Philadelphia Flyers (5) - Colorado Avalanche (4)

October 28, 1999


The Philadelphia Flyers were just as confused about how they salvaged this game as they were by the way they nearly blew it. Valeri Zelepukin saved the Flyers with a goal that was supposed to be a pass, scoring with 8.2 seconds left in overtime to give Philadelphia a 5-4 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night.

The winning goal was just as befuddling as the collapse that preceded it. Colorado erased a 4-0 deficit with four goals on eight shots in 8:09 in the third, sending Flyers general manager Bob Clarke pacing around the executive box high atop the First Union Center.

"I believed it because I saw it in the net," said Zelepukin, whose pass intended for wide-open trailer Chris Therien somehow slid between Marc Denis' pads. "I saw it hit the pad and go in."

With captain Eric Lindros home with a virus, the Flyers won for the fifth time in six games and tied New Jersey for first place in the Atlantic Division. Colorado lost for the third time in four games.

"It was one of those games where goals are going in left and right," said Flyers coach Roger Neilson, who was on the bench despite a debilitating virus. "The last shot wins, and we got it."

Zelepukin skated in on goaltender Denis and flicked a backhanded shot between his pads. Actually, Zelepukin was trying to slide a pass to Therien, whose eyes bulged as he skated in on a half-empty net.

Statistics Summary

Goal Scoring:

1st

2d

3d

OT

FINAL

PHI

1

2

1

1

5

COL

0

0

4

0

4

Shots on Goal:
PHI

9

12

5

8

34

COL

6

10

8

3

27

Power Play Conversions:
PHI

2 - of - 5

COL

1 - of - 5

Game Details

Goal Scoring:  
 
Scorer-Goal #-(Assist/s)  

Team

Time

 
1st Renberg 2 (Recchi)  

PHI

1:12

   
2nd Recchi 5 (McCarthy, Langkow) (PP)  

PHI

14:12

  Desjardins 3 (Recchi, Langkow) (PP)  

PHI

19:59

 
3rd Greig 1 (unassisted)  

PHI

2:08

  Tanguay 4 (Drury, Deadmarsh)  

COL

5:20

  Tanguay 5 (Ozolinsh, Deadmarsh)  

COL

8:33

Hejduk 7 (Deadmarsh, Lemieux) (PP)  

COL

12:16

Hejduk 8 (Skoula, Sakic)

 

COL

13:29

   

 

 

 

OT Zelepukin 4 (Langkow, Desjardins)

 

PHI

4:51

         
Penalties:  

Team

Time

 
1st Samuelsson (ob holding)  

PHI

3:19

  Podein (elbowing)  

COL

12:33

  Desjardins (cross checking)  

PHI

18:02

         
2nd Samuelsson (high sticking)  

PHI

2:16

Berube (slashing)  

PHI

9:37

  Donovan (ob holding)  

COL

13:08

  Dingman (roughing)  

COL

16:40

  De Vries (roughing)  

COL

18:56

     

 

 

3rd Recchi (roughing)  

PHI

11:38

  Miller (cross checking)  

COL

19:23

   

Individual Player Statistics:

G

A

+/-

Shots

Andersson

0

0

even

2

Berube

0

0

even

0

Bureau

0

0

even

1

Desjardins

1

1

-1

5

Eaton

0

0

-1

0

Gagne

0

0

+1

1

Greig

1

0

+1

3

Hull

0

0

even

2

Langkow

0

3

even

5

LeClair

0

0

even

4

McCarthy

0

1

-1

0

McGillis

0

0

+1

3

Reechi

1

2

-1

4

Renberg

1

0

-1

2

Richardson

0

0

even

0

Samuelsson

0

0

+1

0

Therien

0

0

even

1

Zelepukin

1

0

even

1



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