Philadelphia Flyers vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Thursday, April 16, 1998 · Miami Arena
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Florida Panthers 7–3 on Thursday, April 16, 1998 at Miami Arena. The Panthers outshot the Flyers 36–29.
Eric Lindros scored twice. Dave Gagner, Trent Klatt, Ray Whitney, Chris Therien, Viktor Kozlov, John LeClair, Chris Gratton and Rod Brind'Amour also scored.
Sean Burke made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Kirk McLean stopped 14 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Eric Lindros (29)Trent Klatt (27), Rod Brind'Amour (38)1–004:40 PHI · 
Dave Gagner (20)David Nemirovsky (11), Ray Whitney (32)1–105:35 FLA
2nd period
- Eric Lindros (30)John LeClair (32), Eric Desjardins (25)2–103:56 PHI ·
Trent Klatt (14)John LeClair (33), Eric Desjardins (26)3–108:24 PHI · 
Ray Whitney (33)Dave Gagner (28), David Nemirovsky (12)3–209:55 FLA
Chris Therien (3)Petr Svoboda (15), Chris Gratton (40)4–212:01 PHI
3rd period
Viktor Kozlov (17)Radek Dvorak (23), Gord Murphy (11)4–306:55 FLA · 
John LeClair (51)Eric Lindros (40)5–312:00 PHI
Chris Gratton (21)John LeClair (34), Trent Klatt (28)6–319:12 PHI · 
Rod Brind'Amour (36)John LeClair (35)7–319:56 PHI
Team stats
PHIFLA
2936
52%48%
3/80/8
5845
913
51
35
715
Penalties
- 4:30 into the first period
Viktor Kozlov · interference2 min - 7:47 into the first periodScott Mellanby · misconduct10 min
- 7:47 into the first periodEd Jovanovski · hooking2 min
- 9:54 into the first period
Dainius Zubrus · tripping2 min - 12:33 into the first periodChris Therien · holding2 min
- 12:52 into the first periodDan Mcgillis · elbowing5 min
- 12:52 into the first periodDan Mcgillis · game misconduct10 min
- 19:17 into the first periodRhett Warrener · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:17 into the first periodRod Brind'Amour · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodEric Lindros · high sticking2 min
- 2:54 into the second periodScott Mellanby · holding obstruction2 min
- 7:23 into the second periodDallas Eakins · hooking obstruction2 min
- 9:55 into the second periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
- 12:01 into the second periodRobert Svehla · misconduct10 min
- 12:22 into the second periodColin Forbes · hooking obstruction2 min
- 16:11 into the second periodEd Jovanovski · holding2 min
- 19:20 into the second periodChris Gratton · hooking obstruction2 min
- 1:58 into the third periodChris Gratton · elbowing2 min
- 5:18 into the third periodPaul Laus · fighting5 min
- 5:18 into the third periodDan Kordic · fighting5 min
- 5:46 into the third periodPeter Worrell · hooking obstruction2 min
- 8:43 into the third periodRod Brind'Amour · slashing2 min
- 9:53 into the third periodPetr Svoboda · misconduct10 min
- 9:53 into the third periodPetr Svoboda · game misconduct10 min
- 15:47 into the third periodRhett Warrener · interference2 min
- 16:47 into the third periodEd Jovanovski · roughing2 min
- 16:47 into the third periodEric Lindros · roughing2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 10John LeClairL | 1 | 4 | 5 | +2 | 3 | 18:20 |
| 20Trent KlattR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 18:21 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 21:25 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20:12 |
| 55Chris GrattonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 13:55 |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 30:59 |
| 6Chris TherienD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 24:27 |
| 23Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:13 |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 08:37 |
| 11Mike SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:00 |
| 12Colin ForbesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 04:57 |
| 19Alexandre DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:12 |
| 21Dan KordicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 02:35 |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:27 |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:47 |
| 3Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 04:49 |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:32 |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:41 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Sean BurkeG | W | 36 | 3 | .917 |
Florida Panthers
| 14Ray WhitneyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 21:09 |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 7 | 17:39 |
| 51David NemirovskyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 11:58 |
| 19Radek DvorakR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 14:50 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 22:59 |
| 5Gord MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 23:52 |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 16:41 |
| 11Bill LindsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 17:04 |
| 17Steve WashburnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:44 |
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 13:38 |
| 28Peter WorrellL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:10 |
| 29Johan GarpenlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:09 |
| 2Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:38 |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:24 |
| 7Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 14:08 |
| 8Dallas EakinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:29 |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | 19:35 |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 24:49 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | L | 18 | 4 | .778 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 10 | 2 | .800 |