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Sunday, March 2, 1997 · Hartford Civic Center

Flyers 5 at Whalers 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 98OVR John LeClair Flyers First Star 1G · 2A · 5 SOG L 69OVR Shjon Podein Flyers Second Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG D 85OVR Janne Niinimaa Flyers Third Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG RC

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 4:23 Eric Lindros (22) PPG John LeClair (34), Janne Niinimaa (31) PHI 1 – 0 HFD
  2. 19:31 Joel Otto (11) Shjon Podein (16) PHI 2 – 0 HFD

2nd Period

  1. 18:01 Janne Niinimaa (4) John LeClair (35), Garth Snow (1) PHI 3 – 0 HFD
  2. 19:58 Andrew Cassels (18) Geoff Sanderson (26), Glen Featherstone (5) PHI 3 – 1 HFD

3rd Period

  1. 1:54 John LeClair (41) Unassisted PHI 4 – 1 HFD
  2. 12:43 Kevin Dineen (16) Kevin Haller (10), Andrew Cassels (35) PHI 4 – 2 HFD
  3. 19:39 Shjon Podein (14) Unassisted PHI 5 – 2 HFD

Philadelphia Flyers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
John LeClair L 1 2 5 +2 2.68
Shjon Podein L 1 1 2 +2 1.83
Janne Niinimaa D 1 1 3 +1 1.75
Joel Otto C 1 0 2 +1 1.05
Eric Lindros C 1 0 3 +1 0.98
Mikael Renberg R 0 0 2 +3 0.60
Eric Desjardins D 0 0 3 +1 0.38
Chris Therien D 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Paul Coffey D 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Dainius Zubrus C 0 0 1 0 0.08
John Druce R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Pat Falloon R 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Rod Brind'Amour C 0 0 4 -2 0.00
Dale Hawerchuk C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Daniel Lacroix C 0 0 1 +2 0.00
Karl Dykhuis D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Trent Klatt R 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Petr Svoboda D 0 0 0 0 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Garth Snow W 28 26 2 .929 60:00 1.10

Hartford Whalers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Andrew Cassels C 1 1 3 0 1.60
Geoff Sanderson L 0 1 3 0 0.85
Glen Featherstone D 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Kevin Haller D 0 1 0 0 0.63
Keith Primeau C 0 0 3 0 0.22
Nelson Emerson R 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Curtis Leschyshyn D 0 0 2 +1 0.15
Steven Rice R 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Kent Manderville C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Mark Janssens C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Paul Ranheim L 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Gerald Diduck D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Adam Burt D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Kevin Dineen R 1 0 2 -2 -0.30
Jeff O'Neill C 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Glen Wesley D 0 0 2 -3 -0.30
Kelly Chase R 0 0 0 0 -0.68
Stu Grimson L 0 0 0 0 -0.75
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Sean Burke L 33 29 4 .879 59:12 -0.10