Quebec Nordiques vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, October 16, 1988 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Quebec Nordiques beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–3 on Sunday, October 16, 1988 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium.
Goals came from Phil Housley, Scott Arniel, Gaetan Duchesne, Jeff Brown, Jeff Jackson, Ken Priestlay, David Latta and Iiro Jarvi.
Bob Mason made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 27 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Phil Housley (2)Mike Foligno (1), Ray Sheppard (1)0–105:07 BUF
Scott Arniel (1)Mike Foligno (2), Tom Barrasso (1)0–207:20 BUF
Gaetan Duchesne (2)Joe Sakic (3), Mark Vermette (3)1–210:55 QUE
2nd period
Jeff Brown (3)Joe Sakic (4), Anton Stastny (7)2–201:30 QUE · 
Jeff Jackson (1)Paul Gillis (2), Bob Mason (1)3–214:04 QUE
Ken Priestlay (1)Kevin Maguire (2), Mike Hartman (1)3–315:03 BUF
3rd period
David Latta (2)Paul Gillis (3), Greg Smyth (1)4–307:48 QUE
Iiro Jarvi (2)Randy Moller (4), Walt Poddubny (2)5–311:15 QUE
Team stats
QUEBUF
3232
0%0%
1/20/3
1311
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:05 into the first period
Mike Hartman · fighting5 min - 3:05 into the first period
Greg Smyth · instigator2 min - 3:05 into the first periodGreg Smyth · fighting5 min
- 7:57 into the first periodPierre Turgeon · tripping2 min
- 15:05 into the first periodJeff Brown · slashing2 min
- 1:02 into the second periodPhil Housley · holding2 min
- 3:54 into the second periodIiro Jarvi · holding2 min
- 8:50 into the second periodBob Halkidis · roughing2 min
- 8:50 into the second periodGaetan Duchesne · roughing2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 23Paul GillisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 88Joe SakicC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Mark VermetteR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Iiro JarviR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Jeff JacksonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27David LattaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 75Walt PoddubnyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Greg SmythD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy MollerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Jeff BrownD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 38Joel BaillargeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Tommy AlbelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 46Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bob MasonG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |
| 30Mario BrunettaG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Ken PriestlayC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike HartmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Bob HalkidisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Steven SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tom BarrassoG | L | 32 | 5 | .844 |
| 31Daren PuppaG | 0 | 0 | – |