Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, October 12, 1988 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 8–5 on Wednesday, October 12, 1988 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 34–29.
Christian Ruuttu scored twice, Dave Andreychuk scored a hat trick and Mike Foligno scored twice. Mario Lemieux, Dan Quinn, John Tucker, Rob Brown, Randy Cunneyworth and Mark Kachowski also scored.
Tom Barrasso made 29 saves on 34 shots for the win; Wendell Young stopped 21 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Mario Lemieux (4)Paul Coffey (3)1–012:35 PIT · 
Dan Quinn (2)Randy Cunneyworth (2)2–017:33 PIT
2nd period
Christian Ruuttu (1)Dave Andreychuk (1), Phil Housley (1)2–103:26 BUF · 
Dave Andreychuk (1)John Tucker (3), Pierre Turgeon (2)2–208:28 BUF · - Christian Ruuttu (2)Phil Housley (2)2–309:38 BUF ·
- Dave Andreychuk (2)Benoit Hogue (2), John Tucker (4)2–410:07 BUF ·
John Tucker (3)Dave Andreychuk (2)2–511:00 BUF
3rd period
Rob Brown (2)Phil Bourque (1), Bob Errey (3)3–503:31 PIT
Mike Foligno (1)Christian Ruuttu (1), Bob Halkidis (1)3–604:51 BUF
Randy Cunneyworth (4)Dan Quinn (3), Paul Coffey (4)4–614:39 PIT · - Dave Andreychuk (3)Mark Napier (1)4–715:28 BUF
- Mike Foligno (2)Phil Housley (3), Christian Ruuttu (2)4–819:16 BUF ·
Mark Kachowski (1)John Cullen (2), Rod Buskas (2)5–819:58 PIT
Team stats
PITBUF
3429
0%0%
2/75/8
4233
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:13 into the first period
Mike Hartman · roughing2 min - 5:13 into the first period
Dave Hannan · roughing2 min - 5:57 into the first periodRandy Hillier · interference2 min
- 8:21 into the first periodRay Sheppard · hooking2 min
- 10:44 into the first periodChristian Ruuttu · tripping2 min
- 11:47 into the first periodUwe Krupp · roughing2 min
- 11:47 into the first periodRandy Cunneyworth · elbowing2 min
- 2:08 into the second periodSteve Dykstra · tripping2 min
- 5:04 into the second periodMike Foligno · roughing2 min
- 5:04 into the second periodJay Caufield · instigator2 min
- 5:04 into the second periodJay Caufield · fighting5 min
- 5:04 into the second periodJay Caufield · game misconduct10 min
- 9:38 into the second periodMario Lemieux · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 13:05 into the second periodBenoit Hogue · slashing2 min
- 14:25 into the second periodPaul Coffey · holding2 min
- 17:19 into the second periodBob Halkidis · roughing2 min
- 17:19 into the second periodBob Halkidis · roughing2 min
- 17:19 into the second periodPhil Bourque · roughing2 min
- 18:25 into the second periodMike Ramsey · interference2 min
- 5:24 into the third periodLindy Ruff · tripping2 min
- 7:19 into the third periodTom Barrasso · slashing2 min
- 10:38 into the third periodKen Priestlay · slashing2 min
- 10:38 into the third periodTroy Loney · roughing2 min
- 12:54 into the third periodMike Foligno · tripping2 min
- 18:59 into the third periodMike Hartman · fighting5 min
- 18:59 into the third periodPhil Bourque · fighting5 min
- 18:59 into the third periodRandy Hillier · holding2 min
- 19:45 into the third periodBob Halkidis · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:45 into the third periodTroy Loney · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Dan QuinnC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11John CullenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Mark KachowskiL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Rob BrownR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Jay CaufieldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Zarley ZalapskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wendell YoungG | L | 29 | 8 | .724 |
| 31Rick TabaracciG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 3 | 2 | 5 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 18Bob HalkidisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Ken PriestlayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike HartmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Steven SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tom BarrassoG | W | 34 | 5 | .853 |
| 31Daren PuppaG | 0 | 0 | – |