1997 NHL Eastern Conference Semi-Finals
Philadelphia Flyers defeat Buffalo Sabres 4-1

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Buffalo Sabres

W-L: 40-30-12, .561

SRS: 0.31 (7th of 26)

Goals: 237 (13th of 26)

Goals Against: 208 (6th of 26)

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Philadelphia Flyers

W-L: 45-24-13, .628

SRS: 0.67 (2nd of 26)

Goals: 274 (3rd of 26)

Goals Against: 217 (8th of 26)

Game 1, May 3
Philadelphia Flyers	5	Final
Buffalo Sabres	3

Game 2, May 5
Philadelphia Flyers	2	Final
Buffalo Sabres	1

Game 3, May 7
Buffalo Sabres	1	Final
Philadelphia Flyers	4

Game 4, May 9
Buffalo Sabres	5	Final
Philadelphia Flyers	4	OT

Game 5, May 11
Philadelphia Flyers	6	Final
Buffalo Sabres	3

Buffalo Sabres Skaters Series Stats

Buffalo Sabres Skaters Series Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists						Ice Time
No.	Player	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	SHFT	TOI	ATOI
26	Derek Plante	C	26	5	1	6	7	-1	0	0	1	0	0				13	7.7
18	Michal Grošek	LW	21	5	3	1	4	-2	0	3	0	0	0				13	23.1
28	Donald Audette	RW	27	4	2	2	4	-6	2	0	2	0	0				14	14.3
12	Randy Burridge	LW	31	5	2	1	3	-6	2	0	2	0	0				8	25.0
3	Garry Galley	D	33	5	0	3	3	0	10	0	0	0	0				9	0.0
15	Dixon Ward	RW	28	5	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0				8	12.5
8	Darryl Shannon	D	28	5	1	1	2	-4	4	0	1	0	0				4	25.0
36	Matthew Barnaby	RW	23	5	0	2	2	-1	20	0	0	0	0				9	0.0
17-43	Jason Dawe	RW	23	4	1	0	1	-2	2	1	0	0	0				10	10.0
10	Brad May	LW	25	5	1	0	1	-2	18	1	0	0	0				4	25.0
5	Ed Ronan	RW	28	3	1	0	1	-1	2	1	0	0	1				5	20.0
27	Michael Peca	C	22	3	0	1	1	-3	0	0	0	0	0				8	0.0
4	Mike Wilson	D	21	3	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0				1	0.0
42	Richard Šmehlík	D	27	5	0	1	1	-3	2	0	0	0	0				7	0.0
32	Rob Ray	RW	28	5	0	1	1	-2	22	0	0	0	0				2	0.0
19	Brian Holzinger	C	24	5	0	1	1	-5	6	0	0	0	0				6	0.0
6-46	Bob Boughner	D	25	5	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0				0
81	Miroslav Šatan	LW	22	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0				2	0.0
76	Wayne Primeau	C	20	3	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0				0
74	Jay McKee	D	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				1	0.0
44	Alexei Zhitnik	D	24	5	0	0	0	-8	2	0	0	0	0				3	0.0
	Team Total				13	23	36	-47	98	6	6	1	1				127	10.2

Buffalo Sabres Goalies Series Stats

Buffalo Sabres Goalies Series Stats Table
						Goalie Stats						Ice Time
No.	Player	Pos	Age	GP	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI	ATOI
31	Steve Shields	G	24	5	1-4-0	18	202	184	.911	0	7	302:21	60:28
	Team Total				1-4-0	18	202	184	.911	0	7	302:21	60:28

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Philadelphia Flyers Skaters Series Stats

Philadelphia Flyers Skaters Series Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists						Ice Time
No.	Player	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	SHFT	TOI	ATOI
17	Rod Brind'Amour	C	26	5	3	3	6	5	4	3	0	0	0				17	17.6
18	Dale Hawerchuk	C	33	5	2	4	6	0	0	1	1	0	1				14	14.3
9-42	Dainius Zubrus	RW/C	18	5	3	2	5	4	6	2	1	0	1				12	25.0
88	Eric Lindros	C	23	5	3	2	5	4	16	2	1	0	0				24	12.5
77	Paul Coffey	D	35	5	0	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0				14	0.0
10	John LeClair	LW	27	5	1	3	4	3	0	1	0	0	0				25	4.0
19	Mikael Renberg	RW	24	4	3	0	3	0	0	2	1	0	0				12	25.0
25	Shjon Podein	LW	28	5	2	1	3	4	0	2	0	0	1				18	11.1
20	Trent Klatt	RW	26	5	1	2	3	2	2	1	0	0	0				4	25.0
6	Chris Therien	D	25	5	1	2	3	8	2	1	0	0	1				5	20.0
37	Éric Desjardins	D	27	5	1	2	3	5	4	1	0	0	0				13	7.7
29	Joel Otto	C	35	5	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0				7	0.0
21	Dan Kordic	LW	25	5	1	0	1	1	18	1	0	0	0				2	50.0
15	Pat Falloon	RW	24	5	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0				16	0.0
32	Daniel Lacroix	LW	27	5	0	1	1	1	16	0	0	0	0				3	0.0
44	Janne Niinimaa	D	21	5	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	0				11	0.0
24	Karl Dykhuis	D	24	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0				3	0.0
26	John Druce	RW	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0
23	Petr Svoboda	D	30	5	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0				5	0.0
	Team Total				21	31	52	44	82	17	4	0	4				205	10.2

Philadelphia Flyers Goalies Series Stats

Philadelphia Flyers Goalies Series Stats Table
						Goalie Stats						Ice Time
No.	Player	Pos	Age	GP	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI	ATOI
30	Garth Snow	G	27	4	3-1-0	10	103	93	.903	0	9	246:24	61:36
27	Ron Hextall	G	32	1	1-0-0	3	24	21	.875	0	0	59:56	59:56
	Team Total				4-1-0	13	127	114	.898	0	9	306:20	61:16

