Philadelphia Flyers vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Friday, December 5, 1997 · Madison Square Garden
Scoring
1st period
Rod Brind'Amour (12)Trent Klatt (6), Petr Svoboda (3)1–000:39 PHI
Tim Sweeney (7)Doug Lidster (3)1–101:57 NYR
John LeClair (21)Unassisted2–114:27 PHI
2nd period
Vinny Prospal (4)Paul Coffey (10), Janne Niinimaa (11)3–106:17 PHI · - John LeClair (22)Dainius Zubrus (15), Chris Gratton (13)4–108:36 PHI
Brian Skrudland (1)Mike Keane (6), Ulf Samuelsson (4)4–210:21 NYR
Brian Leetch (5)Vladimir Vorobiev (1), Pat LaFontaine (19)4–312:22 NYR ·
3rd period
- Brian Leetch (6)Wayne Gretzky (19), Niklas Sundstrom (14)4–403:07 NYR ·
Team stats
PHINYR
4231
56%44%
1/52/5
2717
2545
1417
2734
1334
Penalties
- 3:07 into the first period
Darren Langdon · fighting5 min - 3:07 into the first period
Dan Kordic · fighting5 min - 5:30 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · tripping2 min
- 18:08 into the first periodEric Lindros · high sticking2 min
- 1:10 into the second periodRod Brind'Amour · slashing2 min
- 1:10 into the second periodRod Brind'Amour · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 1:10 into the second periodRod Brind'Amour · misconduct10 min
- 4:50 into the second periodPat LaFontaine · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 11:43 into the second periodChris Gratton · boarding2 min
- 13:57 into the second periodJohan Lindbom · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 1:37 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3:58 into the third periodAdam Graves · cross checking2 min
- 4:47 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 4:47 into the third periodJohn LeClair · roughing2 min
- 19:43 into the third periodMike Keane · high sticking2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 10John LeClairL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 7 | 21:29 |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:23 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 20:01 |
| 20Trent KlattR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:52 |
| 45Vinny ProspalL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 06:34 |
| 55Chris GrattonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:51 |
| 23Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 20:23 |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 19:28 |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 19:41 |
| 12Colin ForbesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:14 |
| 15Pat FalloonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:42 |
| 21Dan KordicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:42 |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15:48 |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:40 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:39 |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | 23:02 |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:46 |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 23:18 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Garth SnowG | T | 31 | 4 | .871 |
| 35Neil LittleG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 2Brian LeetchD | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 17:49 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:03 |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 19:10 |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:28 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:04 |
| 37Tim SweeneyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 10:28 |
| 39Vladimir VorobievR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 19:25 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:07 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:07 |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 09:48 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 23:31 |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:21 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:13 |
| 21Johan LindbomL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:46 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:25 |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 24:59 |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:42 |
| 29Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:53 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jason MuzzattiG | T | 26 | 1 | .962 |
| 35Mike RichterG | 16 | 3 | .813 |