Edmonton Oilers vs Detroit Red Wings

Regular season · Friday, December 12, 1997 · Joe Louis Arena

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3–2

26–36

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Game summary

The Edmonton Oilers beat the Detroit Red Wings 3–2 on Friday, December 12, 1997 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Oilers 36–26.

Mats Lindgren scored twice. Brendan Shanahan, Brent Gilchrist and Dan Mcgillis also scored.

Bob Essensa made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Chris Osgood stopped 23 of 26.

Goals
EDM	0	0	3	3	26
DET	0	1	1	2	36

Scoring

2nd period

Brendan Shanahan (15)Brent Gilchrist (7), Martin Lapointe (7)0–107:34 DET

3rd period

Mats Lindgren (6)Kelly Buchberger (8)1–101:57 EDM
Mats Lindgren (7)Kelly Buchberger (9), Todd Marchant (7)2–102:40 EDM
Brent Gilchrist (8)Martin Lapointe (8), Brendan Shanahan (14)2–208:09 DET
Dan Mcgillis (6)Unassisted3–215:52 EDM

Team stats

EDMDET

2636

35%65%

0/40/4

2030

2732

1412

28

11

Penalties

3:04 into the first periodDarren McCarty · fighting5 min
3:04 into the first periodDarren McCarty · game misconduct10 min
3:04 into the first periodSean Brown · fighting5 min
10:05 into the first periodJoey Kocur · elbowing2 min
17:40 into the first periodJamie Pushor · high sticking2 min
17:40 into the first periodJamie Pushor · high sticking2 min
9:31 into the second periodDan Mcgillis · holding obstruction2 min
13:10 into the second periodMike Watt · interference2 min
15:08 into the second periodBrendan Shanahan · hooking obstruction2 min
4:28 into the third periodJoey Kocur · fighting5 min
4:28 into the third periodSean Brown · fighting5 min
12:14 into the third periodMartin Lapointe · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
12:14 into the third periodDoug Friedman · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
16:45 into the third periodTodd Marchant · tripping2 min
18:45 into the third periodBryan Marchment · high sticking2 min

Season series

Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers skaters

14Mats LindgrenC	2	0	2	+2	3	3	1	0	29	0	0	22	18:18
16Kelly BuchbergerR	0	2	2	+2	3	0	3	0	–	0	0	22	18:18
26Todd MarchantC	0	1	1	+2	3	1	0	2	–	0	0	22	14:07
33Dan McgillisD	1	0	1	0	4	1	1	2	–	0	0	24	23:01
8Doug FriedmanL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	–	0	0	9	08:41
9Mike WattL	0	0	0	−2	0	2	1	2	–	0	0	15	12:42
10Steve KellyC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	57	0	0	8	08:34
12Joe HulbigL	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	0	–	0	0	7	07:39
17Rem MurrayL	0	0	0	−1	3	2	1	0	31	0	0	19	11:52
37Dean McAmmondC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	0	0	20	15:39
39Doug WeightC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	1	0	37	0	0	20	22:01
51Andrei KovalenkoR	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	–	0	0	15	12:36
94Ryan SmythL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	19	20:00
2Boris MironovD	0	0	0	−1	1	3	3	0	–	2	0	24	29:42
5Greg De VriesD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	22	21:22
23Sean BrownD	0	0	0	+2	0	3	0	10	–	0	0	12	10:18
24Bryan MarchmentD	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	2	–	0	0	26	23:26
55Drew BannisterD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	1	0	–	0	0	14	12:38

Edmonton Oilers goalies
Goalie
30Bob EssensaG	W	36	34	2	.944	59:52
31Curtis JosephG		0	0	0	–	–

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters

14Brendan ShanahanL	1	1	2	0	7	1	0	2	–	1	0	22	21:32
20Martin LapointeR	0	2	2	0	6	5	0	2	100	1	0	21	18:29
41Brent GilchristL	1	1	2	0	3	0	1	0	72	0	0	25	20:12
11Mathieu DandenaultR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	0	0	10	08:21
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	−1	3	1	1	0	–	0	0	20	18:02
15Tomas HolmstromL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	11	09:18
17Doug BrownR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	50	0	0	19	15:42
18Kirk MaltbyL	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	0	0	20	12:46
19Steve YzermanC	0	0	0	−1	1	2	2	0	65	1	0	26	24:17
25Darren McCartyR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	–	0	0	1	01:01
26Joey KocurR	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	7	–	1	0	12	07:36
33Kris DraperC	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	59	0	0	26	15:56
2Viacheslav FetisovD	0	0	0	−1	1	6	0	0	–	1	0	23	16:34
4Jamie PushorD	0	0	0	−2	1	3	1	4	–	0	1	23	16:08
5Nicklas LidstromD	0	0	0	+2	4	0	3	0	–	2	0	30	29:18
28Yan GolubovskyD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	0	0	13	08:19
44Anders ErikssonD	0	0	0	−3	1	1	0	0	–	0	0	25	19:55
55Larry MurphyD	0	0	0	+2	0	2	3	0	–	0	0	29	29:08

Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie
30Chris OsgoodG	L	26	23	3	.885	57:30
31Kevin HodsonG		0	0	0	–	–