Hartford Whalers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, October 26, 1988 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Buffalo Sabres 7–1 on Wednesday, October 26, 1988 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Whalers 38–37.
Kevin Dineen scored twice. Scott Young, Ron Francis, Ray Sheppard, Dean Evason, Dave Tippett and Sylvain Turgeon also scored.
Peter Sidorkiewicz made 37 saves on 38 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 30 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Scott Young (2)Unassisted1–006:15 HFD
2nd period
Ron Francis (5)John Anderson (1), Grant Jennings (2)2–004:34 HFD
Ray Sheppard (4)Mike Ramsey (4)2–114:08 BUF
3rd period
Kevin Dineen (3)Dave Babych (3)3–107:51 HFD · 
Dean Evason (1)Ulf Samuelsson (5), Torrie Robertson (2)4–113:47 HFD- Kevin Dineen (4)Dave Babych (4)5–114:43 HFD
Dave Tippett (3)Joel Quenneville (2), Dave Babych (5)6–116:31 HFD · 
Sylvain Turgeon (3)Carey Wilson (6), Dave Babych (6)7–117:44 HFD ·
Team stats
HFDBUF
3738
0%0%
3/70/3
7664
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:07 into the first period
Bob Halkidis · interference2 min - 11:34 into the first periodKevin Maguire · tripping2 min
- 17:09 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 19:11 into the first periodPierre Turgeon · hooking2 min
- 3:53 into the second periodLarry Playfair · interference2 min
- 3:53 into the second periodLarry Playfair · fighting5 min
- 3:53 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · instigator2 min
- 3:53 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · fighting5 min
- 6:54 into the second periodKevin Maguire · roughing2 min
- 6:54 into the second periodKevin Maguire · misconduct10 min
- 6:54 into the second periodGrant Jennings · misconduct10 min
- 6:54 into the second periodPaul Macdermid · interference2 min
- 8:09 into the second periodJan Ludvig · roughing2 min
- 8:09 into the second periodJohn Tucker · roughing2 min
- 8:09 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 8:09 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · misconduct10 min
- 10:43 into the second periodAdam Creighton · high sticking2 min
- 10:43 into the second periodAdam Creighton · fighting5 min
- 10:43 into the second periodMike Hartman · fighting5 min
- 10:43 into the second periodMike Hartman · game misconduct10 min
- 10:43 into the second periodDean Evason · high sticking2 min
- 10:43 into the second periodDean Evason · fighting5 min
- 10:43 into the second periodRay Ferraro · game misconduct10 min
- 10:43 into the second periodBrent Peterson · fighting5 min
- 10:43 into the second periodBrent Peterson · game misconduct10 min
- 11:21 into the second periodSylvain Turgeon · hooking2 min
- 7:44 into the third periodJan Ludvig · interference2 min
- 9:29 into the third periodPaul Macdermid · elbowing2 min
- 13:32 into the third periodAdam Creighton · roughing2 min
- 13:32 into the third periodAdam Creighton · fighting5 min
- 13:32 into the third periodRandy Ladouceur · holding2 min
- 13:32 into the third periodRandy Ladouceur · fighting5 min
- 15:35 into the third periodTom Barrasso · slashing2 min
- 17:28 into the third periodMike Ramsey · tripping2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Scott YoungR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 33Carey WilsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 25Grant JenningsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Peter SidorkiewiczG | W | 38 | 1 | .974 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 23Ray SheppardR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Ken PriestlayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike HartmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 36Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 38Adam CreightonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Bob HalkidisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tom BarrassoG | L | 37 | 7 | .811 |
| 31Daren PuppaG | 0 | 0 | – |