Philadelphia Flyers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, March 8, 1997 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3–2 in overtime on Saturday, March 8, 1997 at Civic Arena.
Vinny Prospal scored twice. Garry Valk, Glen Murray and Fredrik Olausson also scored.
Ken Wregget made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Garth Snow stopped 31 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Garry Valk (9)Darius Kasparaitis (18)0–112:08 PIT
2nd period
Vinny Prospal (1)John LeClair (36), Mikael Renberg (30)1–100:20 PHI- Vinny Prospal (2)Trent Klatt (18)2–106:36 PHI
3rd period
Glen Murray (11)Mario Lemieux (56), Fredrik Olausson (23)2–212:39 PIT ·
Overtime
Fredrik Olausson (6)Ron Francis (50), Stu Barnes (24)2–300:19 PIT
Team stats
PHIPIT
3434
0%0%
0/41/7
2812
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:56 into the first period
Chris Therien · holding2 min - 8:20 into the first period
Petr Nedved · hooking obstruction2 min - 14:24 into the first periodScott Daniels · hooking obstruction2 min
- 14:24 into the first periodScott Daniels · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 14:24 into the first periodScott Daniels · misconduct10 min
- 9:05 into the second periodMario Lemieux · tripping2 min
- 17:44 into the second periodEric Desjardins · hooking obstruction2 min
- 0:40 into the third periodMikael Renberg · roughing2 min
- 0:40 into the third periodJoe Dziedzic · roughing2 min
- 0:40 into the third periodJoe Dziedzic · slashing2 min
- 1:34 into the third periodJohn LeClair · hooking obstruction2 min
- 4:38 into the third periodAlex Hicks · holding2 min
- 11:23 into the third periodPetr Svoboda · holding obstruction2 min
- 15:09 into the third periodEric Desjardins · tripping2 min
- 18:56 into the third periodDainius Zubrus · roughing2 min
- 18:56 into the third periodKen Wregget · slashing2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 45Vinny ProspalL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10John LeClairL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 19Mikael RenbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Trent KlattR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Pat FalloonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Scott DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Daniel LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Garth SnowG | L | 34 | 3 | .912 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 23Fredrik OlaussonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Garry ValkL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Stu BarnesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Joe MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Greg JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Joe DziedzicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 33Alex HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 72Jeffrey ChristianL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 6Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Francois LerouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ken WreggetG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | 0 | 0 | – |