Quebec Nordiques vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, March 4, 1990 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Quebec Nordiques 5–3 on Sunday, March 4, 1990 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Nordiques 40–35.
Goals came from Ken Priestlay, Benoit Hogue, Christian Ruuttu, Pierre Turgeon, Ken Mcrae, Jeff Jackson, Rick Vaive and Peter Stastny.
Daren Puppa made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Scott Gordon stopped 35 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Ken Priestlay (3)Uwe Krupp (17)0–104:16 BUF
Benoit Hogue (11)Darrin Shannon (2), Daren Puppa (3)0–205:37 BUF
Christian Ruuttu (13)Dave Snuggerud (14), Alexander Mogilny (21)0–312:16 BUF
2nd period
Pierre Turgeon (33)Rick Vaive (16), Phil Housley (47)0–400:39 BUF · 
Ken Mcrae (7)Mike Hough (12), Steven Finn (8)1–400:56 QUE
3rd period
Jeff Jackson (6)Joe Sakic (52), Curtis Leschyshyn (5)2–404:33 QUE
Rick Vaive (25)Pierre Turgeon (53), Dean Kennedy (8)2–507:37 BUF
Peter Stastny (24)Tony McKegney (8), Michel Petit (18)3–510:40 QUE ·
Team stats
QUEBUF
3540
0%0%
1/51/5
3421
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:55 into the first period
Paul Gillis · high sticking5 min - 1:55 into the first periodPaul Gillis · game misconduct10 min
- 4:07 into the first period
Dave Snuggerud · tripping2 min - 8:13 into the first periodDaren Puppa · tripping2 min
- 8:41 into the first periodMike Hough · slashing2 min
- 9:29 into the first periodPhil Housley · high sticking2 min
- 9:29 into the first periodBrent Severyn · high sticking2 min
- 14:48 into the first periodTony McKegney · hooking2 min
- 19:21 into the first periodJeff Jackson · roughing2 min
- 1:23 into the second periodSteven Finn · tripping2 min
- 4:32 into the second periodMike Hartman · high sticking2 min
- 4:32 into the second periodMichel Petit · high sticking2 min
- 1:53 into the third periodDoug Bodger · hooking2 min
- 7:53 into the third periodMike Hartman · instigator2 min
- 7:53 into the third periodMike Hartman · fighting5 min
- 7:53 into the third periodSteven Finn · high sticking2 min
- 7:53 into the third periodSteven Finn · fighting5 min
- 10:15 into the third periodRick Vaive · hooking2 min
- 15:43 into the third periodRick Vaive · holding2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 12Ken McraeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Jeff JacksonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Brent SeverynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Marc FortierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Darin KimbleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Paul GillisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 43Bryan FogartyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 44Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Scott GordonG | L | 40 | 5 | .875 |
| 31Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 22Rick VaiveR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Darrin ShannonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Dave SnuggerudL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 56Ken PriestlayC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Dean KennedyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike HartmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jeff ParkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Daren PuppaG | W | 35 | 3 | .914 |