Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, January 27, 1988 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–1 on Wednesday, January 27, 1988 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 38–25.
Claude Lemieux scored twice. Christian Ruuttu, Brian Skrudland and Stephane Richer also scored.
Brian Hayward made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 34 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Claude Lemieux (20)Craig Ludwig (6), Ryan Walter (14)1–013:58 MTL
2nd period
Christian Ruuttu (22)Lindy Ruff (12), Jan Ludvig (5)1–100:43 BUF- Claude Lemieux (21)Larry Robinson (14), Stephane Richer (22)2–101:45 MTL ·
Brian Skrudland (7)Sergio Momesso (7), Mike Mcphee (10)3–107:25 MTL
Stephane Richer (29)Unassisted4–108:37 MTL
Team stats
MTLBUF
3825
0%0%
1/40/3
1517
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:49 into the first period
Uwe Krupp · holding2 min - 9:53 into the first periodShawn Anderson · tripping2 min
- 14:46 into the first periodMike Donnelly · roughing2 min
- 14:46 into the first period
Kjell Dahlin · roughing2 min - 17:50 into the first periodClaude Lemieux · hooking2 min
- 1:16 into the second periodMike Donnelly · interference2 min
- 10:11 into the second periodMike Mcphee · interference2 min
- 18:35 into the second periodTom Barrasso · delaying game2 min
- 7:36 into the third periodJan Ludvig · slashing2 min
- 7:36 into the third periodJan Ludvig · fighting5 min
- 7:36 into the third periodChris Chelios · instigator2 min
- 7:36 into the third periodChris Chelios · fighting5 min
- 7:36 into the third periodBrian Hayward · slashing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 36Sergio MomessoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Kjell DahlinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 31John KordicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | W | 25 | 1 | .960 |
| 33Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Jan LudvigR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 16Mike DonnellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 37Shawn AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 40Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | L | 38 | 4 | .895 |