Philadelphia Flyers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, December 17, 1989 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4–3 on Sunday, December 17, 1989 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Flyers 28–25.
Alexander Mogilny scored twice. Scott Mellanby, Mark Howe, Pelle Eklund, Mike Foligno and Pierre Turgeon also scored.
Daren Puppa made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Ken Wregget stopped 24 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Scott Mellanby (3)Dave Poulin (5), Derrick Smith (1)1–001:20 PHI
Alexander Mogilny (6)Christian Ruuttu (20), Mike Foligno (13)1–104:22 BUF
Mark Howe (6)Murray Craven (28), Rick Tocchet (24)2–107:44 PHI · 
Pelle Eklund (5)Ilkka Sinisalo (15), Mike Bullard (22)3–108:58 PHI
2nd period
Mike Foligno (10)Dave Andreychuk (18), Phil Housley (21)3–210:04 BUF · - Alexander Mogilny (7)Kevin Maguire (7)3–318:52 BUF
3rd period
Pierre Turgeon (17)Mike Foligno (14), Phil Housley (22)3–403:43 BUF
Team stats
PHIBUF
2528
0%0%
1/51/6
2510
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:20 into the first period
Jeff Chychrun · tripping2 min - 7:31 into the first period
Doug Bodger · cross checking2 min - 13:34 into the first periodSteve Ludzik · holding2 min
- 16:01 into the first periodJeff Chychrun · holding2 min
- 1:33 into the second periodTerry Carkner · hooking2 min
- 8:24 into the second periodDerrick Smith · tripping2 min
- 16:27 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 19:27 into the second periodDerrick Smith · holding2 min
- 9:12 into the third periodGord Murphy · high sticking5 min
- 9:12 into the third periodGord Murphy · game misconduct10 min
- 11:14 into the third periodPhil Housley · holding2 min
- 13:13 into the third periodDave Andreychuk · roughing2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 9Pelle EklundC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Mike BullardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Gord MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Jeff ChychrunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Jiri LatalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Ken WreggetG | L | 28 | 4 | .857 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Scott MetcalfeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Steve LudzikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Dave SnuggerudL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 26Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Daren PuppaG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |