The Toronto Maple Leafs squeaked out a win over the Buffalo Sabres, 5 to 4, in overtime on December 20, 1986.
Final
1st period
BUF
TOR
Russ Courtnall (EV) assisted by Gary Leeman
0
1
Paul Brydges (EV) assisted by Joe Reekie
1
1
Paul Cyr (EV) assisted by Mike Foligno and Christian Ruuttu
2
1
2nd period
BUF
TOR
Mike Ramsey (PP) assisted by Phil Housley and John Tucker
3
1
Rick Vaive (PP) assisted by Chris Kotsopoulos and Al Iafrate
3
2
Russ Courtnall (SH) unassisted
3
3
3rd period
BUF
TOR
Chris Kotsopoulos (EV) assisted by Borje Salming and Tom Fergus
3
4
Mike Ramsey (EV) assisted by John Tucker
4
4
OT
BUF
TOR
Steve Thomas (EV) assisted by Rick Vaive and Rick Lanz
4
5
Sabres
Maple Leafs
Goals
4
5
Shots
26
33
Penalty Minutes
48
59
Power-Play Goals
1
1
Power-Play Opportunities
4
4
Faceoff Wins
Hits
Giveaways
Takeaways
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | T | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Cloutier | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 28 | .848 | 5 | 4.63 | 0 | 65 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D. Andreychuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||
S. Arniel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
P. Brydges | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | ||||||||
P. Cyr | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | ||||||||
S. Dykstra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
M. Foligno | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
P. Housley | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
U. Krupp | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||
T. Kurvers | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
N. Lacombe | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
W. Paiement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||
J. Parker | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
M. Ramsey | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100.0 | ||||||||
J. Reekie | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
L. Ruff | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||
C. Ruuttu | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||
D. Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
J. Tucker | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | T | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. Bester | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 22 | .846 | 4 | 3.70 | 0 | 65 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W. Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
R. Courtnall | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 40.0 | ||||||||
T. Fergus | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
A. Iafrate | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
T. Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
C. Kotsopoulos | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | ||||||||
R. Lanz | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||
G. Leeman | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||
B. McGill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
B. Salming | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||
B. Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||
G. Terrion | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
S. Thomas | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | ||||||||
R. Vaive | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | ||||||||
K. Yaremchuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
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G/GP
3.05
16th
GA/GP
2.48
4th
PP%
19.7
17th
PK%
83.6
6th
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