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My 1996-1997 Flyers Season; Can history be re-written?
Topic Started: Apr 7 2011, 12:57 PM (8,413 Views)
Eriksson40
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Flyers takes home another OT game

They had almost everything against them. The referee, bounces and
everything you must have with you in order to win. But despite that
the Flyers still managed to take home their 7th consecutive victory
for the season.

Petr Svoboda scored the overtime goal and Ron Hextall made 31 saves to rally past the Tampa Bay Lightning.

After the first face-off the Flyers tried to command this game by playing
aggressive and offensively. They were shelling goaltender Corey Schwab with shots but he was on his game tonight and were not giving up an easy goal. At 09.53 Dino Ciccarelli got a minor for roughing and although creating some good opportunies they couldn't solve Schwab. Kjell Samuelsson ended the powerplay with a tripping. The Flyers pushed the Lightning up to their own zone and was owning their own powerplay.
But perhaps they pushed it too much. A unlucky bounce out to Dino Ciccarelli led to a 3 on 1 situation. The puck went to Alexander Selivanov
who advanced on the right side. Shjon Podein stopped him cold with an excellent bodycheck but unfortionally the puck went out to Drew Bannister who quickly fired a wristshot on goal and it went past Hextall's legs.

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A few minutes after the goal the Flyers had a chance of tying it up when
Paul Ysebaert got 2 minutes for roughing. But once again Corey Schwab came up huge stopping all the shots the Flyers fired upon him. They went to the dressing room leading the shots with 16-10 but with a 1-0 deficit.

Second period didn't start well for the Flyers. Eric Lindros was handed a 2 minute minor for obstruction tripping. It was a bad call by the referee as
Lindros wasn't even close when Shawn Burr went down on the ice.
They killed the penalty but was only full strength for about two minutes when Vaclav Prospal got a 2 minute minor for roughing. Luckily, the Lightning didn't create anything that could be called as a scoring chance.
And only a few seconds after Prospal's penalty ended Patrick Poulin got 2 minutes for hooking. And finally they managed to solve Schwab. With a gutsy move Renberg passed the puck between Matt Cullen's legs and it found an entirely open Dainius Zubrus who made no mistake putting it into net.

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The tied game wouldn't last long though. Chris Gratton dumped the puck into the zone and managed to get to the puck himself and fired it on goal. Hextall got a pad on it, slowing it down and it stopped with a just more than half the puck over the line. Although it shouldn't have been a goal the referee was of another opinion and called it so.

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But the Flyers would tie it up once again 16 minutes in. Renberg advanced into the Lightning zone and fired a shot on goal but it was
blocked by Shaw. Lindros picked it up and skated around the left face-off circle and fired away a quick wrister up into the upper right corner of Schwab's net.

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The third period went on pretty eventless. Only thing worth mentioning is interference call on Roman Hamrlik which Flyers failed to convert anything on. Schwab really had a good night between the pipes.
But it was proven not to be enough.

In the overtime Rod Brind'Amour tried to find Dale Hawerchuk with a pass in front of the net but it went wide and into the left corner. Hawerchuk managed to pick it up, deke past two Lightning players just to serve it to Petr Svoboda who scored the game winning goal.

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With all that against them in this game the Flyers still made a bad
game look good. Practically none was on their game tonight but
a team effort brought home the win. It's teams like these who will
travel far into the playoffs.

THREE STARS
#1: Ron Hextall, 31 saves, 939%
#2: Petr Svoboda, 1 goal, 0 assists
#3: Eric Lindros, 1 goal, 0 assists

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<tr><td>
TAMPA BAY</td><td align="center">2
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
PHILADELPHIA</td><td align="center">3
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>

<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
1st period
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
09:53</td><td>TB</td><td>PEN</td><td>DINO CICCARELLI</td><td>Roughing, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
11:20</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>KJELL SAMUELSSON</td><td>Tripping, minor

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
12:37</td><td>TB</td><td>PPG (1:0)</td><td>DREW BANNISTER</td><td>ALEXANDER SELIVANOV, DINO CICCARELLI
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
17:06</td><td>TB</td><td>PEN</td><td>PAUL YSEBAERT</td><td>Roughing, minor
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>

<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
2nd period
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
01:58</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>ERIC LINDROS</td><td>Obstruction tripping, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
06:02</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>VACLAV PROSPAL</td><td>Roughing, minor

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
08:24</td><td>TB</td><td>PEN</td><td>PATRICK POULIN</td><td>Hooking, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
09:03</td><td>PHI</td><td>PPG (1:1)</td><td>DAINIUS ZUBRUS</td><td>MIKAEL RENBERG
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
10:06</td><td>TB</td><td>GOAL (2:1)</td><td>CHRIS GRATTON</td><td>DINO CICCARELLI, ROMAN HAMRLIK

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
10:45</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>DANIEL LACROIX</td><td>Tripping, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
16:05</td><td>PHI</td><td>GOAL (2:2)</td><td>ERIC LINDROS</td><td>Unassisted
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
19:56</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>KJELL SAMUELSSON</td><td>Hooking, minor

</td></tr>
</table>
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</table>
3rd period
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<tr><td>
19:31</td><td>TB</td><td>PEN</td><td>ROMAN HAMRLIK</td><td>Interference, minor
</td></tr>

</table>
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</table>
Overtime1
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<tr><td>
02:00</td><td>PHI</td><td>GOAL (2:3)</td><td>PETR SVOBODA</td><td>DALE HAWERCHUK, ROD BRIND'AMOUR
</td></tr>
</table>

<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>

<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>

TAMPA BAY PLAYER STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
G</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">PIM</td><td align="center">+/-</td><td align="center">PPG</td><td align="center">SHG</td><td align="center">FOT</td><td align="center">SOG</td><td>Hits</td><td align="center">Time</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>

C.CROSS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">12:18</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
R.HAMRLIK</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">21:58</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
C.GRATTON</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">12</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">25:45</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
B.BRADLEY</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">9</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">13:42</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
D.CICCARELLI</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">23:17</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
S.BURR</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">06:08</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
B.HOULDER</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">20:46</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
P.YSEBAERT</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">11:14</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
A.SELIVANOV</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">16:13</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.SHAW</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">18:20</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
P.POULIN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">16:04</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.CULLEN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">13:48</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
D.LANGKOW</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">11:12</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.TOMS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">11:46</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
I.ULANOV</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">26:33</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
R.ZAMUNER</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">20:37</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
M.ANDERSSON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">07:04</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.BANNISTER</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">24:31</td>

</tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
TAMPA BAY GOALIE STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
S</td><td align="center">GA</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
D.PUPPA</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">00:00</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
C.SCHWAB</td><td align="center">40</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">61:59</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>

<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
PHILADELPHIA PLAYER STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
G</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">PIM</td><td align="center">+/-</td><td align="center">PPG</td><td align="center">SHG</td><td align="center">FOT</td><td align="center">SOG</td><td>Hits</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
R.BRIND'AMOUR</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">25:58</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
E.DESJARDINS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">25:35</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
K.DYKHUIS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">16:24</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
P.FALLOON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">12:04</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
D.HAWERCHUK</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">22:03</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.LACROIX</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">04:17</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
K.SAMUELSSON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">20:52</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.OTTO</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">14:53</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
D.KORDIC</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">02:52</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
P.SVOBODA</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">24:42</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
T.KLATT</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">13:03</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
E.LINDROS</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">21:56</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
V.PROSPAL</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">13:46</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.NIINIMAA</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">24:57</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
S.PODEIN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">08:16</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
M.RENBERG</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">19:13</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
C.THERIEN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">12:20</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.ZUBRUS</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">16:55</td>

</tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
PHILADELPHIA GOALIE STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
S</td><td align="center">GA</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
R.HEXTALL</td><td align="center">33</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">60:31</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
G.SNOW</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">00:00</td>
</tr>
</table>
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NEXT GAME
Flyers will continue their roadtrip by visiting Massachusetts and the Boston Bruins. The Bruins is currently 13th in the Eastern Conference
and is 3-6-1-0 in their last 10 games. Flyers will turn to goaltender Garth Snow for this one and Dan Kordic is given the night off in favor of John Druce.
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Ranford cools Flyers

The Flyers were going to the FleetCenter believing that they had
a sure victory to collect. They didn't expect Bill Ranford to play
his best game yet in the season.

Ranford stopped 35 shots and Ted Donato had the game-winning goal
as the Boston Bruins ended the Philadelphia Flyers winning streak by winning with 4-1.

The first goal of the game didn't take all too long. Janne Niinimaa got away with a 2 minute minor for elbowing after roughing up Adam Oates. It took about 20 seconds for the Bruins to convert. Snow caught a puck from Tim Sweeney and tried to clear it out of the zone but it landed on Josef Stumpel. He passed it to Tim Sweeney who fired a one-timer. Snow saved it but left a rebound and Kyle McLaren could tap it in.

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Flyers were on the retreat before the game even started. The Bruins forced them on the defense and left little for them to create anything offensively. But as the period progressed the Flyers gained more ground
and started to get some shots on Ranford. And they would eventually tie the game up. When Don Sweeney sat in the penalty box for a minor hooking call Mikael Renberg found Eric Desjardins on the blueline
who stepped in and fired a slapshot which went by Ranford left pad and into the net.

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Period ended with a penalty on Chris Therien for roughing and a possible chance for the Bruins to catch the momentum early in the second period.

But the Flyers managed to kill the penalty and went on for the lead. And got a good chance when Dean Chynoweth got 2 minutes for roughing almost 5 minutes into the period. But a huge mistake got the Flyers trailing. When the Bruins cleared the puck all the way to the Flyers zone Garth Snow picked it up and was going to put the puck into play. But somehow he passed the puck right to Ted Donato instead to a flyers and the Bruins forward thanked for the pass and put it into the open net.

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Snow looked devastated after making his second giveaway of the night.
The Flyers didn't gave up though. Obviously coach Terry Murray wanted the team to get back into the game as soon as possible as they were focusing on the offense rather than the defense. That left the Bruins
alone sometimes with Garth Snow but he seemed to have shaken off those two goals he allowed and made sure nothing would pass him easily. The teams shared a powerplay in the period but both goaltender
decided it was time to close up and the period ended with a 2-1 lead for the Bruins.

What the Flyers had in scoring chances they lacked in strategy and creativity. They just threw the puck at Bill Ranford aimlessly just hoping
for luck to give them a goal. The only real good chance they had was when Rod Brind'Amour got a breakaway. He tried to deke past him on the right but Ranford got oldschool and kicked it away with his skate.
Time was running out and the Flyers were looking for a chance to pull Snow for an extra attacker. Instead, the Bruins were keeping the Flyers busy in their own zone and when they finally did they got it, the situation was not the best. The referee found a tripping on Mikael Renberg forcing them to either go with the shorthanded situation or put it all on one card and play 5 on 5 with no goal. They chose the second option. But it only turned into an open net goal for Adam Oates and the game was over.
Flyers strangely stayed with Snow on the bench and it only resulted in
another easy goal for the Bruins, with Tim Sweeney being credited for it.

This was their first really bad game in a long time. Nothing seemed to
work out there and the question is if Garth Snow hadn't have given away
those two goals if they would have won it then. That is hard to answer
of course but with the Bruins generally playing a better game the outcome would have probably been the same. After 7 straight wins this loss brought them down to earth a bit. It was an important loss as it
gave them a lesson of always being humble and never underestimating your opponent no matter what their position is in the league.

THREE STARS
#1: Bill Ranford, 35 saves, .972%
#2: Garth Snow, 30 saves, .937%
#3: Ted Donato, 1 goal, 0 assists

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<tr><td>
BOSTON</td><td align="center">4
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
PHILADELPHIA</td><td align="center">1
</td></tr>
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<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
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</table>
1st period
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<tr><td>
01:13</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>JANNE NIINIMAA</td><td>Elbowing, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
01:34</td><td>BOS</td><td>PPG (1:0)</td><td>KYLE McLAREN</td><td>TIM SWEENEY

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
16:21</td><td>BOS</td><td>PEN</td><td>DON SWEENEY</td><td>Hooking, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
17:22</td><td>PHI</td><td>PPG (1:1)</td><td>ERIC DESJARDINS</td><td>MIKAEL RENBERG, DAINIUS ZUBRUS
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
19:47</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>CHRIS THERIEN</td><td>Roughing, minor

</td></tr>
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</table>
2nd period
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<tr><td>
04:38</td><td>BOS</td><td>PEN</td><td>DEAN CHYNOWETH</td><td>Roughing, minor
</td></tr>

<tr><td>
04:55</td><td>BOS</td><td>SHG (2:1)</td><td>TED DONATO</td><td>Unassisted
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
12:37</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>SHJON PODEIN</td><td>Interference, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
16:26</td><td>BOS</td><td>PEN</td><td>TROY MALLETTE</td><td>Hooking, minor

</td></tr>
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3rd period
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<tr><td>
19:12</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>MIKAEL RENBERG</td><td>Tripping, minor
</td></tr>

<tr><td>
19:19</td><td>BOS</td><td>PPG (3:1)</td><td>ADAM OATES</td><td>RICK TOCCHET, DEAN CHYNOWETH
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
19:27</td><td>BOS</td><td>ENG (4:1)</td><td>TIM SWEENEY</td><td>JOZEF STUMPEL, STEVE HEINZE
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<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
BOSTON PLAYER STATS
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<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
G</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">PIM</td><td align="center">+/-</td><td align="center">PPG</td><td align="center">SHG</td><td align="center">FOT</td><td align="center">SOG</td><td>Hits</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
J.ROY</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">12:42</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
T.SWEENEY</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">19:16</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
T.ELIK</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">10:41</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
T.MALLETTE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">11:33</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
C.STEWART</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">09:01</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
R.TOCCHET</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">19:14</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
R.BOURQUE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">22:55</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
T.DONATO</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">20:33</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
S.HEINZE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">14:40</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
S.KENNEDY</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">09:37</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
K.McLAREN</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">18:22</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.CHYNOWETH</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">22:44</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
A.OATES</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">19:30</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
S.STAIOS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">14:58</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
J.STUMPEL</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">17:07</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.SWEENEY</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">24:20</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
S.MOGER</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">09:19</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
B.RICHTER</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">18:27</td>

</tr>
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</table>
BOSTON GOALIE STATS
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<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
S</td><td align="center">GA</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
B.RANFORD</td><td align="center">36</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">60:00</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
R.TALLAS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">00:00</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>

<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
PHILADELPHIA PLAYER STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
G</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">PIM</td><td align="center">+/-</td><td align="center">PPG</td><td align="center">SHG</td><td align="center">FOT</td><td align="center">SOG</td><td>Hits</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
R.BRIND'AMOUR</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">15:25</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
E.DESJARDINS</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">20:16</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
K.DYKHUIS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">15:44</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.DRUCE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">06:55</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
P.FALLOON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">13:17</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.HAWERCHUK</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">20:27</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
D.LACROIX</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">09:20</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
K.SAMUELSSON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">24:00</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
J.OTTO</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">10:58</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
P.SVOBODA</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">24:08</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
T.KLATT</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">16:04</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
E.LINDROS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">21:02</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
V.PROSPAL</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">14:22</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.NIINIMAA</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">18:33</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
S.PODEIN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">10:12</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
M.RENBERG</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">17:25</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
C.THERIEN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">18:08</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.ZUBRUS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">19:30</td>

</tr>
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</table>
PHILADELPHIA GOALIE STATS
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</td><td align="center">
S</td><td align="center">GA</td><td align="center">Time</td>

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R.HEXTALL</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">00:00</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
G.SNOW</td><td align="center">32</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">59:45</td>
</tr>
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NEXT GAME
The upcoming opponent for the Flyers is the team with the worst record in the league right now: The New York Islanders. With a 6-12-1-2 record they have only managed to earn 15 points so far in this season. But with the Flyers being a little up and down at the moment they have indeed a good chance of being victorious in this matchup.

(NOTE: The 4-1 goal shouldn't have happen. I put Snow back in the net after the 3-1 goal but when I resumed the game he wasn't there! :huh:
It was a bit funny though when he got the 2nd Star of the night.)
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Islanders hands Flyers another loss

The biggest lesson learned from the Bruins game was not to
underestimate your opponent, coach Terry Murray said. At
the end of the game against the New York Islanders, the Flyers
seemed to have forgotten that.

Todd Bertuzzi and Claude Lapointe both had a goal and an assist
and Tommy Salo made stopped 24 out of 25 shots to hand the Flyers
their 2nd consecutive loss.

Islanders took the command early in the game. Led by Todd Bertuzzi,
they were winning most of the battles along the boards and at the ice
and the Flyers couldn't be recognized out there. Therefore it was no surprise when Islanders first goal of the game came 13 minutes in.
Desjardins got taken out of the play by Niklas Andersson who took the puck and passed it to Rich Pilon. He fed it back to Andersson who found Randy Wood in front of the net and he put it into the net with a backhand.

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Islanders were going for 2-0 and the Flyers seemed to not mind at all.
Ron Hextall really had to earn his money between the pipes tonight as
his defense where nowhere to be seen. Dale Hawerchuk got 2 for tripping 18 minutes in and everyone expected a goal from the Islanders.
But instead the Flyers tied it up. Desjardins dumped the puck into the zone and Petr Svoboda managed to take the puck from an Islander to pass it to Rod Brind'Amour. Brind'Amour skated behind and around the net, deked Salo down on his knees and lifted it in over his blocker.

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But the tie would last even a minute. At 19.10 got a tripping call and the Islanders needed only 12 seconds to convert. Svoboda lost a battle against Bryan Smolinski at the right corner and the puck went on to Claude Lapointe who searched for Bertuzzi and found him with a great pass and Bertuzzi had no problem getting the one-time inside the net.

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It was really one of the worst periods ever played by the Flyers this season and only thanks to Ron Hextall the score was only 2-1. The shots? 14-5 to the Islanders. The Flyers really had to find some way
to play better in the next period if it wasn't going to turn into a one-sided
game.

And they turned to what they are best at in the NHL: their physical play.
Unlike the first period they now started to win man to man situations
and looked like they could get into the game. But as much as they were
gaining ground on the physical play they were still struggling finding the
chemistry at the offense. A lot of pucks passed went to an unknown reciever or got picked up by the Islanders. One pass led to the Islanders third goal of the game. Chris Therien tried to find Kjell Samuelsson with a way too much difficult pass and it got picked up by Todd Bertuzzi who fed it to Claude Lapointe. Lapointe went by Therien and put the puck past Ron Hextall right shoulder. Hextall almost took his stick off by swinging it at one of his goalposts.

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The Flyers had 2 powerplay in the period, both on Todd Bertuzzi but
they failed to get even a solid play going in the Islanders zone and
went into the dressing room with a 3-1 deficit. Although they played much better in this period they had to step it up even more if they
would have any chance of winning.

The third period was nothing but boring. The Islanders looked settled
with their 3 goals of the night and really made no attempts of even
scoring. With the Flyers offense struggling they knew they could relatively easy watch their lead and so they did. The Flyers tried
but didn't get anywhere and suffered their 6th loss of the season.

As much as the offense is struggling, what they really need to
patch things up is at their shorthanded units. 1 for 4 tonight and
2 for 5 at the Bruins game is not a good number and they have
dropped significant in the SH standing in the league. If Terry
Murray doesn't solve this issue, they might go for a trade.
A leaking boxplay could be the blow for the Flyers at important games.

THREE STARS
#1: Tommy Salo, 24 saves, .960%
#2: Todd Bertuzzi, 1 goal, 1 assist
#3: Claude Lapointe, 1 goal, 1 assist

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<table border=1>
<tr><td>
NY ISLANDERS®</td><td align="center">3
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
PHILADELPHIA</td><td align="center">1
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>

<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
1st period
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
13:28</td><td>NYI</td><td>GOAL (1:0)</td><td>RANDY WOOD</td><td>NIKLAS ANDERSSON, RICH PILON
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
18:12</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>DALE HAWERCHUK</td><td>Tripping, minor

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
18:35</td><td>PHI</td><td>SHG (1:1)</td><td>ROD BRIND'AMOUR</td><td>PETR SVOBODA
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
19:10</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>ERIC LINDROS</td><td>Tripping, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
19:22</td><td>NYI</td><td>PPG (2:1)</td><td>TODD BERTUZZI</td><td>CLAUDE LAPOINTE, BRYAN SMOLINSKI

</td></tr>
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<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
2nd period
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
00:28</td><td>NYI</td><td>PEN</td><td>BRYAN McCABE</td><td>Roughing, minor
</td></tr>

<tr><td>
01:14</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>ROD BRIND'AMOUR</td><td>Roughing, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
11:53</td><td>NYI</td><td>GOAL (3:1)</td><td>CLAUDE LAPOINTE</td><td>TODD BERTUZZI
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
14:35</td><td>NYI</td><td>PEN</td><td>TODD BERTUZZI</td><td>Tripping, minor

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
16:16</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>ERIC LINDROS</td><td>Cross checking, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
16:50</td><td>NYI</td><td>PEN</td><td>TODD BERTUZZI</td><td>Hooking, minor
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>

<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>

<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
NY ISLANDERS® PLAYER STATS

<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
G</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">PIM</td><td align="center">+/-</td><td align="center">PPG</td><td align="center">SHG</td><td align="center">FOT</td><td align="center">SOG</td><td>Hits</td><td align="center">Time</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
K.BELANGER</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">08:28</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
B.BERARD</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">24:18</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
T.BERTUZZI</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">22:13</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
J.DOWD</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">7</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">16:06</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
R.PILON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">13:21</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
R.WOOD</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">13:06</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
B.HUGHES</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">10:59</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
D.PLANTE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">08:04</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
M.VUKOTA</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">05:39</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
D.HOUDA</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">16:38</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.KASPARAITIS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">17:53</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
S.LACHANCE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">24:22</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
C.LAPOINTE</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">9</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">21:27</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
B.McCABE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">23:51</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
M.McINNIS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">14:09</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
B.SMOLINSKI</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">8</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">24:45</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
S.WEBB</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">19:18</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
N.ANDERSSON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">09:23</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>

<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
NY ISLANDERS® GOALIE STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
S</td><td align="center">GA</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
T.SALO</td><td align="center">25</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">60:00</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
E.FICHAUD</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">00:00</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>

<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
PHILADELPHIA PLAYER STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
G</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">PIM</td><td align="center">+/-</td><td align="center">PPG</td><td align="center">SHG</td><td align="center">FOT</td><td align="center">SOG</td><td>Hits</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
R.BRIND'AMOUR</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">20:40</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
E.DESJARDINS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">25:53</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
K.DYKHUIS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">12:38</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.DRUCE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">05:26</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
P.FALLOON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">10:00</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.HAWERCHUK</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">18:58</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
D.LACROIX</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">07:11</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
K.SAMUELSSON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">21:29</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
J.OTTO</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">11:04</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
P.SVOBODA</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">21:56</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
T.KLATT</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">21:57</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
E.LINDROS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">19:11</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
V.PROSPAL</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">08:29</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.NIINIMAA</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">24:05</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
S.PODEIN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">05:53</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
M.RENBERG</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">27:16</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
C.THERIEN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">13:59</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.ZUBRUS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">16:44</td>

</tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
PHILADELPHIA GOALIE STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
S</td><td align="center">GA</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
R.HEXTALL</td><td align="center">28</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">60:00</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
G.SNOW</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">00:00</td>
</tr>
</table>
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The last stop at their roadtrip is Ottawa. After a 3-0 loss against the Capitals they rebounded fast winning 5-3 against the Buffalo Sabres.
Alexei Yashin has been off his game lately but had a goal and an assist and so did last year's Calder Trophy winner Daniel Alfredsson.
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Hawerchuk, Flyers ends losing streak

The biggest fear the Flyers had before the game was to came up
short in the offensive play. Instead, they got the needed spark from
someone who hasn't produced the goals he's expected to score.

Dale Hawerchuk had 2 goals, the first and the last of the game, and both Mikael Renberg and Dainius Zubrus had a goal and an assist to take
an important victory over the Ottawa Senators

The Flyers started aggressive and were looking for the early goal and
they got just that. Ron Hextall put the puck into play after catching it with
his glove and passed it to Mikael Renberg. Renberg advanced towards the
Senators zone and deked past 2 players and threw the puck into the slot
where Dale Hawerchuk could put it in with a quick one-timer.

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The period continued with both teams struggling for the upper hand.
The Senators got back into the game 14 minutes in when Lance Pitlick fired a puck on goal. It bounced off Janne Niinimaa's leg causing it to
chance direction. Ron Hextall misjudged the path of the puck and could
only watch as it slided past him and into the net.

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The tie would only last less than thirty seconds. In an almost identical situation as the first goal, Dainius Zubrus got into the zone on the left side feeding the puck towards the net where Trent Klatt could lift in the 2-1 goal past Ron Tugnutt.

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Eric Lindros almost scored 3-1 in the face-off after, shooting a hard slapshot that went past Ron Tugnutt but hit the crossbar and deflected into the crowd. But satisfied with their game so far, the Flyers went into
the dressing room with a 2-1 lead.

The referee only found one penalty in the first where he should have found a lot more. He made the mistake of overcompensating, causing
a lot of protests from both teams. But luckily, the game didn't suffer that much from this. Rod Brind'Amour had just came out of the penalty box when Mikael Renberg started to advance towards the Senators zone on the right side. He got chased by Randy Cunneyworth who tried to stop him with a hooking. That draw the attention of the referee who raised his hand into the air. Still chased by Cunneyworth, Renberg managed to pass the puck to Dainius Zubrus, who from a bad angle got away a shot on goal. It seemed that it would miss the net but instead it hit the post
and bounced into the net. Both Tugnutt and Zubrus looked surprised over the goal.

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Both teams shared a penalty in the later part of the period but they displayed some fine defensive play, allowing no goals in the process.
Despite the 3-1 that the Flyers possessed, the game was still open.
The Senators had a lot of good chances, but Ron Hextall was there
to stop them all.

It wasn't much of a surprise, but the Flyers went into the third with a more defensive style of play, and wasn't going to let any easy goal in.
But they produced one more goal at least. Eric Lindros threw the puck at the goal, hoping for a rebound. But Sergei Zholtok got the hands of it instead but couldn't hold on to it as Dale Hawerchuk poked it away. The puck then took some odd bounces before it slided past Ron Tugnutt to make it 4-1. You felt a little bad for Tugnutt, who didn't have one of his better nights.

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17 minutes in, the Flyers had the chance of making it 5-1 when Sergei Zholtok got a minor for roughing. But a quick turnover made it 4-2.
Shawn McEachern caught a rebound and fed it to Alexei Yashin, who saw Wade Redden going for a breakway. He passed it to Redden who dumped it into the Flyers zone and caught the puck himself and with a wrister he put it past Hextall's first post. This was his only real mistake tonight.

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The Senators then took a time-out and went on an all out attack to try to close the gap to one but a tight, defensive play displayed by the Flyers in the last minute ensured that the game would end 4-2.

When the game ended you could almost see the tension in the faces
of the Flyers players let go. After playing simply bad in several games,
they finally got on track again with this win.

THREE STARS
#1: Dale Hawerchuk, 2 goals, 0 assists
#2: Dainius Zubrus, 1 goal, 1 assist
#3: Ron Hextall, 27 saves, .931%, 1 assist

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<table border=1>
<tr><td>
OTTAWA</td><td align="center">2
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
PHILADELPHIA</td><td align="center">4
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>

<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
1st period
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
01:11</td><td>PHI</td><td>GOAL (0:1)</td><td>DALE HAWERCHUK</td><td>MIKAEL RENBERG, RON HEXTALL
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
07:15</td><td>OTT</td><td>PEN</td><td>SHAUN VAN ALLEN</td><td>Hooking, minor

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
14:15</td><td>OTT</td><td>GOAL (1:1)</td><td>LANCE PITTLICK</td><td>RANDY CUNNEYWORTH
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
14:43</td><td>PHI</td><td>GOAL (1:2)</td><td>TRENT KLATT</td><td>DAINIUS ZUBRUS, KJELL SAMUELSSON
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>

<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
2nd period
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
00:41</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>ERIC DESJARDINS</td><td>Interference, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
02:15</td><td>OTT</td><td>PEN</td><td>ALEXEI YASHIN</td><td>Hooking, minor

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
03:29</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>ROD BRIND'AMOUR</td><td>Roughing, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
05:56</td><td>PHI</td><td>GOAL (1:3)</td><td>DAINIUS ZUBRUS</td><td>MIKAEL RENBERG
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
11:18</td><td>OTT</td><td>PEN</td><td>PHIL VON STEFENELLI</td><td>Roughing, minor

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
15:13</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>ERIC LINDROS</td><td>Tripping, minor
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
3rd period
<table border=1>

<tr><td>
11:24</td><td>OTT</td><td>PEN</td><td>SEAN HILL</td><td>Cross checking, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
11:47</td><td>PHI</td><td>PPG (1:4)</td><td>DALE HAWERCHUK</td><td>ERIC LINDROS
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
17:14</td><td>OTT</td><td>PEN</td><td>SERGEI ZHOLTOK</td><td>Roughing, minor

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
18:32</td><td>OTT</td><td>SHG (2:4)</td><td>WADE REDDEN</td><td>ALEXEI YASHIN, SHAWN McEACHERN
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>

<table>

<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
OTTAWA PLAYER STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
G</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">PIM</td><td align="center">+/-</td><td align="center">PPG</td><td align="center">SHG</td><td align="center">FOT</td><td align="center">SOG</td><td>Hits</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
D.ALFREDSSON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">21:22</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
R.BONK</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">00:00</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
A.DACKELL</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">19:28</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
R.CUNNEYWORTH</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">18:54</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
D.CHASSE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">08:38</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
A.DAIGLE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">01:33</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
T.CHORSKE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">06:22</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.ZENT</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">10:46</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
L.PITTLICK</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">27:29</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
S.HILL</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">14:03</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
J.LAUKKANEN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">16:00</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
S.McEACHERN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">23:58</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
W.REDDEN</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">28:03</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
S.VAN ALLEN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">13:04</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
A.YASHIN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">17</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">25:46</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.YORK</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">23:42</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
S.ZHOLTOK</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">11</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">20:01</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
P.VON STEFENELLI</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">12:28</td>

</tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
OTTAWA GOALIE STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
S</td><td align="center">GA</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
D.RHODES</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">00:00</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
R.TUGNUTT</td><td align="center">34</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">60:00</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>

<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
PHILADELPHIA PLAYER STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
G</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">PIM</td><td align="center">+/-</td><td align="center">PPG</td><td align="center">SHG</td><td align="center">FOT</td><td align="center">SOG</td><td>Hits</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
R.BRIND'AMOUR</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">16:51</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
E.DESJARDINS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">22:26</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
K.DYKHUIS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">15:21</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
P.FALLOON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">13:56</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
D.HAWERCHUK</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">16:16</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.LACROIX</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">08:19</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
K.SAMUELSSON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">21:00</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.OTTO</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">16:46</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
D.KORDIC</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">09:01</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
P.SVOBODA</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">22:41</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
T.KLATT</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">13:59</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
E.LINDROS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">21:00</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
V.PROSPAL</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">09:43</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.NIINIMAA</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">22:36</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
S.PODEIN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">10:32</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
M.RENBERG</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">23:21</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
C.THERIEN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">14:43</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.ZUBRUS</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">15:39</td>

</tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
PHILADELPHIA GOALIE STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
S</td><td align="center">GA</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
R.HEXTALL</td><td align="center">29</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">59:50</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
G.SNOW</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">00:00</td>
</tr>
</table>
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NEXT GAME
After finishing their roadtrip with a 2-2 record, the Flyers are now travelling back to CoreStates Center to take on the Vancouver Canucks.
Starting the season going 7-0-2-1, the Canucks have slowed down a bit, going 4-4-4-3 and was blanked in their last game against the Boston Bruins. But the russian duo of Alexander Mogilny and Pavel Bure is always dangerous and the Flyers defense will have to be on top of their game to stop them.
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Flyers shreds Canucks

If people were asked to describe this game with one word most of
them would probably say: effective.

Flyers scored 5 out 7 on the powerplay and 8 out of 9 players had more than one point in the win against a weak Vancouver Canucks.

But the first period didn't show anything of what would come. Vancouver
was clearly the better team in the opening minutes. The trio of Pavel Bure, Alexander Mogilny and Trevor Linden was giving Hextall some headache early and they almost got ahead on the scoreboard on a breakaway but the netminder managed to keep it out.
It was the Flyers who opened up the scoring. When Esa Tikkanen was out 2 minutes for hooking, they converted on the powerplay. Trent Klatt fired a puck on goal which redirected on Adrian Aucoin and stalled on the ice before
Dainius Zubrus got within reach and lifted it in to make it 1-0.

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The Canucks almost got back into the game a few minutes later when
Eric Lindros got 2 minutes for cross checking. Pavel Bure had an open net but somehow hit the post and on the rebound Ron Hextall already had recovered to save the second scoring attempt. The Flyers got also a chance on the powerplay 16 minutes in when Adrian Aucoin was handed a minor for hooking. But the Canucks PK-unit close it up and made sure that the score was 1-0 when the intermission came.

The second period was nothing like the first one. The Flyers literallt scored on every other scoring attempt they got. It started when David Roberts got 2 minutes for roughing. It didn't take long until Mikael Renberg found an opening in the Canucks defense and passed the puck to Eric Lindros who made it 2-0 with a one-timer.

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A minute later it was time again. The Flyers won a faceoff and advanced into the Canucks zone. Brind'Amour dropped the puck to Mikael Renberg who dumped it into the left corner to Dale Hawerchuk. He deked past two defensemen and put it up high behind Kirk McLean, who had gone down way too soon on his knees.

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Trailing by 3, the Canucks eventually got up on the board. Markus Näslund found defenseman Leif Rohlin at center ice who found himself all alone with Ron Hextall. He fired a shot which Hextall left a rebound on. Hextall was too deep into the net and couldn't reach the puck and Rohlin could score on the rebound.

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A minute later, Trevor Linden got 2 minutes for holding. Flyers pressed hard for a goal and got it. Kjell Samuelsson picked up a cleared puck at center ice and advanced into the zone and fired a puck on goal. McLean left an easy rebound and despite heavy surveillance Trent Klatt got his stick on the puck and put it past the goaltender.

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Almost 40 seconds after the goal, the Canucks got another penalty. This drew alot protests from the players and the headcoach Mike Keenan.
But the penalty was as clear as day and the Flyers were on the powerplay again. The Canucks were aggressive on penalty kill and fought hard to keep the Flyers out of the zone. But a mistake led to turnover by Eric Lindros. He passed the puck to Dale Hawerchuk who quickly advanced on the left. Covered by some Canucks Hawerchuk was seeking a pass and got it through the traffic to Eric Lindros who found the net with a one-timer. Kirk McLean didn't even had a chance to react.

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McLean was looking towards the bench, obviously wanting to get off the ice. 15 minutes in Trevor Linden got another minor for hooking. The Canucks got their act together and for the first time in the game gave the Flyers a really hard time. But still, the Flyers scored. In a Gretzky-like manner Dainius Zubrus positioned himself behind the net, seeking a pass. He saw Petr Svoboda on the left and skated a couple of steps to the right. Alexander Mogilny tried reaching the puck but failed and Svoboda lifted it past McLean's right pad.

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And then the final goal of the game came. It almost looked the same as the previous goal. Dale Hawerchuk skated behind the net and passed the puck to Mikael Renberg in front of the net. He hit David Roberts with the puck and it got loose. Then from nowhere Hawerchuk stormed in and fired a quick wristshot on goal which Kick McLean almost got a hand on but it went in.

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After that goal, McLean skated directly to the bench, deciding that he game was over for him. Mike Fountain had to jump into the net to
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The third period was more identical to the first one. Vancouver controlled much of the play and it was great to see that despite trailing by 6 goals, they still showed up with a great attitude and were going for the goal.
But Ron Hextall was calm out there and didn't let anything in this period.
The only things that happened this period involved Dan Kordic. First he got sweet pass from Dan Lacroix and fired a one-timer on goal. Sure he would score he raised his hands in the air but Mike Fountain made an amazing save with his pads.

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The situation after he got into a scrap with Gino Odjick and although
recieving a few punches himself he managed to KO his opponent much
to the crowd's amusement. When the period ended the Flyers got a
prolonged standing ovation from their homecrowd and it was well-deserved.

Although scoring 7 goals in a game is more rare than common, it
could be in fact a small hint of that the Flyers have got their scoring
going. They are 11-2 in the last 2 games and the scoring is still
spread out among the team. Dale Hawerchuk, Mikael Renberg and Dainius Zubrus are redhot right now and they are a proof of that the
Flyers don't stand and fall with John LeClair.

THREE STARS
#1: Eric Lindros, 2 goals, 0 assists
#2: Dale Hawerchuk, 2 goals, 1 assist
#3: Ron Hextall, 20 saves, .952%

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<table border=1>
<tr><td>
PHILADELPHIA</td><td align="center">7
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
VANCOUVER</td><td align="center">1
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>

<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
1st period
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
01:43</td><td>VAN</td><td>PEN</td><td>ESA TIKKANEN</td><td>Cross checking, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
08:01</td><td>VAN</td><td>PEN</td><td>ESA TIKKANEN</td><td>Hooking, minor

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
09:40</td><td>PHI</td><td>PPG (1:0)</td><td>DAINIUS ZUBRUS</td><td>TRENT KLATT, ROD BRIND'AMOUR
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
15:43</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>ERIC LINDROS</td><td>Cross checking, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
16:26</td><td>VAN</td><td>PEN</td><td>ADRIAN AUCOIN</td><td>Hooking, minor

</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
2nd period
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
01:56</td><td>VAN</td><td>PEN</td><td>DAVID ROBERTS</td><td>Roughing, minor
</td></tr>

<tr><td>
02:09</td><td>PHI</td><td>PPG (2:0)</td><td>ERIC LINDROS</td><td>MIKAEL RENBERG, JANNE NIINIMAA
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
03:07</td><td>PHI</td><td>GOAL (3:0)</td><td>DALE HAWERCHUK</td><td>MIKAEL RENBERG, ROD BRIND'AMOUR
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
09:58</td><td>VAN</td><td>GOAL (3:1)</td><td>LEIF ROHLIN</td><td>MARKUS NASLUND, JYRKI LUMME

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
10:53</td><td>VAN</td><td>PEN</td><td>TREVOR LINDEN</td><td>Holding, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
11:20</td><td>PHI</td><td>PPG (4:1)</td><td>TRENT KLATT</td><td>KJELL SAMUELSSON, PETR SVOBODA
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
11:57</td><td>VAN</td><td>PEN</td><td>CHRIS JOSEPH</td><td>Obstruction hooking, minor

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
12:25</td><td>PHI</td><td>PPG (5:1)</td><td>ERIC LINDROS</td><td>DALE HAWERCHUK
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
15:23</td><td>VAN</td><td>PEN</td><td>TREVOR LINDEN</td><td>Hooking, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
17:05</td><td>PHI</td><td>PPG (6:1)</td><td>PETR SVOBODA</td><td>DAINIUS ZUBRUS, KJELL SAMUELSSON

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
17:49</td><td>PHI</td><td>GOAL (7:1)</td><td>DALE HAWERCHUK</td><td>MIKAEL RENBERG
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
3rd period
<table border=1>

<tr><td>
14:35</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>DAN KORDIC</td><td>Fighting, major
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
14:35</td><td>VAN</td><td>PEN</td><td>GINO ODJICK</td><td>Fighting, major
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
19:26</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>KJELL SAMUELSSON</td><td>Tripping, minor

</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>

<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>

</table>
PHILADELPHIA PLAYER STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
G</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">PIM</td><td align="center">+/-</td><td align="center">PPG</td><td align="center">SHG</td><td align="center">FOT</td><td align="center">SOG</td><td>Hits</td><td align="center">Time</td>
</tr>

<tr><td>
R.BRIND'AMOUR</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">17:11</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
E.DESJARDINS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">19:29</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
K.DYKHUIS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">20:40</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
P.FALLOON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">10:58</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
D.HAWERCHUK</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">19:54</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.LACROIX</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">08:00</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
K.SAMUELSSON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">18:42</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.OTTO</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">15:15</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
D.KORDIC</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">06:14</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
P.SVOBODA</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">25:47</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
T.KLATT</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">18:25</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
E.LINDROS</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">20:39</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
V.PROSPAL</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">14:29</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.NIINIMAA</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">21:34</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
S.PODEIN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">10:43</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
M.RENBERG</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">19:22</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
C.THERIEN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">12:39</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.ZUBRUS</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">17:33</td>

</tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
PHILADELPHIA GOALIE STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
S</td><td align="center">GA</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
R.HEXTALL</td><td align="center">21</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">59:51</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
G.SNOW</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">00:00</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>

<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
VANCOUVER PLAYER STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
G</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">PIM</td><td align="center">+/-</td><td align="center">PPG</td><td align="center">SHG</td><td align="center">FOT</td><td align="center">SOG</td><td>Hits</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
A.AUCOIN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">27:16</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
P.BURE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">25:37</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
M.GELINAS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">05:13</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
M.NASLUND</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">17:39</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
A.MOGILNY</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">22:41</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
B.HEDICAN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">15:42</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
D.MURZYN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">21:12</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
R.COURTNALL</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">21:45</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
L.COURVILLE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">04:17</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
E.TIKKANEN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">07:19</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
G.ODJICK</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">03:16</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
T.LINDEN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">13</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">22:54</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
J.LUMME</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">13:20</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
M.SILLINGER</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">13:06</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
S.WALKER</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">09:09</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
C.JOSEPH</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">24:55</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
D.ROBERTS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">7</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">17:18</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
L.ROHLIN</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">19:05</td>

</tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
VANCOUVER GOALIE STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
S</td><td align="center">GA</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
M.FOUNTAIN</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">22:11</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
K.McLEAN</td><td align="center">28</td><td align="center">7</td><td align="center">37:35</td>
</tr>
</table>
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Next matchup is against the New York Rangers at the Madison Square Garden. After losing the previous game the Rangers are surging for revenge. Will they get it?
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Flyers lost in the Garden

After scoring 11 goals in 2 games, the Flyers were confident of
continuing that streak. But thanks to Mike Richter they only
amassed one goal.

Richter stopped 26 shots, several of them of the difficult kind, and Luc Robitaille had the game-winning goal as the New York Rangers beat
the Flyers at the Madision Square Garden with 3-1.

That is was going to be a tough game to play was evident already when they entered the ice. Massive booing from the stands the Flyers were welcomed at the usual way. And the tone was harsh from the beginning.
After only 3.29 three penalties had already been handed out, two of them
to the future hall of famer Wayne Gretzky. It should have been more though as there were small scrap after every frozen puck. The game
itself started to fall out of focus but a won struggle along the boards by
Mark Messier in the Flyers zone led to a pass to Shane Churla who fed the pass to Patrick Flatley who put it past Ron Hextall's glove.

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Flyers got their game going eventually but it was ruined by two penalties, one on Eric Lindros and one on Kjell Samuelsson. As the last penalty came 12 seconds before the end of the period, the Flyers had to start
the second by killing off a penalty.

And so they did. The Flyers penalty kill gave the Rangers no chance of getting even close of scoring. 6 minutes in, Bruce Driver got 2 minutes for interference. The Rangers did the same thing to the Flyers. The Flyers had a really hard time of settling themselves in the Rangers zone and did get their timing right. But just as the penatly was going to end Lindros managed to squeeze himself past Brian Leetch and passed the puck to Dale Hawerchuk. He got away a pretty loose shot which took and odd bounce of Alexei Karpovtsev. Mike Richter could only watch as the puck slowly sailed into the net.

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But the Rangers were quick to respond. The Rangers won the following faceoff and Sergei Nemchinov advanced into the zone and fired a somewhat harmless puck on net. But it found it's way between Hextall's legs and was going for the opposite goalpost when it redirected on Luc Robitaille's skate and into the goal. The Flyers wanted it to be ruled as
a kick but the referee was sure that he had made the right call. And he did. On the replay you could clearly see that he didn't make any movement with his leg.

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The Rangers did little to try to increase their lead though and invited
the Flyers back into the game. Over a few minutes, the Flyers owned
the ice creating tremendous pressure on Richter. He then grew to a wall,
stopping everything they could throw at him. Most spectacular was a pad save on Joel Otto on close range. Otto had an open net but Richter slided across to make the save. A hooking call on Eric Desjardins ended
the momentum the Flyers had and went to the dressing room trailing 2-1.

The third was far more even than the second. Both teams were desperate for a goal. That lead to a shift of momentum for the teams
several teams. It was pretty clear though that not that many goals were going to be scored. Both teams played a solid defensive game tonight and made few errors. On small error led to the last goal of the game.
Leetch passed the puck from his own zone to Adam Graves on the left, who without any surveillance could step into the zone and fire a quick wristshot who went past Hextall's glove and into the net.

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That pretty much sealed the deal. The Flyers could not produce anything dangerous to score a goal and the with the cheer from the crowd the Rangers could take home a great win at the Garden.

You can't really say that the Flyers played a bad game. They had a handful of chances that they probably should have scored on but
you must also bear in mind that when a goaltender steps into the
zone he could almost stop anything. And it was that who happened
to Richter.

THREE STARS
#1: Mike Richter, 26 saves, .962%
#2: Luc Robitaille, 1 goal, 0 assists
#3: Dale Hawerchuk, 1 goal, 0 assists

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<table border=1>
<tr><td>
NY RANGERS®</td><td align="center">3
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
PHILADELPHIA</td><td align="center">1
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>

<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
1st period
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
01:20</td><td>NYR</td><td>PEN</td><td>WAYNE GRETZKY</td><td>Holding, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
01:58</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>ROD BRIND'AMOUR</td><td>Interference, minor

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
03:29</td><td>NYR</td><td>PEN</td><td>WAYNE GRETZKY</td><td>Interference, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
07:19</td><td>NYR</td><td>GOAL (1:0)</td><td>PATRICK FLATLEY</td><td>SHANE CHURLA, MARK MESSIER
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
08:49</td><td>NYR</td><td>PEN</td><td>VLADIMIR VOROBIEV</td><td>Hooking, minor

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
09:58</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>ERIC LINDROS</td><td>Roughing, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
19:48</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>KJELL SAMUELSSON</td><td>Interference, minor
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>

<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
2nd period
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
06:10</td><td>NYR</td><td>PEN</td><td>BRUCE DRIVER</td><td>Interference, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
08:05</td><td>PHI</td><td>PPG (1:1)</td><td>DALE HAWERCHUK</td><td>ERIC LINDROS, ERIC DESJARDINS

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
08:51</td><td>NYR</td><td>GOAL (2:1)</td><td>LUC ROBITAILLE</td><td>SERGEJ NEMCHINOV
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
18:46</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>ERIC DESJARDINS</td><td>Hooking, minor
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>

<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
3rd period
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
10:33</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>KJELL SAMUELSSON</td><td>Interference, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
16:43</td><td>NYR</td><td>GOAL (3:1)</td><td>ADAM GRAVES</td><td>BRIAN LEETCH, ULF SAMUELSSON

</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>

<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>

</table>
NY RANGERS® PLAYER STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
G</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">PIM</td><td align="center">+/-</td><td align="center">PPG</td><td align="center">SHG</td><td align="center">FOT</td><td align="center">SOG</td><td>Hits</td><td align="center">Time</td>
</tr>

<tr><td>
B.BERG</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">09:58</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
P.FLATLEY</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">09:28</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
U.SAMUELSSON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">24:40</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
W.GRETZKY</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">12</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">24:13</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
B.DRIVER</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">23:17</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.LIDSTER</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">12:31</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
D.GONEAU</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">07:45</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
S.NEMCHINOV</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">04:41</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
S.MOMESSO</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">14:11</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
S.CHURLA</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">08:16</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
V.VOROBIEV</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">07:23</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
A.GRAVES</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">21:27</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
A.KARPOVTSEV</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">23:19</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.LANGDON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">10:18</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
B.LEETCH</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">26:21</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
M.MESSIER</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">7</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">26:51</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
N.SUNDSTROM</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">19:33</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
L.ROBITAILLE</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">18:01</td>

</tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
NY RANGERS® GOALIE STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
S</td><td align="center">GA</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
G.HEALY</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">00:00</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
M.RICHTER</td><td align="center">27</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">59:52</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>

<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
PHILADELPHIA PLAYER STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
G</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">PIM</td><td align="center">+/-</td><td align="center">PPG</td><td align="center">SHG</td><td align="center">FOT</td><td align="center">SOG</td><td>Hits</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
R.BRIND'AMOUR</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">21:06</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
E.DESJARDINS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">22:46</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
K.DYKHUIS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">16:12</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
P.FALLOON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">13:49</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
D.HAWERCHUK</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">20:14</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.LACROIX</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">01:44</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
K.SAMUELSSON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">23:37</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.OTTO</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">16:02</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
D.KORDIC</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">00:08</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
P.SVOBODA</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">23:24</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
T.KLATT</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">17:51</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
E.LINDROS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">-2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">8</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">22:01</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
V.PROSPAL</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">12:05</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.NIINIMAA</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">18:00</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
S.PODEIN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">00:35</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
M.RENBERG</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">26:08</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
C.THERIEN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">18:36</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.ZUBRUS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">15:40</td>

</tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
PHILADELPHIA GOALIE STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
S</td><td align="center">GA</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
R.HEXTALL</td><td align="center">28</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">60:00</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
G.SNOW</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">00:00</td>
</tr>
</table>
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The Flyers will travel to Dallas to meet the Stars. After a 3 game losing streak, the Stars now have have won two in a row, much thanks to the goaltending of Andy Moog. But he is fatigued and will probably play Darcy Wakaluk. The Flyers is going with Garth Snow in this game, resting
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Klatt scores game winning beauty

Trent Klatt might not be the hottest scorer in the NHL but when
he does, he sure does it beautiful and at the right time.

Klatt scored the game-winning goal and Garth Snow made 34 saves
as the Flyers rallied from a 0-2 deficit to a 3-2 over the Dallas Stars.

But if you were there for the first period you'd think that the Flyers
were going to lose with big numbers. The Stars were merciless from
the beginning, create a huge offensive pressure from the start.
The Flyers looked confused and wasn't given any chance of getting
near the puck. After 02.29 Dallas got up on the board when Pat Verbeek stole the puck from Chris Therien at with a wristshot put it past Garth Snow.

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The Stars fueled from this and were seeking another goal. The Flyers
had nothing to stop this and Garth Snow looked to be only player out there.
He made save after save but a quick turnaround made by Mike Modano led to 2-0. He landed a pass on Sergei Zubovs stick and he fired the puck on net. Snow stopped it but left a rebound and Pat Verbeek were there to shuffle it in past his glove.

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11 minutes in the Flyers were outplayed and hadn't got a single shot on
goal yet. It looked like it was going to be a long night. But they eventually got their game going and started to land a few shots on Arturs Irbe. Although not creating anything of real danger it was a
boost of confidence of finally getting past the Dallas defense.
At exactly 18.00 the Flyers were forced back on the defense as
Eric Lindros took a 2 minute minor for cross checking. But the penalty kill performed great and made sure that the Stars didn't get their third goal of the night. Trailing by 2 and losing the shots with 7-17 the Flyers
had a lot to think about before the second period.

And it didn't start the way that they wanted. Dale Hawerchuk got a 2 minute minor for interference although he was not near any player
at the moment. But despite protesting the Flyers found themselves on the penalty kill. Once again they performed well although Garth Snow had to make a few difficult saves. A few seconds before Hawerchuk's penalty ended Pat Verbeek got 2 minutes for hooking. The Stars penalty kill were playing great against the NHL's top power play team but an opening on the left side led to 2-1. A cleared puck landed on Garth Snow and he threw a long pass which Rod Brind'Amour managed to pick up right inside the Stars zone. Brind'Amour wasted no time of throwing the puck at the net and Dainius Zubrus got a piece of the puck re-directing it. Arturs Irbe got an arm on it but it couldn't be stopped and it slided across the line and into the goal.

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10 minutes in Pat Falloon was handed a minor for interference.
This time the Stars were really eager to score a goal. Garth Snow really
had to work on this one and stopped every shot the Stars could throw at him. Right after Falloon's penalty ended Eric Lindros picked up the puck in his own zone. Grant Marshall tried to stop him with a hooking but it drew the attention of the referee who raised his arm. Still in possession of the puck, Lindros passed the puck to Eric Desjardins who advanced in to center of the Stars zone. There he found Lindros, who just skated in front of him, and passed the puck. Lindros fired a one-timer which found it's way into the 5-hole and the game was suddenly tied.

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Patrick Cote and Dan Kordic got into a scrap 14 minutes leading the latter one pounded hard into the ice. Brent Gilchrist was shortly after penalized for holding and this time the Flyers power play couldn't get through the tight Dallas defense. The period ended with the Flyers
having the momentum and a better shot on 3-2 than the hometeam.

The Stars started the third period as the better team though.
Garth Snow grew bigger and bigger and stopped numerous Stars
attempts to score. It was the Flyers who eventually jumped into the lead.
Janne Niinimaa picked up the puck behind his own net and found Kjell Samuelsson on the blueline. Samuelsson wasted no time of passing it on to Trent Klatt who deked his way past three Stars before fooling up Arturs Irbe up in the crowd.

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A class A goal who created a huge boost for the Flyers. It got even bigger when Dan Kordic took his second fight tonight, this time against Bill Huard. Huard had no chance whatsoever against Kordic, who KO:ed him big time. The Flyers had all the momentum and the Stars had little time with the puck. They pulled Irbe from the net and went all in to try to tie it up but they barely got past the Flyers blueline. As the horn sounded the Flyers had achieved a great victory thanks to a great team performance.

If you don't count the Rangers game earlier this season this was
the Flyers greatest comeback so far. Despite being outplayed in the
first half of the game they reassembled and with a tremendous team effort they turned this game around. You shouldn't forget Garth Snow
who once again made a solid game between the pipes. It's still early
in the season but he has proven that he could be given more work
if needed. Last but not least, Trent Klatt has taken a step forward
in the absence of John Leclair and has earned his spot on the 2nd line.

THREE STARS
#1: Garth Snow, 34 saves, .944%
#2: Pat Verbeek, 2 goals, 0 assists
#3: Eric Lindros, 1 goal, 0 assists

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<table border=1>
<tr><td>
DALLAS</td><td align="center">2
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
PHILADELPHIA</td><td align="center">3
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>

<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
1st period
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
02:23</td><td>DAL</td><td>GOAL (1:0)</td><td>PAT VERBEEK</td><td>Unassisted
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
08:48</td><td>DAL</td><td>GOAL (2:0)</td><td>PAT VERBEEK</td><td>SERGEI ZUBOV, MIKE MODANO

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
18:00</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>ERIC LINDROS</td><td>Cross checking, minor
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
2nd period
<table border=1>

<tr><td>
00:36</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>DALE HAWERCHUK</td><td>Interference, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
02:17</td><td>DAL</td><td>PEN</td><td>PAT VERBEEK</td><td>Hooking, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
03:39</td><td>PHI</td><td>PPG (2:1)</td><td>DAINIUS ZUBRUS</td><td>ROD BRIND'AMOUR, GARTH SNOW

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
10:14</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>PAT FALLOON</td><td>Interference, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
12:35</td><td>PHI</td><td>GOAL (2:2)</td><td>ERIC LINDROS</td><td>ERIC DESJARDINS
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
14:11</td><td>DAL</td><td>PEN</td><td>PATRICK COTE</td><td>Fighting, major

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
14:11</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>DAN KORDIC</td><td>Fighting, major
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
14:30</td><td>DAL</td><td>PEN</td><td>BRENT GILCHRIST</td><td>Holding, minor
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>

<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
3rd period
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
08:05</td><td>PHI</td><td>GOAL (2:3)</td><td>TRENT KLATT</td><td>KJELL SAMUELSSON, JANNE NIINIMAA
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
10:11</td><td>DAL</td><td>PEN</td><td>BILL HUARD</td><td>Fighting, major

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
10:11</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>DAN KORDIC</td><td>Fighting, major
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>

<table>

<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
DALLAS PLAYER STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
G</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">PIM</td><td align="center">+/-</td><td align="center">PPG</td><td align="center">SHG</td><td align="center">FOT</td><td align="center">SOG</td><td>Hits</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
G.CARBONNEAU</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">13:19</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
P.VERBEEK</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">19:13</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
B.HUARD</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">11:46</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
C.LUDWIG</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">18:01</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
P.COTE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">06:36</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
B.HOGUE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">16:07</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
D.REID</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">11:10</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
B.GILCHRIST</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">23:49</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
T.HARVEY</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">05:38</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.HATCHER</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">22:58</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
S.ZUBOV</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">23:50</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.NIEUWENDYK</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">9</td><td align="center">8</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">16:32</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
J.LANGENBRUNNER</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">06:46</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.LEHTINEN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">11:41</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
G.MARSHALL</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">19:49</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
R.MATVICHUK</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">25:23</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
M.MODANO</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">13</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">28:01</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.SYDOR</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">16:19</td>

</tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
DALLAS GOALIE STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
S</td><td align="center">GA</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
A.IRBE</td><td align="center">27</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">59:40</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
R.TUREK</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">00:00</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>

<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
PHILADELPHIA PLAYER STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
G</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">PIM</td><td align="center">+/-</td><td align="center">PPG</td><td align="center">SHG</td><td align="center">FOT</td><td align="center">SOG</td><td>Hits</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
R.BRIND'AMOUR</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">7</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">25:04</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
E.DESJARDINS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">23:29</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
K.DYKHUIS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">14:20</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
P.FALLOON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">14:43</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
D.HAWERCHUK</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">19:01</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.LACROIX</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">04:09</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
K.SAMUELSSON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">20:12</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.OTTO</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">13:25</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
D.KORDIC</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">00:12</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
P.SVOBODA</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">16:28</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
T.KLATT</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">19:10</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
E.LINDROS</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">19:55</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
V.PROSPAL</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">14:38</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.NIINIMAA</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">26:47</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
S.PODEIN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">04:20</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
M.RENBERG</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">25:12</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
C.THERIEN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">16:45</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.ZUBRUS</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">16:10</td>

</tr>
</table>
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<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
PHILADELPHIA GOALIE STATS
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<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
S</td><td align="center">GA</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
R.HEXTALL</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">00:00</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
G.SNOW</td><td align="center">36</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">59:59</td>
</tr>
</table>
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Next up is a home game against the Florida Panthers. Flyers are so far 2-1-0-0 in the season against the Southeast Division leader.
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In a game where both teams didn't have their best offensive production
it was up to the goaltenders to decide the winner. And it was John Vanbiesbrouck who came out in the winning end.

Vanbiesbrouck stopped all 23 shots he faced and Ed Jovanovski scored
the game-winning goal as the Florida Panthers beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-0.

To begin with, the game was probably one of the worst ever this season at the CoreStates Center.
None of the teams displayed anything worth calling hockey in the beginning,
and it was almost a surprise when Ed Jovanovski scored on the power-play after a nice pass from Dave Lowry.

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The shots ended 10-7 in favour of the Panthers, who had the momentum going into the second.

And they built upon that. The period was only 13 seconds in when a scrap between Paul Laus and Dan Kordic broke out, It was a great fight, with both landing several punches on each other but it ended in tie as the referees separated the two. Almost 3 minutes in, Bill Lindsay got a minor for roughing and this gave the Flyers an opportunity to get into the game.
But the Panthers had done it's homework on how their powerplay and
a frustrated Flyers only got one shot on goal.
The Panthers on the other hand got their offense going and put some pressure on the Flyers net. Ron Hextall was sharp tonight however, making sure the score was still 1-0. At 16.42 Dan Kordic dropped the gloves for the second time, this time against Rhett Warrener. A good fight here as well, but without a winner. Mikael Renberg took a minor for tripping with 24 seconds left of the period, leaving the Panthers with an
excellent shot of scoring 2-0 in the beginning of the third.

But thanks to Ron Hextall, they failed to convert on the powerplay.
Hextall had no more than five shots on goal in that period of time.
7 minutes in Dan Kordic and Paul Laus dropped the gloves for the second time in this game. Knowing that he would recieve a game misconduct Kordic gave it all and annihilated Laus with several punches in the face and he dropped faster than he had ever did before.
That fired up the crowd. But it didn't fire up the Flyers. Despite having 2 good chances on the powerplay, they failed to score. Not only it was because of their bad play but John Vanbiesbrouck also made some key saves to prevent the puck from going in. In the last minute of the game, the Flyers tried to tie it up going with an extra attacker but that
only resulted in two more goals for the Panthers.

While the defense is still playing solid and is one of the best in the NHL, the Flyers offense are still giving and taking. Sure, you cannot produce every night but the Flyers have to turn this around quickly if they want to stay on the top.

THREE STARS
#1: John Vanbiesbrouck, 23 saves, 100%
#2: Ron Hextall, 23 saves, .958%
#3: Ed Jovanovski, 1 goal, 0 assists

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<table border=1>
<tr><td>
PHILADELPHIA</td><td align="center">0
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
FLORIDA</td><td align="center">3
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>

<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
1st period
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
04:03</td><td>FLA</td><td>PEN</td><td>BILL LINDSAY</td><td>Roughing, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
09:17</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>PETR SVOBODA</td><td>Obstruction tripping, minor

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
09:22</td><td>FLA</td><td>PPG (0:1)</td><td>ED JOVANOVSKI</td><td>DAVE LOWRY, STU BARNES
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
2nd period
<table border=1>

<tr><td>
00:13</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>DAN KORDIC</td><td>Fighting, major
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
00:13</td><td>FLA</td><td>PEN</td><td>PAUL LAUS</td><td>Fighting, major
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
02:52</td><td>FLA</td><td>PEN</td><td>BILL LINDSAY</td><td>Roughing, minor

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
16:42</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>DAN KORDIC</td><td>Fighting, major
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
16:42</td><td>FLA</td><td>PEN</td><td>RHETT WARRENER</td><td>Fighting, major
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
19:36</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>MIKAEL RENBERG</td><td>Tripping, minor

</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
3rd period
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
07:20</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>DAN KORDIC</td><td>For misconduct
</td></tr>

<tr><td>
07:20</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>DAN KORDIC</td><td>Fighting, major
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
07:20</td><td>FLA</td><td>PEN</td><td>PAUL LAUS</td><td>Fighting, major
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
07:40</td><td>FLA</td><td>PEN</td><td>DAVE LOWRY</td><td>Hooking, minor

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
10:05</td><td>FLA</td><td>PEN</td><td>ED JOVANOVSKI</td><td>Roughing, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
19:32</td><td>FLA</td><td>ENG (0:2)</td><td>JASON PODOLLAN</td><td>BILL LINDSAY
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
19:46</td><td>FLA</td><td>ENG (0:3)</td><td>STU BARNES</td><td>DAVE LOWRY

</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>

<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>

</table>
PHILADELPHIA PLAYER STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
G</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">PIM</td><td align="center">+/-</td><td align="center">PPG</td><td align="center">SHG</td><td align="center">FOT</td><td align="center">SOG</td><td>Hits</td><td align="center">Time</td>
</tr>

<tr><td>
R.BRIND'AMOUR</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">22:38</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
E.DESJARDINS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">26:39</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
K.DYKHUIS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">09:00</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.DRUCE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">06:59</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
P.FALLOON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">09:51</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.HAWERCHUK</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">18:09</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
D.LACROIX</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">08:59</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
K.SAMUELSSON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">22:54</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
J.OTTO</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">12:54</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.KORDIC</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">25</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">08:42</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
P.SVOBODA</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">19:10</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
T.KLATT</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">18:58</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
E.LINDROS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">19:32</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.NIINIMAA</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">24:32</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
S.PODEIN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">10:15</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
M.RENBERG</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">21:16</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
C.THERIEN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">16:18</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.ZUBRUS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">21:45</td>

</tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
PHILADELPHIA GOALIE STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
S</td><td align="center">GA</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
R.HEXTALL</td><td align="center">24</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">59:24</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
G.SNOW</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">00:00</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>

<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
FLORIDA PLAYER STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
G</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">PIM</td><td align="center">+/-</td><td align="center">PPG</td><td align="center">SHG</td><td align="center">FOT</td><td align="center">SOG</td><td>Hits</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
S.BARNES</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">7</td><td align="center">7</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">17:10</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
T.CARKNER</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">18:25</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
R.SHEPPARD</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">21:51</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.GARPENLOV</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">16:07</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
M.HOUGH</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">07:02</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
G.MURPHY</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">24:41</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
R.DVORAK</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">07:41</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
E.JOVANOVSKI</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">24:14</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
T.FITZGERALD</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">04:22</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
S.MELLANBY</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">13:21</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
P.LAUS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">12:23</td>
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B.LINDSAY</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">21:42</td>

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D.LOWRY</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">11:03</td>
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R.NIEDERMAYER</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">17:58</td>

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M.STRAKA</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">23:04</td>
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R.WARRENER</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">09:05</td>

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J.PODOLLAN</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">15:36</td>
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P.GUSTAFSSON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">26:15</td>

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M.FITZPATRICK</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">00:00</td>
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I went 6-4-0-0 in these past ten games and dropped from a conference
lead to a 4th spot. I guess I'm satisfied with that right now come to think
how i've played these past games. Scoring has worked on and off and is the main reason for my losses.
The top-five teams hasn't changed, just the places. Rangers rocketed up from 5th to 1st and with their game that they are displaying now they will be hard to stop. Florida and Pittsburgh are also hot and if this continues, it will be very tight at the top. But beware of the New Jersey Devils. They have finally woken up, winning 8 of their last 11 games and even though they are 8 points behind, their upcoming schedule gives them a chance to cathc up. Toronto dropped 5 places this period, losing 8 of their last 12.

Standings Western Conference after 30 games played

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The top of the Western Conference is limping sort of speak.
Anaheim is on top thanks to a 6-4-1-1 record. Vancouver went
up from 4th to 2nd going 6-3-3-0. Both Colorado and Detroit
hasn't been on top of their game lately, with the first one going
only 2-5-2. St.Louis took a big step forward, winning 8 of their last 12 games. The bottom is pretty much unchanged, except for Los Angeles
who left the last spot in the conference going 4-4-2-1.

League Leaders after 30 games played

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<td colspan="2" align="center">Despite scoring only 1 goal in three games and being blanked in a forth, the Flyers managed to climb one step up the rankings.<br />
And this time the scoring was limited to a few players. Dale Hawerchuk scored 6, while Dainius Zubrus and Eric Lindros scored 5. Trent Klatt got 4 tallies in these 10 games. After that only 4 more players scored a goal. <br /></td>
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<td colspan="2" align="center">The defense hasn't been as tight as in the previous ten games but has still performed well. They landed on a 2.40 GAA during 10 games.<br />
4 of these goal were scored in the empty net and lands Ron Hextall on a 1.99 GAA and Garth Snow on a 2.00 GAA. When playing 5 on 5, the Flyers is one of the best teams in the NHL.<br /></td>
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<td colspan="2" align="center">Terry Murray has really found his power play lines. In the absence of John LeClair, Mikael Renberg stepped in and has made a great job on the power play. He had a hand on Dale Hawerchuks 3 goals and Lindros's 2 goals. Dainius Zubrus also seems like a keeper on the powerplay. Of the 5 goals he scored during this period, 4 of them came on the powerplay. He has really matured fast.. </td>
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<td colspan="2" align="center">Now here's the Flyers weak spot right now. They have been taking too many penalties and the chemistry while being shorthanded isn't there just yet. Coach Terry Murray will have to continue to experiment if he wants to solve this ever growing problem.</td>
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PHILADELPHIA PLAYER STATS GAMES 21-30<BR>
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<td align="center">GP</td>
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G</td><td align="center">A</td>
<td align="center">P</td>
<td align="center">PIM</td><td align="center">+/-</td><td align="center">PPG</td><td align="center">SHG</td><td align="center">FOT</td><td align="center">SOG</td><td>Hits</td><td align="center">Time</td>
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<td> D.HAWERCHUK</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center"><strong>6</strong></td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">9</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">34</td>
<td align="center">33</td>
<td align="center">9</td>
<td align="center">182:12</td>
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<td> D.ZUBRUS</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">9</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center"><strong>4</strong></td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">28</td>
<td align="center">28</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="center">170:58</td>
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<td> M.RENBERG</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center"><strong>8</strong></td>
<td align="center">9</td>
<td align="center">6</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">49</td>
<td align="center">26</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="center">211:02</td>
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<td> E.LINDROS</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">8</td>
<td align="center">21</td>
<td align="center">-5</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center"><strong>83</strong></td>
<td align="center">30</td>
<td align="center">11</td>
<td align="center">208:05</td>
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R.BRIND'AMOUR</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">6</td>
<td align="center">7</td>
<td align="center">6</td>
<td align="center"><strong>5</strong></td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center"><strong>1</strong></td>
<td align="center">50</td>
<td align="center">27</td>
<td align="center">9</td>
<td align="center">208:23</td>
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<td> T.KLATT</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">-4</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center"><strong>35</strong></td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">171:54</td>
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<td> P.SVOBODA</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">-4</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">12</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center"><strong>214:46</strong></td>
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E.DESJARDINS</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">25</td>
<td align="center">7</td>
<td align="center">236:33</td>
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<td> K.SAMUELSSON</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center">-1</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center">9</td>
<td align="center">207:27</td>
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<td>J.LECLAIR</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">-2</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">8</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">40:00</td>
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<td> J.NIINIMAA</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">18</td>
<td align="center"><strong>12</strong></td>
<td align="center">211:09</td>
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<td> P.FALLOON</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">-1</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">9</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">139:04</td>
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<td> J.OTTO</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">-3</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">42</td>
<td align="center">8</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">146:56</td>
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K.DYKHUIS</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">-5</td>
<td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">157:27</td>
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<td>J.DRUCE</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">-2</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">19:20</td>
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D.LACROIX</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">-2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">27</td>
<td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">63:39</td>
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D.KORDIC</td>
<td align="center">8</td>
<td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">55</td>
<td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">6</td><td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">36:36</td>
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V.PROSPAL</td>
<td align="center">9</td>
<td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">-5</td>
<td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">13</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">98:56</td>
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<td>S.PODEIN</td>
<td align="center">8</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">-2</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">6</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">60:46</td>
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C.THERIEN</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">-3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">9</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="center">156:42</td>
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<td align="center">L</td>
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<td align="center">S</td>
<td align="center">MIN</td>
<td align="center">GAA</td>
<td align="center">SVS</td>
<td align="center">SO</td>
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<td> R.HEXTALL</td>
<td align="center"><strong>8</strong></td>
<td align="center"><strong>5</strong></td>
<td align="center"><strong>3</strong></td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center"><strong>16</strong></td>
<td align="center"><strong>206</strong></td>
<td align="center"><strong>482:15</strong></td>
<td align="center"><strong>1.99</strong></td>
<td align="center">.922</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
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<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">68</td>
<td align="center">119:44</td>
<td align="center">2.00</td>
<td align="center">.<strong>941</strong></td>
<td align="center">0</td>
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Renberg seems to have his game going now with his 9 points over these past 10 games. Dale Hawerchuk has performed well in the absence of John LeClair, with a team leading 6 goals. You can't help getting impressed by Dainius Zubrus, who since he was moved up from 3rd to 2nd and to the powerplay, matured a lot. He is lethal on the powerplay
at the moment as has surely secured his spot right there for the rest of the season. Lindros and Brind'Amour has also racked up their share to the bunch with 8 and 7 points respectively. The plus-minus this 10 game period was however not the best. Only 5 players had a plus 1 or more, which isn't pleasant to read. But this can be related to the low-scoring in the losses. When losing, they have had a distance of at least two goals or more, creating a small gap for the minus to build up. Also, their leaking shorthanded units have provided some of that statistics as well.

The goaltenders is performing well, providing the needed insurance
in the rear. Ron Hextall has taken much of the load as expected and
is still the no.1 goalie but the 2 games that Garth Snow started
gives coach Terry Murray some more evidence that he has a goalie that
can step in for Hextall if needed and perform well.

John Druce was the only season-debutee, playing in 3 games with 0 points and a minus 2 in 19 minutes and 20 seconds. Vaclav Prospal hasn't performed as well as expected and will probably be sent back to the minors once John LeClair returns from his finger injury.

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<td align="center">P</td>
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R.BRIND'AMOUR</td>
<td align="center">30</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center">15</td>
<td align="center"><strong>25</strong></td>
<td align="center">16</td>
<td align="center"><strong>14</strong></td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">78</td>
<td align="center">91</td>
<td align="center">15</td>
<td align="center">638:23</td>
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<td> E.LINDROS</td>
<td align="center">30</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center">14</td>
<td align="center">24</td>
<td align="center">71</td>
<td align="center">-3</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center"><strong>282</strong></td>
<td align="center"><strong>98</strong></td>
<td align="center"><strong>39</strong></td>
<td align="center">628:05</td>
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<td> M.RENBERG</td>
<td align="center">30</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="center">15</td>
<td align="center">20</td>
<td align="center">12</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">117</td>
<td align="center">90</td>
<td align="center">17</td>
<td align="center">605:02</td>
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<td> D.HAWERCHUK</td>
<td align="center">30</td>
<td align="center"><strong>12</strong></td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">16</td>
<td align="center">12</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">6</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">227</td>
<td align="center">90</td>
<td align="center">25</td>
<td align="center">597:12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> J.LeCLAIR</td>
<td align="center">22</td>
<td align="center">11</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">14</td>
<td align="center">8</td>
<td align="center">-7</td>
<td align="center">6</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">17</td>
<td align="center">97</td>
<td align="center">16</td>
<td align="center">424:00</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> D.ZUBRUS</td>
<td align="center">30</td>
<td align="center">8</td>
<td align="center">6</td>
<td align="center">14</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">37</td>
<td align="center">63</td>
<td align="center">7</td>
<td align="center">387:58</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
E.DESJARDINS</td>
<td align="center">30</td>
<td align="center">6</td>
<td align="center">8</td>
<td align="center">14</td>
<td align="center">6</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">68</td>
<td align="center">15</td>
<td align="center">703:33</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> P.SVOBODA</td>
<td align="center">30</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">9</td>
<td align="center">13</td>
<td align="center">20</td>
<td align="center">-5</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">35</td>
<td align="center">12</td>
<td align="center">653:46</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> T.KLATT</td>
<td align="center">30</td>
<td align="center">8</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">-2</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">22</td>
<td align="center">59</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">448:54</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> J.NIINIMAA</td>
<td align="center">30</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">7</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">51</td>
<td align="center">27</td>
<td align="center"><strong>715:09</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> K.SAMUELSSON</td>
<td align="center">30</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">7</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center">28</td>
<td align="center">7</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">38</td>
<td align="center">26</td>
<td align="center">665:27</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> P.FALLOON</td>
<td align="center">30</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">6</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">52</td>
<td align="center">8</td>
<td align="center">475:04</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> J.OTTO</td>
<td align="center">30</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">6</td>
<td align="center">6</td>
<td align="center">8</td>
<td align="center">-2</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">124</td>
<td align="center">30</td>
<td align="center">7</td>
<td align="center">443:56</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> C.THERIEN</td>
<td align="center">30</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="center">14</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">21</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center">481:42</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> K.HALLER</td>
<td align="center">15</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">6</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="center">238:00</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> D.LACROIX</td>
<td align="center">29</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">8</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">60</td>
<td align="center">16</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">171:39</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>K.DYKHUIS</td>
<td align="center">15</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">-4</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="center">6</td>
<td align="center">261:27</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>S.DANIELS</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">9</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">11:54</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>J.DRUCE</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">-2</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">19:20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>V.PROSPAL</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">-5</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">13</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">111:56</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> S.PODEIN</td>
<td align="center">27</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">-3</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="center">22</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">215:46</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> D.KORDIC</td>
<td align="center">28</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center"><strong>132</strong></td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">135:36</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
PHILADELPHIA GOALIE STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td>
<td align="center">GP</td>
<td align="center">W</td>
<td align="center">L</td>
<td align="center">T</td>
<td align="center"> GA
</td>
<td align="center">S</td>
<td align="center">MIN</td>
<td align="center">GAA</td>
<td align="center">SVS</td>
<td align="center">SO</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
R.HEXTALL</td>
<td align="center"><strong>25</strong></td>
<td align="center"><strong>15</strong></td>
<td align="center">8</td>
<td align="center"><strong>3</strong></td>
<td align="center">49</td>
<td align="center"><strong>683</strong></td>
<td align="center"><strong>1521:31</strong></td>
<td align="center">1.93</td>
<td align="center">.928</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
G.SNOW</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center"><strong>1</strong></td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center"><strong>8</strong></td>
<td align="center">154</td>
<td align="center">304:26</td>
<td align="center"><strong>1.57</strong></td>
<td align="center"><strong>.948</strong></td>
<td align="center">1</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
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After two games of not finding the net the Philadelphia Flyers found it again in a big fashion.

Ron Hextall made just 19 saves for the shutout and Dainius Zubrus
had a goal and an assist when the Flyers beat the Hartford Whalers
4-0 at CoreStates Center.

The Flyers took the command early as Andrew Cassels took a minor for hooking 2 minutes in. Although not scoring, having all the attempts stopped by a brilliant Sean Burke, they gained valuable momentum.
When Petr Svoboda sat in the penalty box for a minor tripping call, the shorthanded unit was great and didn't give the Whalers any clear shots on goal. The history repeated itself when Eric Lindros was handed a very doubtful penalty for obstruction hooking. Kelly Chase spoiled the powerplay with another obstruction hooking call. The league's 2nd best shorthanded unit almost killed the penalty when the Flyers scored the first of the night.
Zubrus had advanced into the Whalers zone and found Brind'Amour on the right. He tried to shoot it at the net but it was blocked by Godynyuk. He managed to get to the puck again, turned around and found Kjell Samuelsson. He fired a one-timer and thanks to a screen by Trent Klatt
the puck went past Sean Burke and into the net.

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Flyers really got the momentum here and the only one who kept the Whalers alive in the game was Sean Burke. He made several key saves in the last minutes of the period and made sure the Flyers only lead by one goal at the end of the period. The shots were 15-7 to the Flyers.

The second period wasn't even 2 minutes old when Janne Niinimaa took
a pass from Mark Janssens and went into the Whalers zone, deked past Geoff Sandersson and ended with a slapshot who went past Sean Burke's stickside.

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Burke, who continued to play great, made one huge mistake 14 minutes in. He was going to clear a puck out of the zone when Trent Klatt came up from behind. He threw away the puck but it was caught by Eric Lindros, who aimed for a shot at the open net. But he missed the puck and Burke had time to get into the net. But he was out of balance and went Lindros finally got away the shot he tried to roll over and save it with his pads which he almost did, but somehow the puck found it's way into the net.

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The Flyers then had two powerplays, both created by Glen Featherstone.
But here the Whalers showed some discipline and denied the Flyers another goal on the powerplay.

The Flyers got another chance on the powerplay early in the third period
and here it was all thanks to Sean Burke that the Flyers didn't score.
They threw 6 shots on goal and he saved them all. Best save of the day was a goalline glovesave on Dainius Zubrus shot on closerange.
Zubrus raised his hands at first but quickly realised that he didn't score
and buried his face into his gloves.
But he would get the goal about 6 minutes later when Stu Grimsom got called for a hooking. A dumped puck into the Flyers zone was picked up by Petr Svoboda, who turned around and passed Brind'Amour at center ice. He fought his way through McBain and Ranheim and got into the zone where he passed Trent Klatt. Klatt turned around and passed the puck to Zubrus who fired a quick wrister on goal. Screened once again, Burke never saw the puck and it went in past his gloveside.

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The Flyers then turned to the defensive, wanting to give Ron Hextall
the shutout. But it really wasn't hard. Hartford couldn't create anything forward this game and looked much weaker than expected.
The tempo declined as the minutes towards the final buzzer came closer.
But at 17.30 Stu Grimson and Dan Kordic finally found each other and
a good fight broke out. Both landed heavy punches but it eventually
ended in a tie. As the horn finally signaled the end of the game the
Flyers had taken an important victory, winning 4-0 and winning the
shots 45-19.

After that 3-0 loss against the Panthers, the Flyers really needed a
confidence boost and hopefully they got it from this game.
Especially the shorthanded unit, who have had some trouble
for some time now.

THREE STARS
#1: Ron Hextall, 19 saves, 100%
#2: Dainius Zubrus, 1 goal, 1 assist
#3: Kjell Samuelsson, 1 goal, 0 assists

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<table border=1>
<tr><td>
PHILADELPHIA</td><td align="center">4
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
HARTFORD</td><td align="center">0
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>

<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
1st period
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
01:56</td><td>HAR</td><td>PEN</td><td>ANDREW CASSELS</td><td>Hooking, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
08:30</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>PETR SVOBODA</td><td>Tripping, minor

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
12:19</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>ERIC LINDROS</td><td>Obstruction tripping, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
13:15</td><td>HAR</td><td>PEN</td><td>KELLY CHASE</td><td>Obstruction hooking, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
15:11</td><td>PHI</td><td>PPG (1:0)</td><td>KJELL SAMUELSSON</td><td>ROD BRIND'AMOUR, DAINIUS ZUBRUS

</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
2nd period
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
01:56</td><td>PHI</td><td>GOAL (2:0)</td><td>JANNE NIINIMAA</td><td>Unassisted
</td></tr>

<tr><td>
14:06</td><td>PHI</td><td>GOAL (3:0)</td><td>ERIC LINDROS</td><td>Unassisted
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
15:50</td><td>HAR</td><td>PEN</td><td>GLEN FEATHERSTONE</td><td>Interference, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
18:46</td><td>HAR</td><td>PEN</td><td>GLEN FEATHERSTONE</td><td>Holding, minor

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
19:38</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>ERIC LINDROS</td><td>Tripping, minor
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
3rd period
<table border=1>

<tr><td>
01:16</td><td>HAR</td><td>PEN</td><td>KEITH PRIMEAU</td><td>Hooking, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
03:15</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>ERIC LINDROS</td><td>Elbowing, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
08:53</td><td>HAR</td><td>PEN</td><td>STU GRIMSON</td><td>Hooking, minor

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
09:11</td><td>PHI</td><td>PPG (4:0)</td><td>DAINIUS ZUBRUS</td><td>TRENT KLATT, ROD BRIND'AMOUR
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
17:30</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>DAN KORDIC</td><td>Fighting, major
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
17:30</td><td>HAR</td><td>PEN</td><td>STU GRIMSON</td><td>Fighting, major

</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>

<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>

</table>
PHILADELPHIA PLAYER STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
G</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">PIM</td><td align="center">+/-</td><td align="center">PPG</td><td align="center">SHG</td><td align="center">FOT</td><td align="center">SOG</td><td>Hits</td><td align="center">Time</td>
</tr>

<tr><td>
R.BRIND'AMOUR</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">19:01</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
E.DESJARDINS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">20:08</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
K.DYKHUIS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">13:15</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.DRUCE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">13:48</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
P.FALLOON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">07:19</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.HAWERCHUK</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">22:40</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
D.LACROIX</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">10:12</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
K.SAMUELSSON</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">21:23</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
J.OTTO</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">19:54</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.KORDIC</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">08:54</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
P.SVOBODA</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">19:57</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
T.KLATT</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">16:52</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
E.LINDROS</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">8</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">16:37</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.NIINIMAA</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">25:12</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
S.PODEIN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">11:03</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
M.RENBERG</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">12:39</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
C.THERIEN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">15:42</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.ZUBRUS</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">17:50</td>

</tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
PHILADELPHIA GOALIE STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
S</td><td align="center">GA</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
R.HEXTALL</td><td align="center">19</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">59:33</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
G.SNOW</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">00:00</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>

<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
HARTFORD PLAYER STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
G</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">PIM</td><td align="center">+/-</td><td align="center">PPG</td><td align="center">SHG</td><td align="center">FOT</td><td align="center">SOG</td><td>Hits</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
A.BURT</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">27:05</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
K.CHASE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">21:23</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
K.DINEEN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">20:09</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
N.EMERSON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">09:35</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
M.JANSSENS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">06:26</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
G.FEATHERSTONE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">14:04</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
J.McBAIN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">24:55</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
A.GODYNYUK</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">20:21</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
S.GRIMSON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">7</td><td align="center">-2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">06:19</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
A.CASSELS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">27:36</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
S.KAPANEN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">15:27</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.O'NEILL</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">11</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">14:50</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
M.MALIK</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">12:12</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
A.NIKOLISHIN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">13:12</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
K.PRIMEAU</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">9</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">12:08</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
P.RANHEIM</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">11:31</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
G.SANDERSON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">25:39</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
R.KRON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">06:53</td>

</tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
HARTFORD GOALIE STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
S</td><td align="center">GA</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
S.BURKE</td><td align="center">45</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">60:00</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.GIGUERE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">00:00</td>
</tr>
</table>
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Flyers wins again against Whalers

The Hartford Whalers put up with a better game than the one 2 nights
ago. Sadly for them, so did the Flyers.

Mikael Renberg had 2 goals and Ron Hextall were excellent between the pipes, stopping 25 shots, as the Flyers rallied over the Hartford Whalers
winning 6-2.

Hartford showed early that had forgotten about being blanked in the last
game, putting up with some heavy pressure from the start. The Flyers
couldn't really match their tempo in the beginning and Trent Klatt took a hooking penalty because of that. Hartford had trouble though finding the
rhythm at the powerplay and the Flyers threw the puck out of their zone
over and over again. One puck that Ron Hextall cleared bounced off the
boards and right to Sean Burke. Here, Burke did a terrible mistake when he
passed the puck right on Petr Svoboda's stick. A bit surprised, Svoboda still
managed to threw away a shot and it slided across Burke and into the net, making it 1-0.

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Trent Klatt was handed another penalty, this time for roughing, at 09:23.
The Whalers got 59 seconds on the powerplay when Kelly Chase ending it with a roughing call. On the following face-off, Pat Falloon won the puck out to Chris Therien, who just skated towards the net and let a slapshot go who went in past Burke's stickside.

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The Whalers continued to grind, and they clearly wanted to get into the game as fast as possible. Geoff Sandersson went coast to coast on one play and almost put it past Ron Hextall, who were saved by the post this time. Paul Ranheim got an opportunity to score a few moments later but
Hextall gloved that puck. Almost 14 minutes in, Glen Featherstone got 2 minutes for hooking. The Whalers shorthanded unit really gave the Flyers a hard time on this one, and were close to not even letting them into their own zone. But a sloppy linechange made the score 3-0.
Making the linechange a bit too late, The Whalers left Dale Hawerchuk
and Mikael Renberg all open. Hawerchuk advanced into the zone on the left, searching for a perfect moment to pass. The found it and Mikael Renberg had no problems putting it past Sean Burke.

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No more goals were scored in the first period, who were despite the score still fairly even. The only difference so far is that the Flyers had been more efficient than their opponent.

Almost 6 minutes into the second, the Whalers situation turned to the worse. Mikael Renberg, positioned at Burke's left post, got a pass from Dale Hawerchuk and fired away a quick one-timer. Burke made a save with his toe but Renberg got to the puck, turned around and went for the net. And with a quick wristshot, he put it past Sean Burke.

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Up to this point, Sean Burke had only made 9 saves and by the look on his face, he wouldn't mind getting pulled from the game. Almost at the 8 minute mark, Kelly Chase and Dan Kordic dropped their gloves. It was an even fight until Kordic landed a huge punch in Chase's face and iced him.

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But the Whalers wasn't beaten yet. On a 3 minute stretch, they owned the puck and created a lot of chances. But Hextall was clearly on his game tonight, refusing any scoring attempt. The Whalers really deserved a goal here, with the effort that they put into the game.
But sadly for them, Sean Burke didn't have his best game in the net.
Sami Kapanen was in the penalty box when Rod Brind'Amour and Paul
Ranheim struggled for the puck inside the Whalers zone. The puck got
loose, and landed on Dainius Zubrus stick. He fired away a quick wristshot and Sean Burke didn't even react on it. Frustrated by this,
he skated towards the bench and backup goaltender Jean-Sebastian
Giguere replaced him.

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When the period ended, the game was practically over already. But
the teams were still even and in the game of hockey, a 5 goal deficit
isn't really nothing.

And 36 seconds into the third period, the Whalers finally got up on the board. Some miscommunication between Rod Brind'Amour and Dainius Zubrus led to a giveaway to Geoff Sandersson who found an open Jeff O'Neill in front of the net. He had no trouble ending the hopes of another shutout for Ron Hextall.

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And they really got it going after the goal. The Whalers were flying sort of speak, and the Flyers could only try to tag along. Ron Hextall really had to work now but eventually he had to capitulate once more.
Kevin Dineen won a struggle in the left corner against Chris Therien and got the puck to Geoff Sandersson. He passed it back to Dineen, who saw Andrew Cassels standing completely alone at Hextall's right post. He managed to get the puck through the traffic and Cassels shuffled it in.

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The Whalers continued to push on for their third goal. The Flyers created some chances but nothing dangerous. At the 11-minute mark Dan Kordic dropped his gloves once again, this time against "The Grim Reaper".
In a fight that lasted almost a minute, they got a few punches on each other but it was mostly a grabbing-contest and it ended in a tie.
As the minutes went by, it became evident that the Whalers had used up all their offensive for the night. They were time to time forced to threw the puck to an icing as the Flyers almost had them imprisoned into their own zone, not giving them any chances to change their lines.
One of these icing calls led to the last goal of the game. At the following face-off Lindros took the puck and tried to get a shot away. But he swung the stick into open air and the puck slided to Trent Klatt. Klatt got a loose shot away which hit the post and bounced off Giguere's right leg and into the net.

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It was a goal that really summed this game up. A few chances, a lot of goals.

Playing these two games against Hartford, who has one of the best
goal against in the league, and scoring 10 goals feels like a real confidence boost. Although having the luck of facing a struggling goaltender, it's still important that they score on their chances, which
has been little of their problem earlier in the season.
But if Dale Hawerchuk, Mikael Renberg and Dainius Zubrus continue to
play like they are now, scoring won't be a problem for the rest of the season.

THREE STARS
#1: Mikael Renberg, 2 goals, 0 assists
#2: Petr Svoboda, 1 goal, 1 assist
#3: Ron Hextall, 25 saves, .925%

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<table border=1>
<tr><td>
HARTFORD</td><td align="center">2
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
PHILADELPHIA</td><td align="center">6
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>

<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
1st period
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
02:51</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>TRENT KLATT</td><td>Hooking, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
04:11</td><td>PHI</td><td>SHG (0:1)</td><td>PETR SVOBODA</td><td>Unassisted

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
09:23</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>TRENT KLATT</td><td>Roughing, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
10:22</td><td>HAR</td><td>PEN</td><td>KELLY CHASE</td><td>Roughing, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
10:29</td><td>PHI</td><td>GOAL (0:2)</td><td>CHRIS THERIEN</td><td>PAT FALLOON

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
13:54</td><td>HAR</td><td>PEN</td><td>GLEN FEATHERSTONE</td><td>Hooking, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
14:50</td><td>PHI</td><td>PPG (0:3)</td><td>MIKAEL RENBERG</td><td>DALE HAWERCHUK
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>

<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
2nd period
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
05:52</td><td>PHI</td><td>GOAL (0:4)</td><td>MIKAEL RENBERG</td><td>DALE HAWERCHUK, PETR SVOBODA
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
07:59</td><td>HAR</td><td>PEN</td><td>KELLY CHASE</td><td>Fighting, major

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
07:59</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>DAN KORDIC</td><td>Fighting, major
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
14:15</td><td>HAR</td><td>PEN</td><td>SAMI KAPANEN</td><td>Hooking, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
14:39</td><td>PHI</td><td>PPG (0:5)</td><td>DAINIUS ZUBRUS</td><td>Unassisted

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
18:55</td><td>HAR</td><td>PEN</td><td>JASON McBAIN</td><td>Hooking, minor
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
3rd period
<table border=1>

<tr><td>
00:36</td><td>HAR</td><td>SHG (1:5)</td><td>JEFF O'NEILL</td><td>GEOFF SANDERSON
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
06:41</td><td>HAR</td><td>GOAL (2:5)</td><td>ANDREW CASSELS</td><td>KEVIN DINEEN, GEOFF SANDERSON
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
08:33</td><td>HAR</td><td>PEN</td><td>ANDREW CASSELS</td><td>Hooking, minor

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
10:57</td><td>HAR</td><td>PEN</td><td>STU GRIMSON</td><td>Fighting, major
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
10:57</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>DAN KORDIC</td><td>Fighting, major
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
19:08</td><td>PHI</td><td>GOAL (2:6)</td><td>TRENT KLATT</td><td>ERIC LINDROS

</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>

<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>

</table>
HARTFORD PLAYER STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
G</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">PIM</td><td align="center">+/-</td><td align="center">PPG</td><td align="center">SHG</td><td align="center">FOT</td><td align="center">SOG</td><td>Hits</td><td align="center">Time</td>
</tr>

<tr><td>
A.BURT</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">27:05</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
K.CHASE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">7</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">21:51</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
K.DINEEN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">7</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">20:35</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
N.EMERSON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">08:40</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
M.JANSSENS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">05:12</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
G.FEATHERSTONE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">21:54</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
J.McBAIN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">-2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">18:39</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
A.GODYNYUK</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">12:34</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
S.GRIMSON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">05:30</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
A.CASSELS</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">15</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">21:04</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
S.KAPANEN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">-2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">14:45</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.O'NEILL</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">8</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">17:07</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
M.MALIK</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">21:17</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
A.NIKOLISHIN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">15:25</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
K.PRIMEAU</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">8</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">15:54</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
P.RANHEIM</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">12:14</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
G.SANDERSON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">24:42</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
R.KRON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">08:11</td>

</tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
HARTFORD GOALIE STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
S</td><td align="center">GA</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
S.BURKE</td><td align="center">18</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">34:38</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.GIGUERE</td><td align="center">14</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">25:22</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>

<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
PHILADELPHIA PLAYER STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
G</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">PIM</td><td align="center">+/-</td><td align="center">PPG</td><td align="center">SHG</td><td align="center">FOT</td><td align="center">SOG</td><td>Hits</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
R.BRIND'AMOUR</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">8</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">18:54</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
E.DESJARDINS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">21:40</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
K.DYKHUIS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">15:19</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.DRUCE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">14:29</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
P.FALLOON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">15:51</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.HAWERCHUK</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">21:39</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
D.LACROIX</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">00:54</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
K.SAMUELSSON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">20:52</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
J.OTTO</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">20:13</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.KORDIC</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">00:47</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
P.SVOBODA</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">21:17</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
T.KLATT</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">21:08</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
E.LINDROS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">12</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">22:18</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.NIINIMAA</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">21:20</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
S.PODEIN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">00:35</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
M.RENBERG</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">9</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">23:08</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
C.THERIEN</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">17:23</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.ZUBRUS</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">18:22</td>

</tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
PHILADELPHIA GOALIE STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
S</td><td align="center">GA</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
R.HEXTALL</td><td align="center">27</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">59:51</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
G.SNOW</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">00:00</td>
</tr>
</table>
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Bill Ranford was on the way of carrying his Boston Bruins to another victory over the Philadelphia Flyers. But unlike the previous game, they founda way to beat him.

Rod Brind'Amour scored the game-winning goal and goaltender Garth Snow was also credited for a goal when the Flyers managed to comeback from a 3-1 deficit and turn it to a 4-3 victory.

As the Flyers went out a little slow, the Bruins seized the momentum early. Killing off an early penalty on Troy Malette relatively easy, they continued on with a speedy offensive, and just like in Hartford the Flyers had a hard time keeping up with the tempo, with two hooking calls as a result.
On Eric Desjardins penalty, the Bruins got ahead with the first goal of the game. Ray Bourque unloaded a shot from the blueline which Garth Snow deflected into the left corner. There to pick it up was Ted Donato, who fed the puck to Rick Tocchet in front of the net, using Snow's mistake of not covering his first post to shoot it in.

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Bill Ranford then showed that he wasn't going to be beaten easily tonight by making several great saves when the momentum temporarly
swung over to the Flyers. But the Bruins were the better team and soon
again put some pressure on Garth Snow. But no more goals were scored in this period. One fight broke out though. Dan Kordic and Rick Tocchet decided to drop the gloves and it never became a huge fight as the referees almost intervened at once. Kordic was given an instigator for fighting and the Flyrs were forced to go on the penalty kill. They made sure they kept the puck out and the teams went to the dressing room with Bruins leading 1-0.

The Flyers got the chance of tying the game early into the second as Steve Staios took 2 for hooking. And a little over a minute later, they got their goal. The goalscorer? Garth Snow!
Snow picked up a cleared puck in his zone and fired it away. It bounced off the boards and right to Bill Ranford. Ranford passed the puck right to Kyle McLaren, who caught it with his skate and it changed direction and slided between Ranford's pads.

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Flyers then took over the game. After they killed a penalty on Eric Lindros, the situation looked almost the same as for the Bruins in the first period. They got 2 powerplay situations and had a great chance of
getting ahead but Bill Ranford kept getting bigger after each save that he made and kept the game tied a 1. In fact, it was the Bruins who got ahead once again. On a clearing attempt made by Daniel Lacroix, the puck landed on Steve Heinze's stick and he threw a loose backhand on net which went in. Snow looked like he was sleeping on that one.

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About thirty seconds later, Dan Kordic dropped his gloves again, this time against Sandy Moger. It became a one-sided history. Kordic really pounded Moger with punches and soon he dropped like a stone into the ice. That fight ended the second period highlights and when the horn sounded the Bruins had a 2-1 lead going into the third.

The Flyers focused everything on the offense early in the period, trying
to tie the game early. But was happens when you do that? The defense
finds themselves too up high at the ice. A missed pass from Janne Niinimaa to Desjardins led to a 2 on 1 situation for the Bruins and Steve Heinze passed the puck to Brett Harkins, who fired away a weak shot on goal which somehow found it's way in behind Garth Snow.

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Despite this tactical mistake, the Flyers continued to play very offensive
and 15 minutes in, it finally payed off. On a 2 on 1 situation similar to the Bruins 3-1 goal, Brind'Amour skated into the Bruins zone on the right and fed the puck to an alone Eric Desjardins and he put it up high behind Bill Ranford.

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Little over 2 minutes later, the tying goal came. When the other players in the Flyers went for the bench, Eric Lindros advanced into the zone alone. There he met resistance in form of three Bruins. Trying get past them, he turned around, seemingly going for the net. But he turned around again and took a few step in and threw a long pass to Pat Falloon, who just had got into the zone. Falloon had no problems putting it past Bill Ranford, who despite stretching all of his 5'11" out, couldn't reach the puck.

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The game was going to overtime and the Flyers were going to have a tough start of it as Rod Brind'Amour took a 2 minute minor for obstruction hooking. But the Flyers hadn't lost a single OT up to that
point and with the momentum they gained from the last five minutes of the third, nothing would point that the streak would end now.

But it almost did thanks to Rob DiMaio. DiMaio went on a breakaway after a sloppy play by the Flyers in the Bruins zone. He deked away Garth Snow, leaving an open net but he missed the net completely with his shot and before he could reach for the puck again, he had already been caught up by Flyers defense. With 37 seconds to go, Flyers got the OT goal. After getting the puck from Janne Niinimaa, Rod Brind'Amour skated around trying to find someone to pass. He tried to pass Chris Therien, who had positioned himself in front of the net. But the puck bounced of his skate and stalled on the ice. Brind'Amour barely made it to it to make a shot. Ranford saved it he couldn't hold it and the puck off him and into the net. A perhaps injustice ending for Ranford, who had been terrific all game.

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Garth Snow did play on of his best games this year but when that
happens the team has to play even better and the Flyers did so tonight.
Instead of giving up, the team showed character and never even gave glimpse of a bad attitude. The 3-3 goal scored by Pat Falloon was important, not only for the game but also for himself. Falloon hadn't scored since November 4th on a 4-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning and since then he has struggled and getting that goal
must be good for his confidence.

THREE STARS
#1: Eric Desjardins, 1 goal, 0 assists
#2: Rod Brind'Amour, 1 goal, 1 assist
#3: Pat Falloon, 1 goal, 0 assists

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<table border=1>
<tr><td>
PHILADELPHIA</td><td align="center">4
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
BOSTON</td><td align="center">3
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>

<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
1st period
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
02:44</td><td>BOS</td><td>PEN</td><td>TROY MALLETTE</td><td>Hooking, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
08:20</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>PAT FALLOON</td><td>Hooking, minor

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
11:51</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>ERIC DESJARDINS</td><td>Hooking, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
13:23</td><td>BOS</td><td>PPG (0:1)</td><td>RICK TOCCHET</td><td>TED DONATO, DON SWEENEY
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
18:24</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>DAN KORDIC</td><td>Fight instigator, minor

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
18:24</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>DAN KORDIC</td><td>Fighting, major
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
18:24</td><td>BOS</td><td>PEN</td><td>RICK TOCCHET</td><td>Fighting, major
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
18:59</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>PETR SVOBODA</td><td>Interference, minor

</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
2nd period
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
00:41</td><td>BOS</td><td>PEN</td><td>STEVE STAIOS</td><td>Hooking, minor
</td></tr>

<tr><td>
01:39</td><td>PHI</td><td>PPG (1:1)</td><td>GARTH SNOW</td><td>Unassisted
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
04:12</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>ERIC LINDROS</td><td>Tripping, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
07:38</td><td>BOS</td><td>PEN</td><td>JON ROHLOFF</td><td>Hooking, minor

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
12:18</td><td>BOS</td><td>PEN</td><td>RICK TOCCHET</td><td>Hooking, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
17:04</td><td>BOS</td><td>GOAL (1:2)</td><td>STEVE HEINZE</td><td>Unassisted
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
17:36</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>DAN KORDIC</td><td>Fighting, major

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
17:36</td><td>BOS</td><td>PEN</td><td>SANDY MOGER</td><td>Fighting, major
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
3rd period
<table border=1>

<tr><td>
09:30</td><td>BOS</td><td>GOAL (1:3)</td><td>BRETT HARKINS</td><td>DON SWEENEY
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
15:14</td><td>PHI</td><td>GOAL (2:3)</td><td>ERIC DESJARDINS</td><td>ROD BRIND'AMOUR
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
17:23</td><td>PHI</td><td>GOAL (3:3)</td><td>PAT FALLOON</td><td>ERIC LINDROS, KJELL SAMUELSSON

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
19:30</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>ROD BRIND'AMOUR</td><td>Obstruction tripping, minor
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
Overtime1
<table border=1>

<tr><td>
00:18</td><td>BOS</td><td>PEN</td><td>RAY BOURQUE</td><td>Roughing, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
04:23</td><td>PHI</td><td>GOAL (4:3)</td><td>ROD BRIND'AMOUR</td><td>JANNE NIINIMAA
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>

</table>

<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
PHILADELPHIA PLAYER STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
G</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">PIM</td><td align="center">+/-</td><td align="center">PPG</td><td align="center">SHG</td><td align="center">FOT</td><td align="center">SOG</td><td>Hits</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
R.BRIND'AMOUR</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">24:15</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
E.DESJARDINS</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">25:47</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
J.DRUCE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">09:59</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
P.FALLOON</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">10:27</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
K.HALLER</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">09:40</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.HAWERCHUK</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">7</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">22:21</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
D.LACROIX</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">03:06</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
K.SAMUELSSON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">24:38</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
J.OTTO</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">13:04</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.KORDIC</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">12</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">05:04</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
P.SVOBODA</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">26:26</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
T.KLATT</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">20:35</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
E.LINDROS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">12</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">28:08</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.NIINIMAA</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">23:49</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
S.PODEIN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">02:52</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
M.RENBERG</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">23:19</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
C.THERIEN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">13:58</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.ZUBRUS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">18:25</td>

</tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
PHILADELPHIA GOALIE STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
S</td><td align="center">GA</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
R.HEXTALL</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">00:00</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
G.SNOW</td><td align="center">26</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">64:22</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>

<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
BOSTON PLAYER STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
G</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">PIM</td><td align="center">+/-</td><td align="center">PPG</td><td align="center">SHG</td><td align="center">FOT</td><td align="center">SOG</td><td>Hits</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
J.ROY</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">12:52</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
B.HARKINS</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">11:59</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
T.ELIK</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">12</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">17:48</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
T.MALLETTE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">13:23</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
J.ROHLOFF</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">16:41</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
R.TOCCHET</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">7</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">15:50</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
R.BOURQUE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">28:51</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
R.DIMAIO</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">10:14</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
T.DONATO</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">20:07</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
S.HEINZE</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">10:17</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
K.McLAREN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">21:15</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
T.McCLEARY</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">12:18</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
A.OATES</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">8</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">20:27</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
S.STAIOS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">09:04</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
J.STUMPEL</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">8</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">19:44</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.SWEENEY</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">27:05</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
S.MOGER</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">12:22</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
B.RICHTER</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">28:13</td>

</tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
BOSTON GOALIE STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
S</td><td align="center">GA</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
B.RANFORD</td><td align="center">46</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">64:22</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
R.TALLAS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">00:00</td>
</tr>
</table>
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NEXT GAME:
It's December 23rd and the Flyers will take on the New York Islanders.
Islanders, currently on 14th and last position in the Eastern Conference has played rather well lately, going 5-3-2-0 in their last ten.
Will the Flyers, who has a tie and loss against the Islanders, get an early christmas present in form of two points?
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Flyers downs Islanders

In a game where the top players in both teams wasn't performing,
It was up to the 3rd and 4th liners to do it for them. And so they did
in the Flyers.

Joel Otto scored his first goal of the season and Kevin Haller just had
his 2nd as the Flyers beat the Islanders 3-1.

Maybe it was because both teams already had taken their christmas vacation. Maybe they was just tired. Whatever the reason was, both
teams didn't display any hockey worth seeing in the NHL.
Sloppy plays, incomplete passes, low tempo were the three things
that colored the first period. Flyers woke up in the last five creating
some shots on Tommy Salo. The last shot of the period resulted in
a goal. Dale Hawerchuk found Rod Brind'Amour advancing to the left.
He tried to get into the zone but took a heavy check from Todd Bertuzzi.
Hawerchuk got the puck instead and got into the zone. By this time, Rod Brind'Amour had got up on his feet and were in front of the net as Hawerchuk threw the puck in. Brind'Amour ended with a neat wristshot
who got past Salo's left shoulder.

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With the shots 7-2 in favor of the Flyers, it wasn't a treat for the crowd
to see but at least their hometeam was up 1-0.

The same pace continued in the first half of the second. The Flyers had two penalties, on Eric Lindros and Dainius Zubrus, but the Islanders powerplay failed to convert on both chances. The biggest roar of the game came when Eric Belanger jumped Dan Kordic and started swinging.
Bad move. Kordic got back into the fight and eventually KO:ed Belanger with his right fist.

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It didn't raised the quality of the game but at least both teams started to play a bit more aggressively. A little over 5 minutes after the fight,
Flyers extended their lead. Klatt picked up a loose puck at center ice, feeding it to Chris Therien. He dumped it into the left corner and Joel Otto picked it puck, went for the goal and with a slapshot he put it past Salo's left pad.

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20 seconds later, Eric Belanger once again jumped Dan Kordic. This time
the fight was more even and it ended in a tie. Leading the game 2-0 and leading the shots 17-12 the Flyers felt quite comfortable going into the dressing room for the last intermission.

And right after the first face-off, the Flyers got their 3rd goal of the game. John Druce managed to dump the puck into Islanders zone despite being under heavy surveillance. There to pick it up was Pat Falloon who passed it to Kevin Haller who lifted it towards the net with a backhand. Salo stopped it with his blocker, but unfortionally it bounced over him in and into the net.

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Little more than a minute later the Islanders suddenly woke up and replied. Travis Green dumped the puck into zone and it slided from the left corner to the right were Todd Bertuzzi got to it. Waiting for a perfect moment, he saw Daniel Lacroix losing his sight on Zigmund Palffy and went for the pass. Palffy got the puck past Snow with a nice one-timer.

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After that, the rest of period would almost only be about the Islanders.
They created a lot of good chances, especially the first line with Palffy, Bertuzzi and Green. The Flyers were more focused on holding their lead and went on the defensive. But as the Islanders were getting closer to another goal, they needed something to slow them down. And they got
their answer in Dan Kordic. This time it was he who jumped Belanger and
and they had their best fight of the game. As it was their 3rd scrap of the game, both Kordic and Belanger got tossed out of the game.
The rest of period went by without any more dangerous scoring chances
for neither team and the Flyers could cash in another victory.

The Flyers tight defense got the win today. They stopped the Islanders offensive cold, allowing only 22 shots on goal. And there to stop them was Garth Snow, who made up for his bad performance a few night ago against the Bruins. It seemes to be a night off for the Flyers offensive
but they really tried out there. Mikael Renberg was the one who struggled the most, who made more mistakes the more he tried.
But 3 days off will hopefully give him, and the rest of the team of course, a well needed rest.

THREE STARS:
#1: Garth Snow, 21 saves, 95%
#2: Joel Otto, 1 goal, 0 assists
#3: Kevin Haller, 1 goal, 0 assists

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<table border=1>
<tr><td>
PHILADELPHIA</td><td align="center">3
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
NY ISLANDERS®</td><td align="center">1
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>

<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
1st period
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
05:28</td><td>NYI</td><td>PEN</td><td>CLAUDE LAPOINTE</td><td>Roughing, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
06:53</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>ERIC LINDROS</td><td>Interference, minor

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
18:32</td><td>PHI</td><td>GOAL (1:0)</td><td>ROD BRIND'AMOUR</td><td>DALE HAWERCHUK
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
2nd period
<table border=1>

<tr><td>
02:50</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>ERIC LINDROS</td><td>Hooking, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
06:56</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>DAINIUS ZUBRUS</td><td>Hooking, minor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
12:17</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>DAN KORDIC</td><td>Fighting, major

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
12:17</td><td>NYI</td><td>PEN</td><td>KEN BELANGER</td><td>Fighting, major
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
18:57</td><td>PHI</td><td>GOAL (2:0)</td><td>JOEL OTTO</td><td>CHRIS THERIEN, TRENT KLATT
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
19:17</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>DAN KORDIC</td><td>Fighting, major

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
19:17</td><td>NYI</td><td>PEN</td><td>KEN BELANGER</td><td>Fighting, major
</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
3rd period
<table border=1>

<tr><td>
00:42</td><td>PHI</td><td>GOAL (3:0)</td><td>KEVIN HALLER</td><td>PAT FALLOON, JOHN DRUCE
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
01:55</td><td>NYI</td><td>GOAL (3:1)</td><td>ZIGMUND PALFFY</td><td>TODD BERTUZZI, TRAVIS GREEN
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
12:03</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>DAN KORDIC</td><td>For misconduct

</td></tr>
<tr><td>
12:03</td><td>PHI</td><td>PEN</td><td>DAN KORDIC</td><td>Fighting, major
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
12:03</td><td>NYI</td><td>PEN</td><td>KEN BELANGER</td><td>For misconduct
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
12:03</td><td>NYI</td><td>PEN</td><td>KEN BELANGER</td><td>Fighting, major

</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>

<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>

</table>
PHILADELPHIA PLAYER STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
G</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">PIM</td><td align="center">+/-</td><td align="center">PPG</td><td align="center">SHG</td><td align="center">FOT</td><td align="center">SOG</td><td>Hits</td><td align="center">Time</td>
</tr>

<tr><td>
R.BRIND'AMOUR</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">21:03</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
E.DESJARDINS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">22:02</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
J.DRUCE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">14:48</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
P.FALLOON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">09:28</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
K.HALLER</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">14:55</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.HAWERCHUK</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">18:19</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
D.LACROIX</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">08:27</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
K.SAMUELSSON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">20:03</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
J.OTTO</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">15:43</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.KORDIC</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">25</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">07:12</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
P.SVOBODA</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">19:04</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
T.KLATT</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">16:21</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
E.LINDROS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">19:54</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
J.NIINIMAA</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">18:11</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
S.PODEIN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">10:55</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
M.RENBERG</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">21:21</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
C.THERIEN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">22:45</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
D.ZUBRUS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">13:29</td>

</tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
PHILADELPHIA GOALIE STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
S</td><td align="center">GA</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
R.HEXTALL</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">00:00</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
G.SNOW</td><td align="center">22</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">60:00</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>

<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> </td> </tr>
</table>
NY ISLANDERS® PLAYER STATS
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
</td><td align="center">
G</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">PIM</td><td align="center">+/-</td><td align="center">PPG</td><td align="center">SHG</td><td align="center">FOT</td><td align="center">SOG</td><td>Hits</td><td align="center">Time</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
K.BELANGER</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">25</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">06:00</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
B.BERARD</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">26:20</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
T.BERTUZZI</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">22:35</td>
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J.DOWD</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">13:12</td>

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R.PILON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">11:21</td>
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B.HUGHES</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">14:36</td>

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D.PLANTE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">16:29</td>
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<tr><td>
T.GREEN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">8</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">16:40</td>

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<tr><td>
D.HOUDA</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">14:45</td>
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A.JOHANSSON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">17:52</td>

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D.KASPARAITIS</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">19:52</td>
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S.LACHANCE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">20:08</td>

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<tr><td>
C.LAPOINTE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">14:16</td>
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B.McCABE</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">27:34</td>

</tr>
<tr><td>
Z.PALFFY</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">23:21</td>
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<tr><td>
B.SMOLINSKI</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">13:20</td>

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<tr><td>
S.WEBB</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">-1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">12:06</td>
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<tr><td>
N.ANDERSSON</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">07:47</td>

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</table>
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NY ISLANDERS® GOALIE STATS
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S</td><td align="center">GA</td><td align="center">Time</td>

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T.SALO</td><td align="center">19</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">59:46</td>
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E.FICHAUD</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">00:00</td>
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</table>
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