Quebec Nordiques vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, January 31, 1990 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Quebec Nordiques 6–3 on Wednesday, January 31, 1990 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Nordiques 44–37.
Goals came from Paul Gillis, Ray Sheppard, Tony McKegney, Doug Bodger, Darin Kimble, Benoit Hogue, Mike Ramsey, Mike Foligno and Scott Arniel.
Daren Puppa made 34 saves on 37 shots for the win; Scott Gordon stopped 38 of 43.
Scoring
1st period
Paul Gillis (6)Steven Finn (5), Mario Marois (10)1–007:29 QUE
Ray Sheppard (4)Pierre Turgeon (46), Doug Bodger (23)1–113:00 BUF · 
Tony McKegney (10)Paul Gillis (10), Joe Sakic (36)2–118:16 QUE ·
2nd period
Doug Bodger (9)Mike Foligno (18), Pierre Turgeon (47)2–207:50 BUF · 
Darin Kimble (4)Mario Marois (11), Peter Stastny (33)3–216:51 QUE ·
3rd period
Benoit Hogue (7)Unassisted3–303:59 BUF
Mike Ramsey (4)Alexander Mogilny (19), Ken Priestlay (2)3–406:38 BUF
Mike Foligno (15)Doug Bodger (24), Phil Housley (38)3–515:33 BUF · 
Scott Arniel (13)Mike Ramsey (19)3–619:50 BUF ·
Team stats
QUEBUF
3744
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2/103/9
4444
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00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:08 into the first period
Mike Hartman · fighting5 min - 0:08 into the first period
Greg Smyth · fighting5 min - 0:32 into the first periodJeff Parker · fighting5 min
- 0:32 into the first periodDarin Kimble · high sticking2 min
- 0:32 into the first periodDarin Kimble · fighting5 min
- 1:19 into the first periodPierre Turgeon · high sticking2 min
- 4:16 into the first periodMike Foligno · roughing2 min
- 4:16 into the first periodMichel Petit · roughing2 min
- 9:50 into the first periodDoug Bodger · holding2 min
- 12:04 into the first periodBenoit Hogue · fighting5 min
- 12:04 into the first periodClaude Loiselle · cross checking2 min
- 12:04 into the first periodClaude Loiselle · fighting5 min
- 12:35 into the first periodPaul Gillis · cross checking2 min
- 13:16 into the first periodJeff Jackson · interference2 min
- 14:19 into the first periodChristian Ruuttu · interference2 min
- 14:19 into the first periodChristian Ruuttu · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 16:12 into the first periodScott Arniel · tripping2 min
- 19:45 into the first periodDean Kennedy · fighting5 min
- 19:45 into the first periodKen Mcrae · instigator2 min
- 19:45 into the first periodKen Mcrae · fighting5 min
- 1:13 into the second periodPhil Housley · slashing2 min
- 1:51 into the second periodMario Marois · tripping2 min
- 7:22 into the second periodMichel Goulet · hooking2 min
- 9:55 into the second periodChristian Ruuttu · holding2 min
- 11:38 into the second periodScott Arniel · high sticking2 min
- 14:17 into the second periodCurtis Leschyshyn · tripping2 min
- 16:47 into the second periodDoug Bodger · high sticking2 min
- 18:21 into the second periodMichel Petit · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodMike Foligno · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodMario Marois · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 7:26 into the third periodKen Priestlay · boarding2 min
- 14:11 into the third periodCurtis Leschyshyn · tripping2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 23Paul GillisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 44Mario MaroisD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Tony McKegneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 15Darin KimbleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Brent SeverynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Ken McraeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 20Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Jeff JacksonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Tony HrkacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Greg SmythD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 43Bryan FogartyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Scott GordonG | L | 43 | 5 | .884 |
| 31Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 8Doug BodgerD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 56Ken PriestlayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Dave SnuggerudL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike HartmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 29Jeff ParkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 26Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Daren PuppaG | W | 37 | 3 | .919 |