Philadelphia Flyers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Friday, January 15, 1988 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 on Friday, January 15, 1988 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Flyers 41–35.
Mario Lemieux scored twice. Ilkka Sinisalo, Doug Crossman, Bill Root, Dave Hunter, Derrick Smith, Mark Howe and Jock Callander also scored.
Ron Hextall made 37 saves on 41 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 30 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Mario Lemieux (43)Dave Hunter (8)0–107:23 PIT
Ilkka Sinisalo (14)Peter Zezel (12), Murray Craven (25)1–117:37 PHI
2nd period
Doug Crossman (7)Pelle Eklund (21)2–110:37 PHI · 
Bill Root (1)Scott Mellanby (9), Peter Zezel (13)3–117:56 PHI · 
Dave Hunter (10)Dave Mcllwain (6), Dan Quinn (20)3–219:33 PIT
3rd period
- Mario Lemieux (44)Dave Hunter (9)3–306:33 PIT ·
Derrick Smith (8)Mark Howe (25), Scott Mellanby (10)4–307:41 PHI
Mark Howe (9)Murray Craven (26)5–311:00 PHI · 
Jock Callander (10)Randy Cunneyworth (26), Mario Lemieux (48)5–413:35 PIT ·
Team stats
PHIPIT
3541
0%0%
3/61/6
2020
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:37 into the first period
Perry Ganchar · holding2 min - 1:51 into the first period
Scott Mellanby · elbowing2 min - 1:51 into the first periodDave Hunter · roughing2 min
- 2:28 into the first periodMurray Craven · tripping2 min
- 4:57 into the first periodDave Mcllwain · holding2 min
- 11:24 into the first periodCraig Berube · elbowing2 min
- 14:41 into the first periodRon Hextall · delaying game2 min
- 0:13 into the second periodScott Mellanby · roughing2 min
- 0:13 into the second periodDoug Bodger · holding2 min
- 4:08 into the second periodMurray Craven · tripping2 min
- 9:01 into the second periodWayne Van Dorp · cross checking2 min
- 16:03 into the second periodRandy Cunneyworth · slashing2 min
- 3:13 into the third periodDave Brown · roughing2 min
- 3:13 into the third periodWayne Van Dorp · roughing2 min
- 3:53 into the third periodRon Hextall · delaying game2 min
- 5:11 into the third periodDoug Bodger · slashing2 min
- 9:44 into the third periodRandy Hillier · holding2 min
- 12:18 into the third periodDerrick Smith · tripping2 min
- 14:03 into the third periodDerrick Smith · roughing2 min
- 14:03 into the third periodPerry Ganchar · roughing2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Pelle EklundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 34Bill RootD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 40Greg SmythD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | W | 41 | 4 | .902 |
| 33Mark LaforestG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 20Dave HunterL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 9 | – |
| 10Dan QuinnC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Dave McllwainC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36Jock CallanderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Perry GancharR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Warren YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Steve GotaasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Wayne Van DorpL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 44Rob BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Chris DahlquistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 35 | 5 | .857 |