1986-87 Buffalo Sabres Team Gamelog

Record: 28-44-8 (64 points), Finished 5th in NHL Adams Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Scotty Bowman (3-7-2), Craig Ramsay (4-15-2), Ted Sator (21-22-4)

Captain: Gilbert Perreault , Lindy Ruff

Primary Arena: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Goals For: 280 (16th of 21), Goals Against: 308 (14th of 21)
SRS: -0.28 (16th of 21), SOS: 0.07 (3rd of 21)

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +4000

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team					Opponent
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
1	1986-10-09	@	Winnipeg Jets	2	3	L		16	10	0		0	27	8	0		0
2	1986-10-11	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	5	5	T	OT	23	18	0		0	25	14	2		0
3	1986-10-12		Calgary Flames	2	4	L		22	25	0		0	28	33	1		0
4	1986-10-15		Montreal Canadiens	0	0	T	OT	23	18	0		0	28	14	0		0
5	1986-10-17		Pittsburgh Penguins	3	7	L		29	39	0		0	33	37	1		0
6	1986-10-18	@	Washington Capitals	4	2	W		33	44	0		0	31	38	1		0
7	1986-10-22	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	4	5	L	OT	40	37	0		1	33	26	3		0
8	1986-10-24		Hartford Whalers	4	5	L		32	27	1		0	34	19	0		0
9	1986-10-25	@	Hartford Whalers	2	3	L		29	54	1		0	30	35	1		0
10	1986-10-29	@	Montreal Canadiens	2	5	L		22	30	1		0	28	34	2		0
11	1986-11-01	@	New Jersey Devils	3	1	W		28	35	1		0	24	29	1		0
12	1986-11-02	@	Boston Bruins	7	1	W		31	33	1		0	35	34	0		0
13	1986-11-05		Boston Bruins	8	3	W		34	16	2		0	28	24	1		0
14	1986-11-07		Vancouver Canucks	6	7	L		35	10	3		0	28	14	2		0
15	1986-11-09		New York Islanders	3	4	L		21	17	1		0	30	15	1		0
16	1986-11-12	@	New York Rangers	1	2	L	OT	27	35	0		0	18	35	0		0
17	1986-11-15	@	Montreal Canadiens	2	4	L		27	21	0		0	28	14	1		0
18	1986-11-19		Boston Bruins	4	4	T	OT	33	25	2		0	31	52	2		1
19	1986-11-21		Quebec Nordiques	1	6	L		22	24	0		0	23	18	1		0
20	1986-11-22	@	Quebec Nordiques	1	3	L		26	25	0		0	23	22	1		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
21	1986-11-26	@	Hartford Whalers	0	3	L		24	25	0		0	27	21	0		0
22	1986-11-28		Boston Bruins	4	3	W		32	27	2		0	31	31	0		0
23	1986-11-29	@	Boston Bruins	2	6	L		37	61	1		0	25	55	1		0
24	1986-12-02		Minnesota North Stars	4	5	L		39	8	2		0	31	14	2		0
25	1986-12-05		St. Louis Blues	5	6	L		37	10	0		0	19	12	1		1
26	1986-12-06	@	New Jersey Devils	3	4	L		29	15	1		0	27	17	0		0
27	1986-12-09	@	Detroit Red Wings	5	5	T	OT	18	10	1		0	39	18	1		0
28	1986-12-10	@	Chicago Blackhawks	3	6	L		37	9	0		0	33	11	1		0
29	1986-12-13	@	Quebec Nordiques	0	7	L		28	23	0		0	28	20	3		0
30	1986-12-14		Hartford Whalers	4	3	W		27	10	1		0	25	6	1		0
31	1986-12-17	@	Hartford Whalers	3	4	L		19	36	0		0	29	26	0		0
32	1986-12-19		Montreal Canadiens	3	2	W		27	25	1		0	27	23	0		0
33	1986-12-20	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	4	5	L	OT	26	48	1		0	33	59	1		1
34	1986-12-23		Philadelphia Flyers	2	1	W		30	6	0		0	30	4	0		0
35	1986-12-26		Pittsburgh Penguins	3	3	T	OT	45	22	0		0	25	20	1		0
36	1986-12-28		Calgary Flames	1	4	L		33	22	0		0	28	30	2		0
37	1986-12-31		Chicago Blackhawks	5	2	W		41	19	0		0	32	23	0		0
38	1987-01-02		Winnipeg Jets	3	6	L		25	10	2		0	44	12	1		0
39	1987-01-04		Quebec Nordiques	7	2	W		32	33	1		1	42	17	1		0
40	1987-01-07	@	Winnipeg Jets	4	2	W		23	13	1		0	23	23	1		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
41	1987-01-08	@	Minnesota North Stars	4	5	L	OT	24	22	1		0	24	28	1		0
42	1987-01-10	@	Los Angeles Kings	8	5	W		24	18	2		0	32	10	3		0
43	1987-01-14		Montreal Canadiens	3	3	T	OT	31	17	0		0	34	6	1		0
44	1987-01-17	@	Montreal Canadiens	2	4	L		28	12	0		0	37	12	1		0
45	1987-01-18		Edmonton Oilers	6	5	W	OT	33	25	1		0	24	29	0		0
46	1987-01-20	@	Minnesota North Stars	0	5	L		27	22	0		0	31	28	3		0
47	1987-01-23		Washington Capitals	2	3	L		23	4	0		0	19	6	0		0
48	1987-01-24	@	Washington Capitals	6	3	W		32	22	2		0	32	16	2		0
49	1987-01-26	@	Boston Bruins	2	6	L		35	15	0		0	30	17	1		1
50	1987-01-28		Philadelphia Flyers	4	7	L		40	8	1		0	27	12	2		0
51	1987-01-30		Quebec Nordiques	3	1	W		29	51	2		0	36	44	1		0
52	1987-02-01		Detroit Red Wings	6	1	W		30	27	5		0	26	37	0		0
53	1987-02-04	@	Hartford Whalers	3	1	W		33	10	0		0	24	8	0		0
54	1987-02-07	@	Quebec Nordiques	2	5	L		16	12	0		0	25	8	0		0
55	1987-02-08		Chicago Blackhawks	7	4	W		47	34	1		0	34	35	0		0
56	1987-02-14	@	New York Islanders	5	1	W		27	10	2		0	32	6	1		0
57	1987-02-18		Boston Bruins	4	3	W		26	29	1		0	33	33	1		0
58	1987-02-20	@	New York Rangers	6	3	W		24	16	2		1	38	36	0		0
59	1987-02-22		Hartford Whalers	5	3	W		26	12	0		0	29	10	2		0
60	1987-02-24		New York Rangers	3	6	L		38	24	0		0	22	28	1		1
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
61	1987-02-26		St. Louis Blues	4	3	W		27	10	0		0	26	10	2		0
62	1987-02-28	@	Boston Bruins	1	5	L		20	38	0		0	25	32	1		0
63	1987-03-01		Vancouver Canucks	2	4	L		37	19	1		0	19	33	0		0
64	1987-03-03	@	Philadelphia Flyers	2	4	L		32	4	1		0	31	6	0		0
65	1987-03-05		New Jersey Devils	6	4	W		31	12	2		0	28	16	3		0
66	1987-03-07	@	Quebec Nordiques	5	5	T	OT	41	21	2		0	36	21	3		0
67	1987-03-08		Quebec Nordiques	5	1	W		32	37	3		0	34	52	1		0
68	1987-03-11	@	Los Angeles Kings	3	2	W		43	19	1		0	19	32	1		1
69	1987-03-13	@	Vancouver Canucks	4	6	L		26	16	1		0	25	18	3		0
70	1987-03-14	@	Edmonton Oilers	3	5	L		32	17	2		1	35	17	0		0
71	1987-03-17	@	Calgary Flames	2	6	L		32	8	1		0	41	10	2		0
72	1987-03-20		Montreal Canadiens	2	3	L		34	41	1		0	30	75	1		1
73	1987-03-22		Detroit Red Wings	3	2	W		25	32	0		0	24	36	1		0
74	1987-03-24		Toronto Maple Leafs	5	6	L		26	20	3		0	33	27	1		1
75	1987-03-26		Los Angeles Kings	3	5	L		41	19	2		0	19	21	2		0
76	1987-03-28	@	Montreal Canadiens	3	6	L		29	20	1		0	24	18	3		0
77	1987-03-29		Edmonton Oilers	2	3	L		47	10	0		0	31	20	1		1
78	1987-04-02	@	St. Louis Blues	3	5	L		35	32	0		0	39	14	1		0
79	1987-04-04	@	New York Islanders	6	6	T	OT	32	36	0		1	39	31	2		0
80	1987-04-05		Hartford Whalers	6	0	W		49	14	0		0	14	16	0		0

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