Buffalo Sabres vs Philadelphia Flyers
Playoffs · Friday, May 9, 1997 · CoreStates Center
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5–4 in overtime on Friday, May 9, 1997 at CoreStates Center. The Flyers outshot the Sabres 43–25.
Goals came from Donald Audette, Dainius Zubrus, Dale Hawerchuk, Derek Plante, Michal Grosek, Trent Klatt, Dixon Ward, Mikael Renberg and Ed Ronan.
Steve Shields made 39 saves on 43 shots for the win; Garth Snow stopped 20 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Donald Audette (4)Garry Galley (4), Derek Plante (2)1–004:27 BUF · 
Dainius Zubrus (2)Dale Hawerchuk (4), Janne Niinimaa (6)1–110:15 PHI ·
2nd period
Dale Hawerchuk (2)Unassisted1–201:03 PHI
3rd period
Derek Plante (4)Michael Peca (2), Donald Audette (4)2–203:34 BUF · 
Michal Grosek (2)Matthew Barnaby (3), Derek Plante (3)3–204:28 BUF
Trent Klatt (3)Shjon Podein (2), Joel Otto (3)3–305:28 PHI
Dixon Ward (2)Derek Plante (4)4–311:53 BUF · 
Mikael Renberg (4)John LeClair (3), Eric Lindros (7)4–413:26 PHI
Overtime
Ed Ronan (1)Garry Galley (5), Michal Grosek (3)5–406:24 BUF
Team stats
BUFPHI
2543
0%0%
2/51/8
2610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:05 into the first period
Dan Kordic · roughing2 min - 4:59 into the first periodEric Lindros · slashing2 min
- 5:55 into the first period
Garry Galley · boarding2 min - 9:06 into the first periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding the stick2 min
- 10:41 into the first periodMatthew Barnaby · interference2 min
- 12:43 into the first periodEd Ronan · tripping2 min
- 15:56 into the first periodRob Ray · misconduct10 min
- 15:56 into the first periodDarryl Shannon · holding the stick2 min
- 6:07 into the second periodEric Lindros · holding2 min
- 16:45 into the second periodDaniel Lacroix · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 19:06 into the second periodRichard Smehlik · hooking2 min
- 2:15 into the third periodPetr Svoboda · hooking2 min
- 7:43 into the third periodGarry Galley · hooking2 min
- 10:05 into the third periodGarry Galley · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 26Derek PlanteC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Ed RonanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Dixon WardL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Jason DaweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Andrei TrefilovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Steve ShieldsG | W | 43 | 4 | .907 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 18Dale HawerchukC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10John LeClairL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Mikael RenbergR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Trent KlattR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Pat FalloonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Dan KordicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Daniel LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Garth SnowG | L | 25 | 5 | .800 |