Philadelphia Flyers vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Saturday, December 19, 1987 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

5–4

28–32

Game summary

The Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Islanders 5–4 on Saturday, December 19, 1987 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Flyers 32–28.

Scott Mellanby scored twice and Peter Zezel scored twice. Pat LaFontaine, Gord Dineen, Patrick Flatley, Greg Gilbert and Mark Howe also scored.

Ron Hextall made 28 saves on 32 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 23 of 28.

Goals
PHI	3	1	1	5	28
NYI	3	1	0	4	32

Scoring

1st period

Pat LaFontaine (19)Denis Potvin (15), Alan Kerr (17)0–106:28 NYI
Gord Dineen (2)Greg Gilbert (13), Patrick Flatley (9)0–212:26 NYI
Scott Mellanby (10)Mark Howe (11)1–216:34 PHI ·
Scott Mellanby (11)Murray Craven (20)2–218:11 PHI ·
Patrick Flatley (5)Gord Dineen (9)2–318:40 NYI
Peter Zezel (13)Scott Mellanby (6), Mark Howe (12)3–319:54 PHI ·

2nd period

Peter Zezel (14)Kjell Samuelsson (10), Mark Howe (13)4–306:56 PHI ·
Greg Gilbert (7)Bob Bassen (9)4–411:07 NYI

3rd period

Mark Howe (5)Lindsay Carson (6), Dave Poulin (18)5–404:30 PHI

Team stats

PHINYI

2832

0%0%

4/70/8

2220

Penalties

1:14 into the first periodLindsay Carson · hooking2 min
4:45 into the first periodKen Morrow · holding2 min
5:33 into the first periodKjell Samuelsson · holding2 min
9:09 into the first periodRon Sutter · holding2 min
12:58 into the first periodDerrick Smith · hooking2 min
15:33 into the first periodBob Bassen · hooking2 min
17:04 into the first periodTomas Jonsson · hooking2 min
19:27 into the first periodKelly Hrudey · interference2 min
19:57 into the first periodPat LaFontaine · interference2 min
19:57 into the first periodDave Poulin · high sticking2 min
4:27 into the second periodMark Howe · holding2 min
5:57 into the second periodMikko Makela · slashing2 min
6:56 into the second periodKelly Hrudey · roughing2 min
6:56 into the second periodScott Mellanby · roughing2 min
19:22 into the second periodKjell Samuelsson · roughing2 min
1:47 into the third periodPat LaFontaine · hooking2 min
2:51 into the third periodAlan Kerr · roughing2 min
2:51 into the third periodScott Mellanby · roughing2 min
7:35 into the third periodKjell Samuelsson · holding2 min
9:44 into the third periodGerald Diduck · holding2 min
19:37 into the third periodMurray Craven · tripping2 min

Season series

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers skaters

2Mark HoweD	1	3	4	0	4	2	–	–
19Scott MellanbyR	2	1	3	−1	2	4	–	–
25Peter ZezelC	2	0	2	0	4	0	–	–
18Lindsay CarsonC	0	1	1	+1	0	2	–	–
20Dave PoulinC	0	1	1	+1	2	2	–	–
32Murray CravenL	0	1	1	−1	1	2	–	–
28Kjell SamuelssonD	0	1	1	0	4	6	–	–
9Pelle EklundC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
14Ron SutterC	0	0	0	−2	1	2	–	–
21Dave BrownR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
22Rick TocchetR	0	0	0	−1	3	0	–	–
23Ilkka SinisaloR	0	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–
24Derrick SmithL	0	0	0	−2	2	2	–	–
26Brian ProppL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
3Doug CrossmanD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
5Kerry HuffmanD	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
8Brad MarshD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
40Greg SmythD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–

Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie
27Ron HextallG	W	32	28	4	.875	60:00
33Mark LaforestG		0	0	0	–	–

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

7Greg GilbertL	1	1	2	+3	4	0	–	–
26Patrick FlatleyR	1	1	2	+3	3	0	–	–
2Gord DineenD	1	1	2	+2	2	0	–	–
10Alan KerrR	0	1	1	+1	2	2	–	–
16Pat LaFontaineC	1	0	1	+1	4	4	–	–
28Bob BassenL	0	1	1	+3	0	2	–	–
5Denis PotvinD	0	1	1	+1	3	0	–	–
11Randy WoodR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
17Brad DalgarnoR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
19Bryan TrottierC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
20Dale HenryL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
24Mikko MakelaR	0	0	0	−1	1	2	–	–
32Brad LauerR	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
35Richard KrommL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
3Tomas JonssonD	0	0	0	+2	3	2	–	–
4Gerald DiduckD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
6Ken MorrowD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	–	–
33Steve KonroydD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	–	–

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
30Kelly HrudeyG	L	28	23	5	.821	60:00
31Billy SmithG		0	0	0	–	–