The Buffalo Sabres were defeated by the Philadelphia Flyers, 5 to 3, in Game 1 of the 1997 playoff series on May 3, 1997.

Final

Flyers

1-0-0

5

Sabres

0-1-0

3

Team

PHI

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

2nd period

PHI

BUF

Michal Grosek (EV) assisted by Derek Plante and Bob Boughner

Brad May (EV) assisted by Rob Ray and Mike Wilson

Dan Kordic (EV) assisted by Dainius Zubrus and Daniel Lacroix

Donald Audette (PP) assisted by Randy Burridge and Richard Smehlik

Mikael Renberg (PP) assisted by Paul Coffey

3rd period

PHI

BUF

Rod Brind'Amour (EV) assisted by Dale Hawerchuk and Pat Falloon

Shjon Podein (EV) assisted by Trent Klatt and Joel Otto

Rod Brind'Amour (EV-EN) unassisted

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
Garth Snow (W) G. Snow	1	0	0	32	29	.906	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Rod Brind'Amour R. Brind'Amour	2	0	2	+2	0	0	0	0	7	28.6
Paul Coffey P. Coffey	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Eric Desjardins E. Desjardins	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Karl Dykhuis K. Dykhuis	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Pat Falloon P. Falloon	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Trent Klatt T. Klatt	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Kordic D. Kordic	1	0	1	+1	14	0	0	0	2	50.0
Daniel Lacroix D. Lacroix	0	1	1	+1	12	0	0	0	0
John LeClair J. LeClair	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Eric Lindros E. Lindros	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Janne Niinimaa J. Niinimaa	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Joel Otto J. Otto	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Shjon Podein S. Podein	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	6	16.7
Mikael Renberg M. Renberg	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	1	100.0
Petr Svoboda P. Svoboda	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Chris Therien C. Therien	0	0	0	+3	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Dainius Zubrus D. Zubrus	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Steve Shields (L) S. Shields	0	1	0	46	42	.913	4	4.03	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Donald Audette D. Audette	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	6	16.7
Matthew Barnaby M. Barnaby	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bob Boughner B. Boughner	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0
Randy Burridge R. Burridge	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	4	0.0
Jason Dawe J. Dawe	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	5	0.0
Garry Galley G. Galley	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Michal Grosek M. Grosek	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	5	20.0
Brian Holzinger B. Holzinger	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0
Brad May B. May	1	0	1	+1	14	0	0	1	100.0
Michael Peca M. Peca	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Derek Plante D. Plante	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Wayne Primeau W. Primeau	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0
Rob Ray R. Ray	0	1	1	0	10	0	0	1	0.0
Darryl Shannon D. Shannon	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Richard Smehlik R. Smehlik	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	3	0.0
Dixon Ward D. Ward	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Wilson M. Wilson	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0