St. Louis Blues vs Detroit Red Wings
Playoffs · Friday, April 25, 1997 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the St. Louis Blues 5–2 on Friday, April 25, 1997 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Blues 33–21.
Goals came from Steve Yzerman, Al MacInnis, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Darren McCarty, Jim Campbell, Brendan Shanahan and Larry Murphy.
Mike Vernon made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 28 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Yzerman (2)Brendan Shanahan (2)0–103:22 DET
Al MacInnis (1)Brett Hull (7), Joe Murphy (1)1–111:02 STL ·
2nd period
Vyacheslav Kozlov (1)Igor Larionov (4), Sergei Fedorov (1)1–205:02 DET · 
Darren McCarty (1)Kris Draper (1), Larry Murphy (2)1–307:58 DET
Jim Campbell (1)Geoff Courtnall (1), Al MacInnis (2)2–312:14 STL · 
Brendan Shanahan (2)Martin Lapointe (2), Nicklas Lidstrom (2)2–413:15 DET
3rd period
Larry Murphy (2)Steve Yzerman (1), Brendan Shanahan (3)2–506:32 DET ·
Team stats
STLDET
2133
0%0%
2/52/6
1816
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:30 into the first period
Viacheslav Fetisov · tripping obstruction2 min - 5:11 into the first period
Brett Hull · interference obstruction2 min - 10:27 into the first periodMartin Lapointe · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 11:58 into the first periodScott Pellerin · elbowing2 min
- 14:19 into the first periodChris Pronger · interference obstruction2 min
- 4:13 into the second periodChris Pronger · boarding2 min
- 10:32 into the second periodDarren McCarty · interference obstruction2 min
- 16:07 into the second periodDarren McCarty · kneeing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodSergei Fedorov · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodVladimir Konstantinov · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodVladimir Konstantinov · slashing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodMarc Bergevin · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodMarc Bergevin · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodPavol Demitra · roughing2 min
- 1:02 into the third periodKris Draper · interference obstruction2 min
- 5:44 into the third periodChris Pronger · hooking2 min
- 10:23 into the third periodPavol Demitra · cross checking2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 2Al MacInnisD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 10Jim CampbellR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Brett HullR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Joe MurphyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Tony TwistL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike PelusoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Craig ConroyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Stephane MatteauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 37Harry YorkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 39Scott PellerinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19Chris McalpineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Ricard PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Chris ProngerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jon CaseyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 33 | 5 | .849 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 14Brendan ShanahanL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 55Larry MurphyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Igor LarionovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Martin LapointeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 25Darren McCartyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 33Kris DraperC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Nicklas LidstromD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 18Kirk MaltbyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Viacheslav FetisovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Jamie PushorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Vladimir KonstantinovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike VernonG | W | 21 | 2 | .905 |
| 30Chris OsgoodG | 0 | 0 | – |