Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, December 19, 1987 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 2–1 on Saturday, December 19, 1987 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 39–28.
Goals came from Doug Smith, Adam Creighton and Brian Skrudland.
Jacques Cloutier made 38 saves on 39 shots for the win; Brian Hayward stopped 26 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Doug Smith (4)Paul Cyr (1), Scott Arniel (14)1–003:35 BUF
Adam Creighton (10)Dave Andreychuk (15), Calle Johansson (15)2–013:55 BUF ·
2nd period
Brian Skrudland (4)Mike Mcphee (7), Petr Svoboda (12)2–104:36 MTL
Team stats
BUFMTL
2839
0%0%
1/60/4
2112
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:04 into the first period
Sergio Momesso · roughing2 min - 5:11 into the first periodChris Nilan · high sticking double minor4 min
- 11:17 into the first period
Christian Ruuttu · holding2 min - 13:09 into the first periodClaude Lemieux · interference2 min
- 2:09 into the second periodChristian Ruuttu · tripping2 min
- 9:59 into the third periodEd Hospodar · spearing5 min
- 9:59 into the third periodEd Hospodar · game misconduct10 min
- 14:59 into the third periodBrian Skrudland · tripping2 min
- 17:22 into the third periodBrian Skrudland · roughing2 min
- 18:17 into the third periodUwe Krupp · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 8Paul CyrL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 38Adam CreightonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Robert LoganR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Donald McsweenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 40Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | W | 39 | 1 | .974 |
| 31Daren PuppaG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 36Sergio MomessoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Larry TraderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | L | 28 | 2 | .929 |
| 33Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | – |