Philadelphia Flyers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Monday, December 15, 1997 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–1 on Monday, December 15, 1997 at Centre Molson. The Flyers outshot the Canadiens 27–21.
Goals came from Vinny Prospal, Eric Lindros, Mark Recchi and Trent Klatt.
Garth Snow made 20 saves on 21 shots for the win; Jocelyn Thibault stopped 24 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Vinny Prospal (5)Chris Gratton (17), Eric Desjardins (6)1–005:04 PHI · 
Eric Lindros (14)John LeClair (17), Janne Niinimaa (14)2–011:59 PHI · 
Mark Recchi (16)Saku Koivu (23), Valeri Bure (15)2–117:35 MTL ·
3rd period
Trent Klatt (5)Rod Brind'Amour (14), Eric Desjardins (7)3–119:00 PHI
Team stats
PHIMTL
2721
44%56%
2/31/5
6571
2622
115
108
114
Penalties
- 3:56 into the first period
Marc Bureau · tripping2 min - 10:33 into the first periodJassen Cullimore · interference obstruction2 min
- 16:40 into the first period
Shjon Podein · holding obstruction2 min - 0:58 into the second periodLuke Richardson · interference obstruction2 min
- 5:52 into the second periodJanne Niinimaa · holding obstruction2 min
- 9:14 into the second periodStephane Quintal · fighting5 min
- 9:14 into the second periodStephane Quintal · game misconduct10 min
- 9:14 into the second periodMark Recchi · fighting5 min
- 9:14 into the second periodScott Thornton · misconduct10 min
- 9:14 into the second periodCraig Rivet · fighting5 min
- 9:14 into the second periodCraig Rivet · misconduct10 min
- 9:14 into the second periodCraig Rivet · game misconduct10 min
- 9:14 into the second periodLuke Richardson · fighting5 min
- 9:14 into the second periodLuke Richardson · game misconduct10 min
- 9:14 into the second periodDaniel Lacroix · holding obstruction2 min
- 9:14 into the second periodBrantt Myhres · fighting5 min
- 9:14 into the second periodBrantt Myhres · misconduct10 min
- 9:14 into the second periodBrantt Myhres · game misconduct10 min
- 9:14 into the second periodBrantt Myhres · game misconduct10 min
- 9:14 into the second periodVinny Prospal · fighting5 min
- 18:41 into the second periodShjon Podein · interference obstruction2 min
- 2:25 into the third periodMartin Rucinsky · holding2 min
- 2:25 into the third periodMartin Rucinsky · misconduct10 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 26:27 |
| 10John LeClairL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:47 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 26:08 |
| 20Trent KlattR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 22:37 |
| 45Vinny ProspalL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 04:48 |
| 55Chris GrattonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:13 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:29 |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:13 |
| 12Colin ForbesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:58 |
| 15Pat FalloonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:43 |
| 18Brantt MyhresR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:13 |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:01 |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:18 |
| 32Daniel LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:17 |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 26:04 |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:18 |
| 23Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:27 |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:08 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Garth SnowG | W | 21 | 1 | .952 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:12 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:35 |
| 20Valeri BureR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 17:51 |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:21 |
| 23Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:03 |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:02 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:30 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:57 |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 24:20 |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:47 |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:48 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:32 |
| 21Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:40 |
| 22Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 26:50 |
| 29Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:51 |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:33 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 26:38 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:37 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | L | 27 | 3 | .889 |