John Gibson recorded his fourth shutout of the season as the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Colorado Avalanche 2-0 at Ball Arena on February 2, 2026. Lucas Raymond contributed a goal and an assist, while Marco Kasper scored the game's first goal just 33 seconds in. The win snapped a three-game skid for Detroit after a 5-0 loss to Colorado two days earlier.
The Detroit Red Wings rebounded impressively from their 5-0 defeat to the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday, securing a 2-0 shutout victory in the second game of their home-and-home series at Ball Arena in Denver on Monday, February 2, 2026.
John Gibson anchored the win with 21 saves, marking his 28th career shutout and the first against Colorado since the Vancouver Canucks' 2-0 triumph on February 4, 2025. "Top to the bottom, it was a total team effort," Gibson said. "Everybody was committed to playing defense, offense, getting pucks deep, forecheck. So, I think it was probably one of the most complete games that at least I've been a part of this year."
The Red Wings, now 33-18-6, struck early when Marco Kasper scored at 0:33 of the first period on a backdoor tap-in assisted by Lucas Raymond during a 2-on-1 rush. "Obviously, great play by Lucas finding me back door. I just had to put my stick down," Kasper said. Raymond sealed the victory with an empty-net goal at 19:29 of the third period, earning him a goal and an assist. Dylan Larkin added two assists in the contest.
Detroit coach Todd McLellan praised the response: "I thought it was outstanding. We had some legs, we were connected, we made some passes, we defended well. Just about everything that could get turned upside down [from Saturday] was, and we got to give the leadership group and the players a lot of credit for responding."
For the Avalanche, who fell to 36-9-9 and are now 2-4-1 in their last seven games, Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 23 shots in defeat. Coach Jared Bednar acknowledged the tight-checking affair: "We gave up one early, which is sort of a tough start to the game. So, tight checking game on both sides, both teams committed to it. I just thought they did a really nice job."
Defenseman Devon Toews, returning after missing 13 games with an upper-body injury, logged 20:19 of ice time but finished minus-1 with one shot on goal. He reflected on the execution: "It was more so execution, finishing plays, finding plays, making the right play under pressure with a team that puts you under a lot of pressure and swarms you in the corners, and we didn't do a great job of reading through that and finding the open ice."
In notes, Colorado's Brent Burns tied Alex Delvecchio for 16th on the NHL's all-time games played list with 1,550.
