Detroit Red Wings vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Saturday, November 22, 1997 · Centre Molson

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5–2

Final

SOG 25–28

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Game summary

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Montréal Canadiens 5-2 on Saturday, November 22, 1997 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Red Wings 28-25.

Tomas Holmstrom scored twice. Brian Savage, Aaron Ward, Anders Eriksson, Saku Koivu and Bob Rouse also scored.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
DET	1	3	1	5	25
MTL	1	1	0	2	28

Scoring

1st period

Brian Savage (5)Patrice Brisebois (8), Martin Rucinsky (8)0–110:10 MTL · PPG
Aaron Ward (2)Brendan Shanahan (11), Bob Rouse (4)1–118:08 DET

2nd period

Anders Eriksson (2)Brendan Shanahan (12), Vyacheslav Kozlov (9)2–101:57 DET
Tomas Holmstrom (1)Kris Draper (7)3–108:43 DET
Saku Koivu (6)Mark Recchi (14), Dave Manson (7)3–213:52 MTL
Tomas Holmstrom (2)Steve Yzerman (14), Darren McCarty (10)4–219:43 DET

3rd period

Bob Rouse (1)Tomas Holmstrom (4), Steve Yzerman (15)5–209:19 DET

Team stats

DETMTL

25Shots on goal28

55%Faceoff %45%

0/2Power play1/3

10Penalty minutes8

22Hits23

7Blocked shots1

9Giveaways14

8Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 05:19Martin Lapointe · interference obstruction2 min
1st 08:28Steve Yzerman · holding2 min
1st 11:12Peter Popovic · interference obstruction2 min
2nd 09:30Kris Draper · roughing2 min
2nd 09:30Darcy Tucker · cross checking2 min
2nd 09:30Darcy Tucker · roughing2 min
2nd 15:02Vyacheslav Kozlov · roughing2 min
2nd 15:02Sebastien Bordeleau · roughing2 min
3rd 10:16Anders Eriksson · holding obstruction2 min

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