Philadelphia Flyers (0) - Ottawa Senators (3)

October 2, 1999

Eric Lindros returned to the ice just in time for the Philadelphia Flyers to have one of the worst season-opening flops in team history.

The same old struggles that plagued Philadelphia last year were back, only worse, prompting Lindros to issue an angry prediction.

"Everybody can sit here and say contender this, contender that," said Lindros, whose lone shot on goal came in the first period. "Unless we execute and pay the price, we're not going anywhere."

The Flyers, playing without injured Rod Brind'Amour, Keith Jones and Eric Desjardins, were shut out in a season opener for the third time in their 32-year history and first time since 1976.

The Flyers committed an astounding 20 giveaways in the first two periods and 24 in the game. They were 0-for-6 on the power play, including a listless two-man advantage early in the third. Philadelphia was shut out 3-0 by the New York Islanders at the Spectrum in 1976.

Statistics Summary

Goal Scoring:

1st

2d

3d

FINAL

PHI

0

0

0

0

OTW

1

2

0

3

Shots on Goal:
PHI

5

7

5

17

OTW

12

14

3

29

Power Play Conversions:
PHI

0 - of - 6

OTW

2 - of - 6

Game Details

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

Team

Time

1st Bonk 1

OTW

7:20

2nd Salo 1 (McEachern, Alfredsson) (PP)

OTW

1:40

Prospal 1 (Redden, York) (PP)

OTW

14:53

       
3rd None
Penalties:

Team

Time

1st Richardson (cross-checking)

PHI

3:00

Van Allen (hooking)

OTW

5:18

Laukkanen (hooking)

OTW

13:54

McGillis (roughing)

PHI

18:11

Lindros (high-sticking)

PHI

20:00

2nd McEachern (slashing)

OTW

4:52

LeClair (boarding)

PHI

13:21

York (holding)

OTW

18:34

3rd Roy (slashing)

OTW

2:38

Lalime, served by Bunk (slashing),

OTW

3:15

  Dykhuis (slashing)

PHI

12:49

  Berube (cross-checking)

PHI

19:13

       

Individual Player Statistics:

G

A

+/-

Shots

Andersson

0

0

even

1

Berube

0

0

even

1

Bureau

0

0

even

0

Burt

0

0

even

1

Dykhuis

0

0

even

0

Eaton

0

0

-1

3

Gagne

0

0

even

0

Greig

0

0

even

1

Langkow

0

0

even

2

LeClair

0

0

-1

2

Lindros

0

0

-1

1

McCarthy

0

0

even

0

McGillis

0

0

-1

1

Recchi

0

0

-1

0

Renburg

0

0

even

1

Richardson

0

0

even

0

Therien

0

0

even

1

Zelepukin

0

0

even

3

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