Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, December 12, 1987 · Boston Garden
Scoring
1st period
Geoff Courtnall (14)Ray Bourque (28), Keith Crowder (14)0–101:26 BOS · 
Adam Creighton (8)Mike Foligno (11), Phil Housley (10)1–118:07 BUF ·
2nd period
Mike Foligno (11)Christian Ruuttu (17), Dave Andreychuk (14)2–104:18 BUF- Adam Creighton (9)Mike Foligno (12), Pierre Turgeon (16)3–111:23 BUF ·
- Geoff Courtnall (15)Reed Larson (10), Ken Linseman (18)3–212:10 BOS
3rd period
Randy Burridge (14)Lyndon Byers (3), Steve Kasper (20)3–300:57 BOS
Team stats
BUFBOS
2033
0%0%
2/51/4
1012
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:00 into the first period
Richie Dunn · holding2 min - 14:10 into the first period
Keith Crowder · tripping2 min - 16:17 into the first periodGeoff Courtnall · tripping2 min
- 19:26 into the first periodCam Neely · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2:06 into the second periodChristian Ruuttu · holding2 min
- 10:45 into the second periodLyndon Byers · slashing2 min
- 17:05 into the second periodRichie Dunn · hooking2 min
- 2:04 into the third periodDoug Smith · holding2 min
- 6:23 into the third periodLyndon Byers · cross checking2 min
- 2:41 into overtimeKeith Crowder · roughing2 min
- 2:41 into overtimeCalle Johansson · roughing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 38Adam CreightonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Robert LoganR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 40Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | T | 33 | 3 | .909 |
Boston Bruins
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 34Lyndon ByersR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Billy O'DwyerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 42Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | T | 20 | 3 | .850 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |