New York Islanders vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Thursday, December 17, 1987 · Spectrum
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Islanders 4–3 on Thursday, December 17, 1987 at Spectrum. The Flyers outshot the Islanders 31–26.
Mikko Makela scored twice. Scott Mellanby, Alan Kerr, Peter Zezel, Rick Tocchet and Brian Propp also scored.
Ron Hextall made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 27 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Scott Mellanby (9)Mark Howe (9), Kjell Samuelsson (9)0–113:43 PHI
2nd period
Mikko Makela (17)Tomas Jonsson (19), Pat LaFontaine (20)1–103:09 NYI · 
Alan Kerr (12)Dale Henry (1), Bob Bassen (8)2–107:16 NYI
Peter Zezel (12)Unassisted2–210:16 PHI · 
Rick Tocchet (6)Pelle Eklund (11), Mark Howe (10)2–312:12 PHI
Brian Propp (11)Dave Poulin (17), Rick Tocchet (13)2–415:33 PHI- Mikko Makela (18)Denis Potvin (14), Pat LaFontaine (21)3–417:41 NYI ·
Team stats
NYIPHI
2631
0%0%
2/61/8
1814
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:23 into the first period
Bob Bassen · interference2 min - 5:10 into the first periodAlan Kerr · interference2 min
- 6:51 into the first period
Brian Propp · high sticking2 min - 7:16 into the first periodSteve Konroyd · hooking2 min
- 10:55 into the first periodDoug Crossman · holding2 min
- 15:01 into the first periodTomas Jonsson · holding2 min
- 1:10 into the second periodGord Dineen · roughing2 min
- 1:10 into the second periodBrian Propp · roughing2 min
- 1:10 into the second periodBrian Propp · slashing2 min
- 3:55 into the second periodBrian Curran · hooking2 min
- 7:38 into the second periodBrad Dalgarno · hooking2 min
- 9:33 into the second periodGerald Diduck · high sticking2 min
- 13:15 into the second periodDave Poulin · hooking2 min
- 17:16 into the second periodLindsay Carson · hooking2 min
- 17:27 into the second periodRon Hextall · slashing2 min
- 4:56 into the third periodDenis Potvin · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Dale HenryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Brad DalgarnoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 34Brian CurranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | L | 31 | 4 | .871 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 22Rick TocchetR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Pelle EklundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 10Magnus RoupeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Lindsay CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Kerry HuffmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 40Greg SmythD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 33Mark LaforestG | 0 | 0 | – |