Hartford Whalers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, April 5, 1987 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Hartford Whalers 6–0 on Sunday, April 5, 1987 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Whalers 49–14.
Goals came from Phil Housley, Adam Creighton, Paul Cyr, Christian Ruuttu, Joe Reekie and Ken Priestlay.
Tom Barrasso made 14 saves on 14 shots for the win; Steve Weeks stopped 43 of 49.
Scoring
2nd period
Phil Housley (21)Dave Andreychuk (47)0–104:30 BUF
Adam Creighton (18)Mark Napier (18), Clark Gillies (17)0–213:20 BUF
Paul Cyr (11)Doug Smith (24), Jim Korn (9)0–315:19 BUF
3rd period
Christian Ruuttu (22)Tom Kurvers (17), Dave Andreychuk (48)0–409:03 BUF
Joe Reekie (1)Adam Creighton (22), Jim Korn (10)0–514:57 BUF
Ken Priestlay (11)Scott Arniel (14), Phil Housley (46)0–616:43 BUF
Team stats
HFDBUF
1449
0%0%
0/20/3
1614
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:39 into the first period
Steve Dykstra · boarding2 min - 13:03 into the first periodPaul Cyr · holding2 min
- 15:46 into the first periodClark Gillies · fighting5 min
- 15:46 into the first period
Shane Churla · fighting5 min - 2:14 into the second periodWayne Babych · hooking2 min
- 9:18 into the second periodDave Babych · high sticking2 min
- 3:06 into the third periodSteve Dykstra · fighting5 min
- 3:06 into the third periodShane Churla · instigator2 min
- 3:06 into the third periodShane Churla · fighting5 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Wayne BabychR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 22Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 36Gord ShervenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 72Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 25Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Steve WeeksG | L | 49 | 6 | .878 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 38Adam CreightonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 34Jim KornD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Ken PriestlayC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 39Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 28Tom KurversD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 31Joe ReekieD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 4Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Richard HajduL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 29Mark FernerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | W | 14 | 0 | 1.000 |