Philadelphia Flyers vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, January 7, 1987 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Rangers 6–3 on Wednesday, January 7, 1987 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Flyers 38–29.
Rick Tocchet scored twice. Pelle Eklund, Derrick Smith, Peter Zezel, Tony McKegney, Tomas Sandstrom, James Patrick and Ron Sutter also scored.
Ron Hextall made 35 saves on 38 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Pelle Eklund (9)J.J. Daigneault (10), Dave Poulin (21)1–016:19 PHI
2nd period
Derrick Smith (9)Peter Zezel (19), Scott Mellanby (9)2–006:39 PHI
Peter Zezel (19)Derrick Smith (10), Scott Mellanby (10)3–017:08 PHI
Rick Tocchet (14)Dave Poulin (22)4–019:55 PHI ·
3rd period
Tony McKegney (21)Bobby Carpenter (8), Kelly Kisio (19)4–106:52 NYR · 
Tomas Sandstrom (14)Walt Poddubny (25), Jan Erixon (7)4–213:41 NYR · 
James Patrick (5)Tomas Sandstrom (22), Walt Poddubny (26)4–316:19 NYR
Ron Sutter (9)Rick Tocchet (18), Ron Hextall (5)5–319:38 PHI · - Rick Tocchet (15)Peter Zezel (20), Ron Sutter (18)6–319:53 PHI ·
Team stats
PHINYR
2938
0%0%
0/32/7
168
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:29 into the first period
Tim Kerr · hooking2 min - 9:53 into the first periodJ.J. Daigneault · slashing2 min
- 14:14 into the first period
Curt Giles · holding2 min - 0:46 into the second periodMark Osborne · slashing2 min
- 1:02 into the second periodTim Kerr · slashing2 min
- 13:20 into the second periodJan Erixon · hooking2 min
- 18:37 into the second periodRon Sutter · hooking2 min
- 6:28 into the third periodDave Poulin · slashing2 min
- 9:30 into the third periodJ.J. Daigneault · holding2 min
- 11:05 into the third periodJames Patrick · slashing2 min
- 11:05 into the third periodRon Sutter · slashing2 min
- 12:32 into the third periodBrad McCrimmon · hooking2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 22Rick TocchetR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 9Pelle EklundC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Tim KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 18Lindsay CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 29Daryl StanleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | W | 38 | 3 | .921 |
| 33Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 9 | – |
| 11Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 16Kelly KisioC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Tony McKegneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 14Lane LambertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Chris JensenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 6Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 29Don JacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 38Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |