Hartford Whalers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, December 14, 1986 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Hartford Whalers 4–3 on Sunday, December 14, 1986 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Whalers 27–25.
Goals came from Jeff Parker, John Anderson, Doug Smith, Normand Lacombe, Dana Murzyn, Lindy Ruff and Mike McEwen.
Jacques Cloutier made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Jeff Parker (2)Tom Kurvers (6), Lindy Ruff (8)0–100:51 BUF
John Anderson (10)Ron Francis (21), Paul Macdermid (3)1–106:53 HFD
Doug Smith (1)Dave Andreychuk (15), Phil Housley (17)1–216:27 BUF ·
2nd period
Normand Lacombe (3)Scott Arniel (3)1–307:03 BUF
Dana Murzyn (5)Ulf Samuelsson (11)2–315:47 HFD
Lindy Ruff (4)Mike Ramsey (7)2–416:09 BUF
3rd period
Mike McEwen (2)Ron Francis (22)3–411:11 HFD ·
Team stats
HFDBUF
2527
0%0%
1/51/3
610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:36 into the first period
Steve Dykstra · slashing2 min - 15:18 into the first period
Dave Babych · hooking2 min - 18:26 into the first periodJoe Reekie · roughing2 min
- 11:30 into the second periodUwe Krupp · high sticking2 min
- 13:00 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · holding2 min
- 8:39 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · slashing2 min
- 11:07 into the third periodScott Arniel · holding2 min
- 13:33 into the third periodGaetano Orlando · tripping2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Mike McEwenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Mike MillarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Dave BarrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Paul LawlessL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 22Lindy RuffL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Jeff ParkerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Normand LacombeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Tom KurversD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Paul BrydgesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Gaetano OrlandoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 42Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 31Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 40Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | – |