New York Islanders vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, December 23, 1987 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the New York Islanders 7–5 on Wednesday, December 23, 1987 at Chicago Stadium. The Islanders outshot the Blackhawks 38–36.
Rick Vaive scored twice, Patrick Flatley scored twice and Bryan Trottier scored twice. Gary Nylund, Mikko Makela, Everett Sanipass, Jim Playfair, David Mackey and Denis Savard also scored.
Bob Mason made 33 saves on 38 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 29 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Gary Nylund (3)Denis Savard (43), Rick Vaive (7)0–103:14 CHI
Mikko Makela (19)Bryan Trottier (24), Denis Potvin (16)1–105:53 NYI · 
Everett Sanipass (5)David Mackey (2), Bob Mcgill (3)1–215:57 CHI
2nd period
Rick Vaive (26)Denis Savard (44)1–306:07 CHI
Patrick Flatley (6)Steve Konroyd (8), Mikko Makela (16)2–317:05 NYI · - Patrick Flatley (7)Steve Konroyd (9), Tomas Jonsson (20)3–318:49 NYI ·
- Rick Vaive (27)Denis Savard (45), Jim Playfair (3)3–419:26 CHI ·
3rd period
Bryan Trottier (14)Tomas Jonsson (21), Mikko Makela (17)4–405:13 NYI · 
Jim Playfair (1)Denis Savard (46), Rick Vaive (8)4–507:46 CHI · 
David Mackey (1)Steve Larmer (18), Steve Ludzik (8)4–609:10 CHI- Bryan Trottier (15)Greg Gilbert (15), Patrick Flatley (10)5–609:27 NYI
Denis Savard (18)Rick Vaive (9), Troy Murray (18)5–718:46 CHI
Team stats
NYICHI
3836
0%0%
3/62/5
2628
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:05 into the first period
Curt Fraser · holding2 min - 9:38 into the first period
Randy Wood · holding2 min - 18:16 into the first periodKen Morrow · holding2 min
- 1:46 into the second periodTomas Jonsson · hooking2 min
- 6:14 into the second periodDavid Mackey · fighting5 min
- 6:14 into the second periodGerald Diduck · fighting5 min
- 7:44 into the second periodMarc Bergevin · tripping2 min
- 12:17 into the second periodTroy Murray · fighting5 min
- 12:17 into the second periodBob Bassen · fighting5 min
- 14:38 into the second periodCurt Fraser · elbowing2 min
- 15:33 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 17:37 into the second periodPat LaFontaine · roughing2 min
- 4:21 into the third periodDenis Savard · interference2 min
- 5:59 into the third periodAlan Kerr · boarding2 min
- 8:53 into the third periodCurt Fraser · roughing2 min
- 8:53 into the third periodGary Nylund · cross checking2 min
- 8:53 into the third periodBrian Curran · roughing2 min
- 8:53 into the third periodRandy Wood · roughing2 min
- 15:47 into the third periodCurt Fraser · slashing2 min
- 15:47 into the third periodAlan Kerr · slashing2 min
- 19:41 into the third periodTroy Murray · delaying game2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Brad DalgarnoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Dale HenryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 34Brian CurranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | L | 36 | 7 | .806 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 18Denis SavardC | 1 | 4 | 5 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 27Rick VaiveR | 2 | 3 | 5 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 26David MackeyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Jim PlayfairD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Everett SanipassL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 19Troy MurrayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Steve LarmerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Steve LudzikC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Gary NylundD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 25Bob McgillD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Curt FraserL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Brian NoonanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Dan VinceletteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Mike StapletonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Glen CochraneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 44Rik WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob MasonG | W | 38 | 5 | .868 |
| 40Darren PangG | 0 | 0 | – |