Buffalo Sabres vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Monday, January 25, 1988 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New Jersey Devils 5–2 on Monday, January 25, 1988 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Sabres outshot the Devils 30–27.
Goals came from Ray Sheppard, Doug Smith, Mike Foligno, Doug Sulliman, Jim Korn, Christian Ruuttu and Jan Ludvig.
Scoring
1st period
Ray Sheppard (18)Pierre Turgeon (18), Uwe Krupp (6)1–001:54 BUF
Doug Smith (6)Lindy Ruff (11), Kevin Maguire (6)2–013:02 BUF
Mike Foligno (18)Doug Smith (14), Phil Housley (20)3–017:18 BUF ·
2nd period
Doug Sulliman (12)Joe Cirella (24), Bruce Driver (29)3–109:26 NJD ·
3rd period
Jim Korn (7)Tom Kurvers (12), Doug Sulliman (10)3–201:34 NJD · 
Christian Ruuttu (21)Unassisted4–213:53 BUF
Jan Ludvig (1)Mikael Andersson (9)5–219:50 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFNJD
3027
0%0%
1/42/6
1915
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:09 into the first period
Uwe Krupp · interference2 min - 16:51 into the first period
Joe Cirella · holding2 min - 17:44 into the first periodJan Ludvig · roughing2 min
- 19:10 into the first periodKirk Muller · holding2 min
- 7:35 into the second periodMike Foligno · fighting5 min
- 7:35 into the second periodKen Daneyko · fighting5 min
- 8:01 into the second periodLindy Ruff · holding2 min
- 8:44 into the second periodMike Ramsey · holding2 min
- 16:57 into the second periodDavid Maley · slashing2 min
- 19:40 into the second periodDave Andreychuk · hooking2 min
- 6:41 into the third periodMike Donnelly · holding2 min
- 7:33 into the third periodJim Korn · interference2 min
- 15:43 into the third periodDave Andreychuk · roughing2 min
- 15:43 into the third periodBruce Driver · roughing2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.