New York Islanders vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, January 29, 1988 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–2 on Friday, January 29, 1988 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Islanders 44–35.
Goals came from Dave Andreychuk, Ken Leiter, Mikko Makela, Derek King, Patrick Flatley, Brad Lauer and Mike Donnelly.
Billy Smith made 42 saves on 44 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
2nd period
Dave Andreychuk (19)Mike Foligno (20), John Tucker (5)0–103:37 BUF · 
Ken Leiter (4)Bob Bassen (11), Dale Henry (9)1–103:49 NYI
Mikko Makela (26)Greg Gilbert (22)2–110:50 NYI
Derek King (3)Brent Sutter (22), Patrick Flatley (15)3–110:59 NYI
3rd period
Patrick Flatley (9)Ken Leiter (9)4–101:16 NYI
Brad Lauer (9)Mikko Makela (23), Bryan Trottier (35)5–105:33 NYI
Mike Donnelly (4)Jan Ludvig (6), John Tucker (6)5–207:09 BUF
Team stats
NYIBUF
3544
0%0%
0/01/5
122
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:19 into the first period
Dave Andreychuk · slashing2 min - 4:19 into the first period
Alan Kerr · slashing2 min - 13:03 into the first periodGord Dineen · hooking2 min
- 17:53 into the first periodAlan Kerr · roughing2 min
- 3:04 into the second periodPat LaFontaine · cross checking2 min
- 6:07 into the second periodPatrick Flatley · tripping2 min
- 8:22 into the third periodBryan Trottier · holding2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 29Ken LeiterD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Dale HenryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 44 | 2 | .955 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 16Mike DonnellyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 36Jan LudvigR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 37Shawn AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 40Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 8 | 1 | .875 | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |