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Friday, February 19, 1988 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Flyers 5 at Sabres 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 54OVR Paul Lawless Canucks First Star 2A · 0 SOG R 72OVR Scott Mellanby Flyers Second Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG C 54OVR Doug Smith Sabres Third Star 1G · 1A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:53 Mike Foligno (22) Christian Ruuttu (38), Mikael Andersson (10) PHI 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 3:52 John Tucker (11) PPG Christian Ruuttu (39), Lindy Ruff (17) PHI 0 – 2 BUF
  3. 7:54 Brian Propp (21) PPG Murray Craven (34), Mark Howe (33) PHI 1 – 2 BUF
  4. 11:51 Rick Tocchet (18) Unassisted PHI 2 – 2 BUF
  5. 14:49 Rick Tocchet (19) Paul Lawless (9), Bill Root (2) PHI 3 – 2 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 4:44 Mark Howe (13) PPG Murray Craven (35), Scott Mellanby (16) PHI 4 – 2 BUF
  2. 7:58 Scott Mellanby (19) Paul Lawless (10) PHI 5 – 2 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 3:10 Doug Smith (8) Unassisted PHI 5 – 3 BUF
  2. 7:22 Phil Housley (25) Doug Smith (15) PHI 5 – 4 BUF

Philadelphia Flyers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Paul Lawless L 0 2 0 +3 1.70
Scott Mellanby R 1 1 2 +1 1.68
Rick Tocchet R 2 0 4 -1 1.35
Mark Howe D 1 1 1 -1 1.15
Murray Craven L 0 2 1 0 1.03
Bill Root D 0 1 0 +2 0.93
Brian Propp L 1 0 3 -3 0.38
J.J. Daigneault D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Ilkka Sinisalo R 0 0 2 0 0.15
Derrick Smith L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Peter Zezel C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Ron Sutter C 0 0 3 0 0.07
Pelle Eklund C 0 0 2 0 0.00
Craig Berube L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dave Brown R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Doug Crossman D 0 0 2 0 0.00
Gordie Roberts D 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Greg Smyth D 0 0 0 -2 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ron Hextall W 44 40 4 .909 59:21 1.00
Mark Laforest — 0 0 0 — 0:39 0.00

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Doug Smith C 1 1 1 +2 1.60
Christian Ruuttu C 0 2 2 0 1.25
Phil Housley D 1 0 4 +1 1.20
John Tucker R 1 0 3 0 0.98
Mikael Andersson R 0 1 1 0 0.70
Lindy Ruff L 0 1 3 0 0.70
Mike Donnelly L 0 0 5 +2 0.68
Mike Foligno R 1 0 4 -1 0.45
Mark Napier R 0 0 1 +2 0.38
Ray Sheppard R 0 0 6 -1 0.30
Dave Andreychuk L 0 0 3 0 0.22
Uwe Krupp D 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Joe Reekie D 0 0 3 0 0.07
Scott Arniel L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Calle Johansson D 0 0 2 0 0.00
Bob Halkidis D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Ken Priestlay C 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Pierre Turgeon C 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jacques Cloutier L 14 9 5 .643 27:58 -2.85
Tom Barrasso — 10 10 0 1.000 31:13 1.00