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Tuesday, December 23, 1997 · CoreStates Center

Hurricanes 2 at Flyers 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 86OVR Eric Desjardins Flyers First Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG L 69OVR Colin Forbes Flyers Second Star 2A · 1 SOG RC R 74OVR Nelson Emerson Hurricanes Third Star 1G · 1A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:11 Eric Desjardins (5) Colin Forbes (2), Joel Otto (3) · Snap CAR 0 – 1 PHI
  2. 14:08 Shjon Podein (6) Colin Forbes (3), Paul Coffey (14) · Tip-in CAR 0 – 2 PHI
  3. 14:20 Gary Roberts (9) Keith Primeau (16), Nelson Emerson (10) · Tip-in CAR 1 – 2 PHI

2nd Period

  1. 12:12 Chris Gratton (8) Dainius Zubrus (17), John LeClair (18) · Backhand CAR 1 – 3 PHI

3rd Period

  1. 19:13 Nelson Emerson (11) Steve Chiasson (13), Geoff Sanderson (9) CAR 2 – 3 PHI
  2. 19:53 Rod Brind'Amour (15) Eric Desjardins (9) CAR 2 – 4 PHI

Carolina Hurricanes

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Nelson Emerson R 1 1 1 0 0 0 20:39 1.50
Keith Primeau C 0 1 4 0 2 0 22:26 1.03
Geoff Sanderson L 0 1 2 0 0 0 17:24 0.73
Gary Roberts L 1 0 3 3 0 0 19:19 0.73
Steve Chiasson D 0 1 0 0 0 -1 22:33 0.32
Kent Manderville C 0 0 2 0 1 0 17:46 0.20
Kevin Dineen R 0 0 4 0 0 -1 17:27 0.15
Glen Wesley D 0 0 1 0 1 0 21:34 0.08
Adam Burt D 0 0 1 1 0 0 21:20 0.08
Paul Ranheim L 0 0 0 0 1 0 5:29 0.05
Sami Kapanen R 0 0 1 0 1 -1 17:34 0.03
Curtis Leschyshyn D 0 0 0 5 3 -1 16:48 0.00
Stephen Leach R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 13:08 -0.02
Steven Rice R 0 0 0 1 0 0 4:05 -0.15
Stu Grimson L 0 0 0 1 0 -1 4:16 -0.15
Enrico Ciccone D 0 0 0 3 1 0 17:19 -0.15
Sean Hill D 0 0 2 0 1 -2 17:37 -0.20
Robert Kron C 0 0 1 1 1 -2 16:09 -0.28
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Sean Burke L 30 27 3 .900 58:54 0.45

Philadelphia Flyers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Eric Desjardins D 1 1 4 0 1 0 26:05 1.63
Colin Forbes L 0 2 1 2 0 +1 10:41 1.58
Dainius Zubrus C 0 1 3 1 1 +1 20:46 1.10
Chris Gratton C 1 0 3 2 0 +1 21:46 0.98
Shjon Podein L 1 0 1 0 1 0 12:29 0.93
John LeClair L 0 1 3 0 0 +1 23:14 0.90
Paul Coffey D 0 1 0 1 2 +2 20:42 0.83
Rod Brind'Amour C 1 0 1 0 0 0 21:34 0.78
Joel Otto C 0 1 1 0 0 0 12:45 0.70
Eric Lindros C 0 0 5 0 0 +1 20:01 0.48
Trent Klatt R 0 0 3 2 0 +1 17:57 0.38
Janne Niinimaa D 0 0 2 0 3 +1 23:07 0.30
Petr Svoboda D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 4:22 0.20
Vinny Prospal L 0 0 2 1 0 0 4:59 0.10
Brantt Myhres R 0 0 0 0 0 0 3:42 0.00
Chris Therien D 0 0 2 1 0 +1 24:22 0.00
Dan Kordic L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3:42 -0.05
Luke Richardson D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 21:12 -0.20
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ron Hextall W 23 21 2 .913 60:00 0.60