Hartford Whalers vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, March 18, 1987 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the New York Rangers 5–3 on Wednesday, March 18, 1987 at Madison Square Garden. The Whalers outshot the Rangers 33–31.
Kevin Dineen scored twice and Dean Evason scored twice. Kelly Kisio, Ray Ferraro, Walt Poddubny and Willie Huber also scored.
Mike Liut made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Bob Froese stopped 28 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Kelly Kisio (24)George McPhee (2), Larry Melnyk (10)0–106:05 NYR
Kevin Dineen (33)Doug Jarvis (13), Paul Lawless (27)1–112:48 HFD
2nd period
Ray Ferraro (26)John Anderson (40)2–105:41 HFD · 
Walt Poddubny (38)Ron Duguay (21), Willie Huber (22)2–213:49 NYR
Willie Huber (7)Kelly Kisio (37), George McPhee (3)2–316:14 NYR
3rd period
- Kevin Dineen (34)Joel Quenneville (6)3–305:24 HFD
Dean Evason (19)Sylvain Cote (8)4–316:48 HFD- Dean Evason (20)Unassisted5–318:13 HFD
Team stats
HFDNYR
3331
0%0%
1/30/4
1210
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:06 into the first period
Dean Evason · holding2 min - 15:09 into the first period
Curt Giles · tripping2 min - 17:13 into the first periodDean Evason · slashing2 min
- 17:13 into the first periodLarry Melnyk · slashing2 min
- 1:28 into the second periodWalt Poddubny · tripping2 min
- 2:54 into the second periodRay Ferraro · holding2 min
- 4:56 into the second periodWillie Huber · holding2 min
- 8:48 into the second periodDana Murzyn · high sticking double minor4 min
- 1:16 into the third periodKevin Dineen · interference2 min
- 1:16 into the third periodBob Froese · roughing2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 11Kevin DineenR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Paul LawlessL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Gord ShervenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 72Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 11Kelly KisioC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21George McPheeL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 25Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Jay CaufieldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 32Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 42Paul FentonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 38Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 47Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | L | 33 | 5 | .849 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |