🐧 Away Penguins 1-2-1 before this game
1–3
Final
🔔 Home Flyers 2-2-0 before this game
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Penguins at Flyers

Flyers beat Penguins 3–1 at Wells Fargo Center on October 9, 1997.

🗓 Thu, Oct 9, 1997 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Flyers lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🔔 PHI
Eric Lindros
1 G, 2 A
3 shots · 23:33 TOI · +2
2nd star 🔔 PHI
Shjon Podein
1 G
3 shots · 14:26 TOI · +1
3rd star 🔔 PHI
Chris Joseph
1 G
2 shots · 21:09 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT PHI🔔
21 Shots on goal 23
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
0 Hits 8
8 Blocked shots 3
5 Takeaways 2
3 Giveaways 7
14 Penalty minutes 14
PIT shooting 4.8% (1/21) PHI shooting 13.0% (3/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Tom Barrasso
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 59:32 TOI
🔔Flyers
Ron Hextall
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 1-2-1 (25% win rate, 4 games)
Flyers
Flyers — tied after 1st: 2-2 (50% win rate, 4 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 1-2-1 (25% win rate, 4 games)
Flyers
Flyers — tied after 2nd: 2-2 (50% win rate, 4 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Straka · Francis · Jagr 21:15
L2 Johansson · Dome · Ferraro 17:01
L3 Ferraro · Morozov · Brown 12:09
L4 Hicks · Valk · Wright 6:17
D1 Olausson · Kasparaitis 27:01
D2 Hatcher · Werenka 22:23
D3 Slegr · Tamer 10:02
🔔Flyers
L1 LeClair · Brind'Amour · Lindros 23:33
L2 Prospal · Otto · Klatt 15:37
L3 Podein · Gratton · Falloon 13:30
L4 Kordic · Lacroix · Druce 2:50
D1 Coffey · Joseph 21:24
D2 Niinimaa · Richardson 20:38
D3 Samuelsson · Therien 17:56

⚔️ Last meetings

Flyers lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Apr 26, 1997
🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI
3–6 · Flyers won
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

❓ PIT vs PHI, answered

Who won Penguins vs Flyers on October 9, 1997?

Flyers won 3–1.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Flyers?

The final score was Penguins 1, Flyers 3.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tom Barrasso made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Flyers goalie play?

Ron Hextall made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Flyers played?

At Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, the Flyers home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Flyers season series?

Flyers lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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 · Oct 8
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
3–0 · MTL won
Next game · Oct 11
🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT
1–4 · PIT won
🔔Flyers
Previous game · Oct 8
🔔PHI @ 😈NJD
1–4 · NJD won
Next game · Oct 11
🔔PHI @ 🇨🇦MTL
6–2 · PHI won
Also on October 9, 1997
🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF
2–5 final
⚡TBL @ 🪶CHI
4–1 final
👑LAK @ 🎵STL
2–3 final
🦈SJS @ 🏔️COL
2–3 final
🗽NYR @ 🔥CGY
1–1 final
🍁TOR @ 🐋VAN
2–2 final
Penguins season page Flyers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule