PHILADELPHIA -- For one night, the Philadelphia Flyers turned back into the Broad Street Bullies.
Claude Lapointe and Mark Recchi scored 30 seconds apart in the first period, helping the Flyers beat the Ottawa Senators 5-3 Friday night in a game that featured five consecutive brawls in the final two minutes and set an NHL record with 419 penalty minutes.
"We're not scared of Ottawa and we're not intimidated by their talent," Flyers goaltender Robert Esche said.
Officials needed about 90 minutes after the game ended to sort the penalties. The previous record for penalty minutes was 406 by the Minnesota North Stars and Boston Bruins in 1981. The Flyers had 213 minutes and Ottawa had 206.
3rd Period
09:03 Zhamnov: Roughing - 2 min.
09:03 Alfredsson: Roughing - 2 min.
12:18 Sharp: Roughing - 2 min.
12:18 Smolinski: Roughing - 2 min.
14:21 Simpson: Slashing - 2 min.
15:57 Sharp: Too Many Men on the Ice(bench) - 2 min.
18:15 Brashear: Roughing - 2 min.
18:15 Brashear: Game Misconduct - 10 min.
18:15 Brashear: Gross Misconduct - 10 min.
18:21 Handzus: Game Misconduct - 10 min.
18:21 Handzus: Gross Misconduct - 10 min.
18:21 Handzus: Fighting - 5 min.
18:45 LeClair: Game Misconduct - 10 min.
18:15 Van Allen: Fighting - 5 min.
18:21 Fisher: Gross Misconduct - 10 min.
18:21 Fisher: Fighting - 5 min.
18:15 Brashear: Fighting - 5 min.
18:15 Brashear: Fighting - 5 min.
18:15 Radivojevic: Fighting - 5 min.
18:15 Esche: Goalie leaving crease. - 2 min.
18:45 LeClair: Fighting - 5 min.
18:15 Simpson: Fighting - 5 min.
18:15 Radivojevic: Game Misconduct - 10 min.
18:15 Radivojevic: Game Misconduct - 10 min.
18:15 Markov: Game Misconduct - 10 min.
18:15 Markov: Fighting - 5 min.
18:15 Esche: Fighting - 5 min.
18:15 Esche: Game Misconduct - 10 min.
18:15 Esche: Game Misconduct - 10 min.
18:15 Brashear: Instigator - 2 min.
18:45 Recchi: Fighting - 5 min.
18:45 Recchi: Game Misconduct - 10 min.
18:45 LeClair: Gross Misconduct - 10 min.
18:45 LeClair: Holding - 2 min.
18:47 Sharp: Fighting - 5 min.
18:47 Sharp: Game Misconduct - 10 min.
18:47 Sharp: Gross Misconduct - 10 min.
18:15 Lalime: Game Misconduct - 10 min.
18:15 Lalime: Fighting - 5 min.
18:15 Lalime: Goalie leaving crease. - 2 min.
18:15 Simpson: Game Misconduct - 10 min.
18:15 Van Allen: Game Misconduct - 10 min.
18:15 Van Allen: Game Misconduct - 10 min.
18:15 Ray: Fighting - 5 min.
18:45 Redden: Fighting - 5 min.
18:15 Smolinski: Game Misconduct - 10 min.
18:18 Chara: Gross Misconduct - 10 min.
18:18 Chara: Fighting - 5 min.
18:45 Smolinski: Fighting - 5 min.
18:47 Spezza: Game Misconduct - 10 min.
18:18 Chara: Instigator - 2 min.
18:45 Redden: Game Misconduct - 10 min.
18:18 Neil: Fighting - 5 min.
18:18 Chara: Game Misconduct - 10 min.
18:45 Redden: Gross Misconduct - 10 min.
18:21 Fisher: Game Misconduct - 10 min.
18:47 Spezza: Game Misconduct - 10 min.
18:47 Spezza: Gross Misconduct - 10 min.
18:47 Spezza: Fighting - 5 min.
18:18 Somik: Fighting - 5 min.
18:18 Timander: Fighting - 5 min.
Philadelphia enforcer Donald Brashear and Ray started the fighting by dropping their gloves with 1:45 left. As they skated off the ice, the rest of the players joined in, including the goalies as Ottawa's Patrick Lalime skated the length of the ice to go after Esche.
Once play resumed, all the players, except the new goalies, immediately went after each other. At the next faceoff, Philadelphia's Michal Handzus and Ottawa's Mike Fisher went at it. Another fight broke out 30 seconds later. Finally, Philadelphia's Patrick Sharp and Ottawa's Jason Spezza finished it off.
