Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, December 29, 1989 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 in overtime on Friday, December 29, 1989 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Bruins 29–28.
Goals came from Dave Andreychuk, Bobby Gould, Rob Cimetta, Mike Foligno, Scott Arniel, John Carter and Craig Janney.
Rejean Lemelin made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Clint Malarchuk stopped 24 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Andreychuk (20)Grant Ledyard (6), Mike Ramsey (9)0–105:27 BUF · 
Bobby Gould (2)John Carter (8)1–110:25 BOS
Rob Cimetta (8)Ken Linseman (13), Stephane Quintal (1)2–112:52 BOS
Mike Foligno (14)Christian Ruuttu (23), Grant Ledyard (7)2–217:18 BUF · 
Scott Arniel (10)Benoit Hogue (4), Dave Snuggerud (9)2–317:54 BUF
3rd period
John Carter (7)Bobby Gould (6), Ray Bourque (39)3–304:06 BOS
Overtime
Craig Janney (9)Andy Brickley (19), Cam Neely (19)4–301:33 BOS
Team stats
BOSBUF
2829
0%0%
0/12/4
159
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:48 into the first period
Stephane Quintal · interference2 min - 6:30 into the first period
Kevin Maguire · interference2 min - 16:39 into the first periodRob Cimetta · holding2 min
- 13:26 into the second periodDon Sweeney · hooking2 min
- 16:14 into the second periodKen Linseman · roughing2 min
- 16:14 into the second periodStephane Quintal · fighting5 min
- 16:14 into the second periodBenoit Hogue · roughing2 min
- 16:14 into the second periodKevin Maguire · fighting5 min
- 16:22 into the third periodGlen Wesley · hooking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 18Bobby GouldR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 31John CarterL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Rob CimettaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Craig JanneyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Andy BrickleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 11Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 38Greg HawgoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 3Grant LedyardD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 18Dave SnuggerudL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Steve LudzikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike HartmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | L | 28 | 4 | .857 |
| 31Daren PuppaG | 0 | 0 | – |