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Saturday, March 15, 1997 · CoreStates Center

Sabres 7 at Flyers 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 94OVR Mikael Renberg Flyers First Star 1G · 2A · 5 SOG L 98OVR John LeClair Flyers Second Star 1G · 2A · 6 SOG C 88OVR Michael Peca Sabres Third Star 1G · 2A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:19 Garry Galley (4) Bob Boughner (7), Derek Plante (22) BUF 1 – 0 PHI
  2. 5:16 Brian Holzinger (19) Donald Audette (18), Darryl Shannon (16) BUF 2 – 0 PHI
  3. 8:19 Mikael Renberg (18) John LeClair (38), Paul Coffey (22) BUF 2 – 1 PHI
  4. 9:36 Ed Ronan (1) Jason Dawe (19), Michael Peca (24) BUF 3 – 1 PHI
  5. 11:34 Wayne Primeau (1) Garry Galley (31), Michal Grosek (19) BUF 4 – 1 PHI
  6. 14:35 Michael Peca (17) Matthew Barnaby (24), Alexei Zhitnik (24) BUF 5 – 1 PHI
  7. 19:24 Paul Coffey (8) Mikael Renberg (31), John LeClair (39) BUF 5 – 2 PHI

2nd Period

  1. 9:03 Brian Holzinger (20) PPG Jason Dawe (20), Michael Peca (25) BUF 6 – 2 PHI
  2. 11:48 John LeClair (46) Karl Dykhuis (12), Janne Niinimaa (33) BUF 6 – 3 PHI

3rd Period

  1. 3:42 Matthew Barnaby (17) PPG Unassisted BUF 7 – 3 PHI
  2. 5:29 Rod Brind'Amour (23) PPG Janne Niinimaa (34), Trent Klatt (19) BUF 7 – 4 PHI
  3. 6:06 Eric Desjardins (11) Eric Lindros (42), Mikael Renberg (32) BUF 7 – 5 PHI

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Michael Peca C 1 2 1 +1 2.23
Matthew Barnaby R 1 1 3 +2 1.60
Brian Holzinger C 2 0 3 0 1.58
Garry Galley D 1 1 2 +1 1.53
Jason Dawe R 0 2 1 0 1.33
Michal Grosek L 0 1 0 +3 1.08
Ed Ronan R 1 0 1 +1 0.98
Wayne Primeau C 1 0 2 0 0.90
Darryl Shannon D 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Derek Plante C 0 1 1 0 0.70
Donald Audette R 0 1 2 -1 0.63
Bob Boughner D 0 1 0 +1 0.40
Alexei Zhitnik D 0 1 0 -1 0.32
Jay McKee D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Richard Smehlik D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Dixon Ward L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Brad May L 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Rob Ray R 0 0 1 -1 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Steve Shields W 44 39 5 .886 60:00 0.15

Philadelphia Flyers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Mikael Renberg R 1 2 5 +2 2.68
John LeClair L 1 2 6 +2 2.30
Paul Coffey D 1 1 3 +1 1.75
Janne Niinimaa D 0 2 1 -1 1.18
Eric Desjardins D 1 0 5 0 0.98
Rod Brind'Amour C 1 0 4 -1 0.90
Karl Dykhuis D 0 1 2 -1 0.48
Trent Klatt R 0 1 0 -2 0.33
Shjon Podein L 0 0 3 0 0.22
Joel Otto C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Eric Lindros C 0 1 8 +1 0.10
Michel Petit D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Daniel Lacroix C 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Dainius Zubrus C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Chris Therien D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Vinny Prospal L 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Scott Daniels L 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Dan Kordic L 0 0 0 -1 -1.05
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ron Hextall — 7 3 4 .429 11:34 -2.70
Garth Snow L 13 10 3 .769 47:40 -1.25