Philadelphia Flyers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, March 29, 1997 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Saturday, March 29, 1997 at Capital Centre. The Flyers outshot the Capitals 27–24.
Eric Lindros scored twice. Sylvain Cote, Mikael Renberg, Dainius Zubrus, John LeClair, Rick Tocchet and Sergei Gonchar also scored.
Ron Hextall made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Bill Ranford stopped 6 of 10.
Scoring
1st period
Sylvain Cote (6)Adam Oates (59), Rick Tocchet (19)0–100:26 WSH
Mikael Renberg (22)Rod Brind'Amour (29), Karl Dykhuis (13)1–108:49 PHI
Eric Lindros (28)Janne Niinimaa (36), Vinny Prospal (4)2–112:02 PHI · 
Dainius Zubrus (8)Karl Dykhuis (14), Vinny Prospal (5)3–118:02 PHI
2nd period
John LeClair (49)Dainius Zubrus (10), Mikael Renberg (36)4–100:29 PHI
Rick Tocchet (21)Steve Konowalchuk (24), Phil Housley (27)4–209:18 WSH ·
3rd period
Sergei Gonchar (13)Adam Oates (60)4–309:17 WSH- Eric Lindros (29)Chris Therien (17)5–319:18 PHI ·
Team stats
PHIWSH
2724
0%0%
1/31/3
66
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:46 into the first period
Sergei Gonchar · boarding2 min - 11:17 into the first periodCalle Johansson · interference2 min
- 13:06 into the first period
Eric Lindros · holding the stick2 min - 4:03 into the second periodCraig Berube · elbowing2 min
- 9:06 into the second periodPetr Svoboda · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 14:06 into the third periodMichel Petit · interference2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Mikael RenbergR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 45Vinny ProspalL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 24Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 10John LeClairL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Pat FalloonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Trent KlattR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Dan KordicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Daniel LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 23Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | W | 24 | 3 | .875 |
| 35Neil LittleG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 92Rick TocchetR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Pat PeakeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | L | 10 | 4 | .600 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 16 | 0 | 1.000 |