St. Louis Blues vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, December 5, 1986 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–5 on Friday, December 5, 1986 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Blues 37–19.
Goals came from Lindy Ruff, Doug Wickenheiser, Doug Gilmour, Uwe Krupp, Paul Cyr, Greg Paslawski, Michael Dark, Christian Ruuttu, Bernie Federko, Gino Cavallini and John Tucker.
Rick Wamsley made 32 saves on 37 shots for the win; Jacques Cloutier stopped 4 of 6.
Scoring
1st period
Lindy Ruff (2)Phil Housley (13), Joe Reekie (1)0–105:32 BUF
Doug Wickenheiser (5)Greg Paslawski (7), Doug Gilmour (18)1–108:34 STL
Doug Gilmour (12)Brian Benning (5), Bernie Federko (16)2–111:46 STL · 
Uwe Krupp (1)Unassisted2–216:04 BUF
2nd period
Paul Cyr (4)Tom Kurvers (4), Doug Smith (2)2–300:08 BUF
Greg Paslawski (7)Brian Benning (6)3–309:06 STL · 
Michael Dark (1)Greg Paslawski (8), Brian Benning (7)4–314:09 STL
3rd period
Christian Ruuttu (5)Normand Lacombe (4), Dave Andreychuk (12)4–402:10 BUF
Bernie Federko (5)Ric Nattress (11), Doug Evans (3)5–411:44 STL
Gino Cavallini (3)Doug Gilmour (19), Greg Paslawski (9)6–415:11 STL
John Tucker (4)Clark Gillies (5), Mike Ramsey (6)6–516:20 BUF
Team stats
STLBUF
1937
0%0%
1/40/5
1210
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:33 into the first period
Clark Gillies · tripping2 min - 6:24 into the first period
Greg Paslawski · tripping2 min - 10:33 into the first periodDoug Smith · roughing2 min
- 12:54 into the first periodTim Bothwell · hooking2 min
- 7:09 into the second periodDoug Smith · high sticking2 min
- 7:09 into the second periodRon Flockhart · high sticking2 min
- 7:25 into the second periodMark Hunter · holding2 min
- 16:54 into the second periodCharlie Bourgeois · holding2 min
- 2:53 into the third periodMike Foligno · roughing2 min
- 3:27 into the third periodMark Hunter · hooking2 min
- 3:45 into the third periodChristian Ruuttu · holding2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 28Greg PaslawskiR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 9Doug GilmourC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 2Brian BenningD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 14Doug WickenheiserC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Gino CavalliniL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Doug EvansL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Michael DarkD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Ric NattressD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 12Ron FlockhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 16Jocelyn LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 22Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Herb RaglanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Charlie BourgeoisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 35Jim PaveseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Rick WamsleyG | W | 37 | 5 | .865 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 7John TuckerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 32Normand LacombeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 39Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 28Tom KurversD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 31Joe ReekieD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 40Uwe KruppD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 38Adam CreightonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | L | 6 | 2 | .667 |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | 13 | 4 | .692 |