The Buffalo Sabres squeaked out a win over the New York Islanders, 4 to 3, on December 29, 1985.

Final

Islanders

14-13-9

3

Sabres

18-16-2

4

Team

NYI

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYI

BUF

Mike Foligno (EV) assisted by Lindy Ruff and Hannu Virta

Tomas Jonsson (PP) assisted by John Tonelli and Bryan Trottier

2nd period

NYI

BUF

Duane Sutter (EV) assisted by Tomas Jonsson

Mike Bossy (EV) unassisted

Mike Foligno (EV) assisted by Dave Andreychuk and Lindy Ruff

3rd period

NYI

BUF

Mike Foligno (PP) assisted by Gilles Hamel and Phil Housley

John Tucker (PP) assisted by Paul Cyr and Richie Dunn

Islanders

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Islanders

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Billy Smith (L) B. Smith	0	1	0	30	26	.867	4	4.02	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Mike Bossy M. Bossy	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	5	20.0
Bob Bourne B. Bourne	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Paul Boutilier P. Boutilier	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Gord Dineen G. Dineen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Patrick Flatley P. Flatley	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Clark Gillies C. Gillies	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0
Mark Hamway M. Hamway	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
Tomas Jonsson T. Jonsson	1	1	2	+1	2	1	0	4	25.0
Pat LaFontaine P. LaFontaine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mikko Makela M. Makela	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0
Ken Morrow K. Morrow	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bobby Nystrom B. Nystrom	0	0	0	-1	14	0	0	2	0.0
Stefan Persson S. Persson	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0
Denis Potvin D. Potvin	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	1	0.0
Duane Sutter D. Sutter	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	3	33.3
John Tonelli J. Tonelli	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	2	0.0
Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	0	1	1	0	4	0	1	2	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jacques Cloutier (W) J. Cloutier	1	0	0	24	21	.875	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Paul Cyr P. Cyr	0	1	1	-1	9	0	1	0	2	0.0
Richie Dunn R. Dunn	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Steve Dykstra S. Dykstra	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Mike Foligno M. Foligno	3	0	3	+1	0	1	0	0	3	100.0
Gilles Hamel G. Hamel	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0.0
Phil Housley P. Housley	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	4	0.0
Pat Hughes P. Hughes	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Normand Lacombe N. Lacombe	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Don Lever D. Lever	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Sean McKenna S. McKenna	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0.0
Gaetano Orlando G. Orlando	0	0	0	-2	7	0	0	0	3	0.0
Larry Playfair L. Playfair	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Lindy Ruff L. Ruff	0	2	2	+2	4	0	0	0	2	0.0
John Tucker J. Tucker	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100.0
Hannu Virta H. Virta	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0