Buffalo Sabres vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Saturday, December 20, 1986 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-4 in overtime on Saturday, December 20, 1986 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Maple Leafs outshot the Sabres 33-26.
Russ Courtnall scored twice and Mike Ramsey scored twice. Paul Brydges, Paul Cyr, Rick Vaive, Chris Kotsopoulos and Steve Thomas also scored.
Allan Bester made 22 saves on 26 shots for the win; Jacques Cloutier stopped 28 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Russ Courtnall (14)Gary Leeman (14)0–104:57 TOR
Paul Brydges (1)Joe Reekie (2)1–110:42 BUF
Paul Cyr (6)Mike Foligno (6), Christian Ruuttu (16)2–114:01 BUF
2nd period
Mike Ramsey (3)Phil Housley (18), John Tucker (22)3–102:33 BUF · PPG
Rick Vaive (7)Chris Kotsopoulos (6), Al Iafrate (9)3–205:19 TOR · PPG- Russ Courtnall (15)Unassisted3–308:13 TOR · SHG
3rd period
Chris Kotsopoulos (2)Borje Salming (6), Tom Fergus (19)3–419:26 TOR- Mike Ramsey (4)John Tucker (23)4–419:56 BUF
OT period
Steve Thomas (12)Rick Vaive (11), Rick Lanz (10)4–504:55 TOR
Team stats
BUFTOR
26Shots on goal33
0%Faceoff %0%
1/4Power play1/4
48Penalty minutes59
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 03:41
Mike Foligno · fighting5 min - 1st 03:41
Steve Thomas · fighting5 min - 1st 03:41Terry Johnson · misconduct10 min
- 1st 05:36Lindy Ruff · slashing2 min
- 1st 05:36Lindy Ruff · fighting5 min
- 1st 05:36Bob Mcgill · slashing2 min
- 1st 05:36Bob Mcgill · fighting5 min
- 1st 06:08Wilf Paiement · roughing2 min
- 1st 06:08Wilf Paiement · slashing2 min
- 1st 06:08Chris Kotsopoulos · roughing2 min
- 1st 15:05Wilf Paiement · roughing2 min
- 1st 15:05Wendel Clark · fighting5 min
- 1st 15:32Steve Dykstra · slashing2 min
- 2nd 01:19Wendel Clark · roughing2 min
- 2nd 03:30Joe Reekie · holding2 min
- 2nd 07:21Bob Mcgill · interference2 min
- 2nd 12:47Steve Dykstra · roughing2 min
- 2nd 12:47Wendel Clark · roughing2 min
- 2nd 16:37Paul Cyr · tripping2 min
- 2nd 18:24Ken Yaremchuk · tripping2 min
- 3rd 01:03Steve Dykstra · fighting5 min
- 3rd 01:03Wendel Clark · fighting5 min
- 3rd 07:33Doug Smith · roughing2 min
- 3rd 07:33Doug Smith · fighting5 min
- 3rd 07:33Bob Mcgill · instigator2 min
- 3rd 07:33Bob Mcgill · fighting5 min
- 3rd 19:54Mike Foligno · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 19:54Chris Kotsopoulos · misconduct10 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 16Paul BrydgesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 31Joe ReekieD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Jeff ParkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 32Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 42Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Tom KurversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 40Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | L | 33 | 28 | 5 | .849 | 64:48 |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 9Russ CourtnallR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Chris KotsopoulosD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Gary LeemanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Tom FergusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 33Al IafrateD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 8Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Ken YaremchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Wendel ClarkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Miroslav IhnacakL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Brad SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Bob McgillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Terry JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Allan BesterG | W | 26 | 22 | 4 | .846 | 64:55 |
| 31Ken WreggetG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |