🐙 Away Red Wings 25-9-3 before this game

3–1

Final

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

Red Wings at Sabres

Red Wings beat Sabres 3–1 at KeyBank Center on December 23, 1997.

🗓 Tue, Dec 23, 1997 · 18:00 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 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

Darren McCarty

1 G

3 shots · 19:07 TOI · +1

2nd star 🐙 DET

Anders Eriksson

1 G

3 shots · 24:00 TOI · +1

3rd star 🐙 DET

Kirk Maltby

1 G

2 shots · 15:28 TOI

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐙DET BUF⚔️

30 Shots on goal 27

8 Hits 16

7 Blocked shots 2

15 Takeaways 14

28 Giveaways 51

10 Penalty minutes 4

DET shooting 10.0% (3/30) BUF shooting 3.7% (1/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐙Red Wings

Chris Osgood

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Dominik Hasek

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:27 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 1st: 25-9-3 (68% win rate, 37 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 16-16-2 (47% win rate, 34 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 25-9-3 (68% win rate, 37 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 2nd: 16-16-2 (47% win rate, 34 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐙Red Wings

L1 Shanahan · Yzerman · McCarty 19:07

L2 Gilchrist · Maltby · Larionov 15:44

L3 Kozlov · Brown · Lapointe 13:55

L4 Holmstrom · Kocur · Knuble 8:02

D1 Lidstrom · Murphy 25:29

D2 Eriksson · Rouse 22:18

D3 Pushor · Golubovsky 11:10

⚔️Sabres

L1 Plante · Peca · Audette 20:06

L2 Holzinger · Satan · Dawe 15:38

L3 Ward · Burridge · Varada 13:54

L4 May · Primeau · Barnaby 10:26

D1 Zhitnik · Smehlik 22:46

D2 Shannon · Woolley 20:25

D3 Wilson · Boughner 14:28

⚔️ Last meetings

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

Mar 28, 1997

⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET

1–2 (OT) · Red Wings won

❓ DET vs BUF, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Sabres on December 23, 1997?

Red Wings won 3–1.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Sabres?

The final score was Red Wings 3, Sabres 1.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Red Wings vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Red Wings vs Sabres 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 22

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Dec 21

Also on December 23, 1997

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