Philadelphia Flyers vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Saturday, February 22, 1997 · Miami Arena

4–3

40–34

Game summary

The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Florida Panthers 4–3 in overtime on Saturday, February 22, 1997 at Miami Arena. The Flyers outshot the Panthers 40–34.

Ed Jovanovski scored twice. Martin Straka, John LeClair, Eric Desjardins, Rod Brind'Amour and Eric Lindros also scored.

Garth Snow made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 36 of 40.

Goals
PHI	0	3	0	1	4	40
FLA	1	1	1	0	3	34

Scoring

1st period

Martin Straka (7)Bill Lindsay (18), Rhett Warrener (4)0–105:54 FLA

2nd period

John LeClair (37)Eric Lindros (26), Rod Brind'Amour (25)1–100:35 PHI ·
Ed Jovanovski (5)Rob Niedermayer (19)1–204:55 FLA ·
Eric Desjardins (8)Mikael Renberg (26), Eric Lindros (27)2–207:54 PHI
Rod Brind'Amour (20)Unassisted3–212:21 PHI ·

3rd period

Ed Jovanovski (6)Martin Straka (21), Robert Svehla (23)3–300:58 FLA

Overtime

Eric Lindros (20)Paul Coffey (19), Eric Desjardins (28)4–304:03 PHI

Team stats

PHIFLA

4034

0%0%

1/51/6

4754

Penalties

1:57 into the first periodScott Daniels · slashing2 min
6:10 into the first periodJohan Garpenlov · hooking2 min
6:10 into the first periodEd Jovanovski · fighting5 min
6:10 into the first periodJoel Otto · fighting5 min
15:04 into the first periodPaul Laus · roughing2 min
15:04 into the first periodPaul Laus · misconduct10 min
15:04 into the first periodMichel Petit · kneeing5 min
15:04 into the first periodMichel Petit · misconduct10 min
20:00 into the first periodBill Lindsay · misconduct10 min
20:00 into the first periodEd Jovanovski · interference2 min
20:00 into the first periodPetr Svoboda · misconduct10 min
2:09 into the second periodScott Mellanby · instigator2 min
2:09 into the second periodScott Mellanby · fighting5 min
2:09 into the second periodScott Mellanby · misconduct10 min
2:09 into the second periodMichel Petit · fighting5 min
4:51 into the second periodGarth Snow · slashing2 min
11:01 into the second periodDainius Zubrus · interference2 min
15:59 into the second periodEd Jovanovski · roughing2 min
17:40 into the second periodPaul Coffey · hooking2 min
18:22 into the second periodEd Jovanovski · cross checking2 min
1:33 into the third periodPetr Svoboda · holding2 min
16:04 into the third periodPaul Laus · roughing2 min
16:04 into the third periodDaniel Lacroix · roughing2 min

Season series

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers skaters

88Eric LindrosC	1	2	3	+1	8	0	–	–
17Rod Brind'AmourC	1	1	2	0	7	0	–	–
37Eric DesjardinsD	1	1	2	0	2	0	–	–
10John LeClairL	1	0	1	+1	4	0	–	–
19Mikael RenbergR	0	1	1	+2	1	0	–	–
77Paul CoffeyD	0	1	1	+1	2	2	–	–
9Dainius ZubrusC	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
18Dale HawerchukC	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
20Trent KlattR	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
21Dan KordicL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
22Scott DanielsL	0	0	0	0	4	2	–	–
25Shjon PodeinL	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
29Joel OttoC	0	0	0	−1	2	5	–	–
32Daniel LacroixC	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
6Chris TherienD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	–	–
8Michel PetitD	0	0	0	+1	0	20	–	–
23Petr SvobodaD	0	0	0	−2	0	12	–	–
44Janne NiinimaaD	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–

Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie
27Ron HextallG		0	0	0	–	–
30Garth SnowG	W	34	31	3	.912	64:03

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters

28Martin StrakaC	1	1	2	+1	6	0	–	–
55Ed JovanovskiD	2	0	2	+1	5	11	–	–
11Bill LindsayL	0	1	1	0	1	10	–	–
44Rob NiedermayerC	0	1	1	−2	4	0	–	–
7Rhett WarrenerD	0	1	1	0	3	0	–	–
24Robert SvehlaD	0	1	1	−2	2	0	–	–
10Dave LowryL	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
12Jody HullR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
17Jason PodollanC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
18Mike HoughL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
19Radek DvorakR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
20Brian SkrudlandC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
21Tom FitzgeraldR	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
27Scott MellanbyR	0	0	0	0	3	17	–	–
29Johan GarpenlovL	0	0	0	+1	0	2	–	–
2Terry CarknerD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–
3Paul LausD	0	0	0	+1	1	14	–	–
5Gord MurphyD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–

Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie
30Mark FitzpatrickG		0	0	0	–	–
34John VanbiesbrouckG	L	40	36	4	.900	64:03