🐙 Away Red Wings 2-3 in series
5–2
Final
DET leads 4–2
🌵 Home Coyotes 3-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Red Wings at Coyotes — First Round Game 6

Red Wings, First Round Game 6, beat Coyotes 5–2 on May 3, 1998.

🗓 Sun, May 3, 1998 · 14:00 CDT 🏒 1997-98 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

PHX vs DET · DET leads 4–2 Full series →
Game 1
3–6
Final · DET
Game 2
7–4
Final · PHX
Game 3
2–3
Final · PHX
Game 4
4–2
Final · DET
Game 5
1–3
Final · DET
Game 6
5–2
Final · DET

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Brendan Shanahan
2 G, 1 A
5 shots · 18:53 TOI
2nd star 🐙 DET
Sergei Fedorov
1 G, 2 A
5 shots · 21:15 TOI
3rd star 🐙 DET
Steve Yzerman
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · 18:00 TOI

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐙DET PHX🌵
37 Shots on goal 24
4/9 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
6 Hits 8
5 Blocked shots 17
9 Takeaways 11
3 Giveaways 10
14 Penalty minutes 22
DET shooting 13.5% (5/37) PHX shooting 8.3% (2/24)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐙Red Wings
Chris Osgood
22/24
.917 SV% · 2 GA · 59:53 TOI
🌵Coyotes
Jimmy Waite
32/37
.865 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 54-25-8 (62% win rate, 87 games)
Coyotes
Coyotes — tied after 1st: 43-36-8 (49% win rate, 87 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 54-25-8 (62% win rate, 87 games)
Coyotes
Coyotes — tied after 2nd: 43-36-8 (49% win rate, 87 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐙Red Wings
L1 Shanahan · Fedorov · Yzerman 18:53
L2 Maltby · Larionov · Draper 14:59
L3 Kozlov · Lapointe · McCarty 14:16
L4 Holmstrom · Gilchrist · Kocur 10:02
D1 Lidstrom · Murphy 26:19
D2 Rouse · Macoun 16:04
D3 Fetisov · Eriksson 13:16
🌵Coyotes
L1 Tkachuk · Roenick · Tocchet 20:38
L2 Shannon · Corkum · Ronning 16:48
L3 Stapleton · Gartner · Doan 11:13
L4 Janney · Janssens · Cummins 8:12
D1 Tverdovsky · Diduck 21:11
D2 MacIver · Carney 19:34
D3 Baron · Petit 16:24

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 30, 1998
🌵PHX @ 🐙DET
1–3 · Red Wings won
Apr 28, 1998
🐙DET @ 🌵PHX
4–2 · Red Wings won
Apr 26, 1998
🐙DET @ 🌵PHX
2–3 · Coyotes won
Apr 24, 1998
🌵PHX @ 🐙DET
7–4 · Coyotes won
Apr 22, 1998
🌵PHX @ 🐙DET
3–6 · Red Wings won

❓ DET vs PHX, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Coyotes on May 3, 1998?

Red Wings won 5–2.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Coyotes?

The final score was Red Wings 5, Coyotes 2.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 22 saves on 24 shots (.917 save percentage).

How did the Coyotes goalie play?

Jimmy Waite made 32 saves on 37 shots (.865 save percentage).

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 · Apr 30
🌵PHX @ 🐙DET
1–3 · DET won
Next game · May 8
🎵STL @ 🐙DET
4–2 · STL won
🌵Coyotes
Previous game · Apr 30
🌵PHX @ 🐙DET
1–3 · DET won
Next game · Oct 11
🏛️OTT @ 🌵PHX
4–1 · OTT won
Also on May 3, 1998
🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS
3–2 final
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
0–3 final
Red Wings season page Coyotes season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule