Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, March 20, 1987 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Friday, March 20, 1987 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 34-30.
Christian Ruuttu scored twice and Ryan Walter scored twice. Mike Mcphee also scored.
Patrick Roy made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 27 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Mcphee (15)Rick Green (9)1–004:03 MTL · SHG
2nd period
Christian Ruuttu (17)Dave Andreychuk (40), Doug Smith (21)1–107:08 BUF · PPG- Christian Ruuttu (18)Unassisted1–208:47 BUF
Ryan Walter (17)Unassisted2–212:39 MTL
3rd period
- Ryan Walter (18)Mats Naslund (51), Stephane Richer (16)3–201:37 MTL · PPG
Team stats
MTLBUF
30Shots on goal34
0%Faceoff %0%
1/3Power play1/5
75Penalty minutes41
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 02:47
Chris Chelios · cross checking2 min - 1st 06:33Bobby Smith · slashing2 min
- 1st 06:56
Mike Foligno · interference2 min - 1st 12:08Tom Barrasso · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 05:46Mike Foligno · slashing2 min
- 2nd 05:46Mike Foligno · misconduct10 min
- 2nd 05:46Steve Dykstra · fighting5 min
- 2nd 05:46Craig Ludwig · elbowing2 min
- 2nd 05:46Craig Ludwig · slashing2 min
- 2nd 05:46Craig Ludwig · misconduct10 min
- 2nd 05:46Chris Nilan · fighting5 min
- 2nd 07:27Scott Arniel · misconduct10 min
- 2nd 07:27Doug Smith · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 07:27Shayne Corson · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 07:27Bobby Smith · misconduct10 min
- 2nd 17:46Mike Lalor · slashing2 min
- 2nd 20:00Doug Smith · roughing2 min
- 2nd 20:00Larry Robinson · misconduct10 min
- 2nd 20:00Larry Robinson · game misconduct10 min
- 3rd 05:01Doug Smith · charging2 min
- 3rd 05:01Chris Chelios · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 06:19Paul Cyr · slashing2 min
- 3rd 06:19Guy Carbonneau · hooking2 min
- 3rd 11:08Ryan Walter · holding2 min
- 3rd 11:59Chris Chelios · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 12:15Adam Creighton · roughing2 min
- 3rd 12:15Guy Carbonneau · roughing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Ryan WalterC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Kjell DahlinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 31John KordicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 29Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 34 | 32 | 2 | .941 | 60:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 4Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Ken PriestlayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Robert LoganR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 38Adam CreightonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | – |
| 39Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 31Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Shawn AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | L | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 59:19 |