New York Rangers vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Saturday, October 24, 1987 · Spectrum
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5–3 on Saturday, October 24, 1987 at Spectrum. The Flyers outshot the Rangers 45–39.
Brian Propp scored twice. Don Maloney, Pierre Larouche, Tomas Sandstrom, Derrick Smith, Walt Poddubny and Jan Erixon also scored.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 42 saves on 45 shots for the win; Mark Laforest stopped 34 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Don Maloney (1)Unassisted1–012:26 NYR
Brian Propp (1)Dave Poulin (5), Scott Mellanby (2)1–113:03 PHI
2nd period
Pierre Larouche (3)Brian Mullen (4), Kelly Kisio (4)2–105:15 NYR · - Brian Propp (2)Kjell Samuelsson (1), Dave Poulin (6)2–205:56 PHI
3rd period
Tomas Sandstrom (6)Ulf Dahlen (1), James Patrick (7)3–203:51 NYR
Derrick Smith (2)Dave Poulin (7), Brad Marsh (2)3–306:26 PHI
Walt Poddubny (8)Ulf Dahlen (2)4–311:30 NYR
Jan Erixon (1)Unassisted5–314:25 NYR ·
Team stats
NYRPHI
3945
0%0%
1/70/4
1622
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:54 into the first period
Ron Duguay · interference2 min - 3:51 into the first period
Peter Zezel · holding2 min - 6:53 into the first periodMagnus Roupe · holding2 min
- 9:19 into the first periodKerry Huffman · tripping2 min
- 15:15 into the first periodRick Tocchet · charging2 min
- 1:22 into the second periodWalt Poddubny · tripping2 min
- 5:05 into the second periodKjell Samuelsson · holding2 min
- 6:13 into the second periodTomas Sandstrom · roughing2 min
- 6:13 into the second periodDerrick Smith · roughing2 min
- 7:47 into the second periodBrian Mullen · hooking2 min
- 10:04 into the second periodJohn Vanbiesbrouck · high sticking2 min
- 10:04 into the second periodRick Tocchet · roughing2 min
- 13:21 into the second periodBrad Marsh · hooking2 min
- 1:47 into the third periodDoug Crossman · holding2 min
- 8:50 into the third periodTomas Sandstrom · hooking2 min
- 8:50 into the third periodRon Sutter · high sticking2 min
- 12:50 into the third periodWalt Poddubny · holding2 min
- 14:25 into the third periodBench · penalty shot0 min
- 18:38 into the third periodJames Patrick · roughing2 min
- 18:38 into the third periodRon Sutter · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 9Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Gord WalkerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 5Jari GronstrandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 29Bruce BellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 45 | 3 | .933 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 9Pelle EklundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 10Magnus RoupeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Kerry HuffmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Wendell YoungG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Mark LaforestG | L | 39 | 5 | .872 |