Philadelphia Flyers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Tuesday, December 15, 1987 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 on Tuesday, December 15, 1987 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Flyers 28–26.
Randy Cunneyworth scored twice. Doug Crossman, Scott Mellanby, Kerry Huffman, Mark Howe and Murray Craven also scored.
Ron Hextall made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Doug Crossman (6)Kerry Huffman (9), Murray Craven (17)1–002:40 PHI
Scott Mellanby (8)Murray Craven (18), Kjell Samuelsson (8)2–006:03 PHI
Randy Cunneyworth (14)Mario Lemieux (31), Phil Bourque (1)2–109:40 PIT · - Randy Cunneyworth (15)Rod Buskas (3), Mario Lemieux (32)2–216:13 PIT
2nd period
Kerry Huffman (2)Pelle Eklund (10)3–208:48 PHI
Mark Howe (4)Peter Zezel (5), Murray Craven (19)4–218:19 PHI ·
3rd period
Murray Craven (10)Unassisted5–219:58 PHI · ·
Team stats
PHIPIT
2628
0%0%
1/71/8
3129
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:07 into the first period
Brian Propp · roughing2 min - 1:58 into the first period
Jim Johnson · slashing2 min - 8:49 into the first periodKjell Samuelsson · holding2 min
- 13:07 into the first periodPhil Bourque · interference2 min
- 1:52 into the second periodPeter Zezel · charging2 min
- 4:31 into the second periodRod Buskas · hooking2 min
- 11:37 into the second periodRod Buskas · hooking2 min
- 13:21 into the second periodRandy Hillier · slashing2 min
- 14:19 into the second periodScott Mellanby · high sticking double minor4 min
- 14:19 into the second periodChris Dahlquist · high sticking2 min
- 14:19 into the second periodChris Dahlquist · fighting5 min
- 16:49 into the second periodScott Mellanby · fighting5 min
- 16:49 into the second periodRandy Cunneyworth · holding2 min
- 18:47 into the second periodRon Sutter · high sticking2 min
- 18:47 into the second periodPhil Bourque · high sticking2 min
- 2:01 into the third periodBrian Dobbin · hooking2 min
- 6:16 into the third periodKjell Samuelsson · holding2 min
- 7:19 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 13:25 into the third periodRon Sutter · high sticking2 min
- 13:25 into the third periodMario Lemieux · high sticking2 min
- 14:25 into the third periodRon Hextall · high sticking double minor4 min
- 14:25 into the third periodTroy Loney · slashing2 min
- 18:58 into the third periodBrian Propp · holding2 min
- 19:44 into the third periodRon Hextall · cross checking2 min
- 19:44 into the third periodRandy Cunneyworth · tripping2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 32Murray CravenL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 5Kerry HuffmanD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Pelle EklundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Brian DobbinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Lindsay CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 34Bill RootD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 40Greg SmythD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |
| 33Mark LaforestG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Dan QuinnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 14Chris KontosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Dave McllwainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 22Wayne Van DorpL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Mark KachowskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Dwight MathiasenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 36Jock CallanderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 38Kenneth GruhlL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Chris DahlquistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Norm SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 25 | 4 | .840 |