Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, October 11, 1987 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 6-5 on Sunday, October 11, 1987 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 35-27.
Goals came from Garry Galley, Phil Housley, Dave Christian, Dave Andreychuk, Mike Ridley, John Tucker, Scott Arniel, Christian Ruuttu, Mike Gartner, Clark Gillies and Paul Cavallini.
Jacques Cloutier made 22 saves on 27 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 29 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Garry Galley (1)Larry Murphy (2)1–003:52 WSH · PPG
Phil Housley (2)Calle Johansson (3), John Tucker (1)1–107:39 BUF · PPG
Dave Christian (1)Unassisted2–109:29 WSH
Dave Andreychuk (1)Pierre Turgeon (1)2–211:06 BUF
Mike Ridley (1)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (2), Dave Christian (1)3–214:10 WSH · PPG
John Tucker (2)Dave Andreychuk (2), Steve Dykstra (1)3–314:24 BUF
Scott Arniel (2)Uwe Krupp (1), Doug Smith (2)3–418:58 BUF
2nd period
Christian Ruuttu (2)Phil Housley (1), Calle Johansson (4)3–501:07 BUF · PPG
Mike Gartner (6)Paul Cavallini (1), Mike Ridley (2)4–508:32 WSH
3rd period
Clark Gillies (1)Adam Creighton (1), Scott Arniel (1)4–600:12 BUF
Paul Cavallini (1)Unassisted5–606:30 WSH
Team stats
WSHBUF
27Shots on goal35
0%Faceoff %0%
2/7Power play2/8
36Penalty minutes54
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 02:18
Christian Ruuttu · holding2 min - 1st 06:51
Rod Langway · holding2 min - 1st 08:02Lindy Ruff · fighting5 min
- 1st 08:02Greg Smith · fighting5 min
- 1st 08:08Clark Gillies · slashing2 min
- 1st 08:20Dale Hunter · hooking2 min
- 1st 12:32Paul Cyr · tripping2 min
- 1st 16:17Bengt-Ake Gustafsson · holding2 min
- 1st 19:34Bench · abuse of officials2 min
- 1st 19:34Lou Franceschetti · interference2 min
- 2nd 02:19Clark Gillies · hooking2 min
- 2nd 04:48Steve Dykstra · roughing2 min
- 2nd 04:48Lou Franceschetti · roughing2 min
- 2nd 05:55Ed Kastelic · hooking2 min
- 2nd 06:01Paul Cyr · roughing2 min
- 2nd 06:01Dale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 2nd 06:20Rod Langway · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 12:26Kevin Maguire · elbowing2 min
- 2nd 14:38Steve Dykstra · misconduct10 min
- 2nd 14:38Kevin Maguire · elbowing2 min
- 2nd 14:38Kevin Maguire · roughing2 min
- 2nd 14:38Garry Galley · roughing2 min
- 2nd 16:59Lindy Ruff · holding2 min
- 3rd 03:03Greg Smith · holding2 min
- 3rd 12:01Paul Cyr · roughing2 min
- 3rd 12:01Paul Cavallini · roughing2 min
- 3rd 19:39Jacques Cloutier · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 19:39Jacques Cloutier · slashing5 min
- 3rd 19:39Mike Ramsey · game misconduct10 min
- 3rd 19:39Dale Hunter · slashing2 min
- 3rd 19:39Dale Hunter · high sticking5 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Paul CavalliniD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 35 | 29 | 6 | .829 | 58:52 |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 7John TuckerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 3Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 4Steve DykstraL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 38Adam CreightonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 90Clark GilliesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 40Uwe KruppD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 37Shawn AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | W | 27 | 22 | 5 | .815 | 60:00 |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |