Buffalo Sabres vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Saturday, March 14, 1987 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–3 on Saturday, March 14, 1987 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Sabres 35–32.
Wayne Gretzky scored twice and Mike Foligno scored twice. Jari Kurri, Charlie Huddy, Dave Hunter and Doug Smith also scored.
Andy Moog made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 30 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Wayne Gretzky (58)Esa Tikkanen (40), Jari Kurri (51)0–107:07 EDM
Jari Kurri (48)Wayne Gretzky (108), Paul Coffey (41)0–213:05 EDM
Charlie Huddy (3)Unassisted0–317:23 EDM
Dave Hunter (5)Moe Lemay (18), Randy Gregg (15)0–418:30 EDM
2nd period
Doug Smith (14)Dave Andreychuk (39)1–402:37 BUF · - Wayne Gretzky (59)Mike Krushelnyski (30), Jari Kurri (52)1–518:59 EDM
3rd period
Mike Foligno (25)Phil Housley (39), Doug Smith (20)2–503:48 BUF · - Mike Foligno (26)Unassisted3–516:51 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFEDM
3235
0%0%
2/40/4
1717
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:14 into the first period
Lee Fogolin · tripping2 min - 11:30 into the first period
Kevin Lowe · hooking2 min - 12:59 into the first periodMike Foligno · holding2 min
- 1:33 into the second periodMike Krushelnyski · holding2 min
- 8:28 into the second periodMike Ramsey · holding2 min
- 16:46 into the second periodWayne Gretzky · tripping2 min
- 19:40 into the second periodJoe Reekie · delaying game2 min
- 19:40 into the second periodKevin McClelland · delaying game2 min
- 3:22 into the third periodDave Hunter · tripping2 min
- 6:00 into the third periodDave Andreychuk · roughing2 min
- 6:00 into the third periodKevin Lowe · roughing2 min
- 15:05 into the third periodSteve Dykstra · instigator2 min
- 15:05 into the third periodSteve Dykstra · fighting5 min
- 15:05 into the third periodKevin McClelland · fighting5 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 15Doug SmithC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Ken PriestlayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 38Adam CreightonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 39Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Tom KurversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 29Mark FernerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 31Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 33Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | L | 35 | 5 | .857 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Moe LemayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Kent NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Jaroslav PouzarL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |