🍁 Away Maple Leafs 15-17-3 before this game

1–4

Final

🐙 Home Red Wings 26-9-3 before this game

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

Maple Leafs at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Maple Leafs 4–1 at Little Caesars Arena on December 26, 1997.

🗓 Fri, Dec 26, 1997 · 18:30 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐙 DET

Brent Gilchrist

2 A

2 shots · 16:10 TOI · +2

2nd star 🐙 DET

Brendan Shanahan

2 A

1 shots · 16:36 TOI · +1

3rd star 🐙 DET

Steve Yzerman

1 G

3 shots · 19:13 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🍁TOR DET🐙

21 Shots on goal 34

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

25 Hits 33

12 Blocked shots 4

4 Takeaways 0

3 Giveaways 6

23 Penalty minutes 23

TOR shooting 4.8% (1/21) DET shooting 11.8% (4/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🍁Maple Leafs

Felix Potvin

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐙Red Wings

Chris Osgood

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs — tied after 1st: 15-17-3 (43% win rate, 35 games)

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 1st: 26-9-3 (68% win rate, 38 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs — tied after 2nd: 15-17-3 (43% win rate, 35 games)

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 26-9-3 (68% win rate, 38 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🍁Maple Leafs

L1 Sullivan · Sundin · McCauley 17:07

L2 Berezin · Clark · King 15:19

L3 Korolev · Hendrickson · Johnson 14:16

L4 Modin · King · Domi 11:13

D1 Schneider · Yushkevich 23:04

D2 Smith · Macoun 18:03

D3 Tremblay · Zettler 16:38

🐙Red Wings

L1 Kozlov · Yzerman · Lapointe 19:07

L2 Shanahan · Gilchrist · Brown 16:32

L3 Maltby · Holmstrom · McCarty 14:14

L4 Larionov · Dandenault · Kocur 8:54

D1 Murphy · Eriksson 24:02

D2 Lidstrom · Rouse 19:47

D3 Pushor · Golubovsky 13:06

⚔️ Last meetings

Red Wings lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

Oct 15, 1997

🍁TOR @ 🐙DET

4–3 · Maple Leafs won

2–2 (OT) · Maple Leafs won

Mar 5, 1997

🐙DET @ 🍁TOR

4–4 (OT) · Red Wings won

❓ TOR vs DET, answered

Who won Maple Leafs vs Red Wings on December 26, 1997?

Red Wings won 4–1.

What was the final score of Maple Leafs vs Red Wings?

The final score was Maple Leafs 1, Red Wings 4.

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

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

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

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

Where is Maple Leafs vs Red Wings played?

At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Red Wings home rink.

What is the Maple Leafs vs Red Wings season series?

Red Wings lead the season series 2–1 after 3 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

🍁Maple Leafs

Previous game · Dec 23

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Dec 23

Also on December 26, 1997

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