Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, December 22, 1985 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 5–3 on Sunday, December 22, 1985 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 32–28.
Goals came from Ken Linseman, Sean Mckenna, Dave Reid, Keith Crowder, Mike Foligno, Paul Cyr, Phil Housley and Pat Hughes.
Tom Barrasso made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Ken Linseman (10)Dave Pasin (5), Dave Reid (6)1–001:33 BOS
Sean Mckenna (6)Paul Cyr (9), Gilles Hamel (17)1–117:25 BUF ·
2nd period
Dave Reid (7)Keith Crowder (18)2–103:04 BOS
Keith Crowder (13)Barry Pederson (13), Ray Bourque (20)3–105:11 BOS · 
Mike Foligno (15)Unassisted3–205:28 BUF
3rd period
Paul Cyr (5)John Tucker (12), Phil Housley (10)3–302:34 BUF
Phil Housley (9)John Tucker (13)3–410:56 BUF · 
Pat Hughes (2)Lindy Ruff (9)3–519:44 BUF ·
Team stats
BOSBUF
3228
0%0%
1/72/5
3539
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:59 into the first period
Larry Playfair · interference2 min - 7:33 into the first period
Geoff Courtnall · roughing2 min - 7:33 into the first periodSteve Dykstra · roughing2 min
- 10:23 into the first periodGord Kluzak · fighting5 min
- 10:23 into the first periodMike Foligno · fighting5 min
- 12:09 into the first periodMichael Thelven · high sticking2 min
- 12:09 into the first periodSean Mckenna · high sticking2 min
- 14:37 into the first periodSteve Kasper · holding2 min
- 15:28 into the first periodBill Derlago · tripping2 min
- 4:48 into the second periodLarry Playfair · tripping2 min
- 6:55 into the second periodMats Thelin · interference2 min
- 6:59 into the second periodSteve Kasper · roughing2 min
- 6:59 into the second periodDave Andreychuk · slashing2 min
- 10:46 into the second periodMike Ramsey · holding2 min
- 12:45 into the second periodBarry Pederson · slashing2 min
- 12:45 into the second periodSteve Dykstra · slashing2 min
- 13:01 into the second periodLindy Ruff · interference2 min
- 15:15 into the second periodGord Kluzak · elbowing2 min
- 15:15 into the second periodGord Kluzak · roughing2 min
- 15:15 into the second periodGord Kluzak · misconduct10 min
- 15:15 into the second periodLindy Ruff · roughing2 min
- 15:15 into the second periodLindy Ruff · misconduct10 min
- 16:10 into the second periodMike Foligno · tripping2 min
- 8:35 into the third periodPaul Cyr · interference2 min
- 10:53 into the third periodMats Thelin · hooking2 min
- 12:35 into the third periodTom Barrasso · high sticking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 18Keith CrowderR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 36Dave ReidL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 37Dave PasinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 14Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Mats ThelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Sean MckennaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 26Pat HughesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Gaetano OrlandoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8David FenyvesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 21Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |