Detroit Red Wings vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Friday, December 5, 1997 · Edmonton Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-1 on Friday, December 5, 1997 at Edmonton Coliseum. The Red Wings outshot the Oilers 28-23.
Goals came from Mats Lindgren, Joe Hulbig, Larry Murphy and Kelly Buchberger.
Bob Essensa made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Chris Osgood stopped 20 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Mats Lindgren (4)Todd Marchant (5), Greg De Vries (1)0–115:27 EDM · SHG
3rd period
Joe Hulbig (1)Unassisted0–202:22 EDM
Larry Murphy (3)Unassisted1–211:45 DET
Kelly Buchberger (2)Todd Marchant (6)1–319:58 EDM · EN
Team stats
DETEDM
28Shots on goal23
41%Faceoff %59%
0/4Power play0/5
10Penalty minutes8
44Hits46
11Blocked shots9
5Giveaways13
7Takeaways29
Penalties
- 1st 04:21
Steve Yzerman · interference obstruction2 min - 1st 09:24
Andrei Kovalenko · slashing2 min - 1st 14:29Sean Brown · interference2 min
- 1st 19:01Dan Mcgillis · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 2nd 00:30Vyacheslav Kozlov · tripping2 min
- 2nd 04:29Brendan Shanahan · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 04:29Brendan Shanahan · slashing2 min
- 2nd 10:24Anders Eriksson · hooking2 min
- 3rd 05:41Kelly Buchberger · tripping obstruction2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 55Larry MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 24:19 |
| 8Igor LarionovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:17 |
| 11Mathieu DandenaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:57 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 15:28 |
| 14Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7 | 18:38 |
| 15Tomas HolmstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:34 |
| 17Doug BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:21 |
| 18Kirk MaltbyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:15 |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 20:11 |
| 20Martin LapointeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:09 |
| 25Darren McCartyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 20:13 |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:14 |
| 33Kris DraperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:35 |
| 41Brent GilchristL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:02 |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:54 |
| 4Jamie PushorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:12 |
| 5Nicklas LidstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 25:47 |
| 44Anders ErikssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:05 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Chris OsgoodG | L | 22 | 20 | 2 | .909 | 59:28 |
| 31Kevin HodsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 16:25 |
| 12Joe HulbigL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 01:09 |
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 18:39 |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:17 |
| 5Greg De VriesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:33 |
| 7Jason ArnottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:32 |
| 8Doug FriedmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 04:29 |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:14 |
| 19Boyd DevereauxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 04:20 |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:56 |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:14 |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:11 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:31 |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 27:03 |
| 6Bryan MuirD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:33 |
| 23Sean BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:30 |
| 33Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26:07 |
| 55Drew BannisterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 20:59 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | W | 28 | 27 | 1 | .964 | 60:00 |
| 31Curtis JosephG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |