Hartford Whalers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, March 17, 1991 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Hartford Whalers 6–1 on Sunday, March 17, 1991 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Whalers 30–22.
Darrin Shannon scored twice. Ken Sutton, Dave Andreychuk, Grant Ledyard, Dale Hawerchuk and Bobby Holik also scored.
Darcy Wakaluk made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Kay Whitmore stopped 12 of 15.
Scoring
1st period
Ken Sutton (3)Rick Vaive (25), Pierre Turgeon (37)0–104:23 BUF
Dave Andreychuk (32)Ken Sutton (3), Dale Hawerchuk (51)0–217:24 BUF ·
2nd period
Darrin Shannon (6)Dale Hawerchuk (52)0–305:13 BUF
Grant Ledyard (6)Benoit Hogue (26), Dale Hawerchuk (53)0–418:28 BUF- Darrin Shannon (7)Dale Hawerchuk (54)0–519:22 BUF
3rd period
Dale Hawerchuk (29)Grant Ledyard (21)0–607:38 BUF · 
Bobby Holik (19)Terry Yake (4), Zarley Zalapski (39)1–613:34 HFD
Team stats
HFDBUF
2230
0%0%
0/32/5
5349
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:21 into the first period
Ed Kastelic · roughing2 min - 9:19 into the first period
Ken Sutton · tripping2 min - 16:31 into the first periodEd Kastelic · cross checking2 min
- 19:29 into the first periodRob Ray · fighting5 min
- 19:29 into the first periodPaul Cyr · fighting5 min
- 7:01 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · roughing2 min
- 7:01 into the second periodJim McKenzie · roughing2 min
- 13:57 into the second periodRob Ray · instigator2 min
- 13:57 into the second periodRob Ray · fighting5 min
- 13:57 into the second periodRob Ray · game misconduct10 min
- 13:57 into the second periodRick Vaive · high sticking2 min
- 13:57 into the second periodBobby Holik · tripping2 min
- 13:57 into the second periodBobby Holik · fighting5 min
- 18:46 into the second periodChristian Ruuttu · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 18:46 into the second periodPat Verbeek · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 7:19 into the third periodDean Kennedy · roughing2 min
- 7:19 into the third periodDean Kennedy · roughing2 min
- 7:19 into the third periodDean Kennedy · fighting5 min
- 7:19 into the third periodEd Kastelic · instigator2 min
- 7:19 into the third periodEd Kastelic · fighting5 min
- 7:19 into the third periodEd Kastelic · game misconduct10 min
- 7:19 into the third periodTodd Krygier · roughing2 min
- 7:19 into the third periodTerry Yake · roughing2 min
- 10:48 into the third periodMike Hartman · roughing2 min
- 10:48 into the third periodDoug Houda · roughing2 min
- 11:50 into the third periodBenoit Hogue · tripping2 min
- 12:03 into the third periodPat Verbeek · tripping2 min
- 12:45 into the third periodGrant Ledyard · roughing2 min
- 12:45 into the third periodJohn Cullen · roughing2 min
- 14:32 into the third periodDarcy Wakaluk · roughing2 min
- 14:32 into the third periodJay Wells · roughing2 min
- 14:32 into the third periodKevin Dineen · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 14:32 into the third periodDean Evason · roughing2 min
- 14:38 into the third periodMark Hunter · high sticking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 24Bobby HolikC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 38Terry YakeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Zarley ZalapskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Rob BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15John CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mark HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 33Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Brad ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 45John StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Kay WhitmoreG | L | 15 | 3 | .800 |
| 49Ross MckayG | 15 | 3 | .800 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 10Dale HawerchukC | 1 | 4 | 5 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 16Darrin ShannonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 3Grant LedyardD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 41Ken SuttonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Dave SnuggerudL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike HartmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Kevin HallerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Darcy WakalukG | W | 22 | 1 | .955 |