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Friday, January 6, 1989 · Brendan Byrne Arena

Sabres 4 at Devils 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 96OVR John MacLean Devils First Star 1G · 2A · 5 SOG C 84OVR Mark Johnson Devils Second Star 1G · 2A · 2 SOG C 94OVR Patrik Sundstrom Devils Third Star 1G · 1A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 18:26 Benoit Hogue (9) Uwe Krupp (6), Mike Donnelly (6) BUF 1 – 0 NJD
  2. 18:56 Mark Johnson (10) Patrik Sundstrom (18), John MacLean (21) BUF 1 – 1 NJD

2nd Period

  1. 0:42 Lindy Ruff (3) Mark Napier (8), Mike Ramsey (8) BUF 2 – 1 NJD
  2. 1:53 Tommy Albelin (5) Claude Loiselle (8), John MacLean (22) BUF 2 – 2 NJD
  3. 4:32 Phil Housley (17) Scott Arniel (11) BUF 3 – 2 NJD
  4. 8:50 John MacLean (27) Mark Johnson (19), Tom Kurvers (16) BUF 3 – 3 NJD
  5. 11:58 Patrik Sundstrom (16) Mark Johnson (20), Tom Kurvers (17) BUF 3 – 4 NJD
  6. 17:06 Jim Korn (9) PPG Anders Carlsson (5), Aaron Broten (19) BUF 3 – 5 NJD

3rd Period

  1. 2:32 Christian Ruuttu (8) Rick Vaive (15), Doug Bodger (19) BUF 4 – 5 NJD

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Lindy Ruff L 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Phil Housley D 1 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 1.05
Doug Bodger D 0 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.00
Scott Arniel L 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Mark Napier R 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Christian Ruuttu C 1 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.83
Rick Vaive R 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Mike Ramsey D 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Mike Donnelly L 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Uwe Krupp D 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Benoit Hogue L 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.60
Jeff Parker R 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Mike Foligno R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Pierre Turgeon C 0 0 5 0 0 -2 0:00 0.08
Ray Sheppard R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Scott Metcalfe L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Calle Johansson D 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Larry Playfair D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jacques Cloutier — 8 8 0 1.000 19:20 0.80
Daren Puppa L 22 17 5 .773 40:00 -2.05

New Jersey Devils

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
John MacLean R 1 2 5 0 0 +1 0:00 2.53
Mark Johnson C 1 2 2 0 0 0 0:00 2.15
Patrik Sundstrom C 1 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 1.45
Tom Kurvers D 0 2 2 0 0 0 0:00 1.40
Claude Loiselle C 0 1 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.08
Jim Korn D 1 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Tommy Albelin D 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Anders Carlsson C 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Aaron Broten C 0 1 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.55
Perry Anderson L 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Joe Cirella D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Doug Brown R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Jack O'Callahan D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Randy Velischek D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Ken Daneyko D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Pat Verbeek R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Craig Wolanin D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.22
Kirk Muller L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bob Sauve W 28 24 4 .857 60:00 -0.60