🎵 Away Blues 0-0 in series
2–0
Final
DET leads 4–2
🐙 Home Red Wings 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
STL 0002
DET 0000

Blues at Red Wings — First Round Game 1

Blues, First Round Game 1, beat Red Wings 2–0 at Little Caesars Arena on April 16, 1997.

🗓 Wed, Apr 16, 1997 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1996-97 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

STL vs DET · DET leads 4–2 Full series →
Game 1
2–0
Final · STL
Game 2
1–2
Final · DET
Game 3
3–2
Final · DET
Game 4
0–4
Final · STL
Game 5
2–5
Final · DET
Game 6
3–1
Final · DET

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🎵 STL
Brett Hull
2 A
6 shots · +1
2nd star 🎵 STL
Pierre Turgeon
1 G
2 shots
3rd star 🎵 STL
Geoff Courtnall
1 G
1 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🎵STL DET🐙
27 Shots on goal 30
1/10 Power play (goals / chances) 0/7
26 Penalty minutes 20
STL shooting 7.4% (2/27) DET shooting 0.0% (0/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🎵Blues
Grant Fuhr
0/0
.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Mike Vernon
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 58:56 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Blues
Blues — tied after 1st: 43-34-5 (52% win rate, 82 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 47-24-11 (57% win rate, 82 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Blues
Blues — tied after 2nd: 43-34-5 (52% win rate, 82 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 47-24-11 (57% win rate, 82 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 13, 1997
🎵STL @ 🐙DET
3–1 · Blues won
Apr 1, 1997
🎵STL @ 🐙DET
1–1 (OT) · Blues won
Feb 22, 1997
🐙DET @ 🎵STL
2–2 (OT) · Red Wings won
Feb 4, 1997
🎵STL @ 🐙DET
1–1 (OT) · Blues won
Feb 1, 1997
🐙DET @ 🎵STL
4–1 · Red Wings won

❓ STL vs DET, answered

Who won Blues vs Red Wings on April 16, 1997?

Blues won 2–0.

What was the final score of Blues vs Red Wings?

The final score was Blues 2, Red Wings 0.

How did the Blues goalie play?

Grant Fuhr made 0 saves on 0 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Mike Vernon made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Blues vs Red Wings played?

At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Red Wings home rink.

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🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🎵Blues
Previous game · Apr 13
🎵STL @ 🐙DET
3–1 · STL won
Next game · Apr 18
🎵STL @ 🐙DET
1–2 · DET won
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · Apr 13
🎵STL @ 🐙DET
3–1 · STL won
Next game · Apr 18
🎵STL @ 🐙DET
1–2 · DET won
Also on April 16, 1997
🛢️EDM @ ⭐DAL
3–5 final
🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL
0–6 final
🌵PHX @ 🦆ANA
2–4 final
Blues season page Red Wings season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule