New Jersey Devils vs Detroit Red Wings 4-5, Dec 19, 1997: Box Score | AskScores

New Jersey Devils

4

Detroit Red Wings

5

Final · Joe Louis Arena

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
NJ	1	0	3	4
DET	1	0	4	5

The Detroit Red Wings beat the New Jersey Devils 5-4 on Dec 19, 1997 at Joe Louis Arena.

Top performers

Scott Niedermayer
Scott Niedermayer had 2 goals for the Devils.
Martin Brodeur
Martin Brodeur made 27 saves on 32 shots for the Devils.
Doug Brown
Doug Brown had 3 goals and 1 assist for the Red Wings.
Chris Osgood
Chris Osgood made 27 saves on 31 shots for the Red Wings.

Before and after

Devils · 1997-98 season · Previous Dec 18, 1997: NJ 4, STL 4 · Next Dec 23, 1997: NJ 1, WSH 1
Red Wings · 1997-98 season · Previous Dec 17, 1997: DET 2, COL 2 · Next Dec 22, 1997: DET 4, BOS 2

Other Devils vs Red Wings games

Other New Jersey Devils vs Detroit Red Wings games

Jan 20, 1998	DET at NJ	1-3	Regular
Apr 11, 2026	NJ at DET	5-3	Regular
Mar 8, 2026	DET at NJ	3-0	Regular
Nov 24, 2025	DET at NJ	3-4	Regular
Apr 16, 2025	DET at NJ	5-2	Regular
Nov 29, 2024	NJ at DET	5-4	Regular

New Jersey Devils box score

Skaters

New Jersey Devils skaters, Dec 19, 1997

Doug Gilmour	0	2	2	-1	2	2	0:00
Scott Niedermayer	2	0	2	-1	4	0	0:00
Brian Rolston	0	2	2	-1	3	2	0:00
Randy McKay	1	1	2	1	4	2	0:00
Steve Thomas	1	0	1	-1	4	2	0:00
Bobby Holik	0	1	1	-1	1	2	0:00
Dave Andreychuk	0	0	0	0	5	2	0:00
Scott Stevens	0	0	0	-2	0	5	0:00
Patrik Elias	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0:00
Bill Guerin	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0:00
Bob Carpenter	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0:00
Lyle Odelein	0	0	0	0	0	22	0:00
Doug Bodger	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0:00
Sheldon Souray	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Valeri Zelepukin	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0:00
Krzysztof Oliwa	0	0	0	0	0	2	0:00
Denis Pederson	0	0	0	0	2	5	0:00
Kevin Dean	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0:00
Team	4	6	10	-15	31	46

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

Goalies

New Jersey Devils goalies, Dec 19, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Martin Brodeur	32	27	5	.844	58:55

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%

Detroit Red Wings box score

Skaters

Detroit Red Wings skaters, Dec 19, 1997

Doug Brown	3	1	4	3	6	0	0:00
Nicklas Lidstrom	2	0	2	0	4	2	0:00
Vyacheslav Kozlov	0	2	2	3	0	0	0:00
Mathieu Dandenault	0	2	2	3	3	0	0:00
Yan Golubovsky	0	2	2	2	1	2	0:00
Steve Yzerman	0	1	1	0	3	0	0:00
Larry Murphy	0	1	1	1	2	0	0:00
Brendan Shanahan	0	0	0	0	2	7	0:00
Bob Rouse	0	0	0	0	0	2	0:00
Martin Lapointe	0	0	0	0	0	7	0:00
Kirk Maltby	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Brent Gilchrist	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Tomas Holmstrom	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Joe Kocur	0	0	0	0	0	2	0:00
Darren McCarty	0	0	0	0	3	10	0:00
Igor Larionov	0	0	0	0	4	0	0:00
Anders Eriksson	0	0	0	2	2	0	0:00
Jamie Pushor	0	0	0	1	0	4	0:00
Team	5	9	14	15	32	36

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

Goalies

Detroit Red Wings goalies, Dec 19, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Chris Osgood	31	27	4	.871	60:00

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%