New York Rangers vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Saturday, November 8, 1986 · Spectrum
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3–2 on Saturday, November 8, 1986 at Spectrum. The Flyers outshot the Rangers 38–19.
Goals came from Pierre Larouche, James Patrick, Rick Tocchet, Larry Melnyk and Derrick Smith.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 36 saves on 38 shots for the win; Ron Hextall stopped 16 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Pierre Larouche (6)Mike Ridley (5), Raimo Helminen (1)1–006:21 NYR · 
James Patrick (1)Raimo Helminen (2)2–019:18 NYR ·
2nd period
Rick Tocchet (5)Peter Zezel (4), Scott Mellanby (3)2–112:15 PHI
3rd period
Larry Melnyk (2)Mike Ridley (6), Kelly Miller (3)3–109:50 NYR
Derrick Smith (5)Rick Tocchet (5), Ron Sutter (3)3–213:04 PHI
Team stats
NYRPHI
1938
0%0%
2/40/4
2727
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:04 into the first period
Terry Carkner · fighting5 min - 1:04 into the first period
Dave Brown · high sticking2 min - 1:04 into the first periodDave Brown · fighting5 min
- 5:38 into the first periodBrad Marsh · elbowing2 min
- 10:17 into the first periodDon Jackson · roughing2 min
- 10:17 into the first periodMurray Craven · roughing2 min
- 12:16 into the first periodTom Laidlaw · holding2 min
- 15:43 into the first periodDon Jackson · roughing2 min
- 15:43 into the first periodDon Jackson · misconduct10 min
- 15:43 into the first periodDave Brown · roughing2 min
- 15:43 into the first periodDave Brown · misconduct10 min
- 18:31 into the first periodRick Tocchet · roughing2 min
- 1:57 into the second periodWalt Poddubny · holding2 min
- 4:42 into the second periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
- 7:59 into the second periodJ.J. Daigneault · high sticking2 min
- 14:35 into the second periodMike Ridley · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 18Mike RidleyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Raimo HelminenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 40Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Bob CrawfordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Don JacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 38Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 38 | 2 | .947 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 22Rick TocchetR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 9Pelle EklundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 12Tim KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Lindsay CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 21Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Daryl StanleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | L | 19 | 3 | .842 |
| 33Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – |