New Jersey Devils vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Thursday, December 10, 1998 · First Union Center
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5–4 in overtime on Thursday, December 10, 1998 at First Union Center. The Devils outshot the Flyers 34–30.
Eric Lindros scored twice. Petr Sykora, John LeClair, Petr Svoboda, Randy Mckay, Brian Rolston, Bobby Holik and Dave Andreychuk also scored.
Martin Brodeur made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Ron Hextall stopped 29 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Petr Sykora (10)Jason Arnott (7), Patrik Elias (8)1–004:12 NJD · 
Eric Lindros (15)John LeClair (14), Keith Jones (9)1–105:16 PHI
John LeClair (19)Eric Desjardins (12), Dan Mcgillis (16)1–208:21 PHI · 
Petr Svoboda (3)Rod Brind'Amour (15), Jody Hull (4)1–317:06 PHI ·
2nd period
- Eric Lindros (16)John LeClair (15), Chris Therien (6)1–400:40 PHI
Randy Mckay (6)Petr Sykora (10), Patrik Elias (9)2–406:28 NJD · 
Brian Rolston (5)Vadim Sharifijanov (5), Scott Stevens (8)3–407:53 NJD ·
3rd period
Bobby Holik (8)Randy Mckay (7)4–412:39 NJD
Overtime
Dave Andreychuk (10)Scott Stevens (9), Randy Mckay (8)5–401:18 NJD
Team stats
NJDPHI
3430
51%49%
2/41/5
1210
1613
1410
1420
148
Penalties
- 3:51 into the first period
Eric Lindros · tripping obstruction2 min - 5:57 into the first period
Jason Arnott · cross checking2 min - 8:16 into the first periodBrad Bombardir · holding obstruction2 min
- 15:29 into the first periodChris Therien · boarding2 min
- 18:16 into the first periodJason Arnott · cross checking2 min
- 5:35 into the second periodRod Brind'Amour · interference2 min
- 7:07 into the second periodKen Daneyko · holding2 min
- 12:31 into the second periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 12:31 into the second periodKeith Jones · elbowing2 min
- 0:22 into the third periodEric Lindros · tripping2 min
- 7:40 into the third periodBobby Holik · roughing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 21Randy MckayR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | 14:23 |
| 17Petr SykoraR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16:07 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:18 |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20:40 |
| 8Vadim SharifijanovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:58 |
| 14Brian RolstonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:19 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 13:16 |
| 23Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13:02 |
| 25Jason ArnottC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 15:23 |
| 9Brendan MorrisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:59 |
| 10Denis PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:06 |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:25 |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 18:01 |
| 2Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:15 |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:39 |
| 6Brad BombardirD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:02 |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:10 |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 21:16 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 31Chris TerreriG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 10John LeClairL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 6 | 20:34 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 21:24 |
| 8Jody HullR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:02 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:50 |
| 20Keith JonesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:49 |
| 3Dan McgillisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 24:05 |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 26:22 |
| 23Petr SvobodaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 06:20 |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30:10 |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:52 |
| 11Mike SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:14 |
| 12Colin ForbesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:15 |
| 24Roman VopatL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 05:01 |
| 26Valeri ZelepukinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:20 |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:51 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:17 |
| 5Dimitri TertyshnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 20:22 |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:25 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | L | 34 | 5 | .853 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |