Buffalo Sabres vs Quebec Nordiques
Regular season · Saturday, December 23, 1989 · Le Colisée
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Quebec Nordiques 6–5 on Saturday, December 23, 1989 at Le Colisée. The Nordiques outshot the Sabres 42–22.
Rick Vaive scored twice and Brian Lawton scored twice. Michel Goulet, Benoit Hogue, Dave Andreychuk, Phil Housley, Christian Ruuttu, Joe Sakic and Michel Petit also scored.
Clint Malarchuk made 37 saves on 42 shots for the win; Ron Tugnutt stopped 4 of 5.
Scoring
1st period
Michel Goulet (9)Brian Lawton (5), Guy Lafleur (9)0–104:54 QUE · 
Benoit Hogue (2)Uwe Krupp (6)1–107:35 BUF
2nd period
Rick Vaive (15)Phil Housley (25), Dave Andreychuk (21)2–103:35 BUF · 
Dave Andreychuk (18)Phil Housley (26), Doug Bodger (12)3–105:57 BUF · 
Phil Housley (10)Pierre Turgeon (35), Doug Bodger (13)4–110:44 BUF · 
Brian Lawton (4)Guy Lafleur (10), Michel Petit (6)4–211:45 QUE · 
Christian Ruuttu (7)Phil Housley (27), Alexander Mogilny (13)5–213:40 BUF- Brian Lawton (5)Michel Goulet (14), Michel Petit (7)5–315:42 QUE ·
3rd period
Joe Sakic (18)Michel Goulet (15), Guy Lafleur (11)5–403:40 QUE · - Rick Vaive (16)Alexander Mogilny (14), Phil Housley (28)6–405:32 BUF ·
Michel Petit (4)Jeff Jackson (5), Paul Gillis (6)6–507:45 QUE
Team stats
BUFQUE
2242
0%0%
4/64/7
3331
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:18 into the first period
Clint Malarchuk · delaying game2 min - 12:26 into the first periodGrant Ledyard · fighting5 min
- 12:26 into the first period
Ken Mcrae · fighting5 min - 12:42 into the first periodUwe Krupp · roughing2 min
- 12:42 into the first periodPierre Turgeon · holding2 min
- 12:42 into the first periodPaul Gillis · high sticking2 min
- 14:00 into the first periodBrian Lawton · tripping2 min
- 17:59 into the first periodLucien DeBlois · holding2 min
- 3:27 into the second periodPaul Gillis · holding2 min
- 5:49 into the second periodMichel Petit · hooking2 min
- 8:07 into the second periodScott Metcalfe · fighting5 min
- 8:07 into the second periodJoe Cirella · fighting5 min
- 9:15 into the second periodBenoit Hogue · fighting5 min
- 9:15 into the second periodDarin Kimble · high sticking2 min
- 9:15 into the second periodClaude Loiselle · fighting5 min
- 11:27 into the second periodGrant Ledyard · holding2 min
- 14:58 into the second periodDoug Bodger · hooking2 min
- 16:41 into the second periodDale Degray · holding2 min
- 3:32 into the third periodSteve Ludzik · holding2 min
- 5:12 into the third periodJoe Sakic · holding2 min
- 6:59 into the third periodKevin Maguire · roughing2 min
- 6:59 into the third periodDarin Kimble · roughing2 min
- 18:39 into the third periodScott Arniel · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 6Phil HousleyD | 1 | 4 | 5 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Doug BodgerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Scott MetcalfeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Steve LudzikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Dave SnuggerudL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Dale DegrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | W | 42 | 5 | .881 |
| 31Daren PuppaG | 0 | 0 | – |
Quebec Nordiques
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Brian LawtonC | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 19Joe SakicC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Paul GillisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Jeff JacksonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Iiro JarviR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Ken McraeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Darin KimbleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 43Bryan FogartyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 44Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ron TugnuttG | L | 5 | 1 | .800 |
| 30Mario BrunettaG | 17 | 5 | .706 |