Minnesota North Stars vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 23, 1987 · Spectrum
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Minnesota North Stars 5–3 on Wednesday, December 23, 1987 at Spectrum. The North Stars outshot the Flyers 36–31.
Dino Ciccarelli scored twice and Dave Poulin scored twice. Scott Mellanby, Neal Broten, Rick Tocchet and Ilkka Sinisalo also scored.
Ron Hextall made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Kari Takko stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Dino Ciccarelli (20)Emanuel Viveiros (1), Brian Bellows (13)1–000:53 MNS · 
Scott Mellanby (12)Peter Zezel (6), Kjell Samuelsson (11)1–103:28 PHI · 
Neal Broten (7)Brian MacLellan (9), Gordie Roberts (10)2–105:06 MNS · 
Rick Tocchet (9)Dave Poulin (19), Lindsay Carson (7)2–216:20 PHI
Dave Poulin (10)Pelle Eklund (13), Mark Howe (16)2–316:54 PHI
2nd period
- Dave Poulin (11)Kerry Huffman (11), Pelle Eklund (14)2–410:56 PHI ·
3rd period
Ilkka Sinisalo (11)Murray Craven (21), Mark Howe (17)2–510:57 PHI · - Dino Ciccarelli (21)Brian Bellows (14), Emanuel Viveiros (2)3–518:30 MNS
Team stats
MNSPHI
3631
0%0%
2/72/5
1216
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:19 into the first period
Ron Hextall · delaying game2 min - 2:35 into the first period
Brian Lawton · hooking2 min - 3:45 into the first periodMagnus Roupe · high sticking2 min
- 5:35 into the first periodFrantisek Musil · tripping2 min
- 8:13 into the first periodDerrick Smith · tripping2 min
- 8:32 into the first periodDirk Graham · hooking2 min
- 14:13 into the first periodBob Rouse · high sticking2 min
- 14:13 into the first periodKjell Samuelsson · high sticking2 min
- 19:12 into the first periodGordie Roberts · holding2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodBench · delaying game2 min
- 8:56 into the second periodBob Rouse · hooking2 min
- 8:52 into the third periodIlkka Sinisalo · tripping2 min
- 9:50 into the third periodRick Tocchet · elbowing2 min
- 14:39 into the third periodScott Mellanby · hooking2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Emanuel ViveirosD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 25Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 31George ServinisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 37Dave ArchibaldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Allan TuerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 30Jon CaseyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 20Dave PoulinC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Pelle EklundC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 18Lindsay CarsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Kerry HuffmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Magnus RoupeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 40Greg SmythD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | W | 36 | 3 | .917 |
| 33Mark LaforestG | 0 | 0 | – |