New York Rangers vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Saturday, October 29, 1988 · Spectrum
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6–5 on Saturday, October 29, 1988 at Spectrum. The Flyers outshot the Rangers 33–22.
Goals came from Michel Petit, Dave Poulin, Scott Mellanby, Lucien DeBlois, Magnus Roupe, Brian Lawton, Peter Zezel, Marcel Dionne, Don Maloney, Ilkka Sinisalo and Jan Erixon.
Bob Froese made 28 saves on 33 shots for the win; Ron Hextall stopped 16 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Michel Petit (1)Norm MacIver (2), Tomas Sandstrom (9)1–004:23 NYR · 
Dave Poulin (2)Kjell Samuelsson (2), Magnus Roupe (1)1–108:56 PHI
Scott Mellanby (5)Murray Craven (6), Ilkka Sinisalo (3)1–212:32 PHI ·
2nd period
Lucien DeBlois (1)Jan Erixon (2), Brian Leetch (6)2–202:40 NYR
Magnus Roupe (1)Tim Kerr (5), Jeff Chychrun (1)2–313:40 PHI
Brian Lawton (3)Ulf Dahlen (3), Tomas Sandstrom (10)3–317:03 NYR ·
3rd period
Peter Zezel (3)Derrick Smith (1), Ilkka Sinisalo (4)3–404:00 PHI
Marcel Dionne (2)Tomas Sandstrom (11), Chris Nilan (2)4–407:27 NYR
Don Maloney (2)Michel Petit (3), Jan Erixon (3)5–411:35 NYR
Ilkka Sinisalo (1)Kjell Samuelsson (3), Murray Craven (7)5–512:24 PHI
Jan Erixon (3)Lucien DeBlois (4)6–515:17 NYR
Team stats
NYRPHI
2233
0%0%
2/31/5
1917
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:26 into the first period
Peter Zezel · elbowing2 min - 11:14 into the first period
Ulf Dahlen · roughing2 min - 15:43 into the first periodRudy Poeschek · fighting5 min
- 15:43 into the first periodDave Brown · fighting5 min
- 17:16 into the first periodDavid Shaw · high sticking2 min
- 17:16 into the first periodMagnus Roupe · high sticking2 min
- 9:14 into the second periodTony Granato · holding2 min
- 15:48 into the second periodKerry Huffman · interference2 min
- 19:42 into the second periodKjell Samuelsson · high sticking2 min
- 13:00 into the third periodMichel Petit · slashing2 min
- 13:00 into the third periodBrian Propp · slashing2 min
- 13:08 into the third periodLucien DeBlois · tripping2 min
- 16:59 into the third periodJames Patrick · high sticking2 min
- 19:19 into the third periodTony Granato · high sticking2 min
- 19:19 into the third periodPeter Zezel · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 20Jan ErixonL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Brian LawtonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 37Norm MacIverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Tony GranatoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | W | 33 | 5 | .849 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Magnus RoupeL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Tim KerrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Jeff ChychrunD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Pelle EklundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Gord MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Kerry HuffmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | L | 22 | 6 | .727 |
| 33Mark LaforestG | 0 | 0 | – |