🐙 Away Red Wings 38-18-8 before this game
5–3
Final
🐋 Home Canucks 29-32-4 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
DET 1315
VAN 0123

Red Wings at Canucks

Red Wings beat Canucks 5–3 at Rogers Arena on March 8, 1997.

🗓 Sat, Mar 8, 1997 · 21:30 CST 📍 Rogers Arena, Vancouver 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Canucks lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Brendan Shanahan
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · +1
2nd star 🐙 DET
Sergei Fedorov
2 A
3 shots · +2
3rd star 🐙 DET
Viacheslav Fetisov
2 A
+2

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🐙 Martin Lapointe Go-ahead 1st · 17:32
Assists: Sergei Fedorov, Aaron Ward
1–0
2nd period
🐙 Brendan Shanahan 2nd · 00:56
Assists: Darren McCarty, Viacheslav Fetisov
2–0
🐙 Tomas Holmstrom 2nd · 01:41
Assists: Sergei Fedorov, Viacheslav Fetisov
3–0
🐙 Igor Larionov SH 2nd · 11:50
Assists: Brendan Shanahan, Vladimir Konstantinov
4–0
🐋 Scott Walker 2nd · 16:52
Assists: Martin Gelinas, Russ Courtnall
4–1
3rd period
🐙 Nicklas Lidstrom PP 3rd · 00:56
Assists: Steve Yzerman
5–1
🐋 Esa Tikkanen SH 3rd · 06:17
Assists: Alexander Mogilny, Bret Hedican
5–2
🐋 Markus Naslund PP 3rd · 11:48
Assists: Martin Gelinas, Russ Courtnall
5–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐙DET VAN🐋
29 Shots on goal 20
1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
33 Penalty minutes 48
DET shooting 17.2% (5/29) VAN shooting 15.0% (3/20)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐙Red Wings
Mike Vernon
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐋Canucks
Corey Hirsch
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 59:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Red Wings
Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.
Canucks
Canucks: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 4–1
Red Wings
Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.
Canucks
Canucks: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Canucks lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →
Feb 6, 1997
🐋VAN @ 🐙DET
7–4 · Canucks won
Dec 20, 1996
🐙DET @ 🐋VAN
2–3 · Canucks won
Dec 3, 1996
🐋VAN @ 🐙DET
2–2 (OT) · Canucks won
Mar 2, 1996
🐋VAN @ 🐙DET
3–2 · Canucks won
Feb 19, 1996
🐋VAN @ 🐙DET
3–4 · Red Wings won

❓ DET vs VAN, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Canucks on March 8, 1997?

Red Wings won 5–3.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Canucks?

The final score was Red Wings 5, Canucks 3.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Brendan Shanahan, Igor Larionov, Martin Lapointe, Nicklas Lidstrom, Tomas Holmstrom.

Who scored for Canucks?

Esa Tikkanen, Markus Naslund, Scott Walker.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Mike Vernon made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canucks goalie play?

Corey Hirsch made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Red Wings vs Canucks played?

At Rogers Arena in Vancouver, the Canucks home rink.

What is the Red Wings vs Canucks season series?

Canucks lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · Mar 5
🐙DET @ 🍁TOR
4–4 · DET won
Next game · Mar 10
🐙DET @ 👑LAK
3–3 · DET won
🐋Canucks
Previous game · Mar 5
🪶CHI @ 🐋VAN
1–1 · CHI won
Next game · Mar 10
🐋VAN @ 🪶CHI
2–2 · VAN won
Also on March 8, 1997
🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT
2–3 final
🐻BOS @ ⚡TBL
6–4 final
😈NJD @ 🏝️NYI
1–5 final
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–3 final
🐳HFD @ 🍁TOR
1–1 final
🌵PHX @ 🪶CHI
2–0 final
🏛️OTT @ 👑LAK
1–3 final
Red Wings season page Canucks season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule