Florida Panthers vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Wednesday, October 1, 1997 · CoreStates Center
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Florida Panthers 3–1 on Wednesday, October 1, 1997 at CoreStates Center. The Flyers outshot the Panthers 29–24.
Goals came from Chris Gratton, Rob Niedermayer, Dainius Zubrus and Pat Falloon.
Scoring
1st period
Chris Gratton (1)Chris Therien (1), Vinny Prospal (1)0–110:32 PHI
Rob Niedermayer (1)Scott Mellanby (1)1–111:41 FLA
2nd period
Dainius Zubrus (1)John LeClair (1), Paul Coffey (1)1–204:21 PHI · 
Pat Falloon (1)Vinny Prospal (2), Chris Gratton (1)1–317:17 PHI ·
Team stats
FLAPHI
2429
38%62%
0/62/5
1214
1211
1010
44
34
Penalties
- 4:31 into the first period
Janne Niinimaa · interference2 min - 6:57 into the first period
Dave Gagner · holding the stick2 min - 0:29 into the second periodJanne Niinimaa · interference2 min
- 1:31 into the second periodScott Mellanby · holding2 min
- 4:03 into the second periodKirk Muller · interference2 min
- 8:49 into the second periodTrent Klatt · interference2 min
- 15:55 into the second periodPaul Laus · interference2 min
- 17:54 into the second periodShjon Podein · holding2 min
- 3:12 into the third periodDan Kordic · roughing2 min
- 6:53 into the third periodKjell Samuelsson · interference2 min
- 11:05 into the third periodPaul Laus · interference2 min
- 18:35 into the third periodRob Niedermayer · roughing2 min
- 18:35 into the third periodEric Lindros · interference2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.