Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, December 17, 1985 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 7-3 on Tuesday, December 17, 1985 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Sabres outshot the Islanders 42-23.
Pat LaFontaine scored twice. Don Lever, Randy Boyd, Mike Bossy, Mike Foligno, Patrick Flatley, Tomas Jonsson, Bryan Trottier and Gaetano Orlando also scored.
Billy Smith made 39 saves on 42 shots for the win; Jacques Cloutier stopped 8 of 13.
Scoring
1st period
Pat LaFontaine (16)Duane Sutter (11), Mark Hamway (8)0–106:35 NYI
Don Lever (2)Pat Hughes (6), Hannu Virta (11)1–106:55 BUF
Randy Boyd (1)Mike Bossy (18)1–213:40 NYI
Mike Bossy (20)Bryan Trottier (18)1–315:58 NYI
Mike Foligno (14)Unassisted2–316:56 BUF
2nd period
Patrick Flatley (10)Gerald Diduck (1), John Tonelli (20)2–405:15 NYI
Tomas Jonsson (6)Mike Bossy (19), Bryan Trottier (19)2–506:32 NYI- Pat LaFontaine (17)Mark Hamway (9)2–619:42 NYI
3rd period
Bryan Trottier (12)Mike Bossy (20), John Tonelli (21)2–705:08 NYI
Gaetano Orlando (6)Gilles Hamel (16)3–707:46 BUF
Team stats
BUFNYI
42Shots on goal23
0%Faceoff %0%
0/5Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes10
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 13:51
Clark Gillies · hooking2 min - 1st 17:47
Pat Hughes · slashing2 min - 2nd 12:21Clark Gillies · tripping2 min
- 2nd 13:22Bryan Trottier · tripping2 min
- 2nd 14:26Billy Smith · slashing2 min
- 3rd 10:23Paul Boutilier · interference2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 20Don LeverC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 23Gaetano OrlandoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Pat HughesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 12Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | – |
| 14Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Paul GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Jim HoffordD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | L | 13 | 8 | 5 | .615 | 26:32 |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | 10 | 8 | 2 | .800 | 33:25 |
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 34Mark HamwayR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 8Randy BoydD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 29Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 42 | 39 | 3 | .929 | 60:00 |