Philadelphia Flyers vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Thursday, December 31, 1998 · General Motors Place
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Vancouver Canucks 6–2 on Thursday, December 31, 1998 at General Motors Place. The Canucks outshot the Flyers 25–24.
Valeri Zelepukin scored twice and Rod Brind'Amour scored twice. Markus Naslund, Colin Forbes, Mattias Ohlund and John LeClair also scored.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Garth Snow stopped 13 of 17.
Scoring
1st period
Markus Naslund (19)Mark Messier (23), Harry York (3)0–108:39 VAN ·
2nd period
Valeri Zelepukin (5)Daymond Langkow (9), John Vanbiesbrouck (1)1–103:25 PHI
Rod Brind'Amour (14)John LeClair (19), Keith Jones (14)2–110:57 PHI
Colin Forbes (7)Dainius Zubrus (3), Marc Bureau (4)3–113:02 PHI- Rod Brind'Amour (15)Eric Desjardins (17), John LeClair (20)4–118:23 PHI
3rd period
- Valeri Zelepukin (6)Roman Vopat (1), Daymond Langkow (10)5–101:38 PHI
Mattias Ohlund (5)Chris McAllister (1), Peter Zezel (7)5–208:23 VAN
John LeClair (23)Rod Brind'Amour (23)6–219:10 PHI
Team stats
PHIVAN
2425
53%47%
0/41/4
1010
1120
108
29
1417
Penalties
- 7:17 into the first period
Dan Mcgillis · hooking2 min - 11:44 into the first periodRod Brind'Amour · hooking2 min
- 15:18 into the first period
Donald Brashear · holding obstruction2 min - 19:04 into the first periodKeith Jones · high sticking2 min
- 8:00 into the second periodLuke Richardson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 8:00 into the second periodJason Strudwick · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 13:33 into the second periodMattias Ohlund · interference2 min
- 13:56 into the second periodBret Hedican · cross checking2 min
- 15:39 into the second periodAdrian Aucoin · roughing2 min
- 12:08 into the third periodJohn LeClair · tripping obstruction2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 10John LeClairL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 7 | 19:15 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | 23:00 |
| 18Daymond LangkowC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 16:42 |
| 26Valeri ZelepukinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 16:35 |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:56 |
| 12Colin ForbesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:23 |
| 20Keith JonesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 20:24 |
| 24Roman VopatL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:10 |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:47 |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 23:36 |
| 11Alexandre DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 02:57 |
| 14Peter WhiteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:56 |
| 15Richard ParkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:24 |
| 3Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:44 |
| 5Dimitri TertyshnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:06 |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:24 |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 14:21 |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 14:53 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 23:45 |
| 19Markus NaslundL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 21:39 |
| 22Peter ZezelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:05 |
| 27Harry YorkC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 18:17 |
| 36Chris McAllisterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 09:15 |
| 2Mattias OhlundD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 24:02 |
| 8Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | 14:54 |
| 9Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:25 |
| 17Bill MuckaltR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 15:28 |
| 20Dave ScatchardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 12:39 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 07:39 |
| 26Trent KlattR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 10:35 |
| 3Bret HedicanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 23:10 |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:48 |
| 6Adrian AucoinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:49 |
| 23Murray BaronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 15:44 |
| 25Steve StaiosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:46 |
| 34Jason StrudwickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 14:53 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Garth SnowG | L | 17 | 4 | .765 |
| 31Corey HirschG | 7 | 2 | .714 |