Hartford Whalers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, January 31, 1987 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Hartford Whalers 4–2 on Saturday, January 31, 1987 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Whalers outshot the Islanders 22–21.
Patrick Flatley scored twice. Richard Kromm, Sylvain Turgeon, John Anderson and Bryan Trottier also scored.
Billy Smith made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Steve Weeks stopped 17 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Patrick Flatley (14)Gerald Diduck (1), Steve Konroyd (10)0–110:54 NYI · 
Richard Kromm (8)Mikko Makela (15), Pat LaFontaine (19)0–217:38 NYI
2nd period
Sylvain Turgeon (6)Unassisted1–215:47 HFD- Patrick Flatley (15)Brent Sutter (26)1–317:29 NYI
3rd period
John Anderson (15)Kevin Dineen (24), Dana Murzyn (8)2–301:30 HFD · 
Bryan Trottier (16)Patrick Flatley (31), Brent Sutter (27)2–419:56 NYI ·
Team stats
HFDNYI
2221
0%0%
1/41/4
1015
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:40 into the first period
Bob Bassen · slashing2 min - 5:32 into the first period
Dave Tippett · interference2 min - 9:20 into the first periodRandy Ladouceur · hooking2 min
- 11:23 into the first periodBrian Curran · tripping2 min
- 14:04 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 0:46 into the second periodPatrick Flatley · holding2 min
- 11:22 into the second periodSteve Konroyd · slashing2 min
- 18:37 into the second periodBob Bassen · high sticking5 min
- 4:38 into the third periodPaul Macdermid · high sticking2 min
- 4:38 into the third periodAlan Kerr · slashing2 min
- 7:35 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · slashing2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 72Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Steve WeeksG | L | 20 | 3 | .850 |
New York Islanders
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Ari HaanpaaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Ken LeiterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Brian CurranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 21 | 2 | .905 |