Vancouver Canucks vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, December 6, 1987 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–1 on Sunday, December 6, 1987 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Canucks outshot the Sabres 28–26.
Tony Tanti scored twice. Christian Ruuttu, Barry Pederson, Rich Sutter and Steve Tambellini also scored.
Frank Caprice made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 23 of 28.
Scoring
2nd period
Tony Tanti (13)Greg Adams (14)1–000:34 VAN- Tony Tanti (14)David Saunders (6), Greg Adams (15)2–004:48 VAN ·
Christian Ruuttu (8)Pierre Turgeon (15)2–106:28 BUF ·
3rd period
Barry Pederson (7)Petri Skriko (10), Stan Smyl (14)3–101:21 VAN
Rich Sutter (4)Unassisted4–112:35 VAN
Steve Tambellini (7)David Saunders (7)5–114:24 VAN ·
Team stats
VANBUF
2826
0%0%
1/31/3
1313
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:20 into the first period
Uwe Krupp · interference2 min - 4:14 into the second periodScott Arniel · holding2 min
- 5:12 into the second period
Barry Pederson · tripping2 min - 10:54 into the second periodJeff Rohlicek · interference2 min
- 13:36 into the third periodDoug Lidster · tripping2 min
- 17:44 into the third periodMike Foligno · high sticking2 min
- 17:44 into the third periodMike Foligno · instigator2 min
- 17:44 into the third periodMike Foligno · fighting5 min
- 17:44 into the third periodRonnie Stern · high sticking2 min
- 17:44 into the third periodRonnie Stern · fighting5 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 8Greg AdamsL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 33David SaundersL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Barry PedersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Steve TambelliniC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Ronnie SternR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Jeff RohlicekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Craig CoxeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Jim BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Randy BoydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 32Jim AgnewD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Ian KiddD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Frank CapriceG | W | 26 | 1 | .962 |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Robert LoganR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 38Adam CreightonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 24Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 40Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tom BarrassoG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |
| 31Daren PuppaG | 0 | 0 | – |