🗽 Away Rangers 32-33-13 before this game
2–5
Final
🐙 Home Red Wings 50-20-8 before this game
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Rangers at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Rangers 5–2 at Little Caesars Arena on April 11, 1998.

🗓 Sat, Apr 11, 1998 · 12:00 CDT 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Martin Lapointe
2 G, 1 A
3 shots · 15:36 TOI · +2
2nd star 🐙 DET
Sergei Fedorov
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 20:02 TOI · +3
3rd star 🐙 DET
Nicklas Lidstrom
2 A
2 shots · 22:48 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🗽NYR DET🐙
19 Shots on goal 28
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
18 Hits 28
6 Blocked shots 3
2 Takeaways 4
3 Giveaways 4
6 Penalty minutes 6
NYR shooting 10.5% (2/19) DET shooting 17.9% (5/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🗽Rangers
Mike Richter
23/28
.821 SV% · 5 GA · 56:10 TOI
Dan Cloutier
0/0
.000 SV% · 0 GA · 03:50 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Chris Osgood
17/19
.895 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 32-33-13 (41% win rate, 78 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 50-20-8 (64% win rate, 78 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 2nd: 32-33-13 (41% win rate, 78 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 50-20-8 (64% win rate, 78 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🗽Rangers
L1 Graves · Stevens · Gretzky 20:37
L2 Goneau · Kovalev · Sundstrom 18:55
L3 Berg · Errey · Savard 15:18
L4 Lindbom · Langdon · Stock 5:30
D1 Galanov · Samuelsson 21:42
D2 Driver · Smith 19:22
D3 Finley · Beukeboom 18:24
🐙Red Wings
L1 Shanahan · Fedorov · Draper 18:34
L2 Maltby · Kozlov · Brown 15:45
L3 Lapointe · Dandenault · Knuble 14:49
L4 Holmstrom · Yzerman · Kocur 11:10
D1 Lidstrom · Murphy 22:48
D2 Mironov · Macoun 19:34
D3 Ward · Eriksson 17:12

⚔️ Last meetings

Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Mar 21, 1998
🐙DET @ 🗽NYR
4–3 · Red Wings won
Mar 21, 1997
🐙DET @ 🗽NYR
1–3 · Rangers won
Mar 1, 1997
🗽NYR @ 🐙DET
0–3 · Red Wings won
Dec 8, 1995
🐙DET @ 🗽NYR
1–2 (OT) · Rangers won
Nov 25, 1995
🗽NYR @ 🐙DET
0–2 · Red Wings won

❓ NYR vs DET, answered

Who won Rangers vs Red Wings on April 11, 1998?

Red Wings won 5–2.

What was the final score of Rangers vs Red Wings?

The final score was Rangers 2, Red Wings 5.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Mike Richter made 23 saves on 28 shots (.821 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 17 saves on 19 shots (.895 save percentage).

Where is Rangers vs Red Wings played?

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

What is the Rangers vs Red Wings season series?

Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 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
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Apr 7
🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR
3–2 · MTL won
Next game · Apr 14
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
1–3 · WSH won
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · Apr 9
🌵PHX @ 🐙DET
1–5 · DET won
Next game · Apr 14
🐙DET @ 🌵PHX
1–2 · PHX won
Also on April 11, 1998
🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT
3–3 final
🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI
3–4 final
⭐DAL @ ⚡TBL
5–1 final
🌵PHX @ 🎵STL
4–3 final
🏔️COL @ 👑LAK
3–4 final
😈NJD @ 🐻BOS
3–2 final
⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT
4–4 final
🏝️NYI @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–3 final
Rangers season page Red Wings season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule