Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Wednesday, October 29, 1986 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–2 on Wednesday, October 29, 1986 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 28–22.
Goals came from Mats Naslund, Dave Andreychuk, Gaston Gingras, Chris Chelios, Claude Lemieux, Bob Halkidis and Brian Skrudland.
Patrick Roy made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 23 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Mats Naslund (7)Larry Robinson (5), Gaston Gingras (11)0–101:44 MTL · 
Dave Andreychuk (3)John Tucker (7), Phil Housley (4)1–107:10 BUF · 
Gaston Gingras (2)Mats Naslund (7), Bobby Smith (6)1–210:51 MTL
Chris Chelios (1)Mats Naslund (8), Stephane Richer (5)1–315:50 MTL ·
2nd period
Claude Lemieux (2)Stephane Richer (6), Ryan Walter (4)1–416:06 MTL
3rd period
Bob Halkidis (1)Lindy Ruff (2), Mike Hartman (1)2–404:06 BUF
Brian Skrudland (2)Mike Lalor (3), David Maley (2)2–510:44 MTL
Team stats
BUFMTL
2228
0%0%
1/62/4
3034
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:35 into the first period
Bob Halkidis · tripping2 min - 4:03 into the first period
Bobby Smith · elbowing2 min - 6:33 into the first periodGuy Carbonneau · tripping2 min
- 11:21 into the first periodMike Hartman · misconduct10 min
- 11:21 into the first periodCraig Ludwig · misconduct10 min
- 11:21 into the first periodBobby Smith · elbowing2 min
- 14:04 into the first periodShawn Anderson · holding2 min
- 1:00 into the second periodClark Gillies · hooking2 min
- 3:34 into the second periodCraig Ludwig · cross checking2 min
- 10:09 into the second periodJim Korn · cross checking2 min
- 11:04 into the second periodPaul Cyr · roughing2 min
- 11:04 into the second periodBobby Smith · roughing2 min
- 12:19 into the second periodChris Nilan · elbowing2 min
- 11:35 into the third periodJim Hofford · fighting5 min
- 11:35 into the third periodShayne Corson · fighting5 min
- 13:34 into the third periodBob Halkidis · fighting5 min
- 13:34 into the third periodMike Mcphee · instigator2 min
- 13:34 into the third periodMike Mcphee · fighting5 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike HartmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Bob HalkidisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Paul BrydgesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Gaetano OrlandoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 39Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Jim HoffordD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 37Shawn AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 40Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 26Mats NaslundL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Gaston GingrasD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 34Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 36Sergio MomessoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 22 | 2 | .909 |