New York Rangers vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Saturday, December 12, 1987 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the New York Rangers 4–3 on Saturday, December 12, 1987 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Maple Leafs outshot the Rangers 38–33.
Goals came from Russ Courtnall, Lucien DeBlois, Vincent Damphousse, Steve Nemeth, Al Iafrate, Miroslav Frycer and Marcel Dionne.
Allan Bester made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 34 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Russ Courtnall (15)Eddie Olczyk (16), Al Secord (7)0–104:55 TOR ·
2nd period
Lucien DeBlois (5)Marcel Dionne (17), Walt Poddubny (18)1–104:13 NYR · 
Vincent Damphousse (6)Tom Fergus (12), Al Iafrate (11)1–204:48 TOR
Steve Nemeth (1)Don Maloney (6)2–212:04 NYR · 
Al Iafrate (14)Mark Osborne (10)2–316:00 TOR ·
3rd period
Miroslav Frycer (9)Mark Osborne (11), Todd Gill (5)2–401:07 TOR
Marcel Dionne (19)James Patrick (25), Lucien DeBlois (6)3–404:07 NYR ·
Team stats
NYRTOR
3338
0%0%
2/51/4
1214
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:11 into the first period
Jari Gronstrand · tripping2 min - 9:33 into the first period
Dave Semenko · cross checking2 min - 16:25 into the first periodAl Iafrate · tripping2 min
- 19:05 into the first periodDon Maloney · tripping2 min
- 2:48 into the second periodMichael Stothers · hooking2 min
- 10:58 into the second periodLucien DeBlois · high sticking2 min
- 13:57 into the second periodRon Greschner · roughing2 min
- 13:57 into the second periodJohn Vanbiesbrouck · slashing2 min
- 13:57 into the second periodTodd Gill · roughing2 min
- 13:57 into the second periodTodd Gill · roughing2 min
- 14:27 into the second periodMichael Stothers · interference2 min
- 18:17 into the second periodMichel Petit · holding2 min
- 2:09 into the third periodMichael Stothers · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 47Steve NemethC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Jeff BrubakerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Jari GronstrandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ron ScottG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 38 | 4 | .895 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 12Mark OsborneL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 33Al IafrateD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 9Russ CourtnallR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Vincent DamphousseC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Miroslav FrycerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 16Eddie OlczykR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 19Tom FergusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Gary LeemanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Peter IhnacakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Dan DaoustC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Dale DegrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Michael StothersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Allan BesterG | W | 33 | 3 | .909 |
| 31Ken WreggetG | 0 | 0 | – |