St. Louis Blues vs Detroit Red Wings
Playoffs · Friday, April 18, 1997 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the St. Louis Blues 2–1 on Friday, April 18, 1997 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Blues 33–23.
Goals came from Marc Bergevin, Kris Draper and Larry Murphy.
Mike Vernon made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 31 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Marc Bergevin (1)Pierre Turgeon (1)1–004:24 STL
3rd period
Kris Draper (1)Brendan Shanahan (1), Jamie Pushor (1)1–104:05 DET · 
Larry Murphy (1)Martin Lapointe (1), Igor Larionov (1)1–207:09 DET
Team stats
STLDET
2333
0%0%
0/80/7
2022
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:36 into the first period
Sergio Momesso · roughing2 min - 3:12 into the first period
Sergei Fedorov · hooking2 min - 6:42 into the first periodChris Pronger · interference obstruction2 min
- 10:08 into the first periodJoey Kocur · interference obstruction2 min
- 13:13 into the first periodBrendan Shanahan · slashing2 min
- 14:57 into the first periodIgor Kravchuk · roughing2 min
- 16:35 into the first periodBrendan Shanahan · roughing2 min
- 16:35 into the first periodStephen Leach · roughing2 min
- 18:47 into the first periodMartin Lapointe · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 18:47 into the first periodMike Peluso · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2:44 into the second periodKirk Maltby · boarding2 min
- 2:44 into the second periodSergio Momesso · roughing2 min
- 2:44 into the second periodSergio Momesso · roughing2 min
- 10:49 into the second periodCraig Conroy · cross checking2 min
- 12:58 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 15:09 into the second periodGeoff Courtnall · slashing2 min
- 2:21 into the third periodLarry Murphy · slashing2 min
- 10:32 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 11:16 into the third periodSergei Fedorov · high sticking2 min
- 11:16 into the third periodSergei Fedorov · high sticking2 min
- 15:13 into the third periodGeoff Courtnall · hooking2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Marc BergevinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Brett HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Joe MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 18Tony TwistL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike PelusoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Craig ConroyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Sergio MomessoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Stephane MatteauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Harry YorkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 39Scott PellerinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Al MacInnisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Igor KravchukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 28Ricard PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Chris ProngerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jon CaseyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 33 | 2 | .939 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 8Igor LarionovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Martin LapointeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 33Kris DraperC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Jamie PushorD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 55Larry MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Kirk MaltbyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Darren McCartyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 2Viacheslav FetisovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Nicklas LidstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Vladimir KonstantinovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike VernonG | W | 23 | 1 | .957 |
| 30Chris OsgoodG | 0 | 0 | – |