Buffalo Sabres vs Quebec Nordiques
Regular season · Tuesday, February 2, 1988 · Le Colisée
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Quebec Nordiques 6–3 on Tuesday, February 2, 1988 at Le Colisée. The Nordiques outshot the Sabres 30–24.
Scott Arniel scored twice and Phil Housley scored twice. Christian Ruuttu, Lane Lambert, Jean-Marc Richard, Normand Rochefort and Dave Andreychuk also scored.
Tom Barrasso made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Mario Gosselin stopped 18 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Scott Arniel (10)Uwe Krupp (7)1–006:58 BUF · 
Christian Ruuttu (23)Mike Ramsey (10)2–011:36 BUF ·
2nd period
Lane Lambert (6)Unassisted2–101:24 QUE
Jean-Marc Richard (1)Paul Gillis (7)2–202:23 QUE
Phil Housley (23)Ray Sheppard (18), Lindy Ruff (13)3–210:23 BUF
3rd period
- Phil Housley (24)Scott Arniel (17), Ray Sheppard (19)4–204:10 BUF
Normand Rochefort (2)Peter Stastny (42), Jeff Jackson (13)4–304:45 QUE · 
Dave Andreychuk (20)Unassisted5–306:27 BUF · - Scott Arniel (11)Adam Creighton (16), Ray Sheppard (20)6–313:27 BUF
Team stats
BUFQUE
2430
0%0%
2/40/3
3032
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:32 into the first period
Jan Ludvig · roughing2 min - 1:32 into the first periodJan Ludvig · roughing2 min
- 1:32 into the first period
Lane Lambert · roughing2 min - 5:16 into the first periodMikael Andersson · tripping2 min
- 10:07 into the first periodMike Donnelly · roughing2 min
- 10:07 into the first periodLindy Ruff · fighting5 min
- 10:07 into the first periodGord Donnelly · instigator2 min
- 10:07 into the first periodGord Donnelly · fighting5 min
- 10:07 into the first periodPaul Gillis · roughing2 min
- 12:14 into the first periodKevin Maguire · roughing2 min
- 12:14 into the first periodSteven Finn · roughing2 min
- 15:21 into the first periodNormand Rochefort · tripping2 min
- 5:25 into the second periodMike Ramsey · roughing2 min
- 5:25 into the second periodPaul Gillis · roughing2 min
- 6:44 into the second periodUwe Krupp · hooking2 min
- 8:43 into the second periodScott Arniel · roughing2 min
- 8:43 into the second periodTom Barrasso · slashing2 min
- 8:43 into the second periodMichel Goulet · slashing2 min
- 8:43 into the second periodLane Lambert · roughing2 min
- 17:22 into the second periodLindy Ruff · roughing2 min
- 17:22 into the second periodPaul Gillis · high sticking2 min
- 4:34 into the third periodMichel Goulet · hooking2 min
- 18:11 into the third periodMike Foligno · fighting5 min
- 18:11 into the third periodGord Donnelly · instigator2 min
- 18:11 into the third periodGord Donnelly · fighting5 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Scott ArnielL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 38Adam CreightonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 40Uwe KruppD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Mike DonnellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 36Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Bob HalkidisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
Quebec Nordiques
| 7Lane LambertR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul GillisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Jeff JacksonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 41Jean-Marc RichardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 10Jason LafreniereC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Bobby DollasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Jeff BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Gord DonnellyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mario BrunettaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Mario GosselinG | L | 24 | 6 | .750 |