The Buffalo Sabres were decisively beaten by the Philadelphia Flyers, 6 to 3, in Game 5 of the 1997 playoff series on May 11, 1997.
2nd period
PHI
BUF
John LeClair (EV) assisted by Paul Coffey and Rod Brind'Amour
1
0
Eric Lindros (EV) assisted by Rod Brind'Amour and Chris Therien
2
0
Eric Lindros (EV-PS) unassisted
3
0
Michal Grosek (EV) assisted by Derek Plante and Matthew Barnaby
3
1
Randy Burridge (PP) assisted by Garry Galley and Donald Audette
3
2
Dainius Zubrus (EV) assisted by Eric Desjardins and Rod Brind'Amour
4
2
Randy Burridge (PP) assisted by Derek Plante
4
3
3rd period
PHI
BUF
Shjon Podein (EV) assisted by Eric Lindros and Chris Therien
5
3
Dainius Zubrus (EV-EN) assisted by Trent Klatt and John LeClair
6
3
Flyers
Sabres
Goals
6
3
Shots
40
24
Penalty Minutes
12
4
Power-Play Goals
0
2
Power-Play Opportunities
2
6
Faceoff Wins
Hits
Giveaways
Takeaways
| NAME | GS | SA | GA | Sv | Sv% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Hextall (W) | 24 | 3 | 21 | .875 | 59:56 |
| NAME | G | A | +/- | PIM | S | TOI | Hits | BkS | GvA | TkA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Brind'Amour | 0 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| Paul Coffey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Eric Desjardins | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Pat Falloon | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Dale Hawerchuk | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Trent Klatt | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Daniel Lacroix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| John LeClair | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Eric Lindros | 2 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Janne Niinimaa | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Joel Otto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Shjon Podein | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| Mikael Renberg | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Petr Svoboda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Chris Therien | 0 | 2 | +4 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Dainius Zubrus | 2 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 3 |
| NAME | GS | SA | GA | Sv | Sv% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Shields (L) | 39 | 5 | 34 | .872 | 57:53 |
| NAME | G | A | +/- | PIM | S | TOI | Hits | BkS | GvA | TkA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Audette | 0 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Matthew Barnaby | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Bob Boughner | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Randy Burridge | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Garry Galley | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Michal Grosek | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Brian Holzinger | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Brad May | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Jay McKee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Michael Peca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Derek Plante | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Rob Ray | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Ed Ronan | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Darryl Shannon | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Richard Smehlik | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Dixon Ward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| Alexei Zhitnik | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 |
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Playoff Goals Rankings
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5.67
5.67
3.67
Playoff Goals Against Rankings
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1.67
2.00
2.00
Playoff Power Play Rankings
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50.0
50.0
Playoff Penalty Kill Rankings
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92.3
90.9
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2 |  Hurricanes | 52 | 23 | 7 | 111 | 63 |
| 3 |  Islanders | 39 | 27 | 16 | 94 | -17 |
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