to 2002 during which stretch the two teams met in the postseason five times and combined to win five Stanley Cups, with the Red Wings winning three Stanley Cups and the Avalanche winning two during that stretch. The epicenter of the rivalry was during a March 26, 1997 game at Joe Louis Arena that featured 18 fighting majors, and 148 penalty minutes.