Philadelphia Flyers vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Wednesday, November 18, 1987 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4–3 on Wednesday, November 18, 1987 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Flyers outshot the Devils 31–25.
Goals came from Derrick Smith, Jack O'Callahan, Lindsay Carson, Kirk Muller, Scott Mellanby, Claude Loiselle and Pat Verbeek.
Alain Chevrier made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Ron Hextall stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Derrick Smith (4)Rick Tocchet (7), Dave Poulin (10)1–000:29 PHI
Jack O'Callahan (1)Patrik Sundstrom (10), Claude Loiselle (4)1–109:59 NJD ·
2nd period
Lindsay Carson (1)Doug Crossman (7)2–102:23 PHI
Kirk Muller (5)Aaron Broten (12), Brendan Shanahan (8)2–211:23 NJD
Scott Mellanby (4)Peter Zezel (2), Derrick Smith (1)3–213:41 PHI
3rd period
Claude Loiselle (10)Patrik Sundstrom (11), Jack O'Callahan (3)3–305:12 NJD · 
Pat Verbeek (15)Kirk Muller (17), Bruce Driver (11)3–417:04 NJD ·
Team stats
PHINJD
3125
0%0%
0/73/9
3228
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:06 into the first period
Ken Daneyko · holding2 min - 2:31 into the first period
Brian Propp · roughing2 min - 4:51 into the first periodCraig Berube · charging2 min
- 7:26 into the first periodClaude Loiselle · holding2 min
- 9:36 into the first periodRick Tocchet · tripping2 min
- 10:22 into the first periodRandy Velischek · holding2 min
- 13:21 into the first periodJoe Cirella · holding2 min
- 16:32 into the first periodDerrick Smith · interference2 min
- 0:24 into the second periodJohn MacLean · roughing2 min
- 0:24 into the second periodDerrick Smith · roughing2 min
- 5:44 into the second periodCraig Wolanin · slashing2 min
- 7:53 into the second periodKen Daneyko · roughing2 min
- 7:53 into the second periodPat Verbeek · roughing2 min
- 7:53 into the second periodBrad Marsh · roughing2 min
- 7:53 into the second periodRick Tocchet · roughing2 min
- 8:23 into the second periodJack O'Callahan · holding2 min
- 9:19 into the second periodDoug Crossman · holding2 min
- 16:53 into the second periodPat Verbeek · high sticking2 min
- 16:53 into the second periodKjell Samuelsson · high sticking2 min
- 18:35 into the second periodRick Tocchet · slashing2 min
- 3:21 into the third periodJohn MacLean · roughing2 min
- 3:21 into the third periodKjell Samuelsson · holding2 min
- 3:21 into the third periodKjell Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 6:56 into the third periodJoe Cirella · holding2 min
- 9:13 into the third periodBrian Propp · tripping2 min
- 15:10 into the third periodClaude Loiselle · slashing2 min
- 15:10 into the third periodKjell Samuelsson · slashing2 min
- 16:39 into the third periodJeff Chychrun · holding2 min
- 19:58 into the third periodJoe Cirella · roughing2 min
- 19:58 into the third periodDave Poulin · roughing2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 24Derrick SmithL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Lindsay CarsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Magnus RoupeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 34Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 42Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5Kerry HuffmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Jeff ChychrunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | L | 25 | 4 | .840 |
| 30Wendell YoungG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 9Kirk MullerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Jack O'CallahanD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Andy BrickleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Alain ChevrierG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |