The Detroit Red Wings were decisively beaten by the Buffalo Sabres, 5 to 2, on December 23, 1987.

Final

Sabres

13-15-6

5

Red Wings

15-14-4

2

Team

BUF

DET

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

DET

Gerard Gallant (EV) assisted by Steve Yzerman and Mike O'Connell

Mike Foligno (EV) assisted by Christian Ruuttu and Dave Andreychuk

2nd period

BUF

DET

Pierre Turgeon (EV) assisted by Mark Napier

Robert Logan (PP) assisted by Mike Ramsey and Christian Ruuttu

3rd period

BUF

DET

Kevin Maguire (EV) unassisted

Mark Napier (EV) assisted by Dave Andreychuk and Christian Ruuttu

Shawn Burr (EV) assisted by Brent Ashton

Sabres

Red Wings

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

101

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sabres

Red Wings

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Tom Barrasso (W) T. Barrasso	1	0	0	28	26	.929	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	0	4	0.0
Paul Cyr P. Cyr	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Foligno M. Foligno	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	4	25.0
Ed Hospodar E. Hospodar	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Phil Housley P. Housley	0	0	0	+1	17	0	0	0	3	0.0
Calle Johansson C. Johansson	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Uwe Krupp U. Krupp	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0
Robert Logan R. Logan	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100.0
Kevin Maguire K. Maguire	1	0	1	+1	27	0	0	0	1	100.0
Donald McSween D. McSween	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mark Napier M. Napier	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
Ken Priestlay K. Priestlay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Ramsey M. Ramsey	0	1	1	0	4	0	1	0	0
Lindy Ruff L. Ruff	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Ruuttu C. Ruuttu	0	3	3	+2	0	0	1	0	4	0.0
Doug Smith D. Smith	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Glen Hanlon (L) G. Hanlon	0	1	0	28	23	.821	5	6.11	0	49
Greg Stefan G. Stefan				6	6	1.000	0	0.00	0	11

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Brent Ashton B. Ashton	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0.0
Dave Barr D. Barr	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Mel Bridgman M. Bridgman	0	0	0	-1	2	0
Shawn Burr S. Burr	1	0	1	+1	0	2	50.0
John Chabot J. Chabot	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0.0
Gerard Gallant G. Gallant	1	0	1	0	17	4	25.0
Doug Halward D. Halward	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0.0
Tim Higgins T. Higgins	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Petr Klima P. Klima	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0
Joey Kocur J. Kocur	0	0	0	-1	7	0
Joe Murphy J. Murphy	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0.0
Lee Norwood L. Norwood	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0.0
Mike O'Connell M. O'Connell	0	1	1	+1	0	0
Bob Probert B. Probert	0	0	0	+1	35	1	0.0
Harold Snepsts H. Snepsts	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Darren Veitch D. Veitch	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	0	1	1	0	15	4	0.0
Rick Zombo R. Zombo	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0