Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, November 20, 1987 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 5-3 on Friday, November 20, 1987 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 33-32.
Goals came from Ray Sheppard, Scott Stevens, Pierre Turgeon, Larry Murphy, Michal Pivonka, Dave Andreychuk, Mike Foligno and Lindy Ruff.
Daren Puppa made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 27 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Ray Sheppard (7)Dave Andreychuk (11), Uwe Krupp (2)0–102:32 BUF · PPG
Scott Stevens (2)Unassisted1–105:35 WSH
2nd period
Pierre Turgeon (6)Ray Sheppard (9), Lindy Ruff (7)1–209:15 BUF
Larry Murphy (3)Garry Galley (3), Dave Christian (6)2–211:00 WSH · PPG
Michal Pivonka (1)Dale Hunter (7), Larry Murphy (15)3–215:16 WSH · PPG
3rd period
Dave Andreychuk (8)Pierre Turgeon (10), Calle Johansson (8)3–303:39 BUF · PPG
Mike Foligno (6)Calle Johansson (9), Phil Housley (8)3–409:57 BUF
Lindy Ruff (1)Unassisted3–519:34 BUF · EN
Team stats
WSHBUF
33Shots on goal32
0%Faceoff %0%
2/10Power play2/6
39Penalty minutes38
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 02:26
Paul Cavallini · holding2 min - 1st 07:21
Mike Ramsey · tripping2 min - 1st 10:46Ed Hospodar · roughing2 min
- 1st 10:46Ed Hospodar · roughing2 min
- 1st 10:46Rod Langway · roughing2 min
- 1st 12:47Paul Cyr · high sticking2 min
- 1st 12:47Greg Adams · high sticking2 min
- 1st 16:01Mark Napier · holding2 min
- 1st 16:51Paul Cyr · high sticking2 min
- 1st 16:51Paul Cyr · fighting5 min
- 1st 16:51Dale Hunter · high sticking2 min
- 1st 16:51Dale Hunter · fighting5 min
- 1st 19:23Uwe Krupp · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 00:28Dave Christian · holding2 min
- 2nd 10:06Paul Cyr · holding2 min
- 2nd 10:06Ed Hospodar · roughing2 min
- 2nd 10:06Ed Hospodar · tripping2 min
- 2nd 10:06Scott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 2nd 14:57Steve Dykstra · holding2 min
- 2nd 16:09Larry Murphy · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 16:09Larry Murphy · misconduct10 min
- 2nd 19:51Ray Sheppard · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 01:45Greg Adams · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 02:59Bengt-Ake Gustafsson · hooking2 min
- 3rd 05:24Scott Arniel · high sticking5 min
- 3rd 06:08Dave Christian · holding2 min
- 3rd 06:31Adam Creighton · slashing2 min
- 3rd 06:31Mike Gartner · slashing2 min
- 3rd 08:01Dale Hunter · hooking2 min
- 3rd 12:36Adam Creighton · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Larry MurphyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 28Paul CavalliniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 31 | 27 | 4 | .871 | 59:34 |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 22Lindy RuffL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 3Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 40Uwe KruppD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 4Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 8Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 38Adam CreightonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 24Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 31Daren PuppaG | W | 33 | 30 | 3 | .909 | 60:00 |