Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, January 23, 1987 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 on Friday, January 23, 1987 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 23–19.
Goals came from Mike Gartner, Mike Foligno, Bobby Gould, John Tucker and Dave Christian.
Bob Mason made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Jacques Cloutier stopped 16 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Gartner (15)Michal Pivonka (17), Scott Stevens (23)1–014:41 WSH
2nd period
Mike Foligno (14)Adam Creighton (6)1–101:57 BUF
3rd period
Bobby Gould (14)Kelly Miller (19), Gaetan Duchesne (18)2–101:43 WSH
John Tucker (14)Dave Andreychuk (23), Scott Arniel (6)2–207:47 BUF
Dave Christian (15)Mike Ridley (24), Larry Murphy (30)3–216:12 WSH
Team stats
WSHBUF
1923
0%0%
0/20/3
64
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:18 into the first period
Rod Langway · holding2 min - 2:55 into the second period
Mike Ramsey · hooking2 min - 4:19 into the second periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
- 6:52 into the second periodClark Gillies · tripping2 min
- 14:53 into the second periodLarry Murphy · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Gary SampsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Bob MasonG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 7John TuckerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 38Adam CreightonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Robert LoganR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 39Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Tom KurversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 31Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | L | 19 | 3 | .842 |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | – |