🎵 Away Blues 2-2 in series
2–5
Final
DET leads 4–2
🐙 Home Red Wings 2-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
STL 1102
DET 1315

Blues at Red Wings — First Round Game 5

Red Wings, First Round Game 5, beat Blues 5–2 at Little Caesars Arena on April 25, 1997.

🗓 Fri, Apr 25, 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 🐙 DET
Brendan Shanahan
1 G, 2 A
6 shots · +2
2nd star 🐙 DET
Steve Yzerman
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · +2
3rd star 🐙 DET
Larry Murphy
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🐙 Steve Yzerman Go-ahead 1st · 03:22
Assists: Brendan Shanahan
0–1
🎵 Al MacInnis PP Tying 1st · 11:02
Assists: Brett Hull, Joe Murphy
1–1
2nd period
🐙 Vyacheslav Kozlov PP Go-ahead 2nd · 05:02
Assists: Igor Larionov, Sergei Fedorov
1–2
🐙 Darren McCarty 2nd · 07:58
Assists: Kris Draper, Larry Murphy
1–3
🎵 Jim Campbell PP 2nd · 12:14
Assists: Geoff Courtnall, Al MacInnis
2–3
🐙 Brendan Shanahan 2nd · 13:15
Assists: Martin Lapointe, Nicklas Lidstrom
2–4
3rd period
🐙 Larry Murphy PP 3rd · 06:32
Assists: Steve Yzerman, Brendan Shanahan
2–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🎵STL DET🐙
21 Shots on goal 33
2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/6
18 Penalty minutes 16
STL shooting 9.5% (2/21) DET shooting 15.2% (5/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🎵Blues
Grant Fuhr
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Mike Vernon
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Blues
Blues — tied after 1st: 45-36-5 (52% win rate, 86 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 49-26-11 (57% win rate, 86 games)
After 2nd — 2–4
Blues
Blues: no games found in this situation this year.
Red Wings
Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 22, 1997
🐙DET @ 🎵STL
0–4 · Blues won
Apr 20, 1997
🐙DET @ 🎵STL
3–2 · Red Wings won
Apr 18, 1997
🎵STL @ 🐙DET
1–2 · Red Wings won
Apr 16, 1997
🎵STL @ 🐙DET
2–0 · Blues won
Apr 13, 1997
🎵STL @ 🐙DET
3–1 · Blues won

❓ STL vs DET, answered

Who won Blues vs Red Wings on April 25, 1997?

Red Wings won 5–2.

What was the final score of Blues vs Red Wings?

The final score was Blues 2, Red Wings 5.

Who scored for Blues?

Al MacInnis, Jim Campbell.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Brendan Shanahan, Darren McCarty, Larry Murphy, Steve Yzerman, Vyacheslav Kozlov.

How did the Blues goalie play?

Grant Fuhr made 0 saves on 5 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 22
🐙DET @ 🎵STL
0–4 · STL won
Next game · Apr 27
🐙DET @ 🎵STL
3–1 · DET won
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · Apr 22
🐙DET @ 🎵STL
0–4 · STL won
Next game · Apr 27
🐙DET @ 🎵STL
3–1 · DET won
Also on April 25, 1997
🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF
4–1 final
🗽NYR @ 🐆FLA
3–2 final
🛢️EDM @ ⭐DAL
1–0 final
Blues season page Red Wings season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule