🔔 Away Flyers 18-9-2 before this game
4–4
Final / OT
🗽 Home Rangers 12-10-7 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
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Flyers at Rangers

Flyers beat Rangers 4–4 in overtime at Madison Square Garden on December 5, 1997.

🗓 Fri, Dec 5, 1997 · 18:30 CST 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Flyers lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🔔 PHI
John LeClair
2 G
7 shots · 21:29 TOI · +1
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Brian Leetch
2 G
6 shots · 17:49 TOI
3rd star 🔔 PHI
Rod Brind'Amour
1 G
5 shots · 20:01 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🔔PHI NYR🗽
42 Shots on goal 31
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5
25 Hits 45
14 Blocked shots 17
13 Takeaways 34
27 Giveaways 34
27 Penalty minutes 17
PHI shooting 9.5% (4/42) NYR shooting 12.9% (4/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🔔Flyers
Garth Snow
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 64:59 TOI
🗽Rangers
Jason Muzzatti
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 38:43 TOI
Mike Richter
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 26:17 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Flyers
Flyers — tied after 1st: 18-9-2 (62% win rate, 29 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 12-10-7 (41% win rate, 29 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Flyers
Flyers — tied after 2nd: 18-9-2 (62% win rate, 29 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 2nd: 12-10-7 (41% win rate, 29 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🔔Flyers
L1 LeClair · Lindros · Klatt 21:29
L2 Brind'Amour · Gratton · Zubrus 19:51
L3 Podein · Forbes · Otto 15:40
L4 Prospal · Kordic · Falloon 3:42
D1 Desjardins · Therien 23:10
D2 Richardson · Svoboda 20:34
D3 Coffey · Niinimaa 19:34
🗽Rangers
L1 Graves · Gretzky · Kovalev 23:07
L2 LaFontaine · Keane · Vorobiev 19:25
L3 Lindbom · Stevens · Skrudland 14:28
L4 Langdon · Sundstrom · Sweeney 10:28
D1 Beukeboom · Karpovtsev 23:50
D2 Samuelsson · Leetch 19:28
D3 Lidster · Cairns 8:50

⚔️ Last meetings

Flyers lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
May 25, 1997
🗽NYR @ 🔔PHI
2–4 · Flyers won
May 23, 1997
🔔PHI @ 🗽NYR
3–2 · Flyers won
May 20, 1997
🔔PHI @ 🗽NYR
6–3 · Flyers won
May 18, 1997
🗽NYR @ 🔔PHI
5–4 · Rangers won
May 16, 1997
🗽NYR @ 🔔PHI
1–3 · Flyers won

❓ PHI vs NYR, answered

Who won Flyers vs Rangers on December 5, 1997?

Flyers won 4–4 in overtime.

What was the final score of Flyers vs Rangers?

The final score was Flyers 4, Rangers 4, in overtime.

How did the Flyers goalie play?

Garth Snow made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Jason Muzzatti made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Flyers vs Rangers played?

At Madison Square Garden in New York, the Rangers home rink.

What is the Flyers vs Rangers 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
🔔Flyers
Previous game · Dec 3
🐻BOS @ 🔔PHI
3–0 · BOS won
Next game · Dec 11
🏝️NYI @ 🔔PHI
3–4 · PHI won
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Dec 2
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
3–2 · WSH won
Next game · Dec 6
🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–3 · NYR won
Also on December 5, 1997
🐆FLA @ 🦅WSH
2–3 final
🌵PHX @ 🌪️CAR
2–2 final
⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF
0–4 final
🔥CGY @ ⭐DAL
1–4 final
🐙DET @ 🛢️EDM
1–3 final
Flyers season page Rangers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule