🐙 Away Red Wings 24-9-3 before this game

4–2

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
DET	0	0	0	4
BOS	0	0	0	2

Red Wings at Bruins

Red Wings beat Bruins 4–2 at TD Garden on December 22, 1997.

🗓 Mon, Dec 22, 1997 · 18:30 CST 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 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

Anders Eriksson

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 23:14 TOI · +1

2nd star 🐙 DET

Nicklas Lidstrom

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 25:22 TOI · +1

3rd star 🐻 BOS

Jason Allison

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 23:12 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐙DET BOS🐻

25 Shots on goal 35

1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5

22 Hits 28

10 Blocked shots 7

3 Takeaways 5

5 Giveaways 4

12 Penalty minutes 6

DET shooting 16.0% (4/25) BOS shooting 5.7% (2/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐙Red Wings

Chris Osgood

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐻Bruins

Byron Dafoe

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:49 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 1st: 24-9-3 (67% win rate, 36 games)

Bruins

Bruins — tied after 1st: 19-14-3 (53% win rate, 36 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 24-9-3 (67% win rate, 36 games)

Bruins

Bruins — tied after 2nd: 19-14-3 (53% win rate, 36 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐙Red Wings

L1 Shanahan · Yzerman · Larionov 16:56

L2 Gilchrist · Kozlov · McCarty 15:57

L3 Maltby · Brown · Kocur 13:03

L4 Holmstrom · Dandenault · Lapointe 10:44

D1 Lidstrom · Rouse 25:02

D2 Eriksson · Murphy 22:44

D3 Pushor · Golubovsky 11:54

🐻Bruins

L1 Allison · Khristich · Heinze 22:55

L2 Axelsson · Taylor · DiMaio 14:21

L3 Samsonov · Sullivan · Carter 12:51

L4 Baumgartner · Mann · Wilson 7:58

D1 Bourque · McLaren 27:14

D2 Ellett · Sweeney 21:50

D3 Van Impe · Gill 10:35

⚔️ Last meetings

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

6–5 (OT) · Red Wings won

❓ DET vs BOS, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Bruins on December 22, 1997?

Red Wings won 4–2.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Bruins?

The final score was Red Wings 4, Bruins 2.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

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

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Red Wings vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Red Wings vs Bruins 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 · Dec 19

🐻Bruins

Previous game · Dec 20

Also on December 22, 1997

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