Thursday, March 31, 1988 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Whalers 2 at Sabres 3
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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14:59
Scott Arniel (17) Christian Ruuttu (44), Mark Napier (8) HFD 0 – 1 BUF
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15:36
Mark Napier (10) Scott Arniel (23), Bob Halkidis (3) HFD 0 – 2 BUF
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16:05
Dave Tippett (16) Carey Wilson (40), Sylvain Cote (19) HFD 1 – 2 BUF
2nd Period
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2:50
Sylvain Turgeon (21) Ray Ferraro (28), Kevin Dineen (25) HFD 2 – 2 BUF
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19:50
Dave Andreychuk (29) John Tucker (16) HFD 2 – 3 BUF
3rd Period
No scoring
Hartford Whalers
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvain Turgeon L | 1 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 1.13 |
| Carey Wilson C | 0 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 1.08 |
| Dave Tippett L | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 1.05 |
| Sylvain Cote D | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.85 |
| Ray Ferraro C | 0 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0.78 |
| Kevin Dineen R | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.40 |
| Randy Ladouceur D | 0 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 0.23 |
| Joel Quenneville D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Dave Babych D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Torrie Robertson L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Ron Francis C | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Dean Evason C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Brent Peterson C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Lindsay Carson C | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Ulf Samuelsson D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Mike McEwen D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -0.22 |
| Stew Gavin R | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | -0.30 |
| Paul Macdermid R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Liut | L | 31 | 28 | 3 | .903 | 58:45 | 0.55 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Napier R | 1 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 1.90 |
| Scott Arniel L | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1.68 |
| Dave Andreychuk L | 1 | 0 | 4 | +1 | 1.20 |
| Bob Halkidis D | 0 | 1 | 0 | +3 | 1.08 |
| John Tucker R | 0 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0.93 |
| Christian Ruuttu C | 0 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 0.77 |
| Uwe Krupp D | 0 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 0.38 |
| Ray Sheppard R | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0.23 |
| Mike Foligno R | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Mike Ramsey D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Mike Hartman L | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0.07 |
| Mike Donnelly L | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Calle Johansson D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Phil Housley D | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Pierre Turgeon C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Clark Gillies L | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Doug Smith C | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Joe Reekie D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Barrasso | W | 34 | 32 | 2 | .941 | 60:00 | 1.70 |