Philadelphia Flyers vs Calgary Flames
Regular season · Sunday, December 29, 1996 · Canadian Airlines Saddledome
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Calgary Flames 4–2 on Sunday, December 29, 1996 at Canadian Airlines Saddledome. The Flyers outshot the Flames 39–28.
John LeClair scored twice. Tommy Albelin, Dale Hawerchuk, Sandy McCarthy and Dainius Zubrus also scored.
Ron Hextall made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Trevor Kidd stopped 35 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Tommy Albelin (2)German Titov (15), Yves Racine (2)0–111:15 CGY
2nd period
Dale Hawerchuk (8)Eric Lindros (13), Paul Coffey (10)1–100:54 PHI · 
Sandy McCarthy (1)German Titov (16)1–203:33 CGY
John LeClair (23)Eric Desjardins (16), Karl Dykhuis (9)2–209:43 PHI
3rd period
- John LeClair (24)Dale Hawerchuk (18), Kjell Samuelsson (3)3–202:10 PHI
Dainius Zubrus (5)Jason Bowen (1), John Druce (4)4–209:03 PHI
Team stats
PHICGY
3928
0%0%
1/50/6
1614
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:12 into the first period
Karl Dykhuis · holding2 min - 12:01 into the first periodJohn LeClair · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 15:14 into the first period
Todd Simpson · interference2 min - 19:19 into the first periodAaron Gavey · slashing2 min
- 7:39 into the second periodJamie Huscroft · interference2 min
- 10:05 into the second periodJohn Druce · interference2 min
- 16:29 into the second periodTheo Fleury · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 16:29 into the second periodDale Hawerchuk · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 18:59 into the second periodPaul Coffey · holding2 min
- 5:02 into the third periodPaul Coffey · tripping2 min
- 10:31 into the third periodJarome Iginla · holding2 min
- 14:59 into the third periodTheo Fleury · roughing2 min
- 14:59 into the third periodTheo Fleury · roughing2 min
- 14:59 into the third periodMikael Renberg · roughing2 min
- 19:10 into the third periodEric Desjardins · cross checking2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 10John LeClairL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 18Dale HawerchukC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26John DruceR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Jason BowenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Mikael RenbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Trent KlattR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Dan KordicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |
| 30Garth SnowG | 0 | 0 | – |
Calgary Flames
| 13German TitovC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Sandy McCarthyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Tommy AlbelinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 36Yves RacineD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Theo FleuryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 16Cory StillmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Todd HlushkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Ronnie SternR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Aaron GaveyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 24Jarome IginlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Robert ReichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Mike SullivanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Jonas HoglundR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 51Dave GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Joel BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Jamie HuscroftD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Todd SimpsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Cale HulseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Trevor KiddG | L | 39 | 4 | .897 |