Philadelphia Flyers vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Tuesday, March 15, 1988 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3–1 on Tuesday, March 15, 1988 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Flyers 36–25.
Goals came from Kelly Kisio, Norm MacIver, Brian Dobbin and Chris Nilan.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Ron Hextall stopped 33 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Kelly Kisio (21)John Ogrodnick (25), Ulf Dahlen (16)0–102:27 NYR · 
Norm MacIver (8)Brian Leetch (5), John Ogrodnick (26)0–216:15 NYR ·
2nd period
Brian Dobbin (3)Kerry Huffman (14), Murray Craven (42)1–202:43 PHI
3rd period
Chris Nilan (9)Norm MacIver (15)1–318:21 NYR
Team stats
PHINYR
2536
0%0%
0/52/7
4036
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:30 into the first period
Chris Nilan · fighting5 min - 0:30 into the first period
Don Nachbaur · cross checking2 min - 0:30 into the first periodDon Nachbaur · fighting5 min
- 4:47 into the first periodJoe Paterson · instigator2 min
- 4:47 into the first periodJoe Paterson · fighting5 min
- 4:47 into the first periodJoe Paterson · misconduct10 min
- 4:47 into the first periodGreg Smyth · elbowing2 min
- 4:47 into the first periodGreg Smyth · fighting5 min
- 4:47 into the first periodGreg Smyth · misconduct10 min
- 8:12 into the first periodJari Gronstrand · hooking2 min
- 9:13 into the first periodWillie Huber · hooking2 min
- 9:55 into the first periodNorm MacIver · tripping2 min
- 11:02 into the first periodRon Hextall · slashing2 min
- 15:15 into the first periodMichel Petit · roughing2 min
- 15:15 into the first periodMichel Petit · roughing2 min
- 15:15 into the first periodKerry Huffman · hooking2 min
- 15:15 into the first periodDon Nachbaur · kneeing2 min
- 15:15 into the first periodDon Nachbaur · roughing2 min
- 15:54 into the first periodKjell Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 0:20 into the second periodMichel Petit · tripping2 min
- 5:23 into the second periodMark Howe · holding2 min
- 8:57 into the second periodPaul Cyr · cross checking2 min
- 11:54 into the second periodPaul Cyr · holding2 min
- 19:49 into the third periodScott Mellanby · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 7Brian DobbinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Kerry HuffmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Glen SeabrookeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 36Al HillL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 39Mike MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 42Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Greg SmythD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 44Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | L | 36 | 3 | .917 |
| 33Mark LaforestG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 37Norm MacIverD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 9Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5Jari GronstrandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 25 | 1 | .960 |