St. Louis Blues vs Detroit Red Wings
Playoffs · Sunday, May 17, 1998 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Detroit Red Wings 3–1 on Sunday, May 17, 1998 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Blues 30–23.
Goals came from Geoff Courtnall, Mike Eastwood, Todd Gill and Martin Lapointe.
Grant Fuhr made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Chris Osgood stopped 20 of 23.
Scoring
2nd period
Geoff Courtnall (2)Marc Bergevin (1), Steve Duchesne (4)1–001:44 STL
Mike Eastwood (1)Pascal Rheaume (3), Al MacInnis (6)2–002:58 STL
Todd Gill (2)Geoff Courtnall (8)3–009:21 STL · 
Martin Lapointe (3)Steve Yzerman (10), Larry Murphy (6)3–111:03 DET ·
Team stats
STLDET
2330
48%52%
1/70/9
2420
2925
116
112
25
Penalties
- 1:27 into the first period
Chris Pronger · slashing2 min - 3:04 into the first periodAl MacInnis · interference2 min
- 6:22 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 6:57 into the first period
Nicklas Lidstrom · interference2 min - 15:49 into the first periodSergei Fedorov · holding obstruction2 min
- 7:24 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 9:01 into the second periodKirk Maltby · roughing2 min
- 9:01 into the second periodChris Pronger · roughing2 min
- 9:53 into the second periodSergei Fedorov · slashing2 min
- 11:12 into the second periodGrant Fuhr · tripping obstruction2 min
- 11:41 into the second periodViacheslav Fetisov · hooking obstruction2 min
- 12:23 into the second periodScott Pellerin · hooking obstruction2 min
- 17:04 into the second periodJim Campbell · high sticking2 min
- 19:41 into the second periodChris Pronger · hooking obstruction2 min
- 8:24 into the third periodVyacheslav Kozlov · cross checking2 min
- 10:05 into the third periodGeoff Courtnall · tripping obstruction2 min
- 12:49 into the third periodTerry Yake · holding2 min
- 16:58 into the third periodMartin Lapointe · slashing2 min
- 18:47 into the third periodBrett Hull · high sticking2 min
- 19:46 into the third periodMartin Lapointe · roughing2 min
- 19:46 into the third periodScott Pellerin · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodBrendan Shanahan · slashing2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 12:16 |
| 25Pascal RheaumeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 08:28 |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 09:35 |
| 2Al MacInnisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 26:03 |
| 4Marc BergevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:50 |
| 5Todd GillD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:16 |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:50 |
| 9Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:23 |
| 10Jim CampbellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:51 |
| 16Brett HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 16:18 |
| 22Craig ConroyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:24 |
| 23Blair AtcheynumR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:19 |
| 27Terry YakeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:30 |
| 33Scott PellerinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:16 |
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:04 |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:40 |
| 19Chris McalpineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:59 |
| 44Chris ProngerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28:34 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Jamie McLennanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 30 | 1 | .967 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 19Steve YzermanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 26:25 |
| 20Martin LapointeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13:29 |
| 55Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 25:54 |
| 8Igor LarionovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:10 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:59 |
| 14Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 19:06 |
| 18Kirk MaltbyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:43 |
| 25Darren McCartyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:24 |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 03:38 |
| 33Kris DraperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:19 |
| 41Brent GilchristL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:43 |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22:04 |
| 96Tomas HolmstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:08 |
| 2Viacheslav FetisovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:33 |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 12:06 |
| 5Nicklas LidstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 30:12 |
| 15Dmitri MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:48 |
| 34Jamie MacounD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 13:28 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Chris OsgoodG | L | 23 | 3 | .870 |
| 31Kevin HodsonG | 0 | 0 | – |