New York Islanders vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, February 21, 1986 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 5–1 on Friday, February 21, 1986 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Islanders 36–21.
John Tucker scored twice. John Tonelli, Doug Smith, Dave Andreychuk and Paul Cyr also scored.
Tom Barrasso made 20 saves on 21 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 31 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
John Tucker (27)Normand Lacombe (7), Phil Housley (34)0–101:10 BUF
John Tonelli (19)Patrick Flatley (26), Billy Smith (3)1–103:32 NYI
Doug Smith (12)Phil Housley (35), Mike Ramsey (16)1–207:51 BUF · 
Dave Andreychuk (26)Phil Housley (36), Mike Foligno (30)1–313:00 BUF ·
2nd period
- John Tucker (28)Dave Andreychuk (38), Brian Engblom (14)1–402:26 BUF
3rd period
Paul Cyr (15)Mike Ramsey (17)1–518:14 BUF
Team stats
NYIBUF
2136
0%0%
0/42/6
1410
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:03 into the first period
Brian Engblom · holding2 min - 5:59 into the first period
Brent Sutter · hooking2 min - 9:49 into the first periodPhil Housley · interference2 min
- 11:08 into the first periodTomas Jonsson · holding2 min
- 16:57 into the first periodStefan Persson · holding2 min
- 19:14 into the first periodBrent Sutter · hooking2 min
- 3:30 into the second periodLindy Ruff · hooking2 min
- 5:28 into the second periodBob Bourne · hooking2 min
- 8:23 into the third periodBob Halkidis · hooking2 min
- 14:03 into the third periodGord Dineen · high sticking2 min
- 18:37 into the third periodBob Halkidis · roughing2 min
- 18:37 into the third periodRandy Boyd · high sticking2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Roger KortkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Ari HaanpaaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Mark HamwayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Randy BoydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 36 | 5 | .861 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 32Normand LacombeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Brian EngblomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Gaetano OrlandoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8David FenyvesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Bob HalkidisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | W | 21 | 1 | .952 |