Detroit Red Wings vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Tuesday, December 23, 1997 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Tuesday, December 23, 1997 at Marine Midland Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Sabres 30–27.
Goals came from Darren McCarty, Derek Plante, Anders Eriksson and Kirk Maltby.
Scoring
1st period
Darren McCarty (10)Nicklas Lidstrom (16)1–010:13 DET · 
Derek Plante (7)Brad May (7)1–119:17 BUF
2nd period
Anders Eriksson (4)Steve Yzerman (23), Vyacheslav Kozlov (14)2–118:12 DET
3rd period
Kirk Maltby (3)Unassisted3–109:05 DET
Team stats
DETBUF
3027
52%48%
0/20/5
104
816
72
2851
1514
Penalties
- 9:33 into the first period
Brendan Shanahan · tripping obstruction2 min - 14:22 into the first periodBob Rouse · interference obstruction2 min
- 16:15 into the first period
Alexei Zhitnik · hooking2 min - 19:43 into the first periodChris Osgood · interference obstruction2 min
- 19:58 into the first periodChris Osgood · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:04 into the second periodYan Golubovsky · interference obstruction2 min
- 3:15 into the third periodWayne Primeau · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.