Wednesday, January 4, 1989 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Whalers 5 at Sabres 4
Final/OT
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
3:50
Mark Napier
(6)
John Tucker (23), Lindy Ruff (6)
HFD 0 – 1 BUF
-
17:42
Ron Francis
(16)
PPG
Kevin Dineen (20)
HFD 1 – 1 BUF
-
19:54
Ray Ferraro
(18)
Kevin Dineen (21), John Anderson (4)
HFD 2 – 1 BUF
2nd Period
-
3:12
Pierre Turgeon
(17)
Scott Metcalfe (1), Phil Housley (25)
HFD 2 – 2 BUF
-
16:01
Brian Lawton
(9)
PPG
Kevin Dineen (22), Dave Babych (16)
HFD 3 – 2 BUF
3rd Period
-
12:25
Christian Ruuttu
(7)
PPG
Mike Ramsey (7), Daren Puppa (4)
HFD 3 – 3 BUF
-
13:05
Uwe Krupp
(3)
Mike Foligno (11), Christian Ruuttu (21)
HFD 3 – 4 BUF
-
18:47
Sylvain Cote
(7)
Norm MacIver (15)
HFD 4 – 4 BUF
Overtime
-
3:19
Brian Lawton
(10)
Kevin Dineen (23), Sylvain Cote (6)
HFD 5 – 4 BUF
Hartford Whalers
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Dineen R | 0 | 4 | 2 | +1 | 2.50 |
| Brian Lawton C | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.73 |
| Sylvain Cote D | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1.68 |
| Ron Francis C | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.98 |
| John Anderson R | 0 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 0.85 |
| Ray Ferraro C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.83 |
| Norm MacIver D | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0.48 |
| Dave Babych D | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0.33 |
| Randy Ladouceur D | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.22 |
| Ulf Samuelsson D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Scott Young R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Dave Tippett L | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Tom Martin L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Dean Evason C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Joel Quenneville D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.08 |
| Brent Peterson C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.15 |
| Scot Kleinendorst C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.30 |
| Paul Macdermid R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Liut | W | 27 | 23 | 4 | .852 | 63:19 | -0.70 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Ruuttu C | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 1.45 |
| Mark Napier R | 1 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 1.13 |
| Pierre Turgeon C | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.98 |
| Uwe Krupp D | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0.90 |
| John Tucker R | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.85 |
| Phil Housley D | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.85 |
| Scott Metcalfe L | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.78 |
| Lindy Ruff L | 0 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 0.63 |
| Mike Foligno R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0.55 |
| Mike Ramsey D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.40 |
| Ray Sheppard R | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0.30 |
| Rick Vaive R | 0 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 0.23 |
| Mike Donnelly L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jeff Parker R | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Scott Arniel L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Benoit Hogue L | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Calle Johansson D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Doug Bodger D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -0.22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daren Puppa | L | 20 | 15 | 5 | .750 | 63:19 | -2.25 |