🎵 Away Blues 1-3 in series
3–1
Final
DET leads 4–2
🐙 Home Red Wings 3-1 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Blues at Red Wings — Second Round Game 5

Blues, Second Round Game 5, beat Red Wings 3–1 at Little Caesars Arena on May 17, 1998.

🗓 Sun, May 17, 1998 · 13:00 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
Geoff Courtnall
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 12:16 TOI · +1
2nd star 🎵 STL
Mike Eastwood
1 G
3 shots · 09:35 TOI · +1
3rd star 🎵 STL
Todd Gill
1 G
2 shots · 17:16 TOI

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🎵STL DET🐙
23 Shots on goal 30
1/7 Power play (goals / chances) 0/9
29 Hits 25
11 Blocked shots 6
2 Takeaways 5
1 Giveaways 12
24 Penalty minutes 20
STL shooting 13.0% (3/23) DET shooting 3.3% (1/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🎵Blues
Grant Fuhr
29/30
.967 SV% · 1 GA · 59:49 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Chris Osgood
20/23
.870 SV% · 3 GA · 58:13 TOI
Kevin Hodson
0/0
.000 SV% · 0 GA · 00:16 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Blues
Blues — tied after 1st: 53-29-8 (59% win rate, 90 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 58-26-8 (63% win rate, 92 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Blues
Blues — tied after 2nd: 53-29-8 (59% win rate, 90 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 58-26-8 (63% win rate, 92 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🎵Blues
L1 Pellerin · Conroy · Hull 16:18
L2 Turgeon · Yake · Demitra 13:40
L3 Courtnall · Atcheynum · Campbell 12:16
L4 Turcotte · Eastwood · Rheaume 9:35
D1 Pronger · MacInnis 27:18
D2 Bergevin · Duchesne 17:50
D3 Gill · Mcalpine 15:08
🐙Red Wings
L1 Shanahan · Yzerman · Fedorov 22:04
L2 Holmstrom · Larionov · McCarty 15:24
L3 Kozlov · Draper · Lapointe 13:29
L4 Maltby · Gilchrist · Kocur 9:43
D1 Lidstrom · Murphy 28:03
D2 Mironov · Fetisov 15:40
D3 Macoun · Rouse 12:47

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
May 14, 1998
🐙DET @ 🎵STL
5–2 · Red Wings won
May 12, 1998
🐙DET @ 🎵STL
3–2 (OT) · Red Wings won
May 10, 1998
🎵STL @ 🐙DET
1–6 · Red Wings won
May 8, 1998
🎵STL @ 🐙DET
4–2 · Blues won
Apr 7, 1998
🎵STL @ 🐙DET
3–5 · Red Wings won

❓ STL vs DET, answered

Who won Blues vs Red Wings on May 17, 1998?

Blues won 3–1.

What was the final score of Blues vs Red Wings?

The final score was Blues 3, Red Wings 1.

How did the Blues goalie play?

Grant Fuhr made 29 saves on 30 shots (.967 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 20 saves on 23 shots (.870 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 · May 14
🐙DET @ 🎵STL
5–2 · DET won
Next game · May 19
🐙DET @ 🎵STL
6–1 · DET won
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · May 14
🐙DET @ 🎵STL
5–2 · DET won
Next game · May 19
🐙DET @ 🎵STL
6–1 · DET won
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