Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, December 21, 1985 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Saturday, December 21, 1985 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 33–23.
Goals came from Lindy Ruff, Mats Naslund, Bobby Smith and Brian Skrudland.
Patrick Roy made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 30 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Lindy Ruff (14)Gilbert Perreault (22)1–017:35 BUF
2nd period
Mats Naslund (25)Kjell Dahlin (18), Larry Robinson (28)1–109:08 MTL · 
Bobby Smith (11)Mats Naslund (33), Kjell Dahlin (19)1–217:04 MTL · 
Brian Skrudland (4)Mario Tremblay (5), Larry Robinson (29)1–318:41 MTL
Team stats
BUFMTL
2333
0%0%
0/32/6
1610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:54 into the first period
Mike Foligno · roughing2 min - 7:54 into the first period
Mario Tremblay · cross checking2 min - 14:58 into the first periodSteve Dykstra · tripping2 min
- 3:58 into the second periodDave Andreychuk · interference2 min
- 7:42 into the second periodGaetano Orlando · holding2 min
- 7:54 into the second periodGilbert Perreault · hooking2 min
- 10:16 into the second periodMike Mcphee · hooking2 min
- 13:31 into the second periodDon Lever · interference2 min
- 16:29 into the second periodMike Ramsey · hooking2 min
- 19:33 into the second periodGuy Carbonneau · hooking2 min
- 13:19 into the third periodGaetano Orlando · slashing2 min
- 13:19 into the third periodPetr Svoboda · interference2 min
- 19:17 into the third periodChris Nilan · roughing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 4Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Gaetano OrlandoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 26Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8David FenyvesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | L | 33 | 3 | .909 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 20Kjell DahlinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Alfie TurcotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Steve RooneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 31John KordicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Tom KurversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 23 | 1 | .957 |
| 37Steve PenneyG | 0 | 0 | – |