Quebec Nordiques vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, April 1, 1990 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Quebec Nordiques 5–2 on Sunday, April 1, 1990 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Nordiques 37–23.
Goals came from Rick Vaive, Marc Fortier, Joe Sakic, Pierre Turgeon, Christian Ruuttu, Dave Andreychuk and Scott Arniel.
Daren Puppa made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Ron Tugnutt stopped 32 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Vaive (29)Alexander Mogilny (27)0–119:41 BUF
2nd period
Marc Fortier (13)Tony McKegney (12), Joe Sakic (63)1–105:11 QUE
Joe Sakic (39)Michel Petit (24), Marc Fortier (17)2–107:52 QUE
Pierre Turgeon (40)Mike Foligno (25), Dean Kennedy (12)2–212:36 BUF
Christian Ruuttu (19)Alexander Mogilny (28)2–313:19 BUF
3rd period
Dave Andreychuk (40)Doug Bodger (36), Phil Housley (60)2–404:29 BUF · 
Scott Arniel (18)Darrin Shannon (7), Dave Snuggerud (16)2–517:00 BUF
Team stats
QUEBUF
2337
0%0%
0/31/4
1311
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:52 into the first period
Mitchell Molloy · fighting5 min - 5:52 into the first period
Brent Severyn · fighting5 min - 14:29 into the first periodAlexander Mogilny · hooking2 min
- 16:43 into the first periodBob Corkum · hooking2 min
- 17:23 into the first periodMike Hough · tripping2 min
- 0:48 into the second periodDoug Bodger · holding2 min
- 4:12 into the third periodSteven Finn · tripping2 min
- 13:43 into the third periodBrent Severyn · high sticking2 min
- 18:35 into the third periodTony McKegney · slashing2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 9Marc FortierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Joe SakicC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Brent SeverynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Iiro JarviR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Ken McraeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 23Paul GillisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Jeff JacksonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Jaroslav SevcikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ron TugnuttG | L | 37 | 5 | .865 |
| 31John TannerG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Darrin ShannonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Dave SnuggerudL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 10 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Doug BodgerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dean KennedyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike HartmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 40Mitchell MolloyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 42Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Daren PuppaG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |