Vancouver Canucks vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, January 6, 1988 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Vancouver Canucks 4–2 on Wednesday, January 6, 1988 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Canucks 32–30.
Brian Mullen scored twice. Greg Adams, Tomas Sandstrom, Petri Skriko and Ulf Dahlen also scored.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Richard Brodeur stopped 28 of 32.
Scoring
2nd period
Greg Adams (23)Tony Tanti (22), John Leblanc (2)1–002:43 VAN
Brian Mullen (17)Kelly Kisio (31), Paul Cyr (4)1–104:00 NYR
Tomas Sandstrom (13)Walt Poddubny (26), Ulf Dahlen (6)1–207:19 NYR- Brian Mullen (18)Michel Petit (13), Kelly Kisio (32)1–314:41 NYR ·
3rd period
Petri Skriko (13)Willie Huber (10), Jim Sandlak (2)2–312:47 VAN · 
Ulf Dahlen (11)Michel Petit (14)2–414:55 NYR ·
Team stats
VANNYR
3032
0%0%
1/52/7
2117
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:25 into the first period
Norm MacIver · holding2 min - 8:23 into the first period
Larry Melnyk · hooking2 min - 9:28 into the first periodPaul Cyr · tripping2 min
- 12:52 into the first periodWillie Huber · elbowing2 min
- 16:12 into the first periodLarry Melnyk · hooking2 min
- 9:37 into the second periodJim Sandlak · slashing2 min
- 11:09 into the second periodMichel Petit · tripping2 min
- 13:24 into the second periodDoug Lidster · hooking2 min
- 19:23 into the second periodBarry Pederson · holding2 min
- 0:22 into the third periodDavid Shaw · roughing2 min
- 0:22 into the third periodDavid Shaw · fighting5 min
- 0:22 into the third periodRich Sutter · roughing2 min
- 0:22 into the third periodRich Sutter · fighting5 min
- 10:57 into the third periodMichel Petit · cross checking2 min
- 13:28 into the third periodLarry Melnyk · cross checking2 min
- 19:14 into the third periodPaul Cyr · cross checking2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 8Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 19Jim SandlakR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28John LeblancR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Willie HuberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Barry PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Craig CoxeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33David SaundersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Jim BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Randy BoydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Daryl StanleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Frank CapriceG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | L | 32 | 4 | .875 |
New York Rangers
| 9Ulf DahlenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Paul CyrL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Jeff BrubakerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Jari GronstrandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Jim PaveseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 37Norm MacIverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |