New York Rangers vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Thursday, December 10, 1987 · Spectrum
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Rangers 5–3 on Thursday, December 10, 1987 at Spectrum. The Flyers outshot the Rangers 37–22.
Goals came from Walt Poddubny, Murray Craven, Kjell Samuelsson, Brian Dobbin, Dave Poulin, Jeff Brubaker, John Ogrodnick and Ron Sutter.
Ron Hextall made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Bob Froese stopped 32 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Walt Poddubny (16)Marcel Dionne (16), James Patrick (24)1–001:57 NYR · 
Murray Craven (8)Peter Zezel (4), Scott Mellanby (5)1–103:48 PHI · 
Kjell Samuelsson (2)Dave Poulin (16), Brian Propp (17)1–214:20 PHI
2nd period
Brian Dobbin (2)Brian Propp (18), Bill Root (1)1–310:07 PHI
Dave Poulin (9)Brian Propp (19)1–413:15 PHI · 
Jeff Brubaker (1)Ron Greschner (5), David Shaw (11)2–414:38 NYR
3rd period
John Ogrodnick (9)Kelly Kisio (18)3–410:17 NYR
Ron Sutter (3)Mark Howe (8)3–517:46 PHI
Team stats
NYRPHI
2237
0%0%
1/41/5
2412
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:18 into the first period
Rick Tocchet · high sticking2 min - 2:14 into the first period
Jari Gronstrand · tripping2 min - 6:43 into the first periodWalt Poddubny · hooking2 min
- 11:02 into the first periodMichel Petit · slashing2 min
- 16:58 into the first periodJeff Brubaker · roughing2 min
- 16:58 into the first periodJeff Brubaker · roughing2 min
- 16:58 into the first periodNick Fotiu · roughing2 min
- 19:46 into the first periodMagnus Roupe · hooking2 min
- 3:08 into the second periodKjell Samuelsson · holding2 min
- 12:37 into the second periodRick Tocchet · holding2 min
- 16:35 into the second periodLucien DeBlois · slashing2 min
- 19:54 into the second periodJeff Brubaker · game misconduct10 min
- 19:54 into the second periodMichel Petit · slashing2 min
- 19:54 into the second periodRick Tocchet · high sticking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Jeff BrubakerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21David ShawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike DonnellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 47Steve NemethC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Jari GronstrandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ron ScottG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Bob FroeseG | L | 37 | 5 | .865 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Brian DobbinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 34Bill RootD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Pelle EklundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Magnus RoupeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 29Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Kerry HuffmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | W | 22 | 3 | .864 |
| 33Mark LaforestG | 0 | 0 | – |