Buffalo Sabres vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, February 4, 1989 · Great Western Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–3 on Saturday, February 4, 1989 at Great Western Forum. The Sabres outshot the Kings 28–25.
Christian Ruuttu scored twice and Wayne Gretzky scored a hat trick. Shawn Anderson, Steve Kasper and Luc Robitaille also scored.
Glenn Healy made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Darcy Wakaluk stopped 20 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Christian Ruuttu (9)Scott Arniel (15), Rick Vaive (22)1–000:20 BUF
2nd period
Shawn Anderson (2)Pierre Turgeon (38), Calle Johansson (8)2–010:56 BUF · 
Steve Kasper (11)Mike Allison (9), Luc Robitaille (42)2–113:10 LAK ·
3rd period
Luc Robitaille (36)Wayne Gretzky (79), Dale Degray (15)2–207:00 LAK
Wayne Gretzky (36)Bernie Nicholls (61), John Tonelli (24)2–310:34 LAK- Christian Ruuttu (10)Shawn Anderson (5), Dave Andreychuk (11)3–317:29 BUF
- Wayne Gretzky (37)Unassisted3–418:12 LAK
- Wayne Gretzky (38)Unassisted3–519:59 LAK ·
Team stats
BUFLAK
2825
0%0%
1/61/4
812
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:56 into the first period
Mike Hartman · cross checking2 min - 8:40 into the first periodLindy Ruff · hooking2 min
- 14:18 into the first period
Mike Allison · interference2 min - 7:55 into the second periodMike Krushelnyski · hooking2 min
- 7:55 into the second periodMike Krushelnyski · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 9:24 into the second periodDean Kennedy · roughing2 min
- 12:51 into the second periodUwe Krupp · holding2 min
- 4:17 into the third periodUwe Krupp · tripping2 min
- 8:18 into the third periodGlenn Healy · roughing2 min
- 13:01 into the third periodLuc Robitaille · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 37Shawn AndersonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Rick VaiveR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike HartmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jeff ParkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 8Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 55Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Darcy WakalukG | L | 24 | 4 | .833 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Dale DegrayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Phil SykesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 37Bob KudelskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 45Gord WalkerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 49Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Tim WattersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Wayne McbeanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mark FitzpatrickG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Glenn HealyG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |