Hartford Whalers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, January 4, 1989 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–4 in overtime on Wednesday, January 4, 1989 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Whalers 27–20.
Brian Lawton scored twice. Mark Napier, Ron Francis, Ray Ferraro, Pierre Turgeon, Christian Ruuttu, Uwe Krupp and Sylvain Cote also scored.
Mike Liut made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; Daren Puppa stopped 15 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Napier (6)John Tucker (23), Lindy Ruff (6)0–103:50 BUF
Ron Francis (16)Kevin Dineen (20)1–117:42 HFD · 
Ray Ferraro (18)Kevin Dineen (21), John Anderson (4)2–119:54 HFD
2nd period
Pierre Turgeon (17)Scott Metcalfe (1), Phil Housley (25)2–203:12 BUF
Brian Lawton (9)Kevin Dineen (22), Dave Babych (16)3–216:01 HFD ·
3rd period
Christian Ruuttu (7)Mike Ramsey (7), Daren Puppa (4)3–312:25 BUF · 
Uwe Krupp (3)Mike Foligno (11), Christian Ruuttu (21)3–413:05 BUF
Sylvain Cote (7)Norm MacIver (15)4–418:47 HFD
Overtime
- Brian Lawton (10)Kevin Dineen (23), Sylvain Cote (6)5–403:19 HFD
Team stats
HFDBUF
2027
0%0%
2/51/7
1814
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:03 into the first period
John Anderson · hooking2 min - 9:32 into the first periodDave Babych · tripping2 min
- 13:50 into the first periodBrent Peterson · holding2 min
- 16:12 into the first period
Benoit Hogue · holding2 min - 5:30 into the second periodKevin Dineen · elbowing2 min
- 8:58 into the second periodLindy Ruff · tripping2 min
- 12:34 into the second periodPaul Macdermid · holding2 min
- 15:12 into the second periodMike Ramsey · holding2 min
- 16:55 into the second periodJoel Quenneville · holding2 min
- 19:30 into the second periodRick Vaive · roughing2 min
- 19:30 into the second periodScot Kleinendorst · roughing2 min
- 2:20 into the third periodMike Ramsey · high sticking2 min
- 10:57 into the third periodDave Babych · holding2 min
- 15:28 into the third periodUwe Krupp · roughing2 min
- 15:28 into the third periodLindy Ruff · holding2 min
- 15:28 into the third periodKevin Dineen · roughing2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Brian LawtonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Norm MacIverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Tom MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Scott YoungR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 27 | 4 | .852 |
| 30Peter SidorkiewiczG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 32Scott MetcalfeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Rick VaiveR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Mike DonnellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Jeff ParkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Daren PuppaG | L | 20 | 5 | .750 |