New York Rangers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, February 9, 1990 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 3–2 on Friday, February 9, 1990 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Rangers 43–34.
Bernie Nicholls scored twice. Rick Vaive, Benoit Hogue and Pierre Turgeon also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Vaive (22)Christian Ruuttu (32), Doug Bodger (26)0–111:36 BUF
Bernie Nicholls (32)Brian Leetch (31), Darren Turcotte (19)1–116:48 NYR ·
2nd period
- Bernie Nicholls (33)Brian Leetch (32), Darren Turcotte (20)2–106:43 NYR ·
3rd period
Benoit Hogue (8)Mike Hartman (7), Daren Puppa (2)2–214:16 BUF
Pierre Turgeon (26)Dave Snuggerud (10), Mike Foligno (20)2–319:54 BUF
Team stats
NYRBUF
3443
0%0%
2/20/6
2720
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00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:24 into the first period
Mark Hardy · interference2 min - 15:25 into the first period
Mike Donnelly · hooking2 min - 1:45 into the second periodDean Kennedy · roughing2 min
- 1:45 into the second periodGrant Ledyard · slashing2 min
- 1:45 into the second periodMark Janssens · roughing2 min
- 1:45 into the second periodTroy Mallette · elbowing2 min
- 1:45 into the second periodTroy Mallette · tripping2 min
- 4:17 into the second periodKris King · high sticking5 min
- 4:17 into the second periodKris King · game misconduct10 min
- 4:45 into the second periodPhil Housley · hooking2 min
- 5:43 into the second periodUwe Krupp · tripping2 min
- 7:10 into the second periodMark Hardy · interference2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodBenoit Hogue · misconduct10 min
- 11:50 into the third periodMiloslav Horava · tripping2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.