New York Rangers vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Friday, January 22, 1988 · Pacific Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Vancouver Canucks 6–3 on Friday, January 22, 1988 at Pacific Coliseum. The Rangers outshot the Canucks 41–27.
Tomas Sandstrom scored twice and Petri Skriko scored twice. Rich Sutter, Ulf Dahlen, John Ogrodnick, Walt Poddubny and Joe Paterson also scored.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Frank Caprice stopped 35 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Tomas Sandstrom (14)Kelly Kisio (37), Norm MacIver (5)1–007:23 NYR · - Tomas Sandstrom (15)Norm MacIver (6), Michel Petit (16)2–015:54 NYR
2nd period
Rich Sutter (9)Jim Benning (13)2–101:11 VAN
Petri Skriko (18)Barry Pederson (25), David Saunders (10)2–212:06 VAN · 
Ulf Dahlen (16)Walt Poddubny (31), Joe Paterson (4)3–213:04 NYR
John Ogrodnick (16)Brian Mullen (21), Kelly Kisio (38)4–215:07 NYR
Walt Poddubny (30)Joe Paterson (5), Ulf Dahlen (9)5–218:53 NYR
3rd period
- Petri Skriko (19)Barry Pederson (26), Garth Butcher (10)5–305:58 VAN ·
Joe Paterson (2)Norm MacIver (7), Paul Cyr (7)6–311:16 NYR
Team stats
NYRVAN
4127
0%0%
1/61/5
3333
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:05 into the first period
Michel Petit · fighting5 min - 3:05 into the first periodJohn Vanbiesbrouck · goalie leave crease2 min
- 3:05 into the first period
Craig Coxe · high sticking2 min - 3:05 into the first periodCraig Coxe · instigator2 min
- 3:05 into the first periodCraig Coxe · fighting5 min
- 5:39 into the first periodWillie Huber · charging2 min
- 8:01 into the first periodJoe Paterson · instigator2 min
- 8:01 into the first periodJoe Paterson · fighting5 min
- 8:01 into the first periodGarth Butcher · fighting5 min
- 9:44 into the first periodWillie Huber · interference2 min
- 12:54 into the first periodJeff Brubaker · instigator2 min
- 12:54 into the first periodJeff Brubaker · fighting5 min
- 12:54 into the first periodDave Richter · fighting5 min
- 16:40 into the first periodMarcel Dionne · interference2 min
- 17:00 into the first periodJohn Vanbiesbrouck · delaying game2 min
- 17:21 into the first periodGreg Adams · elbowing2 min
- 8:48 into the second periodMichel Petit · tripping2 min
- 10:53 into the second periodJari Gronstrand · holding2 min
- 10:53 into the second periodTomas Sandstrom · high sticking2 min
- 10:53 into the second periodTony Tanti · high sticking2 min
- 0:35 into the third periodDoug Lidster · tripping2 min
- 5:39 into the third periodRich Sutter · interference2 min
- 8:03 into the third periodJohn Vanbiesbrouck · roughing2 min
- 8:03 into the third periodRich Sutter · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 27Joe PatersonL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 37Norm MacIverD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 9Ulf DahlenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Paul CyrL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Jeff BrubakerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Jari GronstrandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 27 | 3 | .889 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 7Barry PedersonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 33David SaundersL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Jim BenningD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Jim SandlakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Craig CoxeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28John LeblancR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 2Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Frank CapriceG | L | 41 | 6 | .854 |