Hartford Whalers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, November 27, 1987 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–2 on Friday, November 27, 1987 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Whalers outshot the Sabres 30–26.
Dave Babych scored twice. Ray Sheppard, Ron Francis, Mike Millar and Calle Johansson also scored.
Mike Liut made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Ray Sheppard (10)Pierre Turgeon (12), Scott Arniel (10)0–101:25 BUF
Dave Babych (3)John Anderson (13), Ray Ferraro (7)1–106:32 HFD · 
Ron Francis (11)Kevin Dineen (8), Sylvain Turgeon (8)2–111:05 HFD ·
2nd period
Mike Millar (3)Ray Ferraro (8), Dave Babych (16)3–104:03 HFD · 
Calle Johansson (2)Mike Foligno (9), Pierre Turgeon (13)3–211:46 BUF ·
3rd period
- Dave Babych (4)John Anderson (14), Ray Ferraro (9)4–207:29 HFD
Team stats
HFDBUF
3026
0%0%
3/91/8
4760
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:49 into the first period
Steve Dykstra · hooking2 min - 5:42 into the first periodTom Barrasso · slashing2 min
- 8:21 into the first period
Randy Ladouceur · holding2 min - 9:17 into the first periodMike Foligno · interference2 min
- 11:38 into the first periodEd Hospodar · fighting5 min
- 11:38 into the first periodEd Hospodar · instigator5 min
- 11:38 into the first periodEd Hospodar · game misconduct10 min
- 11:38 into the first periodDoug Smith · roughing2 min
- 11:38 into the first periodTorrie Robertson · roughing2 min
- 11:38 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · holding2 min
- 11:38 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · fighting5 min
- 14:46 into the first periodLindy Ruff · slashing2 min
- 14:46 into the first periodKevin Dineen · slashing2 min
- 17:57 into the first periodStew Gavin · slashing2 min
- 2:21 into the second periodCalle Johansson · holding2 min
- 5:02 into the second periodTom Barrasso · roughing2 min
- 5:02 into the second periodKevin Maguire · roughing2 min
- 5:02 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · elbowing2 min
- 5:02 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · roughing2 min
- 5:54 into the second periodDave Andreychuk · roughing2 min
- 5:54 into the second periodDave Andreychuk · slashing2 min
- 5:54 into the second periodDean Evason · roughing2 min
- 5:54 into the second periodDean Evason · slashing2 min
- 5:54 into the second periodDean Evason · tripping2 min
- 9:34 into the second periodSteve Dykstra · interference2 min
- 11:04 into the second periodSylvain Turgeon · interference2 min
- 13:16 into the second periodKevin Maguire · roughing2 min
- 13:16 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · roughing2 min
- 13:44 into the second periodDave Andreychuk · roughing2 min
- 13:44 into the second periodMike Foligno · high sticking2 min
- 13:44 into the second periodMark Reeds · roughing2 min
- 14:47 into the second periodUwe Krupp · roughing2 min
- 14:47 into the second periodRon Francis · high sticking2 min
- 0:32 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · interference2 min
- 3:45 into the third periodMark Reeds · holding2 min
- 4:31 into the third periodMike Foligno · slashing2 min
- 4:31 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · slashing2 min
- 5:29 into the third periodAdam Creighton · roughing2 min
- 5:29 into the third periodAdam Creighton · roughing2 min
- 5:29 into the third periodStew Gavin · roughing2 min
- 10:32 into the third periodMike Foligno · roughing2 min
- 10:32 into the third periodStew Gavin · roughing2 min
- 12:03 into the third periodKevin Maguire · interference2 min
- 12:41 into the third periodPaul Macdermid · slashing2 min
- 17:43 into the third periodSylvain Cote · interference2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Mike MillarR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mark ReedsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Calle JohanssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Robert LoganR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 38Adam CreightonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 40Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tom BarrassoG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 31Daren PuppaG | 0 | 0 | – |