Buffalo Sabres vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, March 9, 1988 · Met Center
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Minnesota North Stars 6–2 on Wednesday, March 9, 1988 at Met Center. The North Stars outshot the Sabres 31–21.
Phil Housley scored twice. Dino Ciccarelli, Dave Andreychuk, Jim Jackson, Pierre Turgeon, Wally Schreiber and Ken Priestlay also scored.
Tom Barrasso made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 15 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Dino Ciccarelli (35)Brian Lawton (23), Bob Brooke (15)0–106:35 MNS · 
Dave Andreychuk (27)John Tucker (10), Ken Priestlay (7)1–110:03 BUF ·
2nd period
Jim Jackson (2)Ken Priestlay (8), Mikael Andersson (16)2–100:47 BUF
Pierre Turgeon (14)Mikael Andersson (17), Ray Sheppard (23)3–104:46 BUF
Phil Housley (28)Dave Andreychuk (35), Lindy Ruff (20)4–113:20 BUF
Wally Schreiber (2)Bob Rouse (11)4–219:07 MNS ·
3rd period
- Phil Housley (29)Dave Andreychuk (36), Mike Foligno (26)5–211:35 BUF ·
Ken Priestlay (5)Dave Andreychuk (37), Mike Foligno (27)6–216:22 BUF
Team stats
BUFMNS
2131
0%0%
2/51/4
1315
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:11 into the first period
Ray Sheppard · tripping2 min - 9:10 into the first period
Marc Habscheid · holding2 min - 15:22 into the first periodBob Halkidis · high sticking2 min
- 7:33 into the second periodDave Archibald · holding2 min
- 18:02 into the second periodFrantisek Musil · tripping2 min
- 3:03 into the third periodBob Halkidis · delaying game2 min
- 3:56 into the third periodBrian Bellows · hooking2 min
- 10:02 into the third periodDino Ciccarelli · roughing2 min
- 12:57 into the third periodBob Halkidis · holding2 min
- 15:36 into the third periodLindy Ruff · fighting5 min
- 15:36 into the third periodBasil Mcrae · fighting5 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Ken PriestlayC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Jim JacksonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Mike DonnellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike HartmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 90Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Bob HalkidisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 40Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 11Brian LawtonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 31Wally SchreiberR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Marc HabscheidC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Richard ZemlakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Mitchell MessierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Patrick MichelettiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 37Dave ArchibaldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 28Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jon CaseyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 21 | 6 | .714 |