Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, November 15, 1986 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–2 on Saturday, November 15, 1986 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 28–27.
Guy Carbonneau scored twice. Mats Naslund, Bobby Smith, Jim Korn and Wilf Paiement also scored.
Brian Hayward made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Jacques Cloutier stopped 24 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Mats Naslund (8)Bobby Smith (12), Gaston Gingras (19)0–101:33 MTL · 
Bobby Smith (9)Stephane Richer (8)0–209:31 MTL
2nd period
Jim Korn (2)Christian Ruuttu (9)1–202:53 BUF
Guy Carbonneau (5)Unassisted1–304:42 MTL
3rd period
Wilf Paiement (12)Gilbert Perreault (7), Dave Andreychuk (11)2–306:02 BUF- Guy Carbonneau (6)Chris Nilan (8), Petr Svoboda (6)2–409:34 MTL
Team stats
BUFMTL
2728
0%0%
0/41/6
2114
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:17 into the first period
Clark Gillies · tripping2 min - 2:11 into the first periodJim Korn · high sticking5 min
- 6:42 into the first periodJacques Cloutier · slashing2 min
- 6:42 into the first period
Chris Nilan · interference2 min - 12:08 into the first periodBrian Skrudland · high sticking2 min
- 15:55 into the first periodCraig Ludwig · tripping2 min
- 1:37 into the second periodLindy Ruff · roughing2 min
- 1:37 into the second periodChris Nilan · roughing2 min
- 5:05 into the second periodDavid Maley · holding2 min
- 8:25 into the second periodGaetano Orlando · roughing2 min
- 12:40 into the second periodAdam Creighton · high sticking2 min
- 14:36 into the second periodMike Foligno · hooking2 min
- 14:36 into the second periodCraig Ludwig · slashing2 min
- 16:46 into the second periodDavid Maley · roughing2 min
- 18:41 into the second periodPhil Housley · hooking2 min
- 16:17 into the third periodPhil Housley · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 27Wilf PaiementR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Jim KornD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Ken PriestlayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike HartmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Gaetano OrlandoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 38Adam CreightonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 39Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Jim HoffordD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 40Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | L | 28 | 4 | .857 |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 29Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Kjell DahlinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 34Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
| 33Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | – |