🔔 Away Flyers 0-2 in series
5–3
Final
PHI leads 4–1
🐧 Home Penguins 2-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PHI 1315
PIT 2013

Flyers at Penguins — First Round Game 3

Flyers, First Round Game 3, beat Penguins 5–3 at PPG Paints Arena on April 21, 1997.

🗓 Mon, Apr 21, 1997 · 18:30 CDT 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1996-97 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

PIT vs PHI · PHI leads 4–1 Full series →
Game 1
1–5
Final · PHI
Game 2
2–3
Final · PHI
Game 3
5–3
Final · PHI
Game 4
1–4
Final · PIT
Game 5
3–6
Final · PHI

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🔔 PHI
Mikael Renberg
1 G, 2 A
5 shots · +2
2nd star 🔔 PHI
John LeClair
1 G, 1 A
7 shots · +2
3rd star 🔔 PHI
Eric Lindros
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Jaromir Jagr PP Go-ahead 1st · 07:19
Assists: Jason Woolley, Ron Francis
0–1
🔔 Mikael Renberg Tying 1st · 07:54
Assists: Eric Lindros
1–1
🐧 Jaromir Jagr PP Go-ahead 1st · 16:29
Assists: Mario Lemieux, Kevin Hatcher
1–2
2nd period
🔔 Pat Falloon PP Tying 2nd · 10:33
Assists: Karl Dykhuis, Mikael Renberg
2–2
🔔 Eric Lindros Go-ahead 2nd · 13:46
Assists: John LeClair, Mikael Renberg
3–2
🔔 John LeClair PP 2nd · 19:48
Assists: Vinny Prospal, Garth Snow
4–2
3rd period
🔔 Dainius Zubrus Empty net 3rd · 18:28
Assists: Vinny Prospal
5–2
🐧 Greg Johnson 3rd · 19:44
Assists: Stu Barnes, Ian Moran
5–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🔔PHI PIT🐧
53 Shots on goal 38
2/6 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5
14 Penalty minutes 14
PHI shooting 9.4% (5/53) PIT shooting 7.9% (3/38)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🔔Flyers
Garth Snow
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Ken Wregget
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 59:52 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–2
Flyers
Flyers: no games found in this situation this year.
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 4–2
Flyers
Flyers: no games found in this situation this year.
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 19, 1997
🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI
2–3 · Flyers won
Apr 17, 1997
🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI
1–5 · Flyers won
Mar 8, 1997
🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT
2–3 (OT) · Penguins won
Feb 16, 1997
🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT
6–2 · Flyers won
Feb 15, 1997
🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI
1–5 · Flyers won

❓ PHI vs PIT, answered

Who won Flyers vs Penguins on April 21, 1997?

Flyers won 5–3.

What was the final score of Flyers vs Penguins?

The final score was Flyers 5, Penguins 3.

Who scored for Flyers?

Dainius Zubrus, Eric Lindros, John LeClair, Mikael Renberg, Pat Falloon.

Who scored for Penguins?

Jaromir Jagr (2), Greg Johnson.

How did the Flyers goalie play?

Garth Snow made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Ken Wregget made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Flyers vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🔔Flyers
Previous game · Apr 19
🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI
2–3 · PHI won
Next game · Apr 23
🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT
1–4 · PIT won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Apr 19
🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI
2–3 · PHI won
Next game · Apr 23
🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT
1–4 · PIT won
Also on April 21, 1997
⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT
3–2 final
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