Hartford Whalers vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Thursday, December 12, 1996 · CoreStates Center
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Hartford Whalers 3–2 on Thursday, December 12, 1996 at CoreStates Center. The Flyers outshot the Whalers 30–19.
Goals came from Pat Falloon, Steven Rice, Eric Lindros, John LeClair and Paul Ranheim.
Ron Hextall made 17 saves on 19 shots for the win; Jean-Sebastien Giguere stopped 27 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Pat Falloon (5)Joel Otto (8), Shjon Podein (8)0–115:51 PHI
Steven Rice (6)Nelson Emerson (10)1–117:46 HFD
2nd period
Eric Lindros (3)Dale Hawerchuk (12), Janne Niinimaa (12)1–213:31 PHI · 
John LeClair (17)Janne Niinimaa (13), Eric Lindros (6)1–315:45 PHI
Paul Ranheim (5)Stu Grimson (2), Mark Janssens (3)2–317:30 HFD
Team stats
HFDPHI
1930
0%0%
0/11/3
139
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:41 into the first period
Stu Grimson · fighting5 min - 6:41 into the first period
Dan Kordic · fighting5 min - 3:25 into the second periodMark Janssens · hooking2 min
- 10:27 into the second periodAdam Burt · roughing2 min
- 10:27 into the second periodJoel Otto · roughing2 min
- 12:21 into the second periodPaul Coffey · holding2 min
- 18:20 into the second periodPaul Coffey · holding2 min
- 19:40 into the second periodJanne Niinimaa · tripping2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 12Steven RiceR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 37Jeff DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Alexander GodynyukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 47Jean-Sebastien GiguereG | L | 30 | 3 | .900 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 88Eric LindrosC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 10John LeClairL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Pat FalloonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Dale HawerchukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Mikael RenbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Trent KlattR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Dan KordicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Scott DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Daniel LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Kevin HallerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | W | 19 | 2 | .895 |
| 30Garth SnowG | 0 | 0 | – |