Player of the Game Hockey - NHL 1967/68, Feb 16th

Friday 16th February 1968
Philadelphia have passed two-hundred powerplay opportunities, the first team to do this year, with 203. Sadly, their conversion rate is down at 18.23%, a reason why they have struggled of late including one win in their last six, and that form continued today in Los Angeles.

The Kings, who are only four points behind the Flyers, go a fifth straight game without defeat after peppering Parent in his goal with fifty-one shots. Irvine (13) scored twice in the first period and after Sutherland (20), who leads the way in terms of goals and points for the Flyers, scored the second frame's only goal it was 2-1. It was all about the Kings in the final period with goals from Gray (7), Flett (21), R Lemieux (8) and Joyal (18) wraping up his own four-point night.

Pittsburgh looked to keep pace with LA for that playoff berth in the West and jumped out to a 2-0 lead just 5:40 in through Ubriaco (8) and Stratton (15) with both goals coming on the man advantage. St Louis were even before the intermission, Ecclestone (8) scoring at 15:38 and McKenney (9) tying the game at 2-2 soon after. A scoreless second period followed before the Blues, who have one loss in their last five, move six points clear of the Flyers thanks to B McCreary (19) and Cameron (6) blowing the game open in the space of twenty-five seconds. This leaves the Penguins 3-6-0 in their last nine and are three points back of the Kings.

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
PHI	@	0	1	0	1
LAK		2	0	4	6

PHI Parent (15-17-4 .893) 45/51, Powerplay 0/7
LAK Sawchuk (6-11-4 .894) 18/19, Powerplay 1/6

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
StL	@	2	0	2	4
PIT		2	0	0	2

StL Hall (17-13-7 .895) 27/29, Powerplay 1/6
PIT Bassen (7-10-4 .906) 36/40, Powerplay 2/3

East Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	55	30	18	7	67
Toronto Maple Leafs	54	30	19	5	65
Boston Bruins	55	29	20	6	64
Detroit Red Wings	55	27	22	6	60
Chicago Blackhawks	56	24	26	6	54
New York Rangers	54	20	25	9	49
West Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts
St Louis Blues	54	25	19	10	60
Philadelphia Flyers	55	24	25	6	54
Minnesota North Stars	55	20	23	12	52
Los Angeles Kings	56	21	27	8	50
Pittsburgh Penguins	55	18	26	11	47
Oakland Seals	56	14	32	10	38