Calgary Flames vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, March 21, 1990 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Calgary Flames 5–4 on Wednesday, March 21, 1990 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Flames outshot the Sabres 44–26.
Goals came from Pierre Turgeon, Phil Housley, Christian Ruuttu, Paul Ranheim, Gary Roberts, Colin Patterson, Darrin Shannon, Joe Mullen and Ken Priestlay.
Clint Malarchuk made 40 saves on 44 shots for the win; Rick Wamsley stopped 21 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Pierre Turgeon (37)Dave Andreychuk (39)0–103:20 BUF
Phil Housley (21)Christian Ruuttu (39), Pierre Turgeon (62)0–209:50 BUF · 
Christian Ruuttu (17)Unassisted0–312:51 BUF
Paul Ranheim (26)Theo Fleury (34)1–317:29 CGY
2nd period
Gary Roberts (34)Joe Nieuwendyk (47), Sergei Makarov (58)2–302:11 CGY
Colin Patterson (5)Jim Korn (5), Jamie Macoun (26)3–307:18 CGY
Darrin Shannon (2)Unassisted3–408:39 BUF
Joe Mullen (35)Doug Gilmour (62), Brian MacLellan (18)4–416:57 CGY
3rd period
Ken Priestlay (6)Unassisted4–503:58 BUF
Team stats
CGYBUF
4426
0%0%
0/51/5
1919
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:48 into the first period
Darcy Loewen · elbowing2 min - 3:48 into the first periodMitchell Molloy · fighting5 min
- 3:48 into the first period
Tim Hunter · fighting5 min - 8:18 into the first periodTheo Fleury · tripping2 min
- 14:32 into the first periodDave Snuggerud · hooking2 min
- 19:27 into the first periodMike Ramsey · holding2 min
- 2:49 into the second periodRoger Johansson · holding2 min
- 13:56 into the second periodDarcy Loewen · roughing2 min
- 13:56 into the second periodAl MacInnis · slashing2 min
- 7:26 into the third periodChristian Ruuttu · holding2 min
- 10:31 into the third periodRick Vaive · cross checking2 min
- 10:31 into the third periodJamie Macoun · cross checking2 min
- 11:06 into the third periodDean Kennedy · tripping2 min
- 13:34 into the third periodJoel Otto · high sticking2 min
- 15:20 into the third periodTheo Fleury · slashing2 min
- 16:42 into the third periodJamie Macoun · holding2 min
Season series
Calgary Flames
| 7Joe MullenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Gary RobertsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Colin PattersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Theo FleuryR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Joe NieuwendykC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 39Doug GilmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 42Sergei MakarovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 34Jamie MacounD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Tim HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Al MacInnisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 4Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 5Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Gary SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 21Roger JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Steve GuenetteG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Rick WamsleyG | L | 26 | 5 | .808 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 16Darrin ShannonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 56Ken PriestlayC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Dave SnuggerudL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36Darcy LoewenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 40Mitchell MolloyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 42Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 55Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | W | 44 | 4 | .909 |
| 31Daren PuppaG | 0 | 0 | – |