Buffalo Sabres vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Wednesday, November 18, 1987 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Buffalo Sabres 9-1 on Wednesday, November 18, 1987 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Sabres 41-23.
Ron Francis scored a hat trick. Dave Babych, John Anderson, Paul Macdermid, Dave Tippett, Dave Andreychuk, Mike Millar and Torrie Robertson also scored.
Mike Liut made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Daren Puppa stopped 11 of 15.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Babych (1)Mike Millar (1), Ron Francis (14)0–113:08 HFD · PPG
Ron Francis (7)Dave Babych (10), John Anderson (8)0–217:35 HFD · PPG
2nd period
- Ron Francis (8)John Anderson (9), Mike Millar (2)0–300:26 HFD · PPG
John Anderson (5)Dave Babych (11)0–401:09 HFD · PPG
Paul Macdermid (4)Brent Peterson (4), Dean Evason (5)0–505:02 HFD
Dave Tippett (5)Sylvain Cote (3), Stew Gavin (5)0–605:22 HFD- Ron Francis (9)Unassisted0–713:34 HFD
Dave Andreychuk (7)Unassisted1–714:36 BUF
3rd period
Mike Millar (2)Dave Babych (12), John Anderson (10)1–807:59 HFD · PPG
Torrie Robertson (1)Paul Macdermid (1), Dana Murzyn (3)1–919:15 HFD
Team stats
BUFHFD
23Shots on goal41
0%Faceoff %0%
0/4Power play5/8
36Penalty minutes17
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 11:56
Lindy Ruff · high sticking2 min - 1st 16:58Ed Hospodar · hooking2 min
- 1st 17:12Paul Cyr · high sticking5 min
- 1st 19:16Steve Dykstra · cross checking2 min
- 1st 19:16Lindy Ruff · roughing2 min
- 1st 19:16
Ray Ferraro · roughing2 min - 2nd 07:38Kevin Maguire · fighting5 min
- 2nd 07:38Dana Murzyn · fighting5 min
- 2nd 08:43Adam Creighton · delaying game2 min
- 2nd 08:43Ron Francis · delaying game2 min
- 2nd 09:12Adam Creighton · misconduct10 min
- 2nd 09:12Ulf Samuelsson · boarding2 min
- 2nd 15:02Dave Babych · interference2 min
- 2nd 18:32Ray Ferraro · holding2 min
- 3rd 05:00Ulf Samuelsson · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 07:51Kevin Maguire · holding2 min
- 3rd 08:24Ed Hospodar · slashing2 min
- 3rd 14:06Lindy Ruff · roughing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | – |
| 8Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | – |
| 38Adam CreightonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 3Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | – |
| 24Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 26 | 21 | 5 | .808 | 38:51 | |
| 31Daren PuppaG | L | 15 | 11 | 4 | .733 | 21:09 |
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 8Mike MillarR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 25Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 23 | 22 | 1 | .957 | 60:00 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |