Philadelphia Flyers vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Tuesday, December 30, 1997 · Edmonton Coliseum
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Edmonton Oilers 3–1 on Tuesday, December 30, 1997 at Edmonton Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Flyers 30–27.
John LeClair scored twice. Mats Lindgren and Janne Niinimaa also scored.
Garth Snow made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Curtis Joseph stopped 24 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
John LeClair (28)Pat Falloon (6), Chris Gratton (18)1–012:57 PHI
2nd period
Mats Lindgren (9)Todd Marchant (9), Kelly Buchberger (11)1–106:27 EDM
Janne Niinimaa (2)Petr Svoboda (5), Vinny Prospal (12)2–110:26 PHI ·
3rd period
- John LeClair (29)Pat Falloon (7), Chris Gratton (19)3–103:54 PHI
Team stats
PHIEDM
2730
54%46%
1/50/3
4234
4060
87
415
1416
Penalties
- 4:12 into the first period
Georges Laraque · fighting5 min - 4:12 into the first period
Brantt Myhres · fighting5 min - 7:21 into the first periodRyan Smyth · holding obstruction2 min
- 11:44 into the first periodKelly Buchberger · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 11:44 into the first periodSean Brown · fighting5 min
- 11:44 into the first periodGeorges Laraque · misconduct10 min
- 11:44 into the first periodDan Kordic · misconduct10 min
- 11:44 into the first periodDaniel Lacroix · fighting5 min
- 11:44 into the first periodBrantt Myhres · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 11:44 into the first periodBrantt Myhres · misconduct10 min
- 7:23 into the second periodDoug Weight · high sticking2 min
- 7:23 into the second periodDoug Weight · high sticking2 min
- 8:39 into the second periodKelly Buchberger · slashing2 min
- 11:16 into the second periodPetr Svoboda · roughing2 min
- 18:15 into the second periodColin Forbes · interference2 min
- 1:16 into the third periodLuke Richardson · roughing2 min
- 5:12 into the third periodDoug Weight · roughing2 min
- 5:12 into the third periodVinny Prospal · roughing2 min
- 18:27 into the third periodRyan Smyth · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 19:06 into the third periodPetr Svoboda · interference2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 10John LeClairL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 19:54 |
| 15Pat FalloonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:32 |
| 55Chris GrattonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 17:17 |
| 45Vinny ProspalL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:07 |
| 23Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 19:14 |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 20:52 |
| 12Colin ForbesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:49 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25:25 |
| 18Brantt MyhresR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:05 |
| 20Trent KlattR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:58 |
| 21Dan KordicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:54 |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:31 |
| 32Daniel LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 00:39 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24:35 |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:09 |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:39 |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:50 |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 20:37 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Garth SnowG | W | 30 | 1 | .967 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:55 |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:03 |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 19:24 |
| 7Jason ArnottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:54 |
| 8Doug FriedmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 01:21 |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:59 |
| 18Scott FraserR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:22 |
| 19Boyd DevereauxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 00:48 |
| 27Georges LaraqueR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:03 |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:03 |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:53 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:06 |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 25:39 |
| 5Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:01 |
| 15Drake BerehowskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:10 |
| 23Sean BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:03 |
| 33Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:42 |
| 55Drew BannisterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:02 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | L | 27 | 3 | .889 |