Buffalo Sabres vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Wednesday, November 8, 1989 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Hartford Whalers 6–3 on Wednesday, November 8, 1989 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Sabres 29–28.
Goals came from Rick Vaive, Pat Verbeek, Phil Housley, Mike Foligno, Kevin Dineen, Doug Bodger, Paul Macdermid, Pierre Turgeon and Christian Ruuttu.
Daren Puppa made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Vaive (7)Alexander Mogilny (7), Phil Housley (8)1–000:09 BUF
Pat Verbeek (13)Unassisted1–103:12 HFD
2nd period
Phil Housley (3)Christian Ruuttu (12), Alexander Mogilny (8)2–100:18 BUF
Mike Foligno (7)Pierre Turgeon (16), Phil Housley (9)3–100:43 BUF
Kevin Dineen (4)Dave Babych (11)3–206:56 HFD · 
Doug Bodger (2)Rick Vaive (6), Pierre Turgeon (17)4–208:45 BUF · 
Paul Macdermid (4)Ron Francis (14), Pat Verbeek (9)4–317:28 HFD ·
3rd period
Pierre Turgeon (7)Dean Kennedy (3)5–310:32 BUF
Christian Ruuttu (2)Dave Snuggerud (3)6–318:42 BUF · ·
Team stats
BUFHFD
2829
0%0%
1/52/5
2828
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:25 into the first period
Brian Lawton · holding2 min - 11:43 into the first periodRandy Ladouceur · holding2 min
- 14:27 into the first period
Uwe Krupp · holding2 min - 2:15 into the second periodDean Kennedy · high sticking2 min
- 2:15 into the second periodRon Francis · high sticking2 min
- 3:12 into the second periodRob Ray · roughing2 min
- 3:12 into the second periodKevin Dineen · roughing2 min
- 6:12 into the second periodDave Snuggerud · holding2 min
- 7:30 into the second periodDean Evason · holding2 min
- 12:07 into the second periodMike Foligno · tripping2 min
- 15:30 into the second periodKevin Maguire · roughing2 min
- 15:30 into the second periodKevin Maguire · misconduct10 min
- 0:51 into the third periodDave Tippett · elbowing2 min
- 13:05 into the third periodDoug Bodger · high sticking2 min
- 13:05 into the third periodRon Francis · high sticking2 min
- 13:05 into the third periodPat Verbeek · roughing2 min
- 16:43 into the third periodMike Hartman · interference2 min
- 16:43 into the third periodUwe Krupp · roughing2 min
- 16:43 into the third periodKevin Dineen · roughing2 min
- 18:25 into the third periodKevin Dineen · misconduct10 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Dave SnuggerudL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Doug BodgerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 26Dean KennedyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike HartmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 29Jeff ParkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Daren PuppaG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |
Hartford Whalers
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Scott YoungR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 28Mike TomlakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 25Grant JenningsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 32Brad ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |
| 30Peter SidorkiewiczG | 0 | 0 | – |