Buffalo Sabres vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Wednesday, March 11, 1987 · The Forum
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Los Angeles Kings 3–2 on Wednesday, March 11, 1987 at The Forum. The Sabres outshot the Kings 43–19.
Goals came from Phil Sykes, Ken Priestlay, Doug Smith, Jimmy Carson and Adam Creighton.
Tom Barrasso made 17 saves on 19 shots for the win; Roland Melanson stopped 40 of 43.
Scoring
1st period
Phil Sykes (5)Mark Hardy (18), Paul Guay (3)0–102:30 LAK · 
Ken Priestlay (8)Jim Korn (7), Don Lever (1)1–114:59 BUF
2nd period
Doug Smith (13)Paul Cyr (15)2–100:20 BUF
Jimmy Carson (28)Steve Duchesne (20)2–214:06 LAK ·
3rd period
Adam Creighton (14)Mark Napier (15), Phil Housley (37)3–212:58 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFLAK
4319
0%0%
1/51/5
1932
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:00 into the first period
Dean Kennedy · tripping2 min - 3:56 into the first period
Joe Reekie · interference2 min - 9:20 into the first periodMike Foligno · tripping2 min
- 9:20 into the first periodJimmy Carson · tripping2 min
- 9:36 into the first periodMark Ferner · fighting5 min
- 9:36 into the first periodJoe Paterson · instigator2 min
- 9:36 into the first periodJoe Paterson · fighting5 min
- 13:01 into the second periodJim Korn · holding2 min
- 17:42 into the second periodMark Hardy · interference2 min
- 3:22 into the third periodJim Korn · roughing2 min
- 3:22 into the third periodDave Williams · charging2 min
- 4:02 into the third periodPhil Housley · tripping2 min
- 8:12 into the third periodDave Williams · high sticking5 min
- 14:22 into the third periodMike Foligno · holding2 min
- 14:41 into the third periodMike Ramsey · roughing2 min
- 14:41 into the third periodDave Williams · roughing2 min
- 14:41 into the third periodDave Williams · misconduct10 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 8Don LeverC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Ken PriestlayC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 38Adam CreightonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 34Jim KornD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 39Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 28Tom KurversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Mark FernerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 31Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 33Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | W | 19 | 2 | .895 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 7Phil SykesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Paul GuayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Jimmy CarsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mark HardyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Morris LukowichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Craig RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Roland MelansonG | L | 43 | 3 | .930 |