1996-97 Regular Season Stats

Thursday, Nov 7, 1996
Philadelphia Flyers	5	Final
Buffalo Sabres	2

Tuesday, Feb 4, 1997
Buffalo Sabres	1	Final
Philadelphia Flyers	1	OT

Tuesday, Mar 11, 1997
Philadelphia Flyers	2	Final
Buffalo Sabres	3	OT

Saturday, Mar 15, 1997
Buffalo Sabres	7	Final
Philadelphia Flyers	5

BUF Scoring Regular Season

BUF Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Derek Plante	26	C	82	27	26	53	14	24	22	5	0	6	20	5	1	191	14.1			4.3	1.3	5.6
2	Brian Holzinger	24	C	81	22	29	51	9	54	18	2	2	6	23	5	1	142	15.5			3.7	1.1	4.8
3	Donald Audette	27	RW	73	28	22	50	-6	48	20	8	0	5	16	6	0	182	15.4			4.5	0.5	5.0
4	Michael Peca	22	C	79	20	29	49	26	80	9	5	6	4	22	4	3	137	14.6			3.4	1.7	5.1
5	Jason Dawe	23	RW	81	22	26	48	14	32	17	4	1	3	17	8	1	136	16.2			3.4	1.3	4.7
6	Dixon Ward	28	RW	79	13	32	45	17	36	10	1	2	4	27	3	2	93	14.0			2.4	1.4	3.8
7	Matthew Barnaby	23	RW	68	19	24	43	16	249	17	2	0	1	22	2	0	121	15.7			3.2	1.2	4.4
8	Garry Galley	33	D	71	4	34	38	10	102	2	1	1	1	21	13	0	84	4.8			2.5	3.9	6.4
9	Michal Grošek	21	LW	82	15	21	36	25	71	14	1	0	2	17	4	0	117	12.8			1.6	1.7	3.3
10	Alexei Zhitnik	24	D	80	7	28	35	10	95	3	3	1	0	15	11	2	170	4.1			2.4	4.3	6.7
11	Randy Burridge	31	LW	55	10	21	31	17	20	6	1	3	0	16	4	1	85	11.8			1.7	1.1	2.9
12	Richard Šmehlík	27	D	62	11	19	30	19	43	9	2	0	1	15	4	0	100	11.0			2.6	4.1	6.7
13	Darryl Shannon	28	D	82	4	19	23	23	112	3	1	0	1	16	2	1	94	4.3			0.9	5.3	6.2
14	Mike Wilson	21	D	77	2	9	11	13	51	2	0	0	1	9	0	0	57	3.5			-0.3	4.4	4.1
15	Miroslav Šatan	22	LW	12	8	2	10	1	4	6	2	0	1	2	0	0	29	27.6			1.2	0.2	1.4
16	Rob Ray	28	LW	82	7	3	10	3	286	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	45	15.6			-1.6	0.9	-0.7
17	Jay McKee	19	D	43	1	9	10	3	35	1	0	0	0	6	3	0	29	3.4			0.2	2.1	2.3
18	Pat LaFontaine*	31	C	13	2	6	8	-8	4	1	1	0	0	1	5	0	38	5.3			0.4	-0.1	0.3
19	Barrie Moore	21	LW	31	2	6	8	1	18	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	42	4.8			-0.3	0.3	0.1
20	Bob Boughner	25	D	77	1	7	8	12	225	1	0	0	0	6	0	1	34	2.9			-0.7	4.3	3.6
21	Curtis Brown	20	C	28	4	3	7	4	18	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	31	12.9			-0.1	0.4	0.4
22	Brad May	25	LW	42	3	4	7	-8	106	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	75	4.0			-0.7	0.1	-0.6
23	Wayne Primeau	20	C	45	2	4	6	-2	64	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	25	8.0			-1.0	0.4	-0.6
24	Anatoli Semenov	34	C	25	2	4	6	-3	2	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	21	9.5			-0.2	0.1	-0.1
25	Ed Ronan	28	RW	18	1	4	5	4	11	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	10	10.0			-0.1	0.3	0.2
26	Dominik Hašek*	32	G	67	0	3	3	0	30	0	0	0	0				0		4037	60:15	0.0	0.0	17.2
27	Charlie Huddy	37	D	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
28	Rumun Ndur	21	D	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.2	0.1
29	Steve Shields	24	G	13	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0				0		789	60:43	0.0	0.0	2.8
30	Andrei Trefilov	27	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		159	52:53	0.0	0.0	0.5
31	Václav Varaďa	20	LW	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0			-0.2	0.1	-0.1
	Team Total			82	237	394	631	214	1828	178	43	16	40	297	81	13	2090	11.3			33.2	42.8	96.5

BUF Goalies Regular Season

BUF Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA
1	Dominik Hašek*	32	67		37	20	10	153	2177	2024	.930	2.27	5	4037				74	54.4
2	Steve Shields	24	13		3	8	2	39	447	408	.913	2.96	0	789				92	3.6
3	Andrei Trefilov	27	3		0	2	0	10	98	88	.898	3.78	0	159				107	-0.7
	Team Total				40	30	12	202	2722	2520	.926	2.43	5	4985				78	57.3

PHI Scoring Regular Season

PHI Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	John LeClair	27	LW	82	50	47	97	44	58	40	10	0	5	41	6	0	324	15.4			10.6	2.4	13.0
2	Eric Lindros*	23	C	52	32	47	79	31	136	23	9	0	7	33	14	0	198	16.2			8.4	1.6	10.0
3	Rod Brind'Amour	26	C	82	27	32	59	2	41	17	8	2	3	25	5	2	205	13.2			4.9	0.9	5.8
4	Mikael Renberg	24	RW	77	22	37	59	36	65	21	1	0	4	29	8	0	249	8.8			4.6	2.0	6.6
5	Éric Desjardins	27	D	82	12	34	46	25	50	6	5	1	1	22	11	1	183	6.6			3.8	5.5	9.3
6	Trent Klatt	26	RW	76	24	21	45	9	20	14	5	5	5	18	3	0	131	18.3			3.5	1.1	4.6
7	Janne Niinimaa	21	D	77	4	40	44	12	58	3	1	0	2	17	23	0	141	2.8			3.0	4.3	7.3
8	Dale Hawerchuk*	33	C	51	12	22	34	9	32	6	6	0	2	17	5	0	102	11.8			2.3	0.8	3.2
9	Shjon Podein	28	LW	82	14	18	32	7	41	14	0	0	4	16	1	1	153	9.2			1.1	1.1	2.2
10	Joel Otto	35	C	78	13	19	32	12	99	12	0	1	2	17	0	2	105	12.4			1.2	1.2	2.4
11	Paul Coffey*	35	D	37	6	20	26	11	20	5	0	1	1	14	6	0	71	8.5			2.3	2.5	4.7
12	Chris Therien	25	D	71	2	22	24	27	64	2	0	0	0	17	3	2	107	1.9			1.0	5.1	6.2
13	Pat Falloon	24	RW	52	11	12	23	-8	10	9	2	0	4	7	4	1	124	8.9			1.2	0.2	1.4
14	Dainius Zubrus	18	LW	68	8	13	21	3	22	7	1	0	2	11	2	0	71	11.3			0.1	0.8	0.9
15	Karl Dykhuis	24	D	62	4	15	19	6	35	2	2	0	1	12	3	0	101	4.0			0.9	3.2	4.2
16	John Druce	30	RW	43	7	8	15	-5	12	6	1	0	0	8	0	0	73	9.6			0.4	0.3	0.6
17	Václav Prospal	21	C	18	5	10	15	3	4	5	0	0	0	4	6	0	35	14.3			1.2	0.3	1.5
18	Petr Svoboda	30	D	67	2	12	14	10	94	1	1	0	0	11	1	0	36	5.6			0.2	3.8	3.9
19	Daniel Lacroix	27	C	74	7	1	8	-1	163	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	54	13.0			-1.5	0.7	-0.8
20	Scott Daniels	27	RW	56	5	3	8	2	237	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	48	10.4			-1.0	0.6	-0.3
21	Kjell Samuelsson	38	D	34	4	3	7	17	47	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	36	11.1			0.4	2.7	3.1
22	Craig Darby	24	C	9	1	4	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	13	7.7			0.2	0.2	0.4
23	Dan Kordic	25	LW	75	1	4	5	-1	210	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	21	4.8			-2.3	0.7	-1.6
24	Kevin Haller	26	D	27	0	5	5	-1	37	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	34	0.0			-0.1	1.2	1.1
25	Michel Petit	32	D	20	0	3	3	2	51	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	13	0.0			-0.1	1.1	0.9
26	Colin Forbes	20	LW	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3			0.1	0.0	0.1
27	Jason Bowen	23	D	4	0	1	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0			0.0	0.3	0.3
28	Aris Brimanis	24	D	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0			0.0	0.1	0.2
29	Garth Snow	27	G	35	0	1	1	0	30	0	0	0	0				0		1884	53:50	0.0	0.0	4.3
30	Paul Healey	21	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.1	0.0	-0.1
31	Ron Hextall	32	G	55	0	0	0	0	43	0	0	0	0				0		3094	56:16	0.0	0.0	6.1
32	František Kučera	28	D	2	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0			0.0	0.0	-0.1
33	Darren Rumble	28	D	10	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0			-0.2	0.3	0.1
	Team Total			82	274	455	729	251	1691	210	53	11	45	344	101	9	2644	10.4			46.1	44.9	101.4

PHI Goalies Regular Season

PHI Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA
1	Ron Hextall	32	55		31	16	5	132	1285	1153	.897	2.56	5	3094				108	-9.6
2	Garth Snow	27	35		14	8	8	79	816	737	.903	2.52	2	1884				102	-1.3
	Team Total				45	24	13	211	2101	1890	.900	2.54	7	4978				105	-10.8

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