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Sunday, October 11, 1987 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Capitals 5 at Sabres 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 81OVR Scott Arniel Sabres First Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG L 87OVR Dave Andreychuk Sabres Second Star 1G · 1A · 5 SOG R 86OVR John Tucker Sabres Third Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 3:52 Garry Galley (1) PPG Larry Murphy (2) WSH 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 7:39 Phil Housley (2) PPG Calle Johansson (3), John Tucker (1) WSH 1 – 1 BUF
  3. 9:29 Dave Christian (1) Unassisted WSH 2 – 1 BUF
  4. 11:06 Dave Andreychuk (1) Pierre Turgeon (1) WSH 2 – 2 BUF
  5. 14:10 Mike Ridley (1) PPG Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (2), Dave Christian (1) WSH 3 – 2 BUF
  6. 14:24 John Tucker (2) Dave Andreychuk (2), Steve Dykstra (1) WSH 3 – 3 BUF
  7. 18:58 Scott Arniel (2) Uwe Krupp (1), Doug Smith (2) WSH 3 – 4 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 1:07 Christian Ruuttu (2) PPG Phil Housley (1), Calle Johansson (4) WSH 3 – 5 BUF
  2. 8:32 Mike Gartner (6) Paul Cavallini (1), Mike Ridley (2) WSH 4 – 5 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 0:12 Clark Gillies (1) Adam Creighton (1), Scott Arniel (1) WSH 4 – 6 BUF
  2. 6:30 Paul Cavallini (1) Unassisted WSH 5 – 6 BUF

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Dave Christian R 1 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 1.60
Mike Ridley C 1 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 1.45
Paul Cavallini D 1 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 1.30
Mike Gartner R 1 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.20
Garry Galley D 1 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Larry Murphy D 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.85
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson L 0 1 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.55
Scott Stevens D 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Kelly Miller L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Michal Pivonka C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Ed Kastelic R 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.00
Peter Sundstrom L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Lou Franceschetti L 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 -0.08
Craig Laughlin R 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Greg Adams L 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Rod Langway D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.45
Greg Smith D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.68
Dale Hunter C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.98
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Pete Peeters L 35 29 6 .829 58:52 -1.60

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Scott Arniel L 1 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.75
Dave Andreychuk L 1 1 5 0 0 0 0:00 1.75
John Tucker R 1 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 1.60
Phil Housley D 1 1 3 0 0 -1 0:00 1.45
Calle Johansson D 0 2 1 0 0 -1 0:00 1.18
Uwe Krupp D 0 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.08
Christian Ruuttu C 1 0 5 0 0 0 0:00 0.98
Adam Creighton C 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
Doug Smith C 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Pierre Turgeon C 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Clark Gillies L 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.75
Shawn Anderson D 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Mike Foligno R 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Steve Dykstra L 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 -0.12
Lindy Ruff L 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 -0.30
Paul Cyr L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.45
Kevin Maguire R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.45
Mike Ramsey D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 -0.53
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jacques Cloutier W 27 22 5 .815 60:00 -1.55