Philadelphia Flyers vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Friday, December 12, 1997 · United Center
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 on Friday, December 12, 1997 at United Center. The Blackhawks outshot the Flyers 32–20.
Goals came from Alexei Zhamnov, John LeClair, Chris Gratton, Colin Forbes and Eric Daze.
Garth Snow made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Andrei Trefilov stopped 17 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Alexei Zhamnov (4)Chris Chelios (13)0–100:20 CHI
John LeClair (24)Chris Gratton (15)1–115:25 PHI
3rd period
Chris Gratton (7)Dainius Zubrus (16), John LeClair (16)2–106:41 PHI
Colin Forbes (2)Joel Otto (2)3–106:54 PHI
Eric Daze (10)Eric Weinrich (7)3–211:13 CHI
Team stats
PHICHI
2032
41%59%
0/30/3
88
2325
1412
1223
612
Penalties
- 4:35 into the first period
Jim Cummins · roughing2 min - 4:35 into the first period
Chris Gratton · roughing2 min - 12:20 into the first periodPetr Svoboda · interference obstruction2 min
- 17:51 into the first periodJim Cummins · high sticking2 min
- 6:03 into the second periodBrent Sutter · tripping obstruction2 min
- 11:35 into the second periodEric Lindros · interference2 min
- 13:17 into the second periodChris Chelios · holding2 min
- 15:05 into the second periodVinny Prospal · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 10John LeClairL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 21:48 |
| 55Chris GrattonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 18:56 |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 19:01 |
| 12Colin ForbesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:50 |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:29 |
| 15Pat FalloonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:49 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 22:26 |
| 20Trent KlattR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 17:50 |
| 21Dan KordicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:03 |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:57 |
| 45Vinny ProspalL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:09 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 20:06 |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:26 |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:39 |
| 23Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:22 |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:18 |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:36 |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:10 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Garth SnowG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 36Alexei ZhamnovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 21:42 |
| 55Eric DazeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 18:16 |
| 2Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 17:03 |
| 7Chris CheliosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 28:39 |
| 10Tony AmonteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 24:37 |
| 11Jeff ShantzC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 07:43 |
| 12Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:46 |
| 14Steve DubinskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:06 |
| 15Jim CumminsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:05 |
| 19Ethan MoreauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 03:23 |
| 22Greg JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:58 |
| 23Jean-Yves LerouxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:35 |
| 25Sergei KrivokrasovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:04 |
| 38James BlackL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:38 |
| 3Christian LaflammeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:01 |
| 4Keith CarneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:24 |
| 6Michal SykoraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 09:39 |
| 20Gary SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 27:39 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jeff HackettG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 45Andrei TrefilovG | L | 20 | 3 | .850 |