New York Rangers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, November 2, 1988 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 6–4 on Wednesday, November 2, 1988 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Rangers outshot the Sabres 43–33.
Adam Creighton scored a hat trick. Marcel Dionne, Brian Mullen, Guy Lafleur, Ray Sheppard, Jeff Parker, James Patrick and Pierre Turgeon also scored.
Daren Puppa made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Bob Froese stopped 27 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Adam Creighton (1)Phil Housley (10)0–106:01 BUF · 
Marcel Dionne (3)Michel Petit (5), Brian Mullen (6)1–116:15 NYR ·
2nd period
Brian Mullen (5)Lucien DeBlois (5), Brian Leetch (9)2–100:30 NYR · - Adam Creighton (2)Lindy Ruff (3), Phil Housley (11)2–201:13 BUF ·
Guy Lafleur (4)Brian Leetch (10)3–204:05 NYR · 
Ray Sheppard (6)Mike Foligno (5), Adam Creighton (3)3–306:51 BUF · 
Jeff Parker (2)Jan Ludvig (2), Uwe Krupp (1)3–407:34 BUF- Adam Creighton (3)Mike Foligno (6), Benoit Hogue (7)3–509:17 BUF
3rd period
James Patrick (4)Unassisted4–508:23 NYR
Pierre Turgeon (6)John Tucker (12), Uwe Krupp (2)4–619:21 BUF ·
Team stats
NYRBUF
4333
0%0%
2/73/5
1014
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:20 into the first period
Norm MacIver · hooking2 min - 11:02 into the first period
Bob Halkidis · hooking2 min - 14:23 into the first periodPhil Housley · interference2 min
- 16:43 into the first periodBrian Leetch · tripping2 min
- 19:28 into the first periodTomas Sandstrom · slashing2 min
- 2:42 into the second periodLindy Ruff · tripping2 min
- 5:24 into the second periodUlf Dahlen · hooking2 min
- 11:24 into the second periodMike Ramsey · holding2 min
- 14:27 into the second periodMike Ramsey · interference2 min
- 16:47 into the second periodPhil Housley · hooking2 min
- 11:15 into the third periodJan Ludvig · roughing2 min
- 14:55 into the third periodNorm MacIver · holding2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 19Brian MullenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Tony GranatoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken HammondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Norm MacIverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | L | 32 | 5 | .844 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 38Adam CreightonC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 29Jeff ParkerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 36Jan LudvigR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike HartmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Bob HalkidisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tom BarrassoG | 20 | 1 | .950 | |
| 31Daren PuppaG | W | 23 | 3 | .870 |