The Buffalo Sabres were decisively beaten by the Philadelphia Flyers, 6 to 3, in Game 5 of the 1997 playoff series on May 11, 1997.

Final

Flyers

4-1-0

6

Sabres

1-4-0

3

Team

PHI

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

2nd period

PHI

BUF

John LeClair (EV) assisted by Paul Coffey and Rod Brind'Amour

Eric Lindros (EV) assisted by Rod Brind'Amour and Chris Therien

Eric Lindros (EV-PS) unassisted

Michal Grosek (EV) assisted by Derek Plante and Matthew Barnaby

Randy Burridge (PP) assisted by Garry Galley and Donald Audette

Dainius Zubrus (EV) assisted by Eric Desjardins and Rod Brind'Amour

Randy Burridge (PP) assisted by Derek Plante

3rd period

PHI

BUF

Shjon Podein (EV) assisted by Eric Lindros and Chris Therien

Dainius Zubrus (EV-EN) assisted by Trent Klatt and John LeClair

Flyers

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Flyers

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ron Hextall (W) R. Hextall	1	0	0	24	21	.875	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Rod Brind'Amour R. Brind'Amour	0	3	3	+2	2	0	4	0.0
Paul Coffey P. Coffey	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Eric Desjardins E. Desjardins	0	1	1	+3	2	0	1	0.0
Pat Falloon P. Falloon	0	0	0	-1	0	0	6	0.0
Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0.0
Trent Klatt T. Klatt	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Daniel Lacroix D. Lacroix	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
John LeClair J. LeClair	1	1	2	+3	0	0	6	16.7
Eric Lindros E. Lindros	2	1	3	+3	0	0	5	40.0
Janne Niinimaa J. Niinimaa	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	0.0
Joel Otto J. Otto	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Shjon Podein S. Podein	1	0	1	+1	0	0	3	33.3
Mikael Renberg M. Renberg	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	0.0
Petr Svoboda P. Svoboda	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.0
Chris Therien C. Therien	0	2	2	+4	2	0	0
Dainius Zubrus D. Zubrus	2	0	2	+3	0	1	3	66.7

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Steve Shields (L) S. Shields	0	1	0	39	34	.872	5	5.18	0	58

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Donald Audette D. Audette	0	1	1	-3	2	0	1	2	0.0
Matthew Barnaby M. Barnaby	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bob Boughner B. Boughner	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Randy Burridge R. Burridge	2	0	2	-2	0	2	0	2	100.0
Garry Galley G. Galley	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	2	0.0
Michal Grosek M. Grosek	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	2	50.0
Brian Holzinger B. Holzinger	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	0.0
Brad May B. May	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jay McKee J. McKee	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Michael Peca M. Peca	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Derek Plante D. Plante	0	2	2	-2	0	0	1	2	0.0
Rob Ray R. Ray	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Ed Ronan E. Ronan	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Darryl Shannon D. Shannon	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Richard Smehlik R. Smehlik	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dixon Ward D. Ward	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	0