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Friday, March 4, 1988 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Rangers 3 at Sabres 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 82OVR Mikael Andersson Sabres First Star 3A · 1 SOG L 93OVR Walt Poddubny Rangers Second Star 3A · 0 SOG R 86OVR John Tucker Sabres Third Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:35 Ken Priestlay (4) Scott Arniel (20), Mikael Andersson (13) NYR 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 15:40 Ray Sheppard (29) Pierre Turgeon (24), Phil Housley (31) NYR 0 – 2 BUF
  3. 16:13 Dave Andreychuk (26) John Tucker (8) NYR 0 – 3 BUF
  4. 19:33 Marcel Dionne (28) PPG Brian Leetch (2), Walt Poddubny (42) NYR 1 – 3 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 3:00 Jim Jackson (1) PPG Pierre Turgeon (25), Phil Housley (32) NYR 1 – 4 BUF
  2. 3:25 Ulf Dahlen (23) Walt Poddubny (43), Mark Hardy (23) NYR 2 – 4 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 0:59 John Tucker (13) Calle Johansson (32), Mikael Andersson (14) NYR 2 – 5 BUF
  2. 1:14 Michel Petit (6) Walt Poddubny (44) NYR 3 – 5 BUF
  3. 15:53 Scott Arniel (15) SHG Mikael Andersson (15), Lindy Ruff (19) NYR 3 – 6 BUF

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Walt Poddubny L 0 3 0 0 1.88
Ulf Dahlen R 1 0 2 +1 1.05
Mark Hardy D 0 1 0 +1 0.63
Marcel Dionne C 1 0 2 -1 0.60
Brian Leetch D 0 1 3 -2 0.55
John Ogrodnick L 0 0 0 +1 0.15
James Patrick D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Michel Petit D 1 0 1 -3 0.08
Brian Mullen R 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Paul Cyr L 0 0 3 0 0.07
Lucien DeBlois C 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Joe Paterson L 0 0 0 0 0.00
David Shaw D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Don Maloney L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Chris Nilan R 0 0 2 -2 -0.30
Tomas Sandstrom R 0 0 1 -3 -0.37
Kelly Kisio C 0 0 0 -2 -0.45
Ron Greschner D 0 0 0 -1 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
John Vanbiesbrouck L 53 47 6 .887 60:00 0.20

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Mikael Andersson R 0 3 1 +1 2.10
John Tucker R 1 1 3 +1 1.75
Scott Arniel L 1 1 3 +1 1.75
Phil Housley D 0 2 4 +1 1.70
Ken Priestlay C 1 0 12 0 1.65
Pierre Turgeon C 0 2 2 +1 1.40
Lindy Ruff L 0 1 5 +2 1.30
Ray Sheppard R 1 0 3 +1 1.13
Jim Jackson L 1 0 4 0 1.05
Dave Andreychuk L 1 0 1 +1 0.98
Calle Johansson D 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Doug Smith C 0 0 4 +1 0.30
Mike Donnelly L 0 0 6 +1 0.30
Mike Ramsey D 0 0 2 +1 0.15
Uwe Krupp D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Mike Hartman L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Ed Hospodar D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bob Halkidis D 0 0 1 0 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Tom Barrasso W 22 19 3 .864 60:00 -0.35