Buffalo Sabres vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, January 10, 1987 · The Forum
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Los Angeles Kings 8–5 on Saturday, January 10, 1987 at The Forum. The Kings outshot the Sabres 32–24.
Luc Robitaille scored twice and Scott Arniel scored twice. Robert Logan, Mike Ramsey, Bernie Nicholls, Christian Ruuttu, Dave Taylor, Dave Andreychuk, Bryan Erickson, Wilf Paiement and John Tucker also scored.
Jacques Cloutier made 20 saves on 25 shots for the win; Darren Eliot stopped 16 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Robert Logan (3)Paul Cyr (11)1–005:25 BUF
2nd period
Mike Ramsey (6)Lindy Ruff (11), Christian Ruuttu (19)2–006:28 BUF
Bernie Nicholls (15)Jimmy Carson (25)2–111:20 LAK · 
Luc Robitaille (25)Dean Kennedy (8)2–212:25 LAK
Christian Ruuttu (7)Mike Ramsey (13), Doug Smith (6)3–213:44 BUF · 
Dave Taylor (11)Morris Lukowich (14), Steve Duchesne (10)3–316:01 LAK
Scott Arniel (3)Mike Ramsey (14), Mike Foligno (9)4–317:45 BUF
Dave Andreychuk (13)Unassisted5–319:12 BUF
3rd period
Bryan Erickson (10)Marcel Dionne (35), Luc Robitaille (24)5–400:59 LAK · - Scott Arniel (4)Mike Foligno (10), Phil Housley (22)6–402:54 BUF
Wilf Paiement (16)Doug Smith (7), Lindy Ruff (12)7–412:51 BUF
John Tucker (13)Dave Andreychuk (20), Mike Ramsey (15)8–417:25 BUF · - Luc Robitaille (26)Grant Ledyard (14), Jay Wells (17)8–518:08 LAK ·
Team stats
BUFLAK
2432
0%0%
2/43/7
1810
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:10 into the first period
Luc Robitaille · hooking2 min - 11:28 into the first period
Phil Housley · cross checking2 min - 4:21 into the second periodMike Ramsey · hooking2 min
- 7:45 into the second periodDoug Smith · hooking2 min
- 10:57 into the second periodMike Foligno · interference2 min
- 12:25 into the second periodJay Wells · high sticking2 min
- 19:47 into the second periodMike Ramsey · holding2 min
- 3:33 into the third periodLindy Ruff · elbowing2 min
- 3:33 into the third periodGrant Ledyard · slashing2 min
- 10:43 into the third periodWilf Paiement · roughing2 min
- 15:27 into the third periodMorris Lukowich · slashing2 min
- 17:46 into the third periodJoe Reekie · hooking2 min
- 18:13 into the third periodBernie Nicholls · high sticking2 min
- 19:05 into the third periodPhil Housley · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 5Mike RamseyD | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Robert LoganR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Wilf PaiementR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 38Adam CreightonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 39Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8David FenyvesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Tom KurversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 31Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 37Shawn AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | W | 25 | 5 | .800 |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | 7 | 0 | 1.000 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 12Morris LukowichL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Bryan EricksonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Jimmy CarsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Grant LedyardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Phil SykesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Darren EliotG | L | 24 | 8 | .667 |