Vancouver Canucks vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, March 24, 1989 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Vancouver Canucks 5–2 on Friday, March 24, 1989 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Canucks 26–20.
Goals came from Ray Sheppard, John Tucker, Mike Foligno, Ken Berry, Dave Andreychuk, Ken Priestlay and Petri Skriko.
Jacques Cloutier made 18 saves on 20 shots for the win; Steve Weeks stopped 21 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Ray Sheppard (21)Pierre Turgeon (51)0–110:06 BUF
John Tucker (13)Unassisted0–210:58 BUF
Mike Foligno (25)Doug Bodger (41), Shawn Anderson (10)0–311:36 BUF · 
Ken Berry (1)Stan Smyl (16)1–313:10 VAN
2nd period
Dave Andreychuk (26)Grant Ledyard (15), John Tucker (30)1–416:58 BUF
Ken Priestlay (2)Pierre Turgeon (52), Doug Bodger (42)1–518:25 BUF
3rd period
Petri Skriko (30)Trevor Linden (28), Paul Reinhart (48)2–501:16 VAN ·
Team stats
VANBUF
2026
0%0%
1/61/6
2031
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:32 into the first period
Mike Hartman · boarding2 min - 4:42 into the first periodLarry Playfair · high sticking5 min
- 4:42 into the first periodLarry Playfair · game misconduct10 min
- 4:42 into the first period
Rich Sutter · roughing2 min - 11:25 into the first periodJim Sandlak · cross checking2 min
- 14:57 into the first periodLarry Melnyk · interference2 min
- 18:31 into the first periodSteve Bozek · hooking2 min
- 0:53 into the second periodShawn Anderson · holding2 min
- 1:42 into the second periodMike Ramsey · slashing2 min
- 1:42 into the second periodTrevor Linden · tripping2 min
- 8:49 into the second periodGreg Adams · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 10:00 into the second periodMel Bridgman · hooking2 min
- 15:21 into the second periodMark Napier · holding2 min
- 16:21 into the second periodRobert Nordmark · holding2 min
- 0:28 into the third periodMike Ramsey · roughing2 min
- 0:28 into the third periodMike Ramsey · roughing2 min
- 0:28 into the third periodMel Bridgman · roughing2 min
- 2:27 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 16:29 into the third periodChristian Ruuttu · roughing2 min
- 16:29 into the third periodDoug Smith · roughing2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Trevor LindenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Ken BerryL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Steve BozekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Jim SandlakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Jim BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Robert NordmarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Daryl StanleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Steve WeeksG | L | 26 | 5 | .808 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 7John TuckerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Doug BodgerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 56Ken PriestlayC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3Grant LedyardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 37Shawn AndersonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Mike HartmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Scott MetcalfeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | W | 20 | 2 | .900 |
| 35Darcy WakalukG | 0 | 0 | – |