🎵 Away Blues 0-0 in series
4–2
Final
DET leads 4–2
🐙 Home Red Wings 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Blues at Red Wings — Second Round Game 1

Blues, Second Round Game 1, beat Red Wings 4–2 at Little Caesars Arena on May 8, 1998.

🗓 Fri, May 8, 1998 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1997-98 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 Second Round — Best of 7

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

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🎵 STL
Jim Campbell
2 G
5 shots · 14:48 TOI · +1
2nd star 🎵 STL
Pierre Turgeon
2 A
2 shots · 16:26 TOI · +1
3rd star 🎵 STL
Brett Hull
1 G
3 shots · 19:41 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🎵STL DET🐙
29 Shots on goal 29
1/8 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
38 Hits 40
12 Blocked shots 6
5 Takeaways 2
1 Giveaways 19
16 Penalty minutes 30
STL shooting 13.8% (4/29) DET shooting 6.9% (2/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🎵Blues
Grant Fuhr
27/29
.931 SV% · 2 GA · 59:58 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Chris Osgood
25/29
.862 SV% · 4 GA · 58:50 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Blues
Blues — tied after 1st: 52-27-7 (60% win rate, 86 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 55-25-8 (62% win rate, 88 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Blues
Blues — tied after 2nd: 52-27-7 (60% win rate, 86 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 55-25-8 (62% win rate, 88 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🎵Blues
L1 Courtnall · Hull · Demitra 17:19
L2 Pellerin · Turgeon · Campbell 14:53
L3 Conroy · Rheaume · Atcheynum 13:13
L4 Yake · Turcotte · Chase 10:05
D1 Pronger · Gill 27:52
D2 Duchesne · Bergevin 20:35
D3 Mcalpine · Poeschek 10:06
🐙Red Wings
L1 Fedorov · Yzerman · McCarty 20:47
L2 Shanahan · Kozlov · Maltby 13:55
L3 Holmstrom · Larionov · Lapointe 12:27
L4 Gilchrist · Draper · Kocur 11:38
D1 Lidstrom · Murphy 23:16
D2 Rouse · Macoun 16:36
D3 Fetisov · Eriksson 15:28

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 7, 1998
🎵STL @ 🐙DET
3–5 · Red Wings won
Mar 28, 1998
🐙DET @ 🎵STL
2–3 · Blues won
Feb 7, 1998
🐙DET @ 🎵STL
1–4 · Blues won
Dec 31, 1997
🎵STL @ 🐙DET
2–5 · Red Wings won
Nov 15, 1997
🐙DET @ 🎵STL
2–5 · Blues won

❓ STL vs DET, answered

Who won Blues vs Red Wings on May 8, 1998?

Blues won 4–2.

What was the final score of Blues vs Red Wings?

The final score was Blues 4, Red Wings 2.

How did the Blues goalie play?

Grant Fuhr made 27 saves on 29 shots (.931 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 25 saves on 29 shots (.862 save percentage).

Where is Blues vs Red Wings played?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🎵Blues
Previous game · Apr 29
🎵STL @ 👑LAK
2–1 · STL won
Next game · May 10
🎵STL @ 🐙DET
1–6 · DET won
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · May 3
🐙DET @ 🌵PHX
5–2 · DET won
Next game · May 10
🎵STL @ 🐙DET
1–6 · DET won
Also on May 8, 1998
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
2–3 final
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