Philadelphia Flyers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Tuesday, December 23, 1986 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Philadelphia Flyers 2–1 on Tuesday, December 23, 1986 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium.
Doug Smith scored twice. Scott Mellanby also scored.
Jacques Cloutier made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Ron Hextall stopped 28 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Doug Smith (2)Wilf Paiement (6), Lindy Ruff (9)0–102:50 BUF
Scott Mellanby (6)Peter Zezel (17), Derrick Smith (8)1–105:23 PHI
2nd period
- Doug Smith (3)Wilf Paiement (7)1–207:40 BUF
Team stats
PHIBUF
3030
0%0%
0/30/2
46
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 14:11 into the first period
Dave Poulin · hooking2 min - 16:50 into the first period
Wilf Paiement · holding2 min - 8:37 into the second periodJim Korn · hooking2 min
- 11:47 into the second periodNormand Lacombe · holding2 min
- 1:06 into the third periodJ.J. Daigneault · hooking2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 9Pelle EklundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Tim KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Lindsay CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Daryl StanleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | L | 30 | 2 | .933 |
| 33Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 15Doug SmithC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 27Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Paul BrydgesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Jeff ParkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 42Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Tom KurversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 40Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | W | 30 | 1 | .967 |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | – |