Quebec Nordiques vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, December 15, 1985 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Quebec Nordiques 6–2 on Sunday, December 15, 1985 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Nordiques 37–24.
Lindy Ruff scored 4 goals. Mike Ramsey, Jean-Francois Sauve, Peter Stastny and Ric Seiling also scored.
Tom Barrasso made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Clint Malarchuk stopped 31 of 37.
Scoring
2nd period
Mike Ramsey (3)Mikael Andersson (5), John Tucker (10)0–101:19 BUF · 
Lindy Ruff (10)Mike Foligno (12), Dave Andreychuk (16)0–207:29 BUF- Lindy Ruff (11)John Tucker (11), Gilbert Perreault (21)0–309:27 BUF ·
Jean-Francois Sauve (4)Robert Picard (8), John Anderson (12)1–316:01 QUE · - Lindy Ruff (12)Mike Foligno (13), Phil Housley (7)1–416:58 BUF
3rd period
Peter Stastny (18)Anton Stastny (14), Robert Picard (9)2–401:45 QUE
Ric Seiling (8)Unassisted2–508:50 BUF- Lindy Ruff (13)Dave Andreychuk (17), Mike Ramsey (9)2–613:33 BUF ·
Team stats
QUEBUF
2437
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1/53/6
2019
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Penalties
- 1:01 into the first period
Ric Seiling · slashing5 min - 3:39 into the first period
Clint Malarchuk · delaying game2 min - 11:44 into the first periodPaul Gillis · tripping2 min
- 14:10 into the first periodRic Seiling · roughing2 min
- 14:10 into the first periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 15:52 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 15:52 into the first periodBrent Ashton · high sticking2 min
- 0:46 into the second periodBrent Ashton · hooking2 min
- 3:48 into the second periodMike Foligno · hooking2 min
- 8:41 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 15:52 into the second periodJohn Tucker · holding2 min
- 17:37 into the second periodLindy Ruff · tripping2 min
- 18:55 into the second periodRobert Picard · tripping2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodJohn Tucker · high sticking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodDale Hunter · high sticking2 min
- 5:01 into the third periodPhil Housley · hooking2 min
- 9:47 into the third periodWilf Paiement · roughing2 min
- 13:01 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14John AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Jean-Francois SauveC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 9Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Jimmy MannR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul GillisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy MollerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 34Gord DonnellyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | L | 37 | 6 | .838 |
| 33Mario GosselinG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 22Lindy RuffL | 4 | 0 | 4 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Gaetano OrlandoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Jim HoffordD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tom BarrassoG | W | 24 | 2 | .917 |
| 35Daren PuppaG | 0 | 0 | – |