Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, April 2, 1988 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 9–4 on Saturday, April 2, 1988 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 38–33.
Stephane Richer scored a hat trick. Claude Lemieux, John Tucker, Shayne Corson, Bobby Smith, Ryan Walter, Mike Foligno, Doug Smith, Joe Reekie, Mike Mcphee and Petr Svoboda also scored.
Patrick Roy made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Daren Puppa stopped 29 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Claude Lemieux (31)Larry Robinson (31), Chris Chelios (41)0–102:16 MTL · 
John Tucker (19)Dave Andreychuk (46)1–111:41 BUF
Stephane Richer (46)Mats Naslund (57), Mike Lalor (9)1–212:19 MTL
Shayne Corson (12)Mats Naslund (58), Larry Robinson (32)1–312:45 MTL
Bobby Smith (27)Unassisted1–412:56 MTL
Ryan Walter (13)Larry Robinson (33)1–514:29 MTL · 
Mike Foligno (27)John Tucker (17), Dave Andreychuk (47)2–518:14 BUF
2nd period
- Stephane Richer (47)Ryan Walter (23), Mats Naslund (59)2–605:33 MTL ·
Doug Smith (9)Calle Johansson (38), Lindy Ruff (23)3–619:54 BUF
3rd period
- Stephane Richer (48)Larry Robinson (34)3–701:27 MTL
Joe Reekie (1)Ray Sheppard (26), Christian Ruuttu (45)4–704:29 BUF
Mike Mcphee (23)Rick Green (10), Petr Svoboda (22)4–819:39 MTL
Petr Svoboda (7)Mike Mcphee (19), Stephane Richer (28)4–919:52 MTL
Team stats
BUFMTL
3338
0%0%
0/33/5
1713
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:43 into the first period
Mike Ramsey · hooking2 min - 13:33 into the first periodMike Foligno · roughing2 min
- 13:33 into the first period
John Kordic · roughing2 min - 14:03 into the first periodChristian Ruuttu · holding2 min
- 4:32 into the second periodUwe Krupp · tripping2 min
- 8:13 into the second periodJohn Kordic · roughing2 min
- 15:15 into the second periodLindy Ruff · tripping2 min
- 5:08 into the third periodPetr Svoboda · tripping2 min
- 8:33 into the third periodLarry Robinson · tripping2 min
- 16:31 into the third periodChristian Ruuttu · slashing2 min
- 19:39 into the third periodMike Hartman · fighting5 min
- 19:39 into the third periodJohn Kordic · fighting5 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 7John TuckerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 3Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Joe ReekieD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Ken PriestlayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Mike DonnellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike HartmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 40Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Daren PuppaG | L | 38 | 9 | .763 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 44Stephane RicherR | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 4 | 4 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +5 | 2 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 5 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Kjell DahlinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 31John KordicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 33 | 4 | .879 |