New Jersey Devils vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Sunday, January 10, 1988 · Spectrum
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Philadelphia Flyers 7–5 on Sunday, January 10, 1988 at Spectrum. The Flyers outshot the Devils 28–24.
Pat Verbeek scored a hat trick. Jim Korn, Kirk Muller, Dave Poulin, Kjell Samuelsson, Perry Anderson, Rick Tocchet, Dave Brown, Murray Craven and Joe Cirella also scored.
Alain Chevrier made 23 saves on 28 shots for the win; Mark Laforest stopped 14 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Jim Korn (5)Bruce Driver (22), Mark Johnson (9)1–006:27 NJD · 
Kirk Muller (18)Aaron Broten (28)2–008:33 NJD · 
Dave Poulin (13)Mark Howe (23), Ron Sutter (12)2–109:25 PHI · 
Kjell Samuelsson (4)Pelle Eklund (19), Rick Tocchet (19)2–212:05 PHI ·
2nd period
Perry Anderson (2)Patrik Sundstrom (18), Jack O'Callahan (12)3–201:41 NJD
Rick Tocchet (13)Pelle Eklund (20), Brian Propp (24)3–309:07 PHI · 
Dave Brown (5)Doug Crossman (18), Murray Craven (24)3–410:21 PHI
Pat Verbeek (23)Tom Kurvers (9), Aaron Broten (29)4–413:54 NJD
Murray Craven (14)Brian Propp (25), Mark Howe (24)4–519:19 PHI ·
3rd period
Joe Cirella (5)Brendan Shanahan (12), David Maley (2)5–501:36 NJD- Pat Verbeek (24)Kirk Muller (28), Ken Daneyko (3)6–516:14 NJD
- Pat Verbeek (25)Aaron Broten (30), Bruce Driver (23)7–519:13 NJD ·
Team stats
NJDPHI
2428
0%0%
1/93/8
5893
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:08 into the first period
Kjell Samuelsson · high sticking2 min - 3:05 into the first period
Joe Cirella · roughing2 min - 3:05 into the first periodRick Tocchet · roughing2 min
- 5:34 into the first periodKjell Samuelsson · hooking2 min
- 6:41 into the first periodClaude Loiselle · slashing2 min
- 9:15 into the first periodRon Hextall · misconduct10 min
- 9:15 into the first periodRon Hextall · game misconduct10 min
- 9:15 into the first periodGreg Smyth · holding2 min
- 10:25 into the first periodBruce Driver · holding2 min
- 14:48 into the first periodKen Daneyko · roughing2 min
- 14:48 into the first periodRick Tocchet · roughing2 min
- 17:41 into the first periodPat Verbeek · roughing2 min
- 7:30 into the second periodJack O'Callahan · holding2 min
- 8:17 into the second periodJoe Cirella · cross checking2 min
- 11:47 into the second periodBrian Propp · tripping2 min
- 14:35 into the second periodPerry Anderson · high sticking5 min
- 14:35 into the second periodKjell Samuelsson · high sticking5 min
- 15:01 into the second periodDave Brown · elbowing2 min
- 15:24 into the second periodPat Verbeek · slashing5 min
- 9:18 into the third periodKen Daneyko · cross checking2 min
- 9:51 into the third periodIlkka Sinisalo · interference2 min
- 13:02 into the third periodDave Brown · misconduct10 min
- 13:18 into the third periodScott Mellanby · high sticking5 min
- 15:54 into the third periodBruce Driver · tripping2 min
- 19:42 into the third periodKen Daneyko · misconduct10 min
- 19:42 into the third periodCraig Wolanin · misconduct10 min
- 19:42 into the third periodKjell Samuelsson · misconduct10 min
- 19:42 into the third periodRick Tocchet · high sticking5 min
- 19:42 into the third periodRick Tocchet · misconduct10 min
- 20:00 into the third periodJim Korn · misconduct10 min
- 20:00 into the third periodGreg Smyth · charging2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodGreg Smyth · misconduct10 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Tom KurversD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Jack O'CallahanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Jim KornD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Christopher CichockiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Alain ChevrierG | W | 28 | 5 | .821 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 9Pelle EklundC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dave BrownR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Lindsay CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Kerry HuffmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 40Greg SmythD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | 5 | 2 | .600 | |
| 33Mark LaforestG | L | 18 | 4 | .778 |