🐙 Away Red Wings 27-9-3 before this game

8–1

Final

🍁 Home Maple Leafs 15-18-3 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
DET	0	0	0	8
TOR	0	0	0	1

Red Wings at Maple Leafs

Red Wings beat Maple Leafs 8–1 at Scotiabank Arena on December 27, 1997.

🗓 Sat, Dec 27, 1997 · 18:30 CST 📍 Scotiabank Arena, Toronto 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐙 DET

Kirk Maltby

3 G

4 shots · 16:45 TOI · +3

2nd star 🐙 DET

Larry Murphy

3 A

20:26 TOI · +3

3rd star 🐙 DET

Brendan Shanahan

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 15:21 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

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

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐙DET TOR🍁

32 Shots on goal 30

1/7 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4

4 Hits 13

6 Blocked shots 8

5 Takeaways 2

3 Giveaways 4

22 Penalty minutes 25

DET shooting 25.0% (8/32) TOR shooting 3.3% (1/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐙Red Wings

Chris Osgood

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 59:57 TOI

🍁Maple Leafs

Felix Potvin

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 24:12 TOI

Glenn Healy

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 35:46 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 1st: 27-9-3 (69% win rate, 39 games)

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs — tied after 1st: 15-18-3 (42% win rate, 36 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 27-9-3 (69% win rate, 39 games)

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs — tied after 2nd: 15-18-3 (42% win rate, 36 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐙Red Wings

L1 Gilchrist · Yzerman · McCarty 18:53

L2 Maltby · Shanahan · Kozlov 15:21

L3 Brown · Lapointe · Kocur 12:27

L4 Holmstrom · Knuble · Dandenault 9:28

D1 Lidstrom · Eriksson 23:48

D2 Murphy · Rouse 20:01

D3 Pushor · Golubovsky 14:36

🍁Maple Leafs

L1 Clark · Sundin · Korolev 16:40

L2 King · McCauley · Johnson 15:01

L3 Sullivan · King · Hendrickson 13:40

L4 Modin · Domi · Prochazka 10:43

D1 Macoun · Schneider 21:12

D2 Smith · Yushkevich 19:35

D3 Gustafsson · Zettler 15:37

⚔️ Last meetings

Red Wings lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →

4–3 · Maple Leafs won

2–2 (OT) · Maple Leafs won

❓ DET vs TOR, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Maple Leafs on December 27, 1997?

Red Wings won 8–1.

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

The final score was Red Wings 8, Maple Leafs 1.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

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

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Felix Potvin made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Red Wings vs Maple Leafs played?

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

What is the Red Wings vs Maple Leafs season series?

Red Wings lead the season series 3–1 after 4 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 26

🍁Maple Leafs

Previous game · Dec 26

Also on December 27, 1997

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