Philadelphia Flyers vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Sunday, March 2, 1997 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Hartford Whalers 5-2 on Sunday, March 2, 1997 at Hartford Civic Center. The Flyers outshot the Whalers 34-28.
Goals came from Eric Lindros, Joel Otto, Janne Niinimaa, Andrew Cassels, John LeClair, Kevin Dineen and Shjon Podein.
Garth Snow made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 29 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Eric Lindros (22)John LeClair (34), Janne Niinimaa (31)1–004:23 PHI · PPG
Joel Otto (11)Shjon Podein (16)2–019:31 PHI
2nd period
Janne Niinimaa (4)John LeClair (35), Garth Snow (1)3–018:01 PHI
Andrew Cassels (18)Geoff Sanderson (26), Glen Featherstone (5)3–119:58 HFD
3rd period
John LeClair (41)Unassisted4–101:54 PHI
Kevin Dineen (16)Kevin Haller (10), Andrew Cassels (35)4–212:43 HFD
Shjon Podein (14)Unassisted5–219:39 PHI · EN
Team stats
PHIHFD
34Shots on goal28
0%Faceoff %0%
1/3Power play0/3
13Penalty minutes33
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 01:24
Eric Lindros · high sticking2 min - 1st 03:14
Kevin Dineen · interference goalkeeper2 min - 1st 04:23Kevin Dineen · misconduct10 min
- 1st 06:29Petr Svoboda · holding2 min
- 1st 13:16Kelly Chase · cross checking2 min
- 1st 13:16Kelly Chase · fighting5 min
- 1st 13:16Daniel Lacroix · fighting5 min
- 2nd 18:50Kelly Chase · roughing2 min
- 2nd 18:50Stu Grimson · misconduct10 min
- 2nd 18:50Garth Snow · roughing2 min
- 3rd 10:01Curtis Leschyshyn · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 16:31Petr Svoboda · holding2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 10John LeClairL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Joel OttoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Pat FalloonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | – |
| 18Dale HawerchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Mikael RenbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 20Trent KlattR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 26John DruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Daniel LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Garth SnowG | W | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 60:00 |
| 35Neil LittleG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 14Kevin HallerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Glen FeatherstoneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Kelly ChaseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | L | 33 | 29 | 4 | .879 | 59:12 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |