Buffalo Sabres vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, December 5, 1987 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Buffalo Sabres 2–1 on Saturday, December 5, 1987 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Sabres 32–21.
Goals came from Ulf Samuelsson, Dave Williams and Ray Sheppard.
Mike Liut made 20 saves on 21 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 30 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Ulf Samuelsson (1)Dana Murzyn (4), John Anderson (15)0–112:34 HFD
2nd period
Dave Williams (3)Kevin Dineen (10), Dave Babych (18)0–210:54 HFD · 
Ray Sheppard (12)Unassisted1–214:33 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFHFD
2132
0%0%
1/41/4
1212
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:21 into the first period
Doug Smith · tripping2 min - 5:35 into the second period
Kevin Dineen · holding2 min - 8:58 into the second periodDoug Smith · high sticking2 min
- 8:58 into the second periodDoug Smith · high sticking2 min
- 8:58 into the second periodRon Francis · high sticking2 min
- 13:37 into the second periodStew Gavin · holding2 min
- 16:46 into the second periodPaul Macdermid · elbowing2 min
- 6:14 into the third periodShawn Anderson · interference2 min
- 7:54 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 11:44 into the third periodCalle Johansson · holding2 min
- 19:30 into the third periodAdam Creighton · high sticking2 min
- 19:30 into the third periodDave Tippett · high sticking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 23Ray SheppardR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Robert LoganR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 38Adam CreightonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Bob HalkidisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 37Shawn AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 40Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tom BarrassoG | L | 32 | 2 | .938 |
| 31Daren PuppaG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave WilliamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Paul LawlessL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 21 | 1 | .952 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |