Buffalo Sabres vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Thursday, December 7, 1989 · Spectrum
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 in overtime on Thursday, December 7, 1989 at Spectrum. The Flyers outshot the Sabres 37–25.
Goals came from Jiri Latal, Pierre Turgeon, Scott Mellanby, Rick Tocchet, Phil Housley, Rick Vaive and Ron Sutter.
Ken Wregget made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Daren Puppa stopped 33 of 37.
Scoring
2nd period
Jiri Latal (1)Rick Tocchet (18), Murray Craven (22)0–104:21 PHI
Pierre Turgeon (16)Dave Andreychuk (16)1–119:45 BUF ·
3rd period
Scott Mellanby (2)Pelle Eklund (5), Mike Bullard (18)1–202:00 PHI
Rick Tocchet (15)Murray Craven (23), Ron Sutter (12)1–306:07 PHI
Phil Housley (8)Dave Snuggerud (5), Benoit Hogue (2)2–307:07 BUF
Rick Vaive (10)Doug Bodger (11), Mike Foligno (11)3–319:49 BUF
Overtime
Ron Sutter (10)Rick Tocchet (19), Jiri Latal (1)3–400:24 PHI
Team stats
BUFPHI
2537
0%0%
1/40/4
1717
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:18 into the first period
Kevin Maguire · fighting5 min - 4:18 into the first period
Tony Horacek · elbowing2 min - 4:18 into the first periodTony Horacek · fighting5 min
- 12:38 into the first periodDoug Bodger · interference2 min
- 16:21 into the first periodRob Ray · roughing2 min
- 16:21 into the first periodTerry Carkner · roughing2 min
- 17:09 into the first periodRick Vaive · hooking2 min
- 8:37 into the second periodUwe Krupp · high sticking2 min
- 12:43 into the second periodDerrick Smith · interference2 min
- 15:20 into the second periodRob Ray · cross checking2 min
- 15:20 into the second periodJeff Chychrun · cross checking2 min
- 16:37 into the second periodMike Ramsey · interference2 min
- 17:59 into the second periodJiri Latal · holding2 min
- 10:47 into the third periodGord Murphy · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Dave SnuggerudL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Doug BodgerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Mike DonnellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 29Jeff ParkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 26Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Daren PuppaG | L | 37 | 4 | .892 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 22Rick TocchetR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Jiri LatalD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 9Pelle EklundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Mike BullardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 17Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Tony HoracekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 3Gord MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Jeff ChychrunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 29Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Ken WreggetG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |