New York Rangers vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Tuesday, March 17, 1987 · Spectrum
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Rangers 4–1 on Tuesday, March 17, 1987 at Spectrum. The Rangers outshot the Flyers 33–31.
Tim Kerr scored twice. Brian Propp, Walt Poddubny and Lindsay Carson also scored.
Ron Hextall made 32 saves on 33 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 27 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Tim Kerr (50)Peter Zezel (38), Brad McCrimmon (23)0–109:40 PHI · - Tim Kerr (51)Derrick Smith (21)0–219:11 PHI
3rd period
Brian Propp (27)Pelle Eklund (38), Tim Kerr (33)0–308:48 PHI · 
Walt Poddubny (37)Ron Duguay (20)1–314:19 NYR
Lindsay Carson (8)Unassisted1–419:48 PHI · ·
Team stats
NYRPHI
3331
0%0%
0/42/5
1011
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:36 into the first period
Willie Huber · holding2 min - 5:39 into the second period
Kjell Samuelsson · holding2 min - 11:05 into the second periodKjell Samuelsson · holding2 min
- 16:35 into the second periodLarry Melnyk · holding2 min
- 5:30 into the third periodScott Mellanby · holding2 min
- 6:49 into the third periodMarcel Dionne · hooking2 min
- 10:04 into the third periodGeorge McPhee · cross checking2 min
- 10:04 into the third periodGeorge McPhee · roughing2 min
- 19:42 into the third periodDave Brown · high sticking5 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21George McPheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Jay CaufieldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 38Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 47Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 30 | 3 | .900 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 12Tim KerrR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Pelle EklundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Lindsay CarsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | W | 33 | 1 | .970 |
| 33Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – |