Hartford Whalers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, February 23, 1990 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Hartford Whalers 7–3 on Friday, February 23, 1990 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Whalers 35–25.
Christian Ruuttu scored twice and Pierre Turgeon scored twice. Ron Francis, Ed Kastelic, Phil Housley, Scott Young, Alexander Mogilny and Mike Hartman also scored.
Daren Puppa made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Peter Sidorkiewicz stopped 28 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Ron Francis (24)Ray Ferraro (27), Brad Shaw (26)1–014:17 HFD · 
Christian Ruuttu (11)Scott Arniel (9), Uwe Krupp (14)1–119:52 BUF
2nd period
Ed Kastelic (6)Tom Martin (2), Dean Evason (18)2–103:33 HFD
Phil Housley (17)Dave Snuggerud (12)2–203:55 BUF
Pierre Turgeon (30)Alexander Mogilny (20), Phil Housley (44)2–305:01 BUF · 
Scott Young (17)Unassisted3–305:34 HFD
Alexander Mogilny (11)Ken Priestlay (6), Doug Bodger (28)3–414:20 BUF · - Pierre Turgeon (31)Unassisted3–516:23 BUF ·
- Christian Ruuttu (12)Dave Snuggerud (13), Phil Housley (45)3–619:36 BUF
3rd period
Mike Hartman (10)Kevin Maguire (9), Dean Kennedy (6)3–706:38 BUF
Team stats
HFDBUF
2535
0%0%
1/62/9
4720
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:36 into the first period
Allan Tuer · high sticking2 min - 3:52 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · slashing2 min
- 7:56 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · holding2 min
- 13:42 into the first period
Grant Ledyard · high sticking2 min - 14:36 into the first periodKevin Maguire · interference2 min
- 0:20 into the second periodTodd Krygier · tripping2 min
- 4:14 into the second periodJoel Quenneville · holding2 min
- 10:47 into the second periodChristian Ruuttu · roughing2 min
- 10:47 into the second periodChristian Ruuttu · slashing2 min
- 10:47 into the second periodTodd Krygier · roughing2 min
- 13:01 into the second periodRandy Cunneyworth · hooking2 min
- 15:04 into the second periodKevin Maguire · roughing2 min
- 18:08 into the second periodDean Evason · holding2 min
- 18:28 into the second periodDave Andreychuk · interference2 min
- 8:49 into the third periodScott Young · slashing2 min
- 11:24 into the third periodAlexander Mogilny · roughing2 min
- 11:24 into the third periodKevin Dineen · game misconduct10 min
- 11:24 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · holding2 min
- 11:24 into the third periodPat Verbeek · fighting5 min
- 11:24 into the third periodPat Verbeek · game misconduct10 min
- 13:33 into the third periodDale Degray · interference2 min
- 16:58 into the third periodKevin Maguire · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 16:58 into the third periodAllan Tuer · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 18:07 into the third periodMike Hartman · high sticking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Ed KastelicR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Tom MartinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Scott YoungR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 32Brad ShawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 8Jody HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 40Allan TuerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Peter SidorkiewiczG | L | 35 | 7 | .800 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 6Phil HousleyD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Dave SnuggerudL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike HartmanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 56Ken PriestlayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Doug BodgerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 26Dean KennedyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Darrin ShannonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Jeff ParkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Dale DegrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Daren PuppaG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |