Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, November 5, 1986 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 8–3 on Wednesday, November 5, 1986 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Bruins 34–28.
Dave Andreychuk scored twice and Ken Priestlay scored twice. Paul Cyr, Rick Middleton, Mike Foligno, Mike Ramsey, Phil Housley, Thomas Gradin and Charlie Simmer also scored.
Jacques Cloutier made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Bill Ranford stopped 17 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Paul Cyr (1)Scott Arniel (1), Gilbert Perreault (6)0–101:31 BUF
Rick Middleton (5)Tom McCarthy (6)1–102:31 BOS
Dave Andreychuk (4)John Tucker (10), Uwe Krupp (1)1–212:48 BUF · 
Ken Priestlay (2)John Tucker (11), Dave Andreychuk (6)1–315:21 BUF · 
Mike Foligno (4)Christian Ruuttu (6), Phil Housley (7)1–417:04 BUF
Mike Ramsey (1)Mike Hartman (2), Gaetano Orlando (3)1–517:24 BUF
2nd period
- Ken Priestlay (3)Mike Hartman (3)1–612:07 BUF
- Dave Andreychuk (5)Wilf Paiement (4), John Tucker (12)1–715:26 BUF
Phil Housley (3)Gaetano Orlando (4)1–816:19 BUF
3rd period
Thomas Gradin (2)Paul Boutilier (2)2–801:15 BOS
Charlie Simmer (3)Reed Larson (3), Paul Boutilier (3)3–815:16 BOS ·
Team stats
BOSBUF
2834
0%0%
1/72/6
2416
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:55 into the first period
Lindy Ruff · elbowing2 min - 6:11 into the first period
Geoff Courtnall · elbowing2 min - 9:32 into the first periodBill Hajt · tripping2 min
- 11:51 into the first periodNevin Markwart · hooking2 min
- 14:51 into the first periodGreg Johnston · hooking2 min
- 4:38 into the second periodBill Hajt · hooking2 min
- 6:44 into the second periodPhil Housley · tripping2 min
- 12:07 into the second periodScott Arniel · tripping2 min
- 18:49 into the second periodPaul Boutilier · tripping2 min
- 3:53 into the third periodWilf Paiement · hooking2 min
- 10:14 into the third periodReed Larson · roughing2 min
- 10:14 into the third periodDoug Keans · roughing2 min
- 10:14 into the third periodDoug Keans · misconduct10 min
- 10:14 into the third periodPaul Cyr · roughing2 min
- 13:55 into the third periodJohn Tucker · interference2 min
- 18:32 into the third periodNevin Markwart · tripping2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 34Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Thomas GradinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 38Kraig NienhuisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 39Greg JohnstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Mats ThelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | L | 22 | 5 | .773 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 12 | 3 | .750 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Ken PriestlayC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike HartmanL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 23Gaetano OrlandoC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 40Uwe KruppD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 39Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 37Shawn AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | – |