Los Angeles Kings vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, March 26, 1987 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–3 on Thursday, March 26, 1987 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Kings 41–19.
Goals came from Phil Housley, Doug Smith, Steve Duchesne, Luc Robitaille, Jimmy Carson, Joe Paterson, Bob Bourne and Mike Foligno.
Roland Melanson made 38 saves on 41 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 14 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Phil Housley (19)Mark Napier (17), Ken Priestlay (5)0–103:03 BUF · 
Doug Smith (15)Mike Foligno (28), Ken Priestlay (6)0–218:46 BUF ·
2nd period
Steve Duchesne (13)Bernie Nicholls (47), Jim Fox (42)1–203:19 LAK · 
Luc Robitaille (43)Paul Guay (4), Mark Hardy (24)2–212:32 LAK
Jimmy Carson (34)Grant Ledyard (22)3–216:47 LAK · 
Joe Paterson (1)Steve Duchesne (22), Tom Laidlaw (13)4–218:26 LAK
3rd period
Bob Bourne (13)Mark Hardy (25), Roland Melanson (5)5–209:25 LAK
Mike Foligno (28)Christian Ruuttu (41), Mike Ramsey (31)5–310:04 BUF
Team stats
LAKBUF
1941
0%0%
2/52/5
2121
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:37 into the first period
Tom Laidlaw · tripping2 min - 10:48 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 13:17 into the first periodChristian Ruuttu · hooking2 min
- 16:27 into the first periodDave Andreychuk · roughing2 min
- 16:27 into the first periodBob Bourne · roughing2 min
- 17:13 into the first periodJoe Reekie · fighting5 min
- 17:13 into the first periodPhil Sykes · instigator2 min
- 17:13 into the first periodPhil Sykes · fighting5 min
- 2:56 into the second periodSteve Dykstra · cross checking2 min
- 5:14 into the second periodLuc Robitaille · hooking2 min
- 9:21 into the second periodDean Kennedy · holding2 min
- 16:18 into the second periodJim Korn · roughing double minor4 min
- 16:18 into the second periodPhil Sykes · roughing2 min
- 16:07 into the third periodPhil Housley · roughing2 min
- 17:40 into the third periodLuc Robitaille · hooking2 min
- 19:56 into the third periodDoug Smith · roughing2 min
- 19:56 into the third periodRoland Melanson · slashing2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 5Mark HardyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Paul GuayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Jimmy CarsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Joe PatersonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Grant LedyardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Phil SykesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Morris LukowichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Roland MelansonG | W | 41 | 3 | .927 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 12Ken PriestlayC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 14Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 26Robert LoganR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 38Adam CreightonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 39Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Tom KurversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 34Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Shawn AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | L | 19 | 5 | .737 |