Canucks 5, Red Wings 7
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Vancouver Canucks 7-5 on Dec 9, 1997 at Joe Louis Arena.
Top performers
Markus Naslund had 2 goals for the Canucks.
Kirk McLean made 37 saves on 44 shots for the Canucks.
Larry Murphy had 1 goal and 2 assists for the Red Wings.
Kevin Hodson made 27 saves on 32 shots for the Red Wings.
Before and after
- Canucks · 1997-98 season · Previous Dec 8, 1997: VAN 1, STL 5 · Next Dec 13, 1997: COL 5, VAN 2
- Red Wings · 1997-98 season · Previous Dec 5, 1997: DET 1, EDM 3 · Next Dec 12, 1997: EDM 3, DET 2
Other Canucks vs Red Wings games
| Jan 14, 1998 |  VAN at  DET | 0-4 | Regular |
| Dec 1, 1997 | DET at VAN | 3-3 | Regular |
| Oct 26, 1997 | DET at VAN | 5-1 | Regular |
| Jan 8, 2026 | VAN at DET | 1-5 | Regular |
| Dec 8, 2025 | DET at VAN | 4-0 | Regular |
| Feb 2, 2025 | DET at VAN | 3-2 | Regular |
