Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, October 10, 1987 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–3 on Saturday, October 10, 1987 at Montreal Forum. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 26–25.
Stephane Richer scored twice. Kjell Dahlin, Phil Housley, Bobby Smith, Shawn Anderson, Chris Chelios, Christian Ruuttu and Petr Svoboda also scored.
Brian Hayward made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 19 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Kjell Dahlin (1)Brian Skrudland (1)0–101:47 MTL
Phil Housley (1)Ray Sheppard (1), Calle Johansson (2)1–107:38 BUF
Stephane Richer (1)Mats Naslund (1)1–208:12 MTL
Bobby Smith (1)Chris Chelios (1), Mats Naslund (2)1–310:39 MTL · 
Shawn Anderson (1)Ray Sheppard (2), Christian Ruuttu (1)2–313:59 BUF · 
Chris Chelios (2)Petr Svoboda (2), Mats Naslund (3)2–417:09 MTL ·
2nd period
- Stephane Richer (2)Mats Naslund (4), Gaston Gingras (1)2–504:35 MTL
Christian Ruuttu (1)Unassisted3–505:10 BUF
3rd period
Petr Svoboda (1)Chris Chelios (2), Mats Naslund (5)3–603:32 MTL ·
Team stats
BUFMTL
2625
0%0%
1/63/5
1628
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:41 into the first period
Uwe Krupp · high sticking2 min - 10:12 into the first periodTom Barrasso · delaying game2 min
- 12:26 into the first period
Mats Naslund · tripping2 min - 15:53 into the first periodMark Napier · holding2 min
- 16:24 into the first periodTom Barrasso · slashing2 min
- 16:24 into the first periodClaude Lemieux · slashing2 min
- 16:24 into the first periodClaude Lemieux · misconduct10 min
- 17:40 into the first periodBob Gainey · high sticking2 min
- 2:41 into the second periodShayne Corson · cross checking2 min
- 10:49 into the second periodShawn Anderson · holding2 min
- 2:23 into the third periodUwe Krupp · elbowing2 min
- 5:21 into the third periodCraig Ludwig · hooking2 min
- 6:13 into the third periodChris Chelios · roughing2 min
- 8:59 into the third periodPaul Cyr · elbowing2 min
- 15:11 into the third periodSergio Momesso · hooking2 min
- 16:15 into the third periodMike Foligno · charging2 min
- 16:15 into the third periodBob Gainey · high sticking2 min
- 19:47 into the third periodShayne Corson · high sticking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 37Shawn AndersonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 40Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | L | 25 | 6 | .760 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 5 | 5 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Kjell DahlinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 29Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 36Sergio MomessoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 33Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | – |