The Buffalo Sabres were defeated by the Washington Capitals, 6 to 4, on December 11, 1988.

Final

Capitals

14-12-4

6

Sabres

12-16-2

4

Team

WSH

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

WSH

BUF

Mike Ridley (EV) assisted by Rod Langway and Kevin Hatcher

Mike Gartner (PP) assisted by Geoff Courtnall and Scott Stevens

Mike Donnelly (EV) assisted by Ray Sheppard and Pierre Turgeon

2nd period

WSH

BUF

Christian Ruuttu (EV) unassisted

Benoit Hogue (EV) assisted by Uwe Krupp

Mike Gartner (EV) assisted by Dale Hunter

Geoff Courtnall (EV) assisted by Mike Gartner and Dale Hunter

Ray Sheppard (EV) assisted by John Tucker and Christian Ruuttu

Grant Ledyard (EV) unassisted

3rd period

WSH

BUF

Grant Ledyard (EV) assisted by Bengt-Ake Gustafsson

Capitals

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Capitals

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Pete Peeters (W) P. Peeters	1	0	0	25	21	.840	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Dave Christian D. Christian	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Geoff Courtnall G. Courtnall	1	1	2	+2	10	0	1	0	4	25.0
John Druce J. Druce	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Lou Franceschetti L. Franceschetti	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0
Mike Gartner M. Gartner	2	1	3	+2	0	1	0	0	5	40.0
Bobby Gould B. Gould	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson B. Gustafsson	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	0
Kevin Hatcher K. Hatcher	0	1	1	+3	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dale Hunter D. Hunter	0	2	2	+2	4	0	0	0	1	0.0
Rod Langway R. Langway	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Stephen Leach S. Leach	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Grant Ledyard G. Ledyard	2	0	2	+4	0	0	0	1	3	66.7
Kelly Miller K. Miller	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Larry Murphy L. Murphy	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Michal Pivonka M. Pivonka	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Mike Ridley M. Ridley	1	0	1	-2	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Neil Sheehy N. Sheehy	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Scott Stevens S. Stevens	0	1	1	-1	17	0	1	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	14	.700	6	8.87	0	41
Jacques Cloutier J. Cloutier				10	10	1.000	0	0.00	0	19

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Doug Bodger D. Bodger	0	0	0	+1	2	3	0.0
Mike Donnelly M. Donnelly	1	0	1	-2	0	1	100.0
Mike Foligno M. Foligno	0	0	0	-3	10	4	0.0
Mike Hartman M. Hartman	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Benoit Hogue B. Hogue	1	0	1	0	2	1	100.0
Phil Housley P. Housley	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Calle Johansson C. Johansson	0	0	0	-2	0	0
Uwe Krupp U. Krupp	0	1	1	+1	0	0
Jan Ludvig J. Ludvig	0	0	0	-1	7	0
Mark Napier M. Napier	0	0	0	0	2	2	0.0
Larry Playfair L. Playfair	0	0	0	0	2	0
Mike Ramsey M. Ramsey	0	0	0	-2	0	0
Lindy Ruff L. Ruff	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Christian Ruuttu C. Ruuttu	1	1	2	+1	0	2	50.0
Ray Sheppard R. Sheppard	1	1	2	+2	0	4	25.0
John Tucker J. Tucker	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0.0
Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0.0