Edmonton Oilers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, January 18, 1987 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Edmonton Oilers 6–5 in overtime on Sunday, January 18, 1987 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Oilers 33–24.
Scott Arniel scored twice and Adam Creighton scored twice. Stu Kulak, Robert Logan, Dave Andreychuk, Esa Tikkanen, Glenn Anderson, Jari Kurri and Mark Messier also scored.
Tom Barrasso made 5 saves on 5 shots for the win; Andy Moog stopped 27 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Stu Kulak (3)Mike Krushelnyski (22), Raimo Summanen (5)1–010:15 EDM
Scott Arniel (6)John Tucker (28), Dave Andreychuk (21)1–110:45 BUF
Robert Logan (6)Christian Ruuttu (22), Joe Reekie (4)1–211:26 BUF
Dave Andreychuk (14)Scott Arniel (5), Phil Housley (24)1–313:15 BUF
Adam Creighton (6)Mike Foligno (11)1–414:25 BUF
Esa Tikkanen (22)Wayne Gretzky (67)2–415:27 EDM
3rd period
Glenn Anderson (24)Kevin McClelland (7), Kevin Lowe (14)3–400:44 EDM
Jari Kurri (26)Wayne Gretzky (68), Esa Tikkanen (25)4–401:05 EDM- Adam Creighton (7)Mike Foligno (12), Doug Smith (8)4–503:40 BUF ·
Mark Messier (19)Glenn Anderson (24), Kevin McClelland (8)5–505:57 EDM
Overtime
- Scott Arniel (7)Dave Andreychuk (22), John Tucker (29)5–601:49 BUF
Team stats
EDMBUF
2433
0%0%
0/21/4
2925
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:31 into the first period
Wilf Paiement · holding2 min - 19:53 into the first period
Paul Coffey · holding2 min - 10:28 into the second periodAdam Creighton · hooking2 min
- 12:06 into the second periodSteve Dykstra · slashing2 min
- 12:06 into the second periodJari Kurri · holding2 min
- 12:27 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · tripping2 min
- 14:32 into the second periodSteve Dykstra · fighting5 min
- 14:32 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · fighting5 min
- 2:36 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · hooking2 min
- 5:40 into the third periodSteve Dykstra · slashing2 min
- 5:40 into the third periodJari Kurri · roughing2 min
- 6:41 into the third periodTom Barrasso · roughing2 min
- 6:41 into the third periodKevin McClelland · roughing2 min
- 10:04 into the third periodSteve Dykstra · misconduct10 min
- 10:04 into the third periodKevin McClelland · misconduct10 min
- 14:41 into the third periodCraig MacTavish · holding2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Stu KulakR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 25Raimo SummanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | L | 33 | 6 | .818 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Scott ArnielL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 38Adam CreightonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Robert LoganR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 31Joe ReekieD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 27Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 39Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 42Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Tom KurversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 37Shawn AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 19 | 5 | .737 | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | W | 5 | 0 | 1.000 |