Friday, December 2, 1988 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Whalers 6 at Sabres 1
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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1:39
Mike Donnelly (2) Ray Sheppard (9), Doug Bodger (10) HFD 0 – 1 BUF
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4:22
Kevin Dineen (10) Ray Ferraro (11), Dave Tippett (7) HFD 1 – 1 BUF
2nd Period
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9:20
Paul Macdermid (4) PPG Ron Francis (15), Scott Young (12) HFD 2 – 1 BUF
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18:37
Dave Tippett (8) Kevin Dineen (11) HFD 3 – 1 BUF
3rd Period
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4:28
Kevin Dineen (11) SHG Unassisted HFD 4 – 1 BUF
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18:31
Ron Francis (7) PPG Paul Macdermid (8) HFD 5 – 1 BUF
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19:35
Sylvain Turgeon (9) PPG Carey Wilson (10), Scott Young (13) HFD 6 – 1 BUF
Hartford Whalers
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Dineen R | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0:00 | 2.80 |
| Dave Tippett L | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 1.83 |
| Scott Young R | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 1.70 |
| Ron Francis C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 1.68 |
| Paul Macdermid R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 1.23 |
| Sylvain Turgeon L | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.83 |
| Carey Wilson C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.63 |
| John Anderson R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.22 |
| Sylvain Cote D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.22 |
| Joel Quenneville D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Ulf Samuelsson D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Randy Ladouceur D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Ray Ferraro C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 0.10 |
| Brent Peterson C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Scot Kleinendorst C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Dave Babych D | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Dean Evason C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.08 |
| Tom Martin L | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Sidorkiewicz | W | 24 | 23 | 1 | .958 | 60:00 | 1.55 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Sheppard R | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 1.15 |
| Mike Donnelly L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.98 |
| Doug Bodger D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.48 |
| Pierre Turgeon C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.38 |
| Christian Ruuttu C | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Phil Housley D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Scott Arniel L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Mike Foligno R | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Lindy Ruff L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Larry Playfair D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Jan Ludvig R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | -0.22 |
| Calle Johansson D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | -0.22 |
| Mike Ramsey D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | -0.30 |
| Kevin Maguire R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.45 |
| Adam Creighton C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0:00 | -0.45 |
| Mike Hartman L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.60 |
| Benoit Hogue L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | -0.98 |
| Jeff Parker R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -1.65 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daren Puppa | L | 34 | 30 | 4 | .882 | 56:10 | 0.00 |
| Darcy Wakaluk | — | 7 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3:50 | -1.00 |