Detroit Red Wings vs Buffalo Sabres 3-1, Dec 23, 1997: Box Score | AskScores

Detroit Red Wings

3

1

Final · KeyBank Center

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

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Dec 23, 1997 at KeyBank Center.

Top performers

Kirk Maltby
Kirk Maltby had 1 goal for the Red Wings.
Chris Osgood
Chris Osgood made 26 saves on 27 shots for the Red Wings.
Derek Plante
Derek Plante had 1 goal for the Sabres.
Dominik Hasek
Dominik Hasek made 27 saves on 30 shots for the Sabres.

Before and after

Red Wings · 1997-98 season · Previous Dec 22, 1997: DET 4, BOS 2 · Next Dec 26, 1997: TOR 1, DET 4
Sabres · 1997-98 season · Previous Dec 21, 1997: BUF 2, NYR 0 · Next Dec 26, 1997: NYR 0, BUF 3

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Detroit Red Wings box score

Skaters

Detroit Red Wings skaters, Dec 23, 1997

Steve Yzerman	0	1	1	2	4	0	0:00
Nicklas Lidstrom	0	1	1	1	2	0	0:00
Vyacheslav Kozlov	0	1	1	1	1	0	0:00
Kirk Maltby	1	0	1	0	2	0	0:00
Darren McCarty	1	0	1	1	3	0	0:00
Anders Eriksson	1	0	1	1	3	0	0:00
Larry Murphy	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Brendan Shanahan	0	0	0	0	3	2	0:00
Bob Rouse	0	0	0	1	1	2	0:00
Mike Knuble	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Martin Lapointe	0	0	0	1	1	0	0:00
Doug Brown	0	0	0	0	3	0	0:00
Brent Gilchrist	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Tomas Holmstrom	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Joe Kocur	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Igor Larionov	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Jamie Pushor	0	0	0	1	1	0	0:00
Yan Golubovsky	0	0	0	0	0	2	0:00
Team	3	3	6	9	30	6

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

Goalies

Detroit Red Wings goalies, Dec 23, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Chris Osgood	27	26	1	.963	60:00

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%

Buffalo Sabres box score

Skaters

Buffalo Sabres skaters, Dec 23, 1997

Brad May	0	1	1	1	1	0	0:00
Derek Plante	1	0	1	0	3	0	0:00
Alexei Zhitnik	0	0	0	-1	3	2	0:00
Wayne Primeau	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0:00
Jason Woolley	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0:00
Donald Audette	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0:00
Matthew Barnaby	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0:00
Michael Peca	0	0	0	0	4	0	0:00
Miroslav Satan	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0:00
Randy Burridge	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Darryl Shannon	0	0	0	1	0	0	0:00
Dixon Ward	0	0	0	0	5	0	0:00
Brian Holzinger	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0:00
Vaclav Varada	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Richard Smehlik	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Bob Boughner	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0:00
Mike Wilson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Jason Dawe	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Team	1	1	2	-10	27	4

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

Goalies

Buffalo Sabres goalies, Dec 23, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Dominik Hasek	30	27	3	.900	59:27

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%