Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, February 14, 1987 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 5–1 on Saturday, February 14, 1987 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Sabres 32–27.
Goals came from Lindy Ruff, Adam Creighton, Denis Potvin, Clark Gillies, Doug Smith and Phil Housley.
Tom Barrasso made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 16 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Lindy Ruff (6)John Tucker (34), Tom Kurvers (12)1–000:30 BUF
Adam Creighton (13)Shawn Anderson (9)2–002:59 BUF
Denis Potvin (10)Bryan Trottier (42)2–114:18 NYI ·
2nd period
Clark Gillies (6)Normand Lacombe (6), Adam Creighton (12)3–102:41 BUF
Doug Smith (10)Dave Andreychuk (29), Christian Ruuttu (29)4–114:39 BUF ·
3rd period
Phil Housley (13)Doug Smith (13), Wilf Paiement (15)5–107:01 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFNYI
2732
0%0%
2/31/5
106
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:34 into the first period
Wilf Paiement · high sticking2 min - 14:04 into the first periodShawn Anderson · tripping2 min
- 14:03 into the second period
Bryan Trottier · tripping2 min - 1:49 into the third periodPhil Housley · hooking2 min
- 5:52 into the third periodGord Dineen · tripping2 min
- 7:01 into the third periodWilf Paiement · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 13:05 into the third periodKen Leiter · holding2 min
- 17:52 into the third periodJoe Reekie · cross checking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 15Doug SmithC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 38Adam CreightonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Normand LacombeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 39Clark GilliesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Tom KurversD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 37Shawn AndersonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 31Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | W | 32 | 1 | .969 |
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Ari HaanpaaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Ken LeiterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | L | 20 | 4 | .800 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 7 | 1 | .857 |