Boston Bruins vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Tuesday, December 8, 1987 · Spectrum
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Boston Bruins 5–2 on Tuesday, December 8, 1987 at Spectrum. The Flyers outshot the Bruins 38–23.
Brian Propp scored twice and Peter Zezel scored twice. Gord Kluzak, Keith Crowder and Ron Hextall also scored.
Ron Hextall made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Rejean Lemelin stopped 33 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Propp (8)Rick Tocchet (12), Pelle Eklund (7)0–106:58 PHI ·
2nd period
Gord Kluzak (2)Bob Sweeney (3)1–106:09 BOS
Keith Crowder (10)Ken Linseman (17), Glen Wesley (12)2–107:51 BOS
3rd period
Peter Zezel (9)Scott Mellanby (4), Murray Craven (15)2–205:38 PHI · - Peter Zezel (10)Murray Craven (16), Mark Howe (7)2–314:40 PHI ·
- Brian Propp (9)Unassisted2–417:33 PHI
Ron Hextall (1)Unassisted2–518:48 PHI ·
Team stats
BOSPHI
2338
0%0%
0/53/4
2830
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:05 into the first period
Jay Miller · fighting5 min - 5:05 into the first period
Craig Berube · fighting5 min - 5:14 into the first periodRay Bourque · holding2 min
- 12:06 into the first periodJay Miller · fighting5 min
- 12:06 into the first periodDave Brown · fighting5 min
- 14:49 into the first periodBill Root · hooking2 min
- 19:05 into the first periodLyndon Byers · fighting5 min
- 19:05 into the first periodWilli Plett · fighting5 min
- 19:05 into the first periodCraig Berube · fighting5 min
- 19:05 into the first periodDave Brown · instigator2 min
- 19:05 into the first periodDave Brown · fighting5 min
- 12:38 into the second periodReed Larson · holding2 min
- 18:08 into the second periodRick Tocchet · tripping2 min
- 3:48 into the third periodReed Larson · slashing2 min
- 9:10 into the third periodRick Tocchet · tripping2 min
- 12:55 into the third periodRay Bourque · hooking2 min
- 18:48 into the third periodBench · delaying game2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 42Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Billy O'DwyerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32John CarterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Lyndon ByersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | L | 37 | 4 | .892 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 25Peter ZezelC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Pelle EklundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Brian DobbinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 5Kerry HuffmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 34Bill RootD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |
| 33Mark LaforestG | 0 | 0 | – |