Buffalo Sabres vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Sunday, January 19, 1986 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New Jersey Devils 6–3 on Sunday, January 19, 1986 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Sabres 41–36.
Paul Cyr scored twice and Paul Gagne scored twice. Mark Johnson, John Tucker, Normand Lacombe, Mike Foligno and Lindy Ruff also scored.
Tom Barrasso made 38 saves on 41 shots for the win; Alain Chevrier stopped 13 of 17.
Scoring
1st period
Paul Cyr (6)Hannu Virta (15)1–001:58 BUF · 
Mark Johnson (9)Unassisted1–111:50 NJD
John Tucker (18)Hannu Virta (16)2–115:50 BUF · 
Paul Gagne (12)Greg Adams (21), Dave Lewis (9)2–216:49 NJD
Normand Lacombe (4)John Tucker (17), Dave Andreychuk (25)3–217:35 BUF
2nd period
- Paul Cyr (7)Mike Foligno (22), Bob Halkidis (6)4–205:43 BUF
- Paul Gagne (13)Greg Adams (22), Craig Wolanin (14)4–309:58 NJD ·
3rd period
Mike Foligno (22)Paul Cyr (13), Hannu Virta (17)5–307:46 BUF · 
Lindy Ruff (17)Ric Seiling (9)6–315:18 BUF
Team stats
BUFNJD
3641
0%0%
3/41/6
2319
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:44 into the first period
Jan Ludvig · interference2 min - 2:29 into the first period
Larry Playfair · high sticking2 min - 2:29 into the first periodLarry Playfair · fighting5 min
- 2:29 into the first periodAllan Stewart · high sticking2 min
- 2:29 into the first periodAllan Stewart · fighting5 min
- 6:35 into the first periodGaetano Orlando · holding2 min
- 14:26 into the first periodJan Ludvig · holding2 min
- 17:09 into the first periodSean Mckenna · high sticking2 min
- 17:09 into the first periodRandy Velischek · high sticking2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodKen Daneyko · holding2 min
- 3:04 into the second periodMike Ramsey · holding2 min
- 9:09 into the second periodLarry Playfair · high sticking2 min
- 19:12 into the second periodPaul Cyr · roughing2 min
- 19:12 into the second periodCraig Wolanin · roughing2 min
- 19:55 into the second periodBob Halkidis · hooking2 min
- 3:39 into the third periodGilbert Perreault · holding2 min
- 5:50 into the third periodMel Bridgman · hooking2 min
- 19:06 into the third periodMike Ramsey · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 18Paul CyrL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 32Normand LacombeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Bob HalkidisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Gaetano OrlandoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 26Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tom BarrassoG | W | 41 | 3 | .927 |
| 35Daren PuppaG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 17Paul GagneL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Allan StewartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | L | 17 | 4 | .765 |
| 31Craig BillingtonG | 19 | 2 | .895 |