Philadelphia Flyers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Tuesday, March 11, 1997 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3–2 in overtime on Tuesday, March 11, 1997 at Marine Midland Arena. The Flyers outshot the Sabres 31–24.
Goals came from Derek Plante, Petr Svoboda, Donald Audette, Eric Desjardins and Michael Peca.
Dominik Hasek made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Ron Hextall stopped 21 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Derek Plante (25)Bob Boughner (5), Dominik Hasek (3)0–107:18 BUF
Petr Svoboda (2)Unassisted1–110:54 PHI · 
Donald Audette (25)Dixon Ward (28), Bob Boughner (6)1–212:31 BUF
Eric Desjardins (10)Eric Lindros (40), Vinny Prospal (1)2–219:48 PHI ·
Overtime
Michael Peca (16)Jason Dawe (18)2–300:42 BUF ·
Team stats
PHIBUF
3124
0%0%
2/71/6
1416
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:38 into the first period
Ron Hextall · roughing2 min - 4:43 into the first period
Rob Ray · roughing2 min - 8:20 into the first periodEric Lindros · cross checking2 min
- 9:38 into the first periodDonald Audette · tripping2 min
- 19:09 into the first periodRichard Smehlik · hooking2 min
- 0:43 into the second periodDerek Plante · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 7:18 into the second periodMichal Grosek · cross checking2 min
- 10:21 into the second periodMatthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
- 10:21 into the second periodJoel Otto · roughing2 min
- 10:21 into the second periodShjon Podein · roughing2 min
- 17:14 into the second periodMatthew Barnaby · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:15 into the second periodJohn LeClair · holding the stick2 min
- 7:17 into the third periodChris Therien · cross checking2 min
- 11:02 into the third periodMike Wilson · holding obstruction2 min
- 19:17 into the third periodMikael Renberg · interference2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 45Vinny ProspalL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Petr SvobodaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10John LeClairL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Mikael RenbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Dan KordicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Scott DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Daniel LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 48Colin ForbesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | L | 24 | 3 | .875 |
| 30Garth SnowG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Jason DaweR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Ed RonanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 38Barrie MooreL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 76Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |