4–5

Final

🍁 Home Maple Leafs 14-17-3 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
EDM	0	0	0	4
TOR	0	0	0	5

Oilers at Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs beat Oilers 5–4 at Scotiabank Arena on December 23, 1997.

🗓 Tue, Dec 23, 1997 · 18:30 CST 📍 Scotiabank Arena, Toronto 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🍁 TOR

Wendel Clark

1 G, 1 A

5 shots · 12:30 TOI · +2

2nd star 🍁 TOR

Mathieu Schneider

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 22:40 TOI · +3

3rd star 🍁 TOR

Mats Sundin

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 17:03 TOI

🚨 Scoring

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

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🛢️EDM TOR🍁

33 Shots on goal 29

9 Hits 8

8 Blocked shots 12

1 Takeaways 1

16 Giveaways 15

15 Penalty minutes 21

EDM shooting 12.1% (4/33) TOR shooting 17.2% (5/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🛢️Oilers

Curtis Joseph

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 58:54 TOI

🍁Maple Leafs

Felix Potvin

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Oilers

Oilers — tied after 1st: 16-16-5 (43% win rate, 37 games)

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs — tied after 1st: 14-17-3 (41% win rate, 34 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Oilers

Oilers — tied after 2nd: 16-16-5 (43% win rate, 37 games)

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs — tied after 2nd: 14-17-3 (41% win rate, 34 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🛢️Oilers

L1 Smyth · Weight · Arnott 18:14

L2 Lindgren · Marchant · Buchberger 16:00

L3 Murray · McAmmond · Grier 13:10

L4 Friedman · Devereaux · Kovalenko 10:08

D1 Mcgillis · Mironov 22:58

D2 Marchment · De Vries 19:01

D3 Bannister · Berehowsky 15:06

🍁Maple Leafs

L1 Berezin · McCauley · Sundin 17:03

L2 Sullivan · King · Johnson 15:32

L3 Clark · King · Korolev 12:30

L4 Modin · Hendrickson · Domi 9:07

D1 Yushkevich · Schneider 24:14

D2 Macoun · Smith 20:36

D3 Zettler · Tremblay 16:10

⚔️ Last meetings

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

3–7 · Maple Leafs won

Oct 8, 1996

🛢️EDM @ 🍁TOR

4–2 · Oilers won

❓ EDM vs TOR, answered

Who won Oilers vs Maple Leafs on December 23, 1997?

Maple Leafs won 5–4.

What was the final score of Oilers vs Maple Leafs?

The final score was Oilers 4, Maple Leafs 5.

How did the Oilers goalie play?

Curtis Joseph made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Felix Potvin made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Oilers vs Maple Leafs played?

At Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, the Maple Leafs home rink.

What is the Oilers vs Maple Leafs 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

🛢️Oilers

Previous game · Dec 22

🍁Maple Leafs

Previous game · Dec 20

Also on December 23, 1997

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