Philadelphia Flyers vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, January 23, 1988 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Boston Bruins 6–4 on Saturday, January 23, 1988 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Flyers 41–25.
Scott Mellanby scored twice. Mark Howe, Dave Poulin, Brian Propp, Doug Crossman, Keith Crowder, Gord Kluzak, Reed Larson and Ray Bourque also scored.
Ron Hextall made 37 saves on 41 shots for the win; Doug Keans stopped 10 of 12.
Scoring
1st period
Scott Mellanby (15)Greg Smyth (3)1–014:06 PHI- Scott Mellanby (16)Peter Zezel (15), Murray Craven (29)2–014:58 PHI ·
Mark Howe (10)Pelle Eklund (24), Rick Tocchet (21)3–017:38 PHI · 
Dave Poulin (14)Scott Mellanby (12)4–019:05 PHI
2nd period
Brian Propp (17)Ron Sutter (13), Ron Hextall (4)5–009:08 PHI · 
Doug Crossman (8)Peter Zezel (16), Scott Mellanby (13)6–013:30 PHI ·
3rd period
Keith Crowder (15)Geoff Courtnall (21), Gord Kluzak (24)6–101:04 BOS · 
Gord Kluzak (4)Jay Miller (8), Bob Sweeney (5)6–205:13 BOS
Reed Larson (5)Michael Thelven (15), Keith Crowder (20)6–310:09 BOS · 
Ray Bourque (11)Bob Sweeney (6)6–411:16 BOS
Team stats
PHIBOS
2541
0%0%
3/72/8
5654
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:00 into the first period
Kjell Samuelsson · interference2 min - 6:56 into the first periodKjell Samuelsson · holding2 min
- 8:41 into the first period
Ray Bourque · high sticking2 min - 8:41 into the first periodRon Sutter · high sticking2 min
- 9:37 into the first periodBilly O'Dwyer · hooking2 min
- 11:32 into the first periodGlen Wesley · high sticking2 min
- 13:52 into the first periodRay Bourque · slashing2 min
- 13:52 into the first periodRon Sutter · high sticking2 min
- 14:17 into the first periodGeoff Courtnall · holding2 min
- 16:39 into the first periodReed Larson · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodJay Miller · fighting5 min
- 20:00 into the first periodRick Tocchet · fighting5 min
- 3:18 into the second periodWilli Plett · high sticking2 min
- 7:51 into the second periodRick Tocchet · slashing2 min
- 9:31 into the second periodKeith Crowder · roughing2 min
- 9:31 into the second periodGreg Smyth · roughing2 min
- 11:57 into the second periodJay Miller · interference2 min
- 14:54 into the second periodLyndon Byers · roughing2 min
- 14:54 into the second periodBrad Marsh · interference2 min
- 14:54 into the second periodGreg Smyth · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodDoug Crossman · holding2 min
- 1:04 into the third periodRick Tocchet · delaying game2 min
- 6:04 into the third periodRay Bourque · high sticking2 min
- 6:04 into the third periodRay Bourque · roughing2 min
- 6:04 into the third periodRon Sutter · high sticking2 min
- 6:04 into the third periodRon Sutter · roughing2 min
- 6:47 into the third periodLyndon Byers · fighting5 min
- 6:47 into the third periodCraig Berube · fighting5 min
- 7:42 into the third periodRandy Burridge · high sticking2 min
- 7:42 into the third periodBrian Propp · high sticking2 min
- 8:20 into the third periodGord Kluzak · roughing2 min
- 8:20 into the third periodRick Tocchet · high sticking2 min
- 8:20 into the third periodRick Tocchet · roughing2 min
- 10:09 into the third periodReed Larson · roughing2 min
- 10:09 into the third periodNick Fotiu · roughing2 min
- 10:09 into the third periodRon Hextall · roughing2 min
- 10:09 into the third periodRon Hextall · misconduct10 min
- 10:52 into the third periodCam Neely · misconduct10 min
- 10:52 into the third periodGlen Wesley · holding2 min
- 19:40 into the third periodLyndon Byers · interference2 min
- 19:40 into the third periodRon Hextall · slashing2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Pelle EklundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 40Greg SmythD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 34Bill RootD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | W | 41 | 4 | .902 |
| 33Mark LaforestG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 18Keith CrowderR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 42Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 10Billy O'DwyerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Lyndon ByersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 36Mike StevensR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | 13 | 4 | .692 | |
| 31Doug KeansG | L | 12 | 2 | .833 |