🍁 Away Maple Leafs 30-35-8 before this game

6–5

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
TOR	4	1	1	6
BUF	1	1	3	5

Maple Leafs at Sabres

Maple Leafs beat Sabres 6–5 at KeyBank Center on March 24, 1987.

🗓 Tue, Mar 24, 1987 · 18:30 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1986-87 🔁 Maple Leafs lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Dave Andreychuk

2 G, 2 A

8 shots · +1

2nd star 🍁 TOR

Dan Daoust

1 G, 1 A

3 shots

3rd star 🍁 TOR

Rick Vaive

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

11 goals · in order

1st period

🍁 Rick Vaive Go-ahead 1st · 00:17

Assists: Steve Thomas · beat Jacques Cloutier

1–0

🍁 Vincent Damphousse PP 1st · 05:18

Assists: Gary Leeman, Tom Fergus · beat Jacques Cloutier

2–0

🍁 Russ Courtnall SH 1st · 06:31

Assists: Greg Terrion · beat Jacques Cloutier

3–0

⚔️ Dave Andreychuk PP 1st · 08:48

Assists: Adam Creighton, Shawn Anderson · beat Ken Wregget

3–1

🍁 Wendel Clark 1st · 17:42

Assists: Dan Daoust, Mark Osborne · beat Tom Barrasso

4–1

2nd period

⚔️ Christian Ruuttu 2nd · 01:48

Assists: Dave Andreychuk, Phil Housley · beat Ken Wregget

4–2

🍁 Dan Daoust 2nd · 19:38

Assists: Borje Salming, Ken Wregget · beat Tom Barrasso

5–2

3rd period

⚔️ Dave Andreychuk 3rd · 07:42

Assists: Christian Ruuttu · beat Ken Wregget

5–3

🍁 Peter Ihnacak 3rd · 09:32

Assists: Rick Vaive, Steve Thomas · beat Tom Barrasso

6–3

⚔️ Phil Housley PP 3rd · 12:11

Assists: Doug Smith, Dave Andreychuk · beat Ken Wregget

6–4

⚔️ Mark Napier PP 3rd · 14:14

Assists: Adam Creighton, Mike Ramsey · beat Ken Wregget

6–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🍁TOR BUF⚔️

33 Shots on goal 26

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 3/5

27 Penalty minutes 20

TOR shooting 18.2% (6/33) BUF shooting 19.2% (5/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🍁Maple Leafs

Ken Wregget

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Jacques Cloutier

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 06:31 TOI

Tom Barrasso

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 52:55 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 4–1

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 5–2

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Maple Leafs lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

Dec 20, 1986

⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR

4–5 (OT) · Maple Leafs won

Oct 11, 1986

⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR

5–5 (OT) · Sabres won

2–3 (OT) · Maple Leafs won

Nov 17, 1985

🍁TOR @ ⚔️BUF

5–3 · Maple Leafs won

❓ TOR vs BUF, answered

Who won Maple Leafs vs Sabres on March 24, 1987?

Maple Leafs won 6–5.

What was the final score of Maple Leafs vs Sabres?

The final score was Maple Leafs 6, Sabres 5.

Who scored for Maple Leafs?

Dan Daoust, Peter Ihnacak, Rick Vaive, Russ Courtnall, Vincent Damphousse, Wendel Clark.

Who scored for Sabres?

Dave Andreychuk (2), Christian Ruuttu, Mark Napier, Phil Housley.

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Ken Wregget made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Jacques Cloutier made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Maple Leafs vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Maple Leafs vs Sabres season series?

Maple Leafs lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🍁Maple Leafs

Previous game · Mar 21

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Mar 22

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