Toronto Maple Leafs vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, November 15, 1987 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5–4 on Sunday, November 15, 1987 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Maple Leafs 37–35.
Al Secord scored twice and Phil Housley scored twice. Adam Creighton, Eddie Olczyk, Doug Smith, Ray Sheppard and Dale Degray also scored.
Jacques Cloutier made 31 saves on 35 shots for the win; Allan Bester stopped 15 of 16.
Scoring
1st period
Adam Creighton (5)Scott Arniel (6), Lindy Ruff (5)0–105:05 BUF
Al Secord (2)Peter Ihnacak (10), Mike Allison (2)1–106:23 TOR
Phil Housley (12)Unassisted1–210:48 BUF
Eddie Olczyk (7)Rick Lanz (6), Russ Courtnall (8)2–211:12 TOR
2nd period
- Phil Housley (13)Scott Arniel (7), Lindy Ruff (6)2–304:19 BUF
Doug Smith (2)Kevin Maguire (2)2–404:45 BUF- Al Secord (3)Peter Ihnacak (11), Chris Kotsopoulos (2)3–405:40 TOR
Ray Sheppard (6)Mike Ramsey (4)3–505:56 BUF
Dale Degray (2)Greg Terrion (4)4–516:43 TOR
Team stats
TORBUF
3537
0%0%
0/60/4
1014
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:53 into the first period
Chris Kotsopoulos · cross checking2 min - 2:41 into the first period
Adam Creighton · slashing2 min - 12:24 into the first periodDoug Smith · hooking2 min
- 6:17 into the second periodMike Ramsey · tripping2 min
- 6:40 into the second periodAl Secord · roughing2 min
- 10:48 into the second periodMike Ramsey · tripping2 min
- 11:17 into the second periodEddie Olczyk · boarding2 min
- 14:13 into the second periodLindy Ruff · high sticking2 min
- 14:21 into the second periodAl Iafrate · holding2 min
- 18:02 into the second periodDoug Smith · high sticking2 min
- 18:02 into the second periodBorje Salming · high sticking2 min
- 0:22 into the third periodChristian Ruuttu · slashing2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 18Peter IhnacakC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 7Greg TerrionC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 16Eddie OlczykR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 3Dale DegrayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Gary LeemanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 24Dan DaoustC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Derek LaxdalR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 33Al IafrateD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Allan BesterG | L | 16 | 1 | .938 |
| 31Ken WreggetG | 21 | 4 | .809 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 38Adam CreightonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Robert LoganR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | W | 35 | 4 | .886 |
| 31Daren PuppaG | 0 | 0 | – |