The Quebec Nordiques lost to the Buffalo Sabres, 6 to 5, on December 23, 1989.

Final

Sabres

22-9-6

6

Nordiques

6-25-5

5

Team

BUF

QUE

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

QUE

Michel Goulet (PP) assisted by Brian Lawton and Guy Lafleur

Benoit Hogue (EV) assisted by Uwe Krupp

2nd period

BUF

QUE

Rick Vaive (PP) assisted by Phil Housley and Dave Andreychuk

Dave Andreychuk (PP) assisted by Phil Housley and Doug Bodger

Phil Housley (PP) assisted by Pierre Turgeon and Doug Bodger

Brian Lawton (PP) assisted by Guy Lafleur and Michel Petit

Christian Ruuttu (EV) assisted by Phil Housley and Alexander Mogilny

Brian Lawton (PP) assisted by Michel Goulet and Michel Petit

3rd period

BUF

QUE

Joe Sakic (PP) assisted by Michel Goulet and Guy Lafleur

Rick Vaive (PP) assisted by Alexander Mogilny and Phil Housley

Michel Petit (EV) assisted by Jeff Jackson and Paul Gillis

Sabres

Nordiques

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sabres

Nordiques

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Clint Malarchuk (W) C. Malarchuk	1	0	0	42	37	.881	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	1	1	2	-1	0	1	1	0	1	100.0
Scott Arniel S. Arniel	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Doug Bodger D. Bodger	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	0.0
Dale Degray D. Degray	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0
Mike Foligno M. Foligno	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Benoit Hogue B. Hogue	1	0	1	+1	5	0	0	0	3	33.3
Phil Housley P. Housley	1	4	5	+2	0	1	3	0	3	33.3
Dean Kennedy D. Kennedy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Uwe Krupp U. Krupp	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Grant Ledyard G. Ledyard	0	0	0	-1	7	0	0	0	0
Steve Ludzik S. Ludzik	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Kevin Maguire K. Maguire	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Scott Metcalfe S. Metcalfe	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Alexander Mogilny A. Mogilny	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0	0
Christian Ruuttu C. Ruuttu	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Dave Snuggerud D. Snuggerud	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	0	0
Rick Vaive R. Vaive	2	0	2	+1	0	2	0	1	2	100.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ron Tugnutt (L) R. Tugnutt	0	1	0	5	4	.800	1	3.12	0	19
Mario Brunetta M. Brunetta				17	12	.706	5	7.50	0	40

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Joe Cirella J. Cirella	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	0.0
Lucien DeBlois L. DeBlois	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
Steven Finn S. Finn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bryan Fogarty B. Fogarty	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Paul Gillis P. Gillis	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	1	0.0
Michel Goulet M. Goulet	1	2	3	-2	0	1	2	3	33.3
Mike Hough M. Hough	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Jeff Jackson J. Jackson	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Iiro Jarvi I. Jarvi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Darin Kimble D. Kimble	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	0	3	3	-2	0	0	3	4	0.0
Brian Lawton B. Lawton	2	1	3	-2	2	2	1	5	40.0
Curtis Leschyshyn C. Leschyshyn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Claude Loiselle C. Loiselle	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0.0
Mario Marois M. Marois	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Ken McRae K. McRae	0	0	0	+1	5	0	0	2	0.0
Michel Petit M. Petit	1	2	3	0	2	0	2	5	20.0
Joe Sakic J. Sakic	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	3	33.3