Edmonton Oilers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, November 12, 1989 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Edmonton Oilers 6–5 on Sunday, November 12, 1989 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Oilers outshot the Sabres 37–28.
Jari Kurri scored twice. Rick Vaive, Christian Ruuttu, Craig MacTavish, Phil Housley, Rob Ray, Doug Bodger, Mark Messier, Craig Simpson and Dave Andreychuk also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Vaive (8)Dave Andreychuk (7), Pierre Turgeon (19)0–103:05 BUF · 
Christian Ruuttu (3)Alexander Mogilny (9), Phil Housley (11)0–204:27 BUF
Jari Kurri (12)Mark Messier (18), Glenn Anderson (9)1–219:30 EDM ·
2nd period
Craig MacTavish (7)Peter Eriksson (3), Jeff Beukeboom (7)2–202:05 EDM
Phil Housley (4)Doug Bodger (6), Pierre Turgeon (20)2–305:11 BUF · - Jari Kurri (13)Mark Messier (19), Esa Tikkanen (9)3–312:33 EDM ·
3rd period
Rob Ray (2)Mike Foligno (6)3–406:10 BUF
Doug Bodger (3)Phil Housley (12), Pierre Turgeon (21)3–506:45 BUF · 
Mark Messier (12)Craig Simpson (8), Glenn Anderson (10)4–514:57 EDM
Craig Simpson (4)Jari Kurri (12), Charlie Huddy (5)5–517:41 EDM
Dave Andreychuk (12)Unassisted5–619:59 BUF
Team stats
EDMBUF
3728
0%0%
2/43/5
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Penalties
- 2:04 into the first period
Glenn Anderson · cross checking2 min - 7:19 into the first period
Mike Hartman · fighting5 min - 7:19 into the first periodKelly Buchberger · instigator2 min
- 7:19 into the first periodKelly Buchberger · fighting5 min
- 13:58 into the first periodMike Foligno · hooking2 min
- 16:48 into the first periodShawn Anderson · hooking2 min
- 19:20 into the first periodJeff Parker · high sticking2 min
- 1:10 into the second periodMike Hartman · fighting5 min
- 1:10 into the second periodDave Brown · fighting5 min
- 4:34 into the second periodCraig Muni · hooking2 min
- 11:40 into the second periodRob Ray · high sticking2 min
- 6:40 into the third periodCharlie Huddy · high sticking2 min
- 9:31 into the third periodJari Kurri · tripping2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.