Philadelphia Flyers vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, November 9, 1988 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5–3 on Wednesday, November 9, 1988 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Flyers 38–25.
Goals came from Michel Petit, Ulf Dahlen, Igor Liba, Scott Mellanby, Chris Nilan, Kelly Kisio, Mark Howe and Doug Sulliman.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Ron Hextall stopped 33 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Michel Petit (3)Tomas Sandstrom (13), Brian Leetch (11)0–108:01 NYR · 
Ulf Dahlen (8)Brian Leetch (12), James Patrick (5)0–212:24 NYR ·
2nd period
Igor Liba (1)Ulf Dahlen (6), Kelly Kisio (7)0–302:03 NYR
Scott Mellanby (9)Mark Howe (7), Tim Kerr (9)1–311:05 PHI · 
Chris Nilan (3)Lucien DeBlois (9)1–413:28 NYR
3rd period
Kelly Kisio (4)Tomas Sandstrom (14), Ulf Dahlen (7)1–504:10 NYR
Mark Howe (5)Scott Mellanby (4)2–511:02 PHI · 
Doug Sulliman (3)Mark Howe (8)3–517:00 PHI ·
Team stats
PHINYR
2538
0%0%
2/72/7
3535
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:26 into the first period
Jeff Chychrun · hooking2 min - 6:26 into the first periodDon Nachbaur · roughing2 min
- 10:38 into the first periodMagnus Roupe · cross checking2 min
- 16:08 into the first period
Brian Mullen · high sticking2 min - 18:25 into the first periodNormand Rochefort · interference2 min
- 19:50 into the first periodTony Granato · roughing2 min
- 19:50 into the first periodPeter Zezel · roughing2 min
- 4:02 into the second periodKjell Samuelsson · high sticking2 min
- 7:52 into the second periodTony Granato · high sticking2 min
- 7:52 into the second periodTony Granato · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:01 into the second periodMichel Petit · boarding2 min
- 19:01 into the second periodCraig Berube · cross checking2 min
- 4:30 into the third periodMichel Petit · hooking2 min
- 5:23 into the third periodScott Mellanby · slashing2 min
- 6:35 into the third periodTomas Sandstrom · roughing2 min
- 6:35 into the third periodTomas Sandstrom · charging5 min
- 6:35 into the third periodRon Hextall · roughing2 min
- 6:35 into the third periodKerry Huffman · roughing2 min
- 10:30 into the third periodPeter Laviolette · interference2 min
- 11:15 into the third periodGord Murphy · interference2 min
- 15:18 into the third periodBrian Mullen · game misconduct10 min
- 15:18 into the third periodCraig Berube · fighting5 min
- 15:18 into the third periodCraig Berube · game misconduct10 min
- 19:21 into the third periodMichel Petit · tripping2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 2Mark HoweD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 12Tim KerrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 38Doug SullimanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Pelle EklundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Magnus RoupeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Brian DobbinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 42Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Gord MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 5Kerry HuffmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Jeff ChychrunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | L | 38 | 5 | .868 |
| 33Mark LaforestG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 9Ulf DahlenR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Igor LibaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Tony GranatoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 29Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 39Peter LavioletteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |