Philadelphia Flyers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, January 17, 1987 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Islanders 4–2 on Saturday, January 17, 1987 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Flyers 29–25.
Goals came from Gord Dineen, Doug Crossman, Lindsay Carson, Richard Kromm, Tim Kerr and Murray Craven.
Glenn Resch made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Gord Dineen (4)Ken Leiter (11), Bryan Trottier (35)0–101:59 NYI
2nd period
Doug Crossman (5)Scott Mellanby (12), Murray Craven (18)1–102:04 PHI · 
Lindsay Carson (6)Rick Tocchet (21), Kjell Samuelsson (9)2–102:21 PHI
3rd period
Richard Kromm (7)Mike Bossy (27), Bryan Trottier (36)2–204:52 NYI
Tim Kerr (36)Pelle Eklund (31), Peter Zezel (24)3–206:07 PHI · 
Murray Craven (11)Doug Crossman (23), Pelle Eklund (32)4–212:37 PHI
Team stats
PHINYI
2529
0%0%
2/60/2
614
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:50 into the first period
Brad Marsh · high sticking2 min - 14:16 into the first period
Ken Leiter · tripping2 min - 18:58 into the first periodBob Bassen · roughing2 min
- 18:58 into the first periodLindsay Carson · roughing2 min
- 0:41 into the second periodSteve Konroyd · holding2 min
- 2:50 into the second periodBrad Lauer · tripping2 min
- 7:00 into the second periodKjell Samuelsson · hooking2 min
- 15:58 into the second periodBrent Sutter · holding2 min
- 5:21 into the third periodBrad Lauer · holding2 min
- 13:18 into the third periodBilly Smith · slashing2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 9Pelle EklundC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Tim KerrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 18Lindsay CarsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Brian DobbinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Glen SeabrookeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 42Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Glenn ReschG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Ken LeiterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 34Brian CurranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 25 | 4 | .840 |