Philadelphia Flyers vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Friday, December 27, 1996 · Edmonton Coliseum
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Edmonton Oilers 6-4 on Friday, December 27, 1996 at Edmonton Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Flyers 39-31.
John LeClair scored twice. Dale Hawerchuk, Joel Otto, Mats Lindgren, Mike Grier, Dainius Zubrus, Paul Coffey, Andrei Kovalenko and Miroslav Satan also scored.
Garth Snow made 35 saves on 39 shots for the win; Curtis Joseph stopped 25 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Dale Hawerchuk (7)Trent Klatt (13), Rod Brind'Amour (15)1–006:16 PHI
Joel Otto (6)Dainius Zubrus (2), Shjon Podein (9)2–016:48 PHI
2nd period
Mats Lindgren (4)Kelly Buchberger (13), Ryan Smyth (13)2–105:13 EDM
Mike Grier (5)Miroslav Satan (5), Dan Mcgillis (5)2–205:54 EDM
John LeClair (21)Mikael Renberg (17)3–206:49 PHI- John LeClair (22)Paul Coffey (9), Eric Lindros (11)4–215:11 PHI
3rd period
Dainius Zubrus (4)John Druce (3), Petr Svoboda (5)5–205:23 PHI
Paul Coffey (4)John LeClair (17), Eric Lindros (12)6–206:31 PHI
Andrei Kovalenko (19)Unassisted6–319:19 EDM · PPG
Miroslav Satan (11)Luke Richardson (8), Boris Mironov (20)6–419:37 EDM
Team stats
PHIEDM
31Shots on goal39
0%Faceoff %0%
0/2Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes4
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 13:53
Eric Lindros · slashing2 min - 1st 17:36
Luke Richardson · cross checking2 min - 2nd 11:25Eric Desjardins · slashing2 min
- 2nd 18:19Doug Weight · holding obstruction2 min
- 3rd 01:44Dale Hawerchuk · roughing2 min
- 3rd 19:10John LeClair · interference obstruction2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 10John LeClairL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 18Dale HawerchukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Mikael RenbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 20Trent KlattR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26John DruceR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 29Joel OttoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Dan KordicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 32Daniel LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 30Garth SnowG | W | 39 | 35 | 4 | .897 | 60:00 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 18Miroslav SatanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Mike GrierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 5 | – |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 3 | – |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | – |
| 23Dan McgillisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Jason ArnottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 21Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | – |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 6Jeff NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | L | 31 | 25 | 6 | .806 | 60:00 |