Philadelphia Flyers vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Tuesday, December 31, 1996 · General Motors Place
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Vancouver Canucks 5–3 on Tuesday, December 31, 1996 at General Motors Place. The Flyers outshot the Canucks 30–20.
Mark Wotton scored twice. Trent Klatt, Esa Tikkanen, Eric Lindros, John LeClair, Mikael Renberg and Joel Otto also scored.
Ron Hextall made 17 saves on 20 shots for the win; Kirk McLean stopped 25 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Wotton (1)David Roberts (6), Martin Gelinas (11)0–116:31 VAN ·
2nd period
Trent Klatt (11)John LeClair (18), Chris Therien (8)1–104:28 PHI
Esa Tikkanen (7)Alexander Mogilny (18), Kirk McLean (1)1–208:57 VAN
3rd period
Eric Lindros (10)Janne Niinimaa (16), Dale Hawerchuk (19)2–201:09 PHI · 
John LeClair (25)Rod Brind'Amour (16), Eric Desjardins (17)3–207:24 PHI
Mikael Renberg (7)Petr Svoboda (6), Eric Desjardins (18)4–209:49 PHI
Joel Otto (7)Shjon Podein (10)5–216:47 PHI · - Mark Wotton (2)Esa Tikkanen (12), Pavel Bure (18)5–319:00 VAN
Team stats
PHIVAN
3020
0%0%
1/60/4
1014
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:49 into the first period
Jevgeni Namestnikov · tripping2 min - 11:12 into the first period
Paul Coffey · holding obstruction2 min - 14:35 into the first periodDale Hawerchuk · roughing2 min
- 14:35 into the first periodEsa Tikkanen · roughing2 min
- 14:35 into the first periodEsa Tikkanen · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodPavel Bure · slashing2 min
- 6:00 into the second periodRod Brind'Amour · hooking obstruction2 min
- 10:20 into the second periodGino Odjick · boarding2 min
- 10:20 into the second periodDonald Brashear · hooking obstruction2 min
- 19:25 into the second periodDonald Brashear · holding obstruction2 min
- 12:54 into the third periodEric Lindros · roughing2 min
- 15:06 into the third periodEric Lindros · interference goalkeeper2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 10John LeClairL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Dale HawerchukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 19Mikael RenbergR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Trent KlattR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Joel OttoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Dan KordicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Daniel LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Jason BowenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | W | 20 | 3 | .850 |
| 30Garth SnowG | 0 | 0 | – |
Vancouver Canucks
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Mark WottonD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7David RobertsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 96Pavel BureR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Lonny BohonosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Markus NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Gino OdjickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Jevgeni NamestnikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Adrian AucoinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Leif RohlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | L | 30 | 5 | .833 |
| 31Corey HirschG | 0 | 0 | – |