Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, October 6, 1988 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–2 on Thursday, October 6, 1988 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 24–21.
Ray Sheppard scored twice. Bobby Smith, Benoit Hogue and Ryan Walter also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Smith (1)Claude Lemieux (1), Jocelyn Lemieux (1)1–017:41 MTL
2nd period
Benoit Hogue (1)Mike Ramsey (1)1–104:02 BUF · 
Ray Sheppard (1)Calle Johansson (1), Benoit Hogue (1)1–205:50 BUF
3rd period
- Ray Sheppard (2)John Tucker (1), Mike Donnelly (1)1–312:13 BUF
Ryan Walter (1)Brian Skrudland (1), Mike Keane (1)2–315:58 MTL
Team stats
MTLBUF
2124
0%0%
0/80/4
816
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:55 into the first period
Jan Ludvig · hooking2 min - 12:11 into the first period
Claude Lemieux · tripping2 min - 14:23 into the first periodJohn Tucker · holding2 min
- 2:03 into the second periodLindy Ruff · hooking2 min
- 7:06 into the second periodChris Chelios · elbowing2 min
- 8:29 into the second periodCraig Ludwig · cross checking2 min
- 9:22 into the second periodMike Foligno · interference2 min
- 12:40 into the second periodKevin Maguire · roughing2 min
- 12:40 into the second periodJohn Tucker · roughing2 min
- 15:07 into the second periodShayne Corson · hooking2 min
- 15:56 into the second periodPierre Turgeon · tripping2 min
- 8:50 into the third periodLindy Ruff · cross checking2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.