New York Rangers vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Thursday, January 28, 1988 · Spectrum
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5–2 on Thursday, January 28, 1988 at Spectrum. The Flyers outshot the Rangers 37–22.
Goals came from Brian Mullen, Pelle Eklund, Kelly Kisio, Marcel Dionne, Ulf Dahlen, Tomas Sandstrom and Brian Propp.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Ron Hextall stopped 14 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Mullen (21)Norm MacIver (8), Kelly Kisio (39)1–012:32 NYR · 
Pelle Eklund (9)Brian Propp (27)1–114:07 PHI
2nd period
Kelly Kisio (16)Chris Nilan (6)2–105:41 NYR
Marcel Dionne (20)Unassisted3–112:32 NYR · 
Ulf Dahlen (17)Paul Cyr (8), Kelly Kisio (40)4–116:37 NYR
Tomas Sandstrom (16)David Shaw (18), John Vanbiesbrouck (4)5–119:33 NYR ·
3rd period
Brian Propp (18)Rick Tocchet (22), Mark Howe (27)5–203:33 PHI
Team stats
NYRPHI
2237
0%0%
3/50/5
3728
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:43 into the first period
James Patrick · roughing2 min - 0:43 into the first period
Ron Sutter · high sticking2 min - 4:56 into the first periodRon Greschner · hooking2 min
- 10:54 into the first periodRick Tocchet · hooking2 min
- 13:38 into the first periodChris Nilan · fighting5 min
- 13:38 into the first periodCraig Berube · fighting5 min
- 15:13 into the first periodDavid Shaw · cross checking2 min
- 18:13 into the first periodJoe Paterson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 18:13 into the first periodJoe Paterson · fighting5 min
- 18:13 into the first periodNick Fotiu · fighting5 min
- 18:31 into the first periodRick Tocchet · high sticking2 min
- 9:08 into the second periodJoe Paterson · tripping2 min
- 12:04 into the second periodDoug Crossman · holding2 min
- 18:51 into the second periodGreg Smyth · cross checking2 min
- 1:01 into the third periodChris Nilan · boarding5 min
- 1:01 into the third periodDerrick Smith · charging2 min
- 1:01 into the third periodDerrick Smith · roughing2 min
- 9:36 into the third periodMurray Craven · slashing2 min
- 15:55 into the third periodCraig Berube · slashing2 min
- 17:55 into the third periodJari Gronstrand · misconduct10 min
- 18:31 into the third periodMichel Petit · high sticking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 11Kelly KisioC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Ulf DahlenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Paul CyrL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21David ShawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 37Norm MacIverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Jari GronstrandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 37 | 2 | .946 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 26Brian ProppL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 9Pelle EklundC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Paul LawlessL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 34Bill RootD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 40Greg SmythD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | L | 19 | 5 | .737 |
| 33Mark LaforestG | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |