New York Islanders vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Sunday, December 29, 1985 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

3–4

24–30

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 4–3 on Sunday, December 29, 1985 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Islanders 30–24.

Mike Foligno scored a hat trick. Tomas Jonsson, Duane Sutter, Mike Bossy and John Tucker also scored.

Jacques Cloutier made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 26 of 30.

Goals
NYI	1	2	0	3	24
BUF	1	1	2	4	30

Scoring

1st period

Mike Foligno (16)Lindy Ruff (10), Hannu Virta (12)0–100:29 BUF
Tomas Jonsson (7)John Tonelli (26), Bryan Trottier (22)1–117:21 NYI ·

2nd period

Duane Sutter (11)Tomas Jonsson (11)2–104:43 NYI
Mike Bossy (23)Unassisted3–112:14 NYI
Mike Foligno (17)Dave Andreychuk (19), Lindy Ruff (11)3–217:44 BUF

3rd period

Mike Foligno (18)Gilles Hamel (19), Phil Housley (13)3–303:23 BUF ·
John Tucker (12)Paul Cyr (10), Richie Dunn (3)3–411:10 BUF ·

Team stats

NYIBUF

2430

0%0%

1/72/3

3936

Penalties

4:19 into the first periodSteve Dykstra · fighting5 min
4:19 into the first periodBobby Nystrom · roughing2 min
4:19 into the first periodBobby Nystrom · fighting5 min
9:09 into the first periodDenis Potvin · hooking2 min
11:44 into the first periodPaul Cyr · high sticking2 min
11:44 into the first periodPaul Cyr · fighting5 min
11:44 into the first periodMark Hamway · fighting5 min
12:44 into the first periodLindy Ruff · roughing2 min
12:44 into the first periodDenis Potvin · roughing2 min
14:01 into the first periodBobby Nystrom · interference2 min
16:07 into the first periodNormand Lacombe · holding2 min
19:37 into the first periodGaetano Orlando · high sticking5 min
19:37 into the first periodBryan Trottier · holding2 min
1:39 into the second periodStefan Persson · holding2 min
5:45 into the second periodSean Mckenna · fighting5 min
5:45 into the second periodBobby Nystrom · fighting5 min
6:58 into the second periodPaul Boutilier · holding2 min
10:02 into the second periodDenis Potvin · interference2 min
19:58 into the second periodDave Andreychuk · holding2 min
1:08 into the third periodLarry Playfair · high sticking2 min
2:06 into the third periodBryan Trottier · interference2 min
3:06 into the third periodLindy Ruff · roughing2 min
3:06 into the third periodJohn Tonelli · roughing2 min
9:28 into the third periodClark Gillies · hooking2 min
13:09 into the third periodGaetano Orlando · tripping2 min
19:09 into the third periodTomas Jonsson · hooking2 min
19:48 into the third periodPaul Cyr · holding2 min

Season series

Islanders vs Sabres head-to-head →

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

3Tomas JonssonD	1	1	2	+1	4	2	–	–
12Duane SutterR	1	0	1	+2	3	0	–	–
19Bryan TrottierC	0	1	1	0	2	4	–	–
22Mike BossyR	1	0	1	+2	5	0	–	–
27John TonelliL	0	1	1	0	2	2	–	–
9Clark GilliesL	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
14Bob BourneC	0	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–
16Pat LaFontaineC	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
17Greg GilbertL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
23Bobby NystromR	0	0	0	−1	2	14	–	–
24Mikko MakelaR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
26Patrick FlatleyR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
34Mark HamwayR	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	–
2Gord DineenD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
4Paul BoutilierD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	–	–
5Denis PotvinD	0	0	0	−1	1	6	–	–
6Ken MorrowD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
7Stefan PerssonD	0	0	0	−2	0	2	–	–

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
30Kelly HrudeyG		0	0	0	–	00:00
31Billy SmithG	L	30	26	4	.867	59:46

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

17Mike FolignoR	3	0	3	+1	3	0	–	–
22Lindy RuffL	0	2	2	+2	2	4	–	–
7John TuckerR	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	–
9Gilles HamelL	0	1	1	0	6	0	–	–
18Paul CyrL	0	1	1	−1	2	9	–	–
25Dave AndreychukL	0	1	1	+2	3	2	–	–
3Hannu VirtaD	0	1	1	0	2	0	–	–
6Phil HousleyD	0	1	1	+1	4	0	–	–
21Richie DunnD	0	1	1	−1	1	0	–	–
4Steve DykstraL	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	–
12Sean MckennaR	0	0	0	0	1	5	–	–
20Don LeverC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
23Gaetano OrlandoC	0	0	0	−2	3	7	–	–
26Pat HughesR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
32Normand LacombeR	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
34Adam CreightonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
5Mike RamseyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
27Larry PlayfairD	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
1Jacques CloutierG	W	24	21	3	.875	60:00
30Tom BarrassoG		0	0	0	–	00:00