Edmonton Oilers vs Detroit Red Wings 3-2, Dec 12, 1997: Box Score and Player Stats | AskScores

Edmonton Oilers

3

Detroit Red Wings

2

Final · Joe Louis Arena

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

The Edmonton Oilers beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 on Dec 12, 1997 at Joe Louis Arena.

Top performers

Mats Lindgren
Mats Lindgren had 2 goals for the Oilers.
Bob Essensa
Bob Essensa made 34 saves on 36 shots for the Oilers.
Brendan Shanahan
Brendan Shanahan had 1 goal and 1 assist for the Red Wings.
Chris Osgood
Chris Osgood made 23 saves on 26 shots for the Red Wings.

Before and after

Oilers · 1997-98 season · Previous Dec 10, 1997: EDM 2, NJ 4 · Next Dec 13, 1997: EDM 4, STL 1
Red Wings · 1997-98 season · Previous Dec 9, 1997: VAN 5, DET 7

Other Oilers vs Red Wings games

Other Edmonton Oilers vs Detroit Red Wings games

Mar 17, 1998	EDM at DET	3-4	Regular
Dec 5, 1997	DET at EDM	1-3	Regular
Oct 3, 1997	DET at EDM	8-2	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

Edmonton Oilers box score

Skaters

Edmonton Oilers skaters, Dec 12, 1997

Kelly Buchberger	0	2	2	2	3	0	0:00
Mats Lindgren	2	0	2	2	3	0	0:00
Todd Marchant	0	1	1	2	3	2	0:00
Dan McGillis	1	0	1	0	4	2	0:00
Doug Weight	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0:00
Ryan Smyth	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0:00
Bryan Marchment	0	0	0	0	2	2	0:00
Dean McAmmond	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Greg de Vries	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0:00
Boris Mironov	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Sean Brown	0	0	0	2	0	10	0:00
Steve Kelly	0	0	0	1	0	0	0:00
Andrei Kovalenko	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Rem Murray	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0:00
Drew Bannister	0	0	0	2	1	0	0:00
Joe Hulbig	0	0	0	1	1	0	0:00
Mike Watt	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0:00
Doug Friedman	0	0	0	1	0	2	0:00
Team	3	3	6	5	26	20

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

Goalies

Edmonton Oilers goalies, Dec 12, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Bob Essensa	36	34	2	.944	59:52

What the columns mean: SA · SV · GA · SV%

Detroit Red Wings box score

Skaters

Detroit Red Wings skaters, Dec 12, 1997

Brendan Shanahan	1	1	2	0	7	2	0:00
Martin Lapointe	0	2	2	0	6	2	0:00
Brent Gilchrist	1	1	2	0	3	0	0:00
Steve Yzerman	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Larry Murphy	0	0	0	2	0	0	0:00
Kris Draper	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Nicklas Lidstrom	0	0	0	2	4	0	0:00
Vyacheslav Kozlov	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0:00
Kirk Maltby	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Doug Brown	0	0	0	0	3	0	0:00
Tomas Holmstrom	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0:00
Joe Kocur	0	0	0	0	2	7	0:00
Darren McCarty	0	0	0	0	0	15	0:00
Mathieu Dandenault	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Anders Eriksson	0	0	0	-3	1	0	0:00
Jamie Pushor	0	0	0	-2	1	4	0:00
Viacheslav Fetisov	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Yan Golubovsky	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Team	2	4	6	-5	36	30

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

Goalies

Detroit Red Wings goalies, Dec 12, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Chris Osgood	26	23	3	.885	57:30

What the columns mean: SA · SV · GA · SV%