Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Wednesday, January 6, 1988 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 6-5 on Wednesday, January 6, 1988 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 35-26.
Ryan Walter scored twice and Dave Andreychuk scored a hat trick. Mats Naslund, Doug Smith, Claude Lemieux, Stephane Richer, Ray Sheppard and Scott Arniel also scored.
Tom Barrasso made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Brian Hayward stopped 20 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Mats Naslund (15)Claude Lemieux (19), Rick Green (6)0–102:47 MTL
Ryan Walter (6)Bobby Smith (36)0–209:35 MTL- Ryan Walter (7)Bobby Smith (37), Petr Svoboda (14)0–312:45 MTL · PPG
Dave Andreychuk (14)Doug Smith (11), Kevin Maguire (4)1–318:36 BUF
2nd period
Doug Smith (5)Mike Foligno (14), Mikael Andersson (4)2–305:39 BUF
Claude Lemieux (17)Bobby Smith (38), Ryan Walter (10)2–407:10 MTL
Stephane Richer (25)Mats Naslund (38), Chris Chelios (27)2–514:33 MTL
3rd period
Ray Sheppard (15)Unassisted3–500:45 BUF · PPG- Dave Andreychuk (15)Uwe Krupp (3), Mike Foligno (15)4–510:37 BUF · PPG
Scott Arniel (6)Dave Andreychuk (19), Uwe Krupp (4)5–519:02 BUF- Dave Andreychuk (16)Scott Arniel (15), Uwe Krupp (5)6–519:49 BUF
Team stats
BUFMTL
26Shots on goal35
0%Faceoff %0%
2/6Power play1/4
17Penalty minutes24
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 04:14
Brian Skrudland · interference2 min - 1st 06:27Guy Carbonneau · slashing2 min
- 1st 07:40
Phil Housley · high sticking2 min - 1st 07:40Chris Chelios · high sticking2 min
- 1st 12:25Calle Johansson · high sticking2 min
- 1st 13:03Mike Ramsey · hooking2 min
- 1st 19:36Mike Lalor · holding2 min
- 2nd 11:29Ed Hospodar · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 11:29Ed Hospodar · fighting5 min
- 2nd 11:29Chris Nilan · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 11:29Chris Nilan · instigator2 min
- 2nd 11:29Chris Nilan · fighting5 min
- 2nd 16:30Shawn Anderson · roughing2 min
- 3rd 00:25John Kordic · roughing2 min
- 3rd 01:36Ken Priestlay · holding2 min
- 3rd 07:52Shayne Corson · high sticking5 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 40Uwe KruppD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 12Ken PriestlayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | – |
| 16Mike DonnellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 3Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 24Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 37Shawn AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 8 | 5 | 3 | .625 | 12:45 | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | W | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 47:15 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Ryan WalterC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 31John KordicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Larry TraderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | L | 26 | 20 | 6 | .769 | 60:00 |
| 33Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |