Hartford Whalers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, October 21, 1987 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–3 on Wednesday, October 21, 1987 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Whalers outshot the Sabres 39–24.
Pierre Turgeon scored twice and Dave Tippett scored twice. John Anderson, Paul Macdermid, Dave Andreychuk and Kevin Dineen also scored.
Mike Liut made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 34 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Pierre Turgeon (1)Phil Housley (4), Doug Smith (4)0–103:50 BUF ·
2nd period
John Anderson (2)Dave Babych (3), Kevin Dineen (3)1–103:41 HFD · 
Paul Macdermid (3)Ron Francis (5), John Anderson (1)2–109:53 HFD · 
Dave Andreychuk (3)Christian Ruuttu (4)2–218:59 BUF
3rd period
- Pierre Turgeon (2)Doug Smith (5), Ray Sheppard (3)2–303:18 BUF ·
Kevin Dineen (4)Joel Quenneville (1), Ron Francis (6)3–305:34 HFD
Dave Tippett (1)Dana Murzyn (1)4–311:16 HFD- Dave Tippett (2)Stew Gavin (1), Dave Babych (4)5–313:20 HFD
Team stats
HFDBUF
3924
0%0%
2/72/6
1416
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:16 into the first period
Paul Macdermid · holding2 min - 3:59 into the first period
Adam Creighton · roughing2 min - 11:52 into the first periodKevin Dineen · slashing2 min
- 14:45 into the first periodJoe Reekie · tripping2 min
- 18:01 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2:20 into the second periodChristian Ruuttu · cross checking2 min
- 7:38 into the second periodSteve Dykstra · slashing2 min
- 7:38 into the second periodKevin Dineen · slashing2 min
- 8:29 into the second periodJoe Reekie · high sticking2 min
- 13:58 into the second periodPaul Lawless · holding2 min
- 19:32 into the second periodChristian Ruuttu · tripping2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodUwe Krupp · cross checking2 min
- 2:54 into the third periodDave Tippett · hooking2 min
- 9:16 into the third periodSteve Dykstra · cross checking2 min
- 19:50 into the third periodDave Tippett · holding2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Mark ReedsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Paul LawlessL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 24 | 3 | .875 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 15Doug SmithC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 4Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 38Adam CreightonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 90Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 29Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 37Shawn AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 40Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | L | 39 | 5 | .872 |