Edmonton Oilers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, March 29, 1987 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 on Sunday, March 29, 1987 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Oilers 47–31.
Goals came from Mike Foligno, Craig MacTavish, Reijo Ruotsalainen, Glenn Anderson and Adam Creighton.
Grant Fuhr made 45 saves on 47 shots for the win; Daren Puppa stopped 28 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Foligno (29)Christian Ruuttu (42), Dave Andreychuk (44)0–106:35 BUF
Craig MacTavish (19)Mike Krushelnyski (34)1–119:21 EDM ·
2nd period
Reijo Ruotsalainen (4)Unassisted2–100:40 EDM · 
Glenn Anderson (35)Reijo Ruotsalainen (7), Mark Messier (66)3–116:53 EDM
3rd period
Adam Creighton (16)Phil Housley (42)3–202:26 BUF
Team stats
EDMBUF
3147
0%0%
1/40/9
2010
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00
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00
Penalties
- 2:20 into the first period
Jeff Beukeboom · hooking2 min - 8:39 into the first periodDave Hunter · roughing2 min
- 12:07 into the first period
Paul Brydges · hooking2 min - 13:54 into the first periodJari Kurri · tripping2 min
- 16:51 into the first periodJoe Reekie · tripping2 min
- 18:17 into the first periodCharlie Huddy · cross checking2 min
- 0:17 into the second periodAdam Creighton · hooking2 min
- 7:43 into the second periodMike Krushelnyski · hooking2 min
- 9:45 into the second periodAdam Creighton · slashing2 min
- 9:45 into the second periodKevin Lowe · slashing2 min
- 4:31 into the third periodCraig Muni · holding2 min
- 5:33 into the third periodCharlie Huddy · cross checking2 min
- 6:43 into the third periodMike Foligno · hooking2 min
- 15:16 into the third periodPaul Coffey · holding2 min
- 16:09 into the third periodKevin Lowe · illegal equipment2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Kent NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Moe LemayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Mike MollerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 47 | 2 | .957 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 38Adam CreightonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 11 | – |
| 4Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Ken PriestlayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 16Paul BrydgesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Tom KurversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Mark FernerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 34Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Daren PuppaG | L | 31 | 3 | .903 |