Detroit Red Wings vs Edmonton Oilers 8-2, Oct 3, 1997: Box Score | AskScores

Detroit Red Wings

8

Edmonton Oilers

2

Final · Rexall Place

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
DET	2	4	2	8
EDM	0	0	2	2

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Edmonton Oilers 8-2 on Oct 3, 1997 at Rexall Place.

Top performers

Larry Murphy
Larry Murphy had 1 goal and 2 assists for the Red Wings.
Chris Osgood
Chris Osgood made 28 saves on 30 shots for the Red Wings.
Doug Weight
Doug Weight had 1 goal for the Oilers.
Curtis Joseph
Curtis Joseph made 13 saves on 18 shots for the Oilers.

Before and after

Red Wings · 1997-98 season · Previous Oct 1, 1997: DET 3, CGY 1 · Next Oct 8, 1997: DAL 1, DET 3
Oilers · 1997-98 season · Previous Oct 1, 1997: EDM 5, SJ 3 · Next Oct 5, 1997: COL 3, EDM 0

Other Red Wings vs Oilers games

Other Detroit Red Wings vs Edmonton Oilers games

Mar 17, 1998	EDM at DET	3-4	Regular
Dec 12, 1997	EDM at DET	3-2	Regular
Dec 5, 1997	DET at EDM	1-3	Regular
Dec 11, 2025	DET at EDM	1-4	Regular
Oct 19, 2025	EDM at DET	2-4	Regular
Jan 30, 2025	DET at EDM	3-2	Regular

Detroit Red Wings box score

Skaters

Detroit Red Wings skaters, Oct 3, 1997

Larry Murphy	1	2	3	3	4	2	0:00
Brendan Shanahan	1	2	3	2	5	4	0:00
Nicklas Lidstrom	1	2	3	2	3	0	0:00
Igor Larionov	0	3	3	2	0	0	0:00
Martin Lapointe	1	1	2	0	4	2	0:00
Steve Yzerman	0	1	1	1	2	0	0:00
Kris Draper	1	0	1	1	2	2	0:00
Vyacheslav Kozlov	1	0	1	0	1	2	0:00
Bob Rouse	0	1	1	1	2	0	0:00
Mike Knuble	0	1	1	1	0	2	0:00
Doug Brown	1	0	1	1	2	0	0:00
Brent Gilchrist	0	1	1	1	3	0	0:00
Tomas Holmstrom	0	1	1	1	1	2	0:00
Darren McCarty	0	1	1	1	2	2	0:00
Viacheslav Fetisov	1	0	1	2	2	0	0:00
Aaron Ward	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Mathieu Dandenault	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Jamie Pushor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Team	8	16	24	19	34	18

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Detroit Red Wings goalies, Oct 3, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Chris Osgood	30	28	2	.933	60:00

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%

Edmonton Oilers box score

Skaters

Edmonton Oilers skaters, Oct 3, 1997

Doug Weight	1	0	1	-1	5	0	0:00
Ryan Smyth	0	1	1	-2	3	4	0:00
Jason Arnott	1	0	1	0	4	6	0:00
Bryan Marchment	0	1	1	0	1	2	0:00
Todd Marchant	0	1	1	0	1	0	0:00
Ray Whitney	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Kelly Buchberger	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0:00
Dean McAmmond	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0:00
Mike Grier	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Greg de Vries	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0:00
Drake Berehowsky	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0:00
Boris Mironov	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0:00
Sean Brown	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0:00
Steve Kelly	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0:00
Andrei Kovalenko	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0:00
Bill Huard	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0:00
Mats Lindgren	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Drew Bannister	0	0	0	-2	2	4	0:00
Team	2	3	5	-19	30	24

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Edmonton Oilers goalies, Oct 3, 1997

Curtis Joseph	18	13	5	.722	27:23
Bob Essensa	16	13	3	.813	32:37
Team	34	26	8	1.535

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%