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Friday, December 30, 1988 · Capital Centre

Sabres 3 at Capitals 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 96OVR Mike Gartner North Stars First Star 2G · 6 SOG D 81OVR Larry Murphy North Stars Second Star 2A · 6 SOG C 96OVR Mike Ridley Capitals Third Star 2A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 3:51 Dave Christian (16) Neil Sheehy (1) BUF 0 – 1 WSH
  2. 14:07 Mike Gartner (11) Mike Ridley (14), Scott Stevens (25) BUF 0 – 2 WSH

2nd Period

  1. 3:17 Rick Vaive (14) PPG John Tucker (21) BUF 1 – 2 WSH

3rd Period

  1. 1:29 Mike Foligno (10) PPG Doug Bodger (18), Christian Ruuttu (19) BUF 2 – 2 WSH
  2. 8:27 Phil Housley (16) Christian Ruuttu (20), Lindy Ruff (5) BUF 3 – 2 WSH
  3. 16:05 Mike Gartner (12) Mike Ridley (15), Larry Murphy (15) BUF 3 – 3 WSH
  4. 17:38 Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (10) Larry Murphy (16) BUF 3 – 4 WSH
  5. 18:40 Kelly Miller (7) Unassisted BUF 3 – 5 WSH

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Phil Housley D 1 0 3 -1 0.83
Christian Ruuttu C 0 2 2 -2 0.80
John Tucker R 0 1 1 0 0.70
Lindy Ruff L 0 1 0 0 0.63
Rick Vaive R 1 0 1 -1 0.53
Mike Foligno R 1 0 3 -3 0.53
Doug Bodger D 0 1 2 -2 0.48
Pierre Turgeon C 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Mike Donnelly L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jeff Parker R 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Scott Metcalfe L 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Ken Priestlay C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Mark Napier R 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Scott Arniel L 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Calle Johansson D 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Uwe Krupp D 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Mike Ramsey D 0 0 0 -2 -0.45
Larry Playfair D 0 0 0 -1 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jacques Cloutier L 43 39 4 .907 60:00 0.90

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Mike Gartner R 2 0 6 +3 2.40
Larry Murphy D 0 2 6 +3 2.15
Mike Ridley C 0 2 2 +3 1.85
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson L 1 0 3 +2 1.28
Dave Christian R 1 0 3 +2 1.28
Kelly Miller L 1 0 2 +2 1.20
Scott Stevens D 0 1 3 +3 1.15
Neil Sheehy D 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Michal Pivonka C 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Rod Langway D 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Kevin Hatcher D 0 0 3 0 0.22
Grant Ledyard D 0 0 3 0 0.22
Geoff Courtnall L 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Stephen Leach R 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Lou Franceschetti L 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Yvon Corriveau L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Bobby Gould R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dale Hunter C 0 0 0 0 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Clint Malarchuk W 22 19 3 .864 60:00 -0.35