Chicago Blackhawks vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, December 31, 1986 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5–2 on Wednesday, December 31, 1986 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Blackhawks 41–32.
Doug Smith scored twice. Adam Creighton, Dave Andreychuk, Robert Logan, Curt Fraser and Dave Manson also scored.
Tom Barrasso made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 36 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Doug Smith (4)Wilf Paiement (8), Shawn Anderson (2)0–106:26 BUF
Adam Creighton (2)Jeff Parker (2)0–213:13 BUF
Dave Andreychuk (10)Tom Kurvers (7), Mike Ramsey (10)0–318:26 BUF
2nd period
Robert Logan (1)John Tucker (26), Tom Kurvers (8)0–406:54 BUF
Curt Fraser (14)Keith Brown (17), Troy Murray (22)1–408:00 CHI
3rd period
Dave Manson (1)Steve Ludzik (10)2–402:50 CHI- Doug Smith (5)Paul Cyr (10), Wilf Paiement (9)2–503:20 BUF
Team stats
CHIBUF
3241
0%0%
0/60/8
2319
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:03 into the first period
Mike Ramsey · fighting5 min - 2:03 into the first period
Dave Donnelly · roughing2 min - 2:03 into the first periodDave Donnelly · fighting5 min
- 7:55 into the first periodSteve Dykstra · interference2 min
- 9:34 into the first periodAl Secord · cross checking2 min
- 17:37 into the first periodMark Lavarre · hooking2 min
- 17:53 into the first periodShawn Anderson · holding2 min
- 1:29 into the second periodWayne Presley · holding2 min
- 4:21 into the second periodKeith Brown · interference2 min
- 13:10 into the second periodGary Nylund · interference2 min
- 17:22 into the second periodMike Ramsey · interference2 min
- 0:28 into the third periodTom Barrasso · tripping2 min
- 6:03 into the third periodTroy Murray · interference2 min
- 10:38 into the third periodWilf Paiement · charging2 min
- 10:38 into the third periodGary Nylund · roughing double minor4 min
- 15:05 into the third periodChristian Ruuttu · holding2 min
- 18:26 into the third periodDave Andreychuk · hooking2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 8Curt FraserL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Troy MurrayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Steve LudzikC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Dave MansonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Dave DonnellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Mark LavarreR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Eddie OlczykR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Wayne PresleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Steve LarmerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 5Jack O'CallahanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 22Gary NylundD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Bob SauveG | L | 41 | 5 | .878 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 15Doug SmithC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 27Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 28Tom KurversD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 26Robert LoganR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 29Jeff ParkerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 38Adam CreightonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 9 | – |
| 37Shawn AndersonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 32Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 42Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 31Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |