Philadelphia Flyers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Thursday, December 22, 1988 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Islanders 4–2 on Thursday, December 22, 1988 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Flyers 28–23.
Ron Sutter scored twice. Brian Propp, Tomas Jonsson, Jeff Chychrun and Bryan Trottier also scored.
Ron Hextall made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 13 of 16.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Propp (15)Terry Carkner (15), Jay Wells (9)1–005:50 PHI · 
Ron Sutter (8)Tim Kerr (16), Jay Wells (10)2–011:00 PHI
Tomas Jonsson (6)David Volek (11), Brent Sutter (16)2–115:13 NYI ·
2nd period
Jeff Chychrun (1)Scott Mellanby (14)3–109:31 PHI
3rd period
- Ron Sutter (9)Tim Kerr (17), Doug Sulliman (4)4–101:42 PHI
Bryan Trottier (10)Jeff Norton (7), Richard Kromm (3)4–212:54 NYI
Team stats
PHINYI
2328
0%0%
1/31/6
2216
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:28 into the first period
Mark Howe · holding2 min - 3:52 into the first period
Ken Morrow · cross checking2 min - 8:08 into the first periodMike Bullard · elbowing2 min
- 14:39 into the first periodRon Hextall · delaying game2 min
- 13:17 into the second periodJeff Chychrun · high sticking2 min
- 17:29 into the second periodRich Pilon · high sticking2 min
- 7:24 into the third periodJeff Chychrun · tripping2 min
- 8:17 into the third periodTomas Jonsson · tripping2 min
- 16:11 into the third periodRich Pilon · misconduct10 min
- 16:11 into the third periodMike Bullard · slashing2 min
- 16:11 into the third periodMike Bullard · misconduct10 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 12Tim KerrR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Jay WellsD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Doug SullimanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 6Jeff ChychrunD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Terry CarknerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Pelle EklundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Mike BullardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Gord MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |
| 33Mark LaforestG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 12Richard KrommL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25David VolekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Jeff NortonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Brad DalgarnoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 38Mick VukotaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 40Raimo HelminenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 36Gary NylundD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 47Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 7 | 1 | .857 | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 16 | 3 | .813 |