Buffalo Sabres vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Tuesday, January 2, 1990 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–3 on Tuesday, January 2, 1990 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Sabres 40–36.
John MacLean scored twice. Mark Johnson, Aaron Broten, Kevin Maguire, Sylvain Turgeon, Pierre Turgeon and Alexander Mogilny also scored.
Sean Burke made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Daren Puppa stopped 35 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Johnson (15)Kirk Muller (30)0–111:22 NJD · 
Aaron Broten (10)Walt Poddubny (6), Doug Brown (8)0–212:09 NJD · 
Kevin Maguire (6)Phil Housley (30), Jeff Parker (5)1–215:20 BUF
Sylvain Turgeon (23)Kirk Muller (31), Tommy Albelin (15)1–319:53 NJD
2nd period
John MacLean (22)Brendan Shanahan (22), Patrik Sundstrom (33)1–406:08 NJD
Pierre Turgeon (19)Mike Ramsey (10)2–406:23 BUF
3rd period
Alexander Mogilny (9)Grant Ledyard (8), Benoit Hogue (6)3–409:28 BUF · - John MacLean (23)Tommy Albelin (16), Brendan Shanahan (23)3–516:53 NJD
Team stats
BUFNJD
3640
0%0%
1/42/4
1921
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:14 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 9:08 into the first periodRick Vaive · high sticking5 min
- 9:08 into the first periodRick Vaive · game misconduct10 min
- 3:07 into the second period
Sylvain Turgeon · cross checking2 min - 12:32 into the second periodSylvain Turgeon · interference2 min
- 3:42 into the third periodAlexander Mogilny · slashing2 min
- 3:42 into the third periodBruce Driver · slashing2 min
- 7:52 into the third periodBruce Driver · slashing5 min
- 7:52 into the third periodBruce Driver · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Jeff ParkerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 3Grant LedyardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Dave SnuggerudL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Daren PuppaG | L | 40 | 5 | .875 |
New Jersey Devils
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 26Tommy AlbelinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 21Walt PoddubnyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Viacheslav FetisovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Jamie HuscroftD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 36 | 3 | .917 |
| 31Chris TerreriG | 0 | 0 | – |