Florida Panthers vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Saturday, December 20, 1997 · CoreStates Center
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Florida Panthers 2–0 on Saturday, December 20, 1997 at CoreStates Center. The Flyers outshot the Panthers 25–14.
Goals came from Rod Brind'Amour and Eric Lindros.
Garth Snow made 14 saves on 14 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 23 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Rod Brind'Amour (14)Eric Lindros (25), Paul Coffey (12)0–114:16 PHI ·
2nd period
Eric Lindros (16)Paul Coffey (13), Rod Brind'Amour (16)0–209:18 PHI ·
Team stats
FLAPHI
1425
49%51%
0/32/5
2420
716
814
1513
59
Penalties
- 9:35 into the first period
Robert Svehla · hooking obstruction2 min
- 13:21 into the first period
Terry Carkner · hooking2 min
- 15:50 into the first period
Chris Gratton · high sticking2 min
- 19:54 into the first period
Paul Laus · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 8:49 into the second period
Paul Laus · interference2 min
- 9:40 into the second period
Joel Otto · holding2 min
- 17:35 into the second period
Steve Washburn · hooking obstruction2 min
- 8:25 into the third period
Ed Jovanovski · roughing2 min
- 8:25 into the third period
Ed Jovanovski · roughing2 min
- 8:25 into the third period
Rhett Warrener · fighting5 min
- 8:25 into the third period
Petr Svoboda · roughing2 min
- 8:25 into the third period
Chris Gratton · fighting5 min
- 8:25 into the third period
Dainius Zubrus · roughing2 min
- 10:04 into the third period
Daniel Lacroix · hooking obstruction2 min
- 19:59 into the third period
Rob Niedermayer · fighting5 min
- 19:59 into the third period
Eric Lindros · fighting5 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:33 |
| 11Bill LindsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:45 |
| 12Jody HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:33 |
| 14Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:48 |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:08 |
| 19Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:25 |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:52 |
| 22Steve WashburnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:28 |
| 23Chris WellsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:01 |
| 26Ray SheppardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:42 |
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:02 |
| 44Rob NiedermayerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:11 |
| 2Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:48 |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:43 |
| 5Gord MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:49 |
| 7Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:27 |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27:13 |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:18 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 25 | 2 | .920 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 23:49 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 19:54 |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18:25 |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:24 |
| 10John LeClairL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19:47 |
| 12Colin ForbesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:09 |
| 18Brantt MyhresR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:00 |
| 20Trent KlattR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:28 |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:32 |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:55 |
| 32Daniel LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:55 |
| 45Vinny ProspalL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:04 |
| 55Chris GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:30 |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:37 |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:06 |
| 23Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:43 |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:49 |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:20 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Garth SnowG | W | 14 | 0 | 1.000 |