Detroit Red Wings vs Calgary Flames
Regular season · Wednesday, December 3, 1997 · Canadian Airlines Saddledome
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Calgary Flames 4–3 on Wednesday, December 3, 1997 at Canadian Airlines Saddledome.
Goals came from Nicklas Lidstrom, Brent Gilchrist, Jarome Iginla, German Titov, Brendan Shanahan, Theo Fleury and Joey Kocur.
Chris Osgood made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Rick Tabaracci stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Nicklas Lidstrom (11)Larry Murphy (18), Vyacheslav Kozlov (10)1–009:34 DET
Brent Gilchrist (6)Darren McCarty (11), Vyacheslav Kozlov (11)2–016:01 DET · 
Jarome Iginla (8)Andrew Cassels (9), Jonas Hoglund (5)2–117:20 CGY
2nd period
German Titov (5)Derek Morris (8)2–201:05 CGY
Brendan Shanahan (14)Steve Yzerman (18), Anders Eriksson (7)3–212:43 DET ·
3rd period
Theo Fleury (9)Jamie Allison (4), Derek Morris (9)3–302:14 CGY · 
Joey Kocur (3)Kirk Maltby (4), Larry Murphy (19)4–303:19 DET
Team stats
DETCGY
2626
57%43%
2/50/4
1012
1012
76
620
66
Penalties
- 4:28 into the first period
Anders Eriksson · interference2 min - 7:54 into the first period
Jamie Allison · roughing2 min - 7:54 into the first periodMartin Lapointe · roughing2 min
- 10:54 into the first periodDerek Morris · boarding2 min
- 15:52 into the first periodJamie Allison · interference2 min
- 4:05 into the second periodJoey Kocur · high sticking2 min
- 9:21 into the second periodMathieu Dandenault · interference2 min
- 10:59 into the second periodMarty Mcinnis · tripping obstruction2 min
- 15:56 into the second periodEd Ward · elbowing2 min
- 1:15 into the third periodTodd Simpson · high sticking2 min
- 16:26 into the third periodTomas Holmstrom · interference2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16:11 |
| 55Larry MurphyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 25:54 |
| 14Brendan ShanahanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 18:28 |
| 18Kirk MaltbyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:06 |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:58 |
| 25Darren McCartyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:50 |
| 26Joey KocurR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 08:33 |
| 41Brent GilchristL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:03 |
| 5Nicklas LidstromD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29:02 |
| 44Anders ErikssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 20:33 |
| 8Igor LarionovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:01 |
| 11Mathieu DandenaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 07:32 |
| 15Tomas HolmstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:48 |
| 20Martin LapointeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 15:14 |
| 33Kris DraperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:42 |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:05 |
| 4Jamie PushorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:02 |
| 27Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:33 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Chris OsgoodG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 31Kevin HodsonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Calgary Flames
| 53Derek MorrisD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 19:01 |
| 12Jarome IginlaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:03 |
| 13German TitovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:41 |
| 14Theo FleuryR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23:23 |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:12 |
| 44Jonas HoglundR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:18 |
| 2Jamie AllisonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:35 |
| 7Chris DingmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 01:51 |
| 15Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:20 |
| 16Cory StillmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:26 |
| 18Marty McinnisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:54 |
| 34Jim DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:09 |
| 42Ed WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:22 |
| 92Michael NylanderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 19:43 |
| 19Chris O'SullivanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:58 |
| 27Todd SimpsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:56 |
| 32Cale HulseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:25 |
| 33Zarley ZalapskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:12 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Rick TabaracciG | L | 26 | 4 | .846 |