Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, January 17, 1987 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–2 on Saturday, January 17, 1987 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 38–28.
Goals came from Claude Lemieux, Adam Creighton, Ryan Walter, Sergio Momesso, Brian Skrudland and Mike Foligno.
Brian Hayward made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 33 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Claude Lemieux (13)Mike Mcphee (12), Craig Ludwig (5)0–101:10 MTL
Adam Creighton (5)Unassisted1–101:26 BUF
Ryan Walter (10)Mats Naslund (32), Larry Robinson (16)1–206:10 MTL · 
Sergio Momesso (8)Brian Skrudland (8), Bobby Smith (28)1–318:23 MTL
3rd period
Brian Skrudland (7)Bobby Smith (29), Larry Robinson (17)1–412:16 MTL
Mike Foligno (13)Shawn Anderson (5)2–415:15 BUF
Team stats
BUFMTL
2838
0%0%
0/41/4
1212
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:55 into the first period
Steve Dykstra · cross checking2 min - 6:41 into the first periodDave Andreychuk · holding2 min
- 8:45 into the first periodChristian Ruuttu · roughing2 min
- 8:45 into the first period
Stephane Richer · roughing2 min - 0:39 into the second periodBrian Hayward · delaying game2 min
- 12:06 into the second periodPhil Housley · slashing2 min
- 12:06 into the second periodBobby Smith · slashing2 min
- 12:46 into the second periodJoe Reekie · hooking2 min
- 2:27 into the third periodJohn Kordic · high sticking2 min
- 6:18 into the third periodTom Barrasso · slashing2 min
- 7:29 into the third periodStephane Richer · tripping2 min
- 13:12 into the third periodGuy Carbonneau · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 38Adam CreightonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 37Shawn AndersonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Gaetano OrlandoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 26Robert LoganR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 39Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 42Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Tom KurversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 31Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | L | 37 | 4 | .892 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36Sergio MomessoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 31John KordicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |
| 33Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | – |