🐧 Away Penguins 1-3 in series
3–6
Final
PHI leads 4–1
🔔 Home Flyers 3-1 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PIT 2103
PHI 3216

Penguins at Flyers — First Round Game 5

Flyers, First Round Game 5, beat Penguins 6–3 at Wells Fargo Center on April 26, 1997.

🗓 Sat, Apr 26, 1997 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia 🏒 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
Rod Brind'Amour
2 G, 1 A
6 shots · +3
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Jaromir Jagr
3 A
2 shots · -3
3rd star 🔔 PHI
Eric Lindros
1 G, 1 A
6 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🔔 Eric Lindros Go-ahead 1st · 00:14
Assists: Mikael Renberg, Janne Niinimaa
0–1
🐧 Kevin Hatcher PP Tying 1st · 05:37
Assists: Jaromir Jagr, Mario Lemieux
1–1
🐧 Mario Lemieux Go-ahead 1st · 15:34
Assists: Jaromir Jagr, Ron Francis
2–1
🔔 Rod Brind'Amour SH Tying 1st · 17:38
Unassisted
2–2
🔔 Rod Brind'Amour SH Go-ahead 1st · 18:32
Assists: Karl Dykhuis
2–3
2nd period
🐧 Ron Francis PP Tying 2nd · 02:37
Assists: Jaromir Jagr, Fredrik Olausson
3–3
🔔 John LeClair Go-ahead 2nd · 07:30
Assists: Janne Niinimaa, Petr Svoboda
3–4
🔔 Trent Klatt 2nd · 10:28
Assists: Eric Desjardins
3–5
3rd period
🔔 Vinny Prospal Empty net 3rd · 19:55
Assists: Rod Brind'Amour, Eric Lindros
3–6

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT PHI🔔
18 Shots on goal 45
2/6 Power play (goals / chances) 0/7
16 Penalty minutes 14
PIT shooting 16.7% (3/18) PHI shooting 13.3% (6/45)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Ken Wregget
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 58:32 TOI
🔔Flyers
Garth Snow
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–3
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Flyers
Flyers: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 3–5
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Flyers
Flyers: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 23, 1997
🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT
1–4 · Penguins won
Apr 21, 1997
🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT
5–3 · Flyers won
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

❓ PIT vs PHI, answered

Who won Penguins vs Flyers on April 26, 1997?

Flyers won 6–3.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Flyers?

The final score was Penguins 3, Flyers 6.

Who scored for Penguins?

Kevin Hatcher, Mario Lemieux, Ron Francis.

Who scored for Flyers?

Rod Brind'Amour (2), Eric Lindros, John LeClair, Trent Klatt, Vinny Prospal.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Ken Wregget made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Flyers goalie play?

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

Where is Penguins vs Flyers played?

At Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, the Flyers 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
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Apr 23
🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT
1–4 · PIT won
Next game · Oct 1
👑LAK @ 🐧PIT
3–3 · LAK won
🔔Flyers
Previous game · Apr 23
🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT
1–4 · PIT won
Next game · May 3
🔔PHI @ ⚔️BUF
5–3 · PHI won
Also on April 26, 1997
🇨🇦MTL @ 😈NJD
0–4 final
🏔️COL @ 🪶CHI
6–3 final
Penguins season page Flyers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule