Edmonton Oilers vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Thursday, November 6, 1997 · CoreStates Center
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Edmonton Oilers 6–2 on Thursday, November 6, 1997 at CoreStates Center. The Flyers outshot the Oilers 32–20.
John LeClair scored twice. Petr Svoboda, Rod Brind'Amour, Greg De Vries, Dainius Zubrus, Chris Gratton and Craig Millar also scored.
Garth Snow made 18 saves on 20 shots for the win; Bob Essensa stopped 26 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Petr Svoboda (1)John LeClair (8), Eric Desjardins (2)0–105:50 PHI · 
Rod Brind'Amour (7)Pat Falloon (2), Paul Coffey (7)0–207:28 PHI · 
Greg De Vries (3)Kelly Buchberger (3)1–217:13 EDM
2nd period
Dainius Zubrus (4)John LeClair (9), Chris Gratton (7)1–303:20 PHI
John LeClair (14)Chris Gratton (8), Dainius Zubrus (9)1–404:23 PHI
3rd period
Chris Gratton (2)John LeClair (10), Janne Niinimaa (8)1–503:19 PHI · - John LeClair (15)Dainius Zubrus (10)1–605:15 PHI ·
Craig Millar (3)Dean McAmmond (3), Mike Grier (4)2–612:39 EDM
Team stats
EDMPHI
2032
49%51%
0/24/5
126
1611
108
76
46
Penalties
- 5:00 into the first period
Boris Mironov · roughing2 min - 5:00 into the first period
Vinny Prospal · roughing2 min - 5:32 into the first periodDan Mcgillis · high sticking2 min
- 5:32 into the first periodDan Mcgillis · high sticking2 min
- 14:29 into the first periodJanne Niinimaa · tripping2 min
- 12:18 into the second periodAndrei Kovalenko · roughing2 min
- 14:15 into the second periodJohn LeClair · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 2:11 into the third periodDoug Weight · high sticking2 min
- 2:11 into the third periodDoug Weight · high sticking2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:57 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:23 |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:36 |
| 5Greg De VriesD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:08 |
| 32Craig MillarD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:57 |
| 7Jason ArnottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:52 |
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:41 |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:13 |
| 19Boyd DevereauxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:02 |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:27 |
| 28Bill HuardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:59 |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:23 |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:12 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:41 |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:50 |
| 15Drake BerehowskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:05 |
| 24Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:28 |
| 33Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:15 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | L | 32 | 6 | .813 |
| 31Curtis JosephG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 10John LeClairL | 2 | 3 | 5 | +1 | 4 | 20:40 |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 20:24 |
| 55Chris GrattonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 21:00 |
| 15Pat FalloonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 17:06 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 21:03 |
| 23Petr SvobodaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:58 |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:15 |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 11:24 |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:59 |
| 20Trent KlattR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:29 |
| 21Dan KordicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:04 |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:17 |
| 26John DruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:42 |
| 32Daniel LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:51 |
| 45Vinny ProspalL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:13 |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:03 |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:17 |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:20 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Garth SnowG | W | 20 | 2 | .900 |