8–2

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
DET	0	0	0	8
EDM	0	0	0	2

Red Wings at Oilers

Red Wings beat Oilers 8–2 at Rogers Place on October 3, 1997.

🗓 Fri, Oct 3, 1997 · 20:00 CDT 📍 Rogers Place, Edmonton 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐙 DET

Brendan Shanahan

1 G, 2 A

5 shots · 13:37 TOI · +2

2nd star 🐙 DET

Larry Murphy

1 G, 2 A

4 shots · 23:09 TOI · +3

3rd star 🐙 DET

Nicklas Lidstrom

1 G, 2 A

3 shots · 23:01 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐙DET EDM🛢️

34 Shots on goal 30

3/9 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7

18 Hits 29

5 Blocked shots 5

8 Takeaways 9

2 Giveaways 7

18 Penalty minutes 24

DET shooting 23.5% (8/34) EDM shooting 6.7% (2/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐙Red Wings

Chris Osgood

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🛢️Oilers

Bob Essensa

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 32:37 TOI

Curtis Joseph

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 27:23 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Oilers

Oilers — tied after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

After 2nd — 0–0

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Oilers

Oilers — tied after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐙Red Wings

L1 Gilchrist · Yzerman · Draper 17:27

L2 Kozlov · Shanahan · McCarty 15:21

L3 Larionov · Lapointe · Brown 13:11

L4 Holmstrom · Knuble · Dandenault 8:51

D1 Murphy · Lidstrom 23:05

D2 Fetisov · Ward 18:57

D3 Rouse · Pushor 16:44

🛢️Oilers

L1 Smyth · Weight · Marchant 17:42

L2 Lindgren · Arnott · Kovalenko 15:20

L3 McAmmond · Buchberger · Grier 13:11

L4 Whitney · Huard · Kelly 8:06

D1 Marchment · Mironov 22:49

D2 Berehowsky · Bannister 19:50

D3 De Vries · Brown 15:06

⚔️ Last meetings

Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

Apr 9, 1997

🐙DET @ 🛢️EDM

3–3 (OT) · Red Wings won

0–0 (OT) · Oilers won

❓ DET vs EDM, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Oilers on October 3, 1997?

Red Wings won 8–2.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Oilers?

The final score was Red Wings 8, Oilers 2.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Oilers goalie play?

Bob Essensa made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Red Wings vs Oilers played?

At Rogers Place in Edmonton, the Oilers home rink.

What is the Red Wings vs Oilers season series?

Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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 · Oct 1

🛢️Oilers

Previous game · Oct 1

Also on October 3, 1997

Red Wings season page Oilers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule