Edmonton Oilers vs Detroit Red Wings

Regular season · Monday, December 18, 2000 · Joe Louis Arena

3–4

28–39

Game summary

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Edmonton Oilers 4–3 in overtime on Monday, December 18, 2000 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Oilers 39–28.

Goals came from Nicklas Lidstrom, Janne Niinimaa, Shawn Horcoff, Pat Verbeek, Georges Laraque, Tomas Holmstrom and Larry Murphy.

Manny Legace made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Tommy Salo stopped 35 of 39.

Goals
EDM	1	1	1	0	3	28
DET	1	0	2	1	4	39

Scoring

1st period

Nicklas Lidstrom (8)Steve Yzerman (6)0–105:23 DET
Janne Niinimaa (5)Rem Murray (10), Igor Ulanov (8)1–114:19 EDM ·

2nd period

Shawn Horcoff (3)Ethan Moreau (2), Janne Niinimaa (14)2–108:22 EDM

3rd period

Pat Verbeek (6)Steve Yzerman (7), Sergei Fedorov (23)2–201:54 DET ·
Georges Laraque (5)Doug Weight (31)3–215:22 EDM
Tomas Holmstrom (6)Steve Yzerman (8), Brendan Shanahan (23)3–319:26 DET

Overtime

Larry Murphy (2)Nicklas Lidstrom (21)3–403:05 DET

Team stats

EDMDET

2839

48%52%

1/51/7

1814

3432

1410

713

Penalties

8:10 into the first periodJanne Niinimaa · interference2 min
12:25 into the first periodTodd Gill · tripping2 min
16:21 into the first periodDomenic Pittis · slashing2 min
19:27 into the first periodDarren McCarty · slashing2 min
14:45 into the second periodPat Verbeek · boarding2 min
16:36 into the second periodJanne Niinimaa · tripping obstruction2 min
1:41 into the third periodRyan Smyth · hooking2 min
5:20 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
6:15 into the third periodAnson Carter · hooking2 min
9:08 into the third periodDoug Weight · tripping2 min
11:29 into the third periodTomas Holmstrom · roughing2 min
17:06 into the third periodRyan Smyth · tripping2 min
18:41 into the third periodPat Verbeek · roughing2 min
18:41 into the third periodEric Brewer · roughing2 min
0:50 into overtimeTodd Gill · roughing2 min
0:50 into overtimeRem Murray · roughing2 min

Season series

Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers skaters

44Janne NiinimaaD	1	1	2	+2	2	0	2	4	–	24:09
17Rem MurrayL	0	1	1	−1	0	3	2	2	–	19:55
18Ethan MoreauL	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	0	–	13:56
27Georges LaraqueR	1	0	1	+1	2	3	0	0	–	11:57
36Shawn HorcoffC	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	38	08:56
39Doug WeightC	0	1	1	−1	3	3	0	2	35	25:02
55Igor UlanovD	0	1	1	−3	1	2	2	0	–	26:46
7Daniel ClearyR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	11:57
14Domenic PittisC	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	–	09:44
22Anson CarterR	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	2	–	19:17
26Todd MarchantC	0	0	0	−3	3	2	0	0	58	23:13
33Dan LacoutureL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	04:57
34Sergei ZholtokC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	75	08:16
94Ryan SmythL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	–	21:35
2Eric BrewerD	0	0	0	+2	0	4	1	2	–	16:43
5Tom PotiD	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	21:29
21Jason SmithD	0	0	0	−3	3	4	1	0	–	24:08
23Sean BrownD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	07:38

Edmonton Oilers goalies
Goalie
31Joaquin GageG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Tommy SaloG	L	39	35	4	.897	63:05

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters

19Steve YzermanC	0	3	3	+1	2	1	0	0	57	26:20
5Nicklas LidstromD	1	1	2	+2	5	2	0	0	–	31:08
14Brendan ShanahanL	0	1	1	+1	6	1	0	0	38	19:41
15Pat VerbeekR	1	0	1	+1	5	3	1	4	–	14:05
91Sergei FedorovC	0	1	1	0	4	0	2	0	62	23:45
96Tomas HolmstromL	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	–	12:18
55Larry MurphyD	1	0	1	+2	3	0	0	0	–	17:44
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	–	16:59
17Doug BrownR	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	–	08:47
18Kirk MaltbyL	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	14:47
20Martin LapointeR	0	0	0	+1	2	4	0	0	–	16:46
25Darren McCartyR	0	0	0	−2	2	3	0	2	–	14:39
33Kris DraperC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	33	08:29
41Brent GilchristL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	09:47
23Todd GillD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	4	–	17:39
27Aaron WardD	0	0	0	−1	2	8	4	0	–	24:26
28Steve DuchesneD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	18:12
32Maxim KuznetsovD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	0	–	07:29

Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie
30Chris OsgoodG		0	0	0	–	00:00
34Manny LegaceG	W	28	25	3	.893	62:16