Edmonton Oilers vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Thursday, March 13, 1997 · CoreStates Center
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 in overtime on Thursday, March 13, 1997 at CoreStates Center. The Flyers outshot the Oilers 36-24.
Goals came from Paul Coffey, Joel Otto, Rem Murray, Kelly Buchberger, Ryan Smyth, John LeClair, Mariusz Czerkawski, Mikael Renberg and Eric Lindros.
Garth Snow made 20 saves on 24 shots for the win; Curtis Joseph stopped 31 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Paul Coffey (7)Joel Otto (19), Eric Desjardins (32)0–104:13 PHI · SHG
Joel Otto (12)Shjon Podein (17), Dainius Zubrus (7)0–208:59 PHI
Rem Murray (10)Mike Grier (14), Doug Weight (53)1–209:45 EDM
Kelly Buchberger (6)Jeff Norton (11), Mats Lindgren (12)2–218:04 EDM
2nd period
Ryan Smyth (31)Dan Mcgillis (10)3–203:20 EDM · PPG
John LeClair (45)Eric Lindros (41)3–315:29 PHI
3rd period
Mariusz Czerkawski (23)Ryan Smyth (21)4–304:38 EDM
Mikael Renberg (17)Dainius Zubrus (8)4–416:41 PHI
OT period
Eric Lindros (23)Karl Dykhuis (11), Janne Niinimaa (32)4–504:16 PHI
Team stats
EDMPHI
24Shots on goal36
0%Faceoff %0%
1/5Power play0/2
18Penalty minutes25
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 00:26
Luke Richardson · holding2 min - 1st 02:30
Rod Brind'Amour · tripping2 min - 2nd 00:07Mikael Renberg · high sticking double minor4 min
- 2nd 00:41Mariusz Czerkawski · interference2 min
- 2nd 09:13Shjon Podein · holding obstruction2 min
- 2nd 09:55Chris Therien · checking from behind5 min
- 2nd 09:55Chris Therien · game misconduct10 min
- 2nd 18:35Jeff Norton · interference2 min
- OT 02:43Petr Klima · slashing2 min
- OT 02:43Paul Coffey · roughing2 min
- OT 04:16Kelly Buchberger · misconduct10 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 94Ryan SmythL | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 | – |
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Jeff NortonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Dan McgillisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Jason ArnottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | – |
| 15Joe HulbigL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 29Louie DebruskL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | – |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | – |
| 24Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | L | 36 | 31 | 5 | .861 | 64:16 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 29Joel OttoC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 | – |
| 10John LeClairL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 19Mikael RenbergR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | – |
| 21Dan KordicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Scott DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Daniel LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 45Vinny ProspalL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 48Colin ForbesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 23Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 30Garth SnowG | W | 24 | 20 | 4 | .833 | 64:16 |