Detroit Red Wings vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, January 13, 1988 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the New York Rangers 7–4 on Wednesday, January 13, 1988 at Madison Square Garden. The Red Wings outshot the Rangers 35–29.
Ulf Dahlen scored twice. Jim Nill, Mel Bridgman, John Ogrodnick, Walt Poddubny, Lee Norwood, Bob Probert, Joe Murphy, Brent Ashton and Adam Oates also scored.
Glen Hanlon made 25 saves on 29 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 28 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Jim Nill (1)Lee Norwood (7)1–000:49 DET
Mel Bridgman (4)Mike O'connell (11), Gilbert Delorme (3)2–001:34 DET
John Ogrodnick (14)Kelly Kisio (33), Brian Mullen (19)2–103:21 NYR
Walt Poddubny (28)Tomas Sandstrom (24), Michel Petit (15)2–208:44 NYR
Lee Norwood (4)Jim Nill (2), John Chabot (22)3–208:58 DET
2nd period
Bob Probert (20)Brent Ashton (12), Jeff Sharples (17)4–204:52 DET · 
Joe Murphy (7)Jim Nill (3), John Chabot (23)5–206:47 DET
Ulf Dahlen (14)Tomas Sandstrom (25), Walt Poddubny (29)5–314:21 NYR
3rd period
- Ulf Dahlen (15)James Patrick (35), Walt Poddubny (30)5–408:26 NYR
Brent Ashton (14)Harold Snepsts (1), Adam Oates (12)6–409:01 DET
Adam Oates (2)Jim Nill (4), Lee Norwood (8)7–417:25 DET
Team stats
DETNYR
3529
0%0%
1/50/7
2825
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:51 into the first period
Michel Petit · cross checking2 min - 6:42 into the first period
Jim Nill · high sticking2 min - 9:25 into the first periodJari Gronstrand · holding2 min
- 17:42 into the first periodMel Bridgman · cross checking2 min
- 1:14 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 1:33 into the second periodJohn Ogrodnick · high sticking5 min
- 8:38 into the second periodMike O'connell · high sticking2 min
- 16:27 into the second periodJames Patrick · holding2 min
- 4:40 into the third periodShawn Burr · interference2 min
- 6:30 into the third periodRick Zombo · slashing2 min
- 6:30 into the third periodKelly Kisio · slashing2 min
- 12:54 into the third periodBob Probert · instigator2 min
- 12:54 into the third periodBob Probert · fighting5 min
- 12:54 into the third periodMichel Petit · fighting5 min
- 13:43 into the third periodDoug Halward · instigator2 min
- 13:43 into the third periodDoug Halward · fighting5 min
- 13:43 into the third periodMark Tinordi · fighting5 min
- 15:38 into the third periodShawn Burr · slashing2 min
- 15:38 into the third periodKelly Kisio · holding2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 8Jim NillR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 23Lee NorwoodD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Brent AshtonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16John ChabotC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Adam OatesC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 10Joe MurphyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 15Mel BridgmanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 2Mike O'connellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 34Jeff SharplesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Shawn BurrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Gerard GallantL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Rick ZomboD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Doug HalwardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | W | 29 | 4 | .862 |
| 31Darren EliotG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 9Ulf DahlenR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Chris JensenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Jeff BrubakerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Jari GronstrandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 37Norm MacIverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 35 | 7 | .800 |