🏔️ Away Avalanche 42-22-4 before this game

2–1

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
COL	0	1	1	2
PHI	1	0	0	1

Avalanche at Flyers

Avalanche beat Flyers 2–1 at Wells Fargo Center on March 16, 2002.

🗓 Sat, Mar 16, 2002 · 14:00 CST 📍 Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Radim Vrbata

1 G

3 shots · 19:38 TOI

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Ville Nieminen

1 G

1 shots · 13:39 TOI · +1

3rd star 🏔️ COL

Rob Blake

1 A

3 shots · 29:32 TOI · +2

4rd star 🏔️ COL

Patrick Roy

36 saves

0.973 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order

1st period

🔔 Keith Primeau Go-ahead 1st · 14:58

Unassisted · beat Patrick Roy

0–1

2nd period

🏔️ Radim Vrbata Tying 2nd · 03:22

Assists: Rob Blake, Joe Sakic · beat Brian Boucher

1–1

3rd period

🏔️ Ville Nieminen Go-ahead 3rd · 15:24

Assists: Greg De Vries, Brian Willsie · beat Brian Boucher

2–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏔️COL PHI🔔

18 Shots on goal 37

26 Hits 27

18 Blocked shots 6

10 Takeaways 8

12 Giveaways 13

8 Penalty minutes 4

COL shooting 11.1% (2/18) PHI shooting 2.7% (1/37)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

36/37

.973 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔔Flyers

Brian Boucher

16/18

.889 SV% · 2 GA · 58:01 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

Flyers

Flyers: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–1

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 42-22-4 (62% win rate, 68 games)

Flyers

Flyers — tied after 2nd: 41-19-6 (62% win rate, 66 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Sakic · Reinprecht · Keane 20:26

L2 Messier · Drury · Vrbata 19:20

L3 Tanguay · Nieminen · Willsie 13:39

L4 Larsen · Moore · Parker 3:42

D1 Blake · Skoula 27:58

D2 De Vries · Trepanier 21:28

D3 Muir · Berry 7:49

🔔Flyers

L1 Gagne · Roenick · Recchi 20:23

L2 LeClair · Brashear · Primeau 17:47

L3 Fedotenko · Dopita · Williams 15:16

L4 Ranheim · Murray · Tocchet 7:42

D1 Desjardins · Johnsson 21:40

D2 Weinrich · Richardson 19:06

D3 Mcgillis · Therien 16:32

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →

3–3 (OT) · Flyers won

4–5 (OT) · Flyers won

Mar 11, 1999

🏔️COL @ 🔔PHI

5–3 · Avalanche won

❓ COL vs PHI, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Flyers on March 16, 2002?

Avalanche won 2–1.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Flyers?

The final score was Avalanche 2, Flyers 1.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Radim Vrbata, Ville Nieminen.

Who scored for Flyers?

Keith Primeau.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 36 saves on 37 shots (.973 save percentage).

How did the Flyers goalie play?

Brian Boucher made 16 saves on 18 shots (.889 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Flyers played?

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

What is the Avalanche vs Flyers season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Mar 14

🔔Flyers

Previous game · Mar 14

Also on March 16, 2002

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