Philadelphia Flyers vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, March 15, 1987 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Rangers 5–2 on Sunday, March 15, 1987 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Flyers 39–30.
Brian Propp scored twice and Dave Poulin scored twice. Tomas Sandstrom, Ilkka Sinisalo and Tony McKegney also scored.
Glenn Resch made 37 saves on 39 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 25 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Propp (25)J.J. Daigneault (14), Dave Poulin (42)1–004:43 PHI · 
Dave Poulin (23)Mark Howe (36)2–007:59 PHI · 
Tomas Sandstrom (38)James Patrick (42), Don Maloney (37)2–109:15 NYR- Brian Propp (26)Ilkka Sinisalo (19), Mark Howe (37)3–109:41 PHI ·
2nd period
- Dave Poulin (24)Doug Crossman (30), Ilkka Sinisalo (20)4–116:18 PHI ·
3rd period
Ilkka Sinisalo (10)Lindsay Carson (14), Peter Zezel (37)5–108:23 PHI
Tony McKegney (30)James Patrick (43)5–219:32 NYR
Team stats
PHINYR
3039
0%0%
3/100/10
3637
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:21 into the first period
Larry Melnyk · tripping2 min - 3:21 into the first periodPat Price · high sticking2 min
- 3:21 into the first period
Peter Zezel · high sticking2 min - 5:24 into the first periodDerrick Smith · slashing2 min
- 7:26 into the first periodPeter Zezel · slashing2 min
- 8:50 into the first periodKelly Kisio · high sticking2 min
- 10:22 into the first periodJay Caufield · delaying game2 min
- 14:51 into the first periodBrad McCrimmon · high sticking2 min
- 4:04 into the second periodPat Price · holding2 min
- 7:39 into the second periodDerrick Smith · tripping2 min
- 8:08 into the second periodTony McKegney · cross checking2 min
- 10:40 into the second periodJay Caufield · instigator2 min
- 10:40 into the second periodJay Caufield · fighting5 min
- 10:40 into the second periodDave Brown · fighting5 min
- 15:07 into the second periodDon Maloney · high sticking5 min
- 17:11 into the second periodScott Mellanby · slashing2 min
- 18:16 into the second periodBrad Marsh · holding2 min
- 0:32 into the third periodBrad Marsh · holding2 min
- 2:18 into the third periodTomas Sandstrom · roughing2 min
- 3:52 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 8:23 into the third periodPat Price · roughing double minor4 min
- 8:23 into the third periodLindsay Carson · roughing2 min
- 9:14 into the third periodRon Greschner · slashing2 min
- 9:14 into the third periodPeter Zezel · slashing2 min
- 11:56 into the third periodKjell Samuelsson · high sticking2 min
- 17:09 into the third periodJay Caufield · fighting5 min
- 17:09 into the third periodDave Brown · instigator2 min
- 17:09 into the third periodDave Brown · fighting5 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 20Dave PoulinC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Lindsay CarsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Tim KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Glenn ReschG | W | 39 | 2 | .949 |
New York Rangers
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Tony McKegneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21George McPheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Jay CaufieldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 38Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 47Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 30 | 5 | .833 |