The Buffalo Sabres couldn't pull it off against the Hartford Whalers, 5 to 4, in overtime on January 4, 1989.

Final

Whalers

16-21-3

5

Sabres

16-20-4

4

Team

HFD

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

HFD

BUF

Mark Napier (EV) assisted by John Tucker and Lindy Ruff

Ron Francis (PP) assisted by Kevin Dineen

Ray Ferraro (EV) assisted by Kevin Dineen and John Anderson

2nd period

HFD

BUF

Pierre Turgeon (EV) assisted by Scott Metcalfe and Phil Housley

Brian Lawton (PP) assisted by Kevin Dineen and Dave Babych

3rd period

HFD

BUF

Christian Ruuttu (PP) assisted by Mike Ramsey and Daren Puppa

Uwe Krupp (EV) assisted by Mike Foligno and Christian Ruuttu

Sylvain Cote (EV) assisted by Norm MacIver

HFD

BUF

Brian Lawton (EV) assisted by Kevin Dineen and Sylvain Cote

Whalers

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Whalers

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Liut (W) M. Liut	1	0	0	27	23	.852	4	3.79	0	63

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
John Anderson J. Anderson	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Dave Babych D. Babych	0	1	1	-1	4	0	1	0	0	2	0.0
Sylvain Cote S. Cote	1	1	2	+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Kevin Dineen K. Dineen	0	4	4	+1	4	0	2	0	0	2	0.0
Dean Evason D. Evason	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ray Ferraro R. Ferraro	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Ron Francis R. Francis	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0	1	100.0
Scot Kleinendorst S. Kleinendorst	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Randy Ladouceur R. Ladouceur	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brian Lawton B. Lawton	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	66.7
Paul MacDermid P. MacDermid	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Norm MacIver N. MacIver	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brent Peterson B. Peterson	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Joel Quenneville J. Quenneville	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Tippett D. Tippett	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Scott Young S. Young	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Daren Puppa (L) D. Puppa	0	1	0	20	15	.750	5	4.74	0	63

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Scott Arniel S. Arniel	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Doug Bodger D. Bodger	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Foligno M. Foligno	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Benoit Hogue B. Hogue	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	0.0
Phil Housley P. Housley	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Calle Johansson C. Johansson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Uwe Krupp U. Krupp	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	2	50.0
Scott Metcalfe S. Metcalfe	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mark Napier M. Napier	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	3	33.3
Jeff Parker J. Parker	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mike Ramsey M. Ramsey	0	1	1	0	4	0	1	1	0.0
Lindy Ruff L. Ruff	0	1	1	+2	4	0	0	0
Christian Ruuttu C. Ruuttu	1	1	2	-1	0	1	0	3	33.3
Ray Sheppard R. Sheppard	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0
John Tucker J. Tucker	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	100.0
Rick Vaive R. Vaive	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	3	0.0