Buffalo Sabres vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Wednesday, January 25, 1989 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Detroit Red Wings 6–3 on Wednesday, January 25, 1989 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Sabres 35–27.
Goals came from Steve Yzerman, Dave Andreychuk, Scott Arniel, Phil Housley, Ray Sheppard, Joey Kocur, Mike Foligno, Gerard Gallant and Rick Vaive.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Yzerman (44)Gerard Gallant (35), Joey Kocur (3)0–110:39 DET · 
Dave Andreychuk (14)Phil Housley (29), Pierre Turgeon (31)1–115:56 BUF
2nd period
Scott Arniel (10)Rick Vaive (19)2–103:58 BUF
Phil Housley (19)Ray Sheppard (17), Mark Napier (10)3–104:44 BUF
Ray Sheppard (15)Jeff Parker (5), Mark Napier (11)4–108:52 BUF
Joey Kocur (6)Rick Zombo (9), Steve Yzerman (54)4–214:29 DET · 
Mike Foligno (13)Pierre Turgeon (32), Lindy Ruff (9)5–217:54 BUF
3rd period
Gerard Gallant (25)Adam Oates (27), Rick Zombo (10)5–312:50 DET
Rick Vaive (23)Christian Ruuttu (31)6–319:00 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFDET
2735
0%0%
0/12/3
84
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:23 into the first period
Jeff Parker · hooking2 min - 12:57 into the first periodChristian Ruuttu · holding2 min
- 0:34 into the second period
Gerard Gallant · holding2 min - 12:34 into the second periodMike Hartman · hooking2 min
- 18:06 into the third periodUwe Krupp · hooking2 min
- 18:06 into the third periodBench · delaying game2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.