New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, March 21, 1986 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–3 on Friday, March 21, 1986 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Devils outshot the Sabres 30–28.
Goals came from Gilbert Perreault, Phil Housley, Peter McNab, Dave Andreychuk, Joe Cirella, Doug Sulliman, Uli Hiemer, Pat Verbeek and Mel Bridgman.
Alain Chevrier made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 24 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Gilbert Perreault (19)Unassisted0–111:09 BUF
Phil Housley (15)Doug Smith (19), Paul Cyr (30)0–212:48 BUF ·
2nd period
Peter McNab (18)Rich Preston (20), Joe Cirella (22)1–202:59 NJD
Dave Andreychuk (34)Mikael Andersson (9), Phil Housley (44)1–304:56 BUF
Joe Cirella (6)Jan Ludvig (8), Mark Johnson (34)2–308:18 NJD
Doug Sulliman (20)Peter McNab (23), Rich Preston (21)3–313:27 NJD ·
3rd period
Uli Hiemer (5)Mel Bridgman (31)4–306:55 NJD
Pat Verbeek (21)Kirk Muller (38), Mel Bridgman (32)5–316:26 NJD
Mel Bridgman (22)Kirk Muller (39), Pat Verbeek (23)6–318:27 NJD
Team stats
NJDBUF
3028
0%0%
1/61/5
1614
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:00 into the first period
Phil Housley · holding2 min - 4:33 into the first period
Paul Gagne · interference2 min - 9:02 into the first periodGilbert Perreault · tripping2 min
- 11:52 into the first periodKen Daneyko · roughing2 min
- 11:52 into the first periodKen Daneyko · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:39 into the first periodJohn MacLean · tripping2 min
- 16:58 into the first periodDave Andreychuk · hooking2 min
- 8:51 into the second periodRichie Dunn · high sticking2 min
- 9:13 into the second periodMark Johnson · holding2 min
- 10:24 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 13:19 into the second periodMike Foligno · tripping2 min
- 8:59 into the third periodSteve Dykstra · high sticking2 min
- 8:59 into the third periodSteve Dykstra · roughing2 min
- 8:59 into the third periodJohn MacLean · high sticking2 min
- 8:59 into the third periodJohn MacLean · roughing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Peter McNabC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Uli HiemerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Don DietrichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 31Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 6Phil HousleyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 6 | – |
| 4Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Mal DavisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Adam CreightonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8David FenyvesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | L | 30 | 6 | .800 |