Philadelphia Flyers vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Tuesday, December 22, 1987 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Rangers 6–4 on Tuesday, December 22, 1987 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Flyers 34–23.
John Ogrodnick scored twice and Rick Tocchet scored twice. Derrick Smith, Pelle Eklund, Murray Craven, Walt Poddubny, Mark Howe and Tomas Sandstrom also scored.
Ron Hextall made 30 saves on 34 shots for the win; Bob Froese stopped 17 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
John Ogrodnick (11)Kelly Kisio (24), Brian Mullen (14)0–103:41 NYR- John Ogrodnick (12)Brian Mullen (15), James Patrick (28)0–206:57 NYR ·
Rick Tocchet (7)Pelle Eklund (12), Brian Propp (22)1–208:57 PHI
Derrick Smith (6)Kerry Huffman (10), Doug Crossman (14)2–211:44 PHI
Pelle Eklund (4)Rick Tocchet (14)3–213:07 PHI
2nd period
Murray Craven (11)Mark Howe (14), Scott Mellanby (7)4–205:22 PHI · 
Walt Poddubny (19)David Shaw (13), Marcel Dionne (20)4–306:23 NYR · 
Mark Howe (6)Ron Sutter (9), Ilkka Sinisalo (11)5–315:11 PHI
Tomas Sandstrom (9)David Shaw (14), Walt Poddubny (21)5–419:32 NYR ·
3rd period
- Rick Tocchet (8)Mark Howe (15)6–412:05 PHI
Team stats
PHINYR
2334
0%0%
1/43/7
168
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:17 into the first period
Ron Sutter · tripping2 min - 14:12 into the first periodRon Sutter · high sticking double minor4 min
- 14:58 into the first period
Marcel Dionne · hooking2 min - 16:19 into the first periodMark Tinordi · holding2 min
- 0:53 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 4:20 into the second periodUlf Dahlen · hooking2 min
- 6:18 into the second periodLindsay Carson · slashing2 min
- 16:05 into the second periodBrian Mullen · hooking2 min
- 18:04 into the second periodRick Tocchet · roughing2 min
- 3:18 into the third periodDerrick Smith · hooking2 min
- 18:23 into the third periodDerrick Smith · interference2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 22Rick TocchetR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 9Pelle EklundC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Kerry HuffmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Lindsay CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 40Greg SmythD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | W | 34 | 4 | .882 |
| 33Mark LaforestG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 21David ShawD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 9Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17Jeff BrubakerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 47Steve NemethC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Jari GronstrandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 37Norm MacIverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | L | 23 | 6 | .739 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |