🐙 Away Red Wings 20-6-3 before this game

1–3

Final

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

Red Wings at Oilers

Oilers beat Red Wings 3–1 at Rogers Place on December 5, 1997.

🗓 Fri, Dec 5, 1997 · 20:00 CST 📍 Rogers Place, Edmonton 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🛢️ EDM

Todd Marchant

2 A

1 shots · 16:25 TOI · +2

2nd star 🛢️ EDM

Mats Lindgren

1 G

3 shots · 18:39 TOI · +2

3rd star 🛢️ EDM

Kelly Buchberger

1 G

3 shots · 17:17 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐙DET EDM🛢️

28 Shots on goal 23

44 Hits 46

11 Blocked shots 9

7 Takeaways 29

5 Giveaways 13

10 Penalty minutes 8

DET shooting 3.6% (1/28) EDM shooting 13.0% (3/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐙Red Wings

Chris Osgood

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 59:28 TOI

🛢️Oilers

Bob Essensa

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 1st: 20-6-3 (69% win rate, 29 games)

Oilers

Oilers — tied after 1st: 11-15-3 (38% win rate, 29 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 20-6-3 (69% win rate, 29 games)

Oilers

Oilers — tied after 2nd: 11-15-3 (38% win rate, 29 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐙Red Wings

L1 Shanahan · Yzerman · McCarty 20:11

L2 Kozlov · Larionov · Lapointe 15:28

L3 Gilchrist · Draper · Dandenault 14:02

L4 Maltby · Holmstrom · Brown 12:15

L5 Kocur 6:14

D1 Lidstrom · Murphy 25:03

D2 Eriksson · Pushor 18:08

D3 Rouse 14:54

🛢️Oilers

L1 Weight · Arnott · Lindgren 19:32

L2 Smyth · McAmmond · Buchberger 17:31

L3 Murray · Marchant · Kovalenko 16:25

L4 Friedman · Hulbig · Devereaux 4:20

D1 Mironov · Mcgillis 26:35

D2 Bannister · De Vries 20:46

D3 Muir · Brown 12:02

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →

3–3 (OT) · Red Wings won

0–0 (OT) · Oilers won

Oct 9, 1996

🛢️EDM @ 🐙DET

0–2 · Red Wings won

❓ DET vs EDM, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Oilers on December 5, 1997?

Oilers won 3–1.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Oilers?

The final score was Red Wings 1, Oilers 3.

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 1 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?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 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 · Dec 3

🛢️Oilers

Previous game · Dec 3

Also on December 5, 1997

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