🐙 Away Red Wings 22-8-3 before this game

1–5

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
DET	0	0	0	1
SJS	0	0	0	5

Red Wings at Sharks

Sharks beat Red Wings 5–1 at SAP Center at San Jose on December 16, 1997.

🗓 Tue, Dec 16, 1997 · 21:30 CST 📍 SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦈 SJS

Murray Craven

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 18:54 TOI · +2

2nd star 🦈 SJS

Marcus Ragnarsson

2 A

18:50 TOI · +1

3rd star 🦈 SJS

Al Iafrate

1 G

3 shots · 21:50 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐙DET SJS🦈

25 Shots on goal 19

0/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5

9 Hits 12

2 Blocked shots 7

2 Takeaways 10

6 Giveaways 5

12 Penalty minutes 14

DET shooting 4.0% (1/25) SJS shooting 26.3% (5/19)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐙Red Wings

Kevin Hodson

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 59:29 TOI

🦈Sharks

Mike Vernon

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 1st: 22-8-3 (67% win rate, 33 games)

Sharks

Sharks — tied after 1st: 13-17-4 (38% win rate, 34 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 22-8-3 (67% win rate, 33 games)

Sharks

Sharks — tied after 2nd: 13-17-4 (38% win rate, 34 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐙Red Wings

L1 Shanahan · Yzerman · McCarty 16:24

L2 Draper · Larionov · Lapointe 15:55

L3 Gilchrist · Maltby · Kozlov 13:23

L4 Dandenault · Brown · Knuble 11:09

L5 Holmstrom 8:46

D1 Lidstrom · Murphy 23:04

D2 Fetisov · Eriksson 18:32

D3 Rouse 16:45

🦈Sharks

L1 Craven · MacLean · Nolan 18:54

L2 Friesen · Sturm · Ricci 17:55

L3 Nicholls · Marleau · Granato 10:28

L4 Lowry · Nazarov · Korolyuk 8:34

D1 Rathje · Iafrate 21:58

D2 Houlder · Ragnarsson 19:56

D3 Zyuzin · Gill 16:37

⚔️ Last meetings

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

❓ DET vs SJS, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Sharks on December 16, 1997?

Sharks won 5–1.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Sharks?

The final score was Red Wings 1, Sharks 5.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Kevin Hodson made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Sharks goalie play?

Mike Vernon made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Red Wings vs Sharks played?

At SAP Center at San Jose in San Jose, the Sharks home rink.

What is the Red Wings vs Sharks 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 14

🦈Sharks

Previous game · Dec 14

Also on December 16, 1997

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