Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, January 24, 1987 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 6-3 on Saturday, January 24, 1987 at Capital Centre.
Doug Smith scored twice. Mike Ramsey, Mike Gartner, Craig Laughlin, Larry Murphy, Tom Kurvers, John Tucker and Christian Ruuttu also scored.
Tom Barrasso made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Bob Mason stopped 26 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Ramsey (7)John Tucker (30), Scott Arniel (7)1–004:20 BUF
2nd period
Doug Smith (7)Mike Foligno (13), Mike Ramsey (16)2–019:37 BUF · PPG
3rd period
Mike Gartner (16)Larry Murphy (31), Dave Christian (14)2–102:15 WSH · PPG- Doug Smith (8)Christian Ruuttu (23), Paul Cyr (12)3–107:20 BUF
Craig Laughlin (15)Larry Murphy (32)3–209:31 WSH
Larry Murphy (17)Mike Gartner (18), Scott Stevens (24)3–311:36 WSH · PPG
Tom Kurvers (3)Mikael Andersson (1), Adam Creighton (7)4–313:00 BUF · PPG
John Tucker (15)Unassisted5–315:52 BUF
Christian Ruuttu (8)Paul Cyr (13), Mike Ramsey (17)6–319:16 BUF
Team stats
BUFWSH
32Shots on goal32
0%Faceoff %0%
2/5Power play2/9
24Penalty minutes16
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 06:03
Lindy Ruff · holding2 min - 1st 09:14
Greg Smith · cross checking2 min - 1st 12:57Christian Ruuttu · holding2 min
- 1st 17:38Doug Smith · holding2 min
- 2nd 02:39Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 06:37Steve Dykstra · boarding2 min
- 2nd 06:37Steve Dykstra · roughing2 min
- 2nd 06:37John Barrett · roughing2 min
- 2nd 12:32Kevin Hatcher · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 15:33Mike Foligno · holding2 min
- 2nd 18:34Greg Smith · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 00:40Normand Lacombe · holding2 min
- 3rd 02:11Joe Reekie · tripping2 min
- 3rd 05:01Bobby Gould · holding2 min
- 3rd 07:24Paul Cyr · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 07:24John Barrett · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 10:25Mike Ramsey · holding2 min
- 3rd 12:25Rod Langway · holding2 min
- 3rd 16:43Lindy Ruff · slashing2 min
- 3rd 16:43Mike Gartner · slashing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 5Mike RamseyD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 38Adam CreightonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Tom KurversD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Robert LoganR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 31Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | W | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 60:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Larry MurphyD | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 10 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 5 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 28Gary SampsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Bob MasonG | L | 32 | 26 | 6 | .813 | 60:00 |