The Buffalo Sabres squeaked out a win over the Hartford Whalers, 4 to 3, on December 14, 1986.

Final

Whalers

14-9-4

3

Sabres

6-20-4

4

Team

HFD

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

HFD

BUF

Jeff Parker (EV) assisted by Tom Kurvers and Lindy Ruff

John Anderson (EV) assisted by Ron Francis and Paul MacDermid

Doug Smith (PP) assisted by Dave Andreychuk and Phil Housley

2nd period

HFD

BUF

Normand Lacombe (EV) assisted by Scott Arniel

Dana Murzyn (EV) assisted by Ulf Samuelsson

Lindy Ruff (EV) assisted by Mike Ramsey

3rd period

HFD

BUF

Mike McEwen (PP) assisted by Ron Francis

Whalers

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Whalers

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Liut (L) M. Liut	0	1	0	27	23	.852	4	4.06	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
John Anderson J. Anderson	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	2	50.0
Dave Babych D. Babych	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0
Dave Barr D. Barr	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Sylvain Cote S. Cote	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Kevin Dineen K. Dineen	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	4	0.0
Dean Evason D. Evason	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Ray Ferraro R. Ferraro	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0
Ron Francis R. Francis	0	2	2	-1	0	0	1	2	0.0
Stew Gavin S. Gavin	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Doug Jarvis D. Jarvis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Scot Kleinendorst S. Kleinendorst	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Paul Lawless P. Lawless	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Paul MacDermid P. MacDermid	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mike McEwen M. McEwen	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	25.0
Mike Millar M. Millar	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Dana Murzyn D. Murzyn	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Tippett D. Tippett	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jacques Cloutier (W) J. Cloutier	1	0	0	25	22	.880	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0.0
Scott Arniel S. Arniel	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Paul Brydges P. Brydges	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Cyr P. Cyr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Steve Dykstra S. Dykstra	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Phil Housley P. Housley	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0.0
Uwe Krupp U. Krupp	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0
Tom Kurvers T. Kurvers	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Normand Lacombe N. Lacombe	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Gaetano Orlando G. Orlando	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Wilf Paiement W. Paiement	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Jeff Parker J. Parker	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Mike Ramsey M. Ramsey	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Reekie J. Reekie	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Lindy Ruff L. Ruff	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	25.0
Christian Ruuttu C. Ruuttu	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Smith D. Smith	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	33.3