Hartford Whalers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, March 31, 1988 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Hartford Whalers 3-2 on Thursday, March 31, 1988 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Whalers outshot the Sabres 34-31.
Goals came from Scott Arniel, Mark Napier, Dave Tippett, Sylvain Turgeon and Dave Andreychuk.
Tom Barrasso made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 28 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Scott Arniel (17)Christian Ruuttu (44), Mark Napier (8)0–114:59 BUF
Mark Napier (10)Scott Arniel (23), Bob Halkidis (3)0–215:36 BUF
Dave Tippett (16)Carey Wilson (40), Sylvain Cote (19)1–216:05 HFD
2nd period
Sylvain Turgeon (21)Ray Ferraro (28), Kevin Dineen (25)2–202:50 HFD
Dave Andreychuk (29)John Tucker (16)2–319:50 BUF
Team stats
HFDBUF
34Shots on goal31
0%Faceoff %0%
0/2Power play0/4
13Penalty minutes8
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 05:28
Randy Ladouceur · hooking2 min - 1st 19:23Paul Macdermid · tripping2 min
- 2nd 14:23Stew Gavin · holding2 min
- 3rd 02:08
Christian Ruuttu · holding2 min - 3rd 16:44Doug Smith · roughing2 min
- 3rd 16:44Kevin Dineen · high sticking5 min
- 3rd 18:31Scott Arniel · hooking2 min
- 3rd 18:31Christian Ruuttu · holding2 min
- 3rd 18:31Sylvain Turgeon · roughing2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | – |
| 33Carey WilsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 28Lindsay CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 25Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 31 | 28 | 3 | .903 | 58:45 |
| 31Richard BrodeurG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Scott ArnielL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Bob HalkidisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 16Mike DonnellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike HartmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 90Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 3Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 27Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 40Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tom BarrassoG | W | 34 | 32 | 2 | .941 | 60:00 |
| 31Daren PuppaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |