Philadelphia Flyers vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Friday, November 14, 1997 · Miami Arena
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Florida Panthers 5–2 on Friday, November 14, 1997 at Miami Arena. The Flyers outshot the Panthers 27–24.
John LeClair scored twice. Ray Whitney, Eric Desjardins, Dave Gagner, Shjon Podein and Trent Klatt also scored.
Garth Snow made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
2nd period
Ray Whitney (4)Robert Svehla (10)0–104:17 FLA · 
John LeClair (17)Paul Coffey (8), Rod Brind'Amour (8)1–106:48 PHI · 
Eric Desjardins (3)Eric Lindros (18), Chris Gratton (9)2–116:13 PHI ·
3rd period
Dave Gagner (8)Unassisted2–201:58 FLA- John LeClair (18)Eric Lindros (19), Trent Klatt (4)3–207:26 PHI
Shjon Podein (4)Chris Gratton (10), Dainius Zubrus (11)4–210:25 PHI
Trent Klatt (3)John LeClair (11), Eric Lindros (20)5–211:16 PHI
Team stats
PHIFLA
2724
52%48%
2/41/5
1927
613
12
14
21
Penalties
- 0:50 into the first period
Rob Niedermayer · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 12:05 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 19:02 into the first periodEd Jovanovski · roughing2 min
- 19:02 into the first periodDaniel Lacroix · roughing2 min
- 19:56 into the first periodEric Desjardins · holding the stick2 min
- 4:06 into the second periodBrantt Myhres · roughing2 min
- 6:24 into the second periodBill Lindsay · slashing2 min
- 7:30 into the second periodRhett Warrener · fighting5 min
- 7:30 into the second periodShjon Podein · fighting5 min
- 10:23 into the second periodDaniel Lacroix · cross checking2 min
- 14:56 into the second periodRay Whitney · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 19:39 into the second periodScott Mellanby · tripping2 min
- 5:05 into the third periodPaul Laus · roughing2 min
- 5:05 into the third periodJohn LeClair · roughing2 min
- 18:32 into the third periodRob Niedermayer · misconduct10 min
- 19:03 into the third periodEric Lindros · tripping2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 10John LeClairL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 6 | 22:39 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 24:32 |
| 20Trent KlattR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 24:52 |
| 55Chris GrattonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 16:19 |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 14:37 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 19:24 |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 14:26 |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:01 |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 05:03 |
| 18Brantt MyhresR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:17 |
| 26John DruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:39 |
| 32Daniel LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:14 |
| 45Vinny ProspalL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:55 |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:33 |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:51 |
| 23Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 15:15 |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:22 |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 19:10 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Garth SnowG | W | 24 | 2 | .917 |
Florida Panthers
| 14Ray WhitneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:05 |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:46 |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 16:22 |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:17 |
| 11Bill LindsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:13 |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 10:19 |
| 23Chris WellsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 09:02 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 12:09 |
| 26Ray SheppardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:08 |
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 14:10 |
| 44Rob NiedermayerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:26 |
| 51David NemirovskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:44 |
| 2Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 15:00 |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:47 |
| 5Gord MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:07 |
| 7Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:53 |
| 8Dallas EakinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:55 |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 10:20 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |