The Buffalo Sabres couldn't pull it off against the Philadelphia Flyers, 3 to 2, on December 31, 1988.
Final
1st period
PHI
BUF
Mike Bullard (EV) assisted by Rick Tocchet
1
0
Scott Metcalfe (EV) assisted by John Tucker and Calle Johansson
1
1
2nd period
PHI
BUF
Terry Carkner (EV) assisted by Murray Craven and Pelle Eklund
2
1
Rick Vaive (EV) assisted by Mike Ramsey
2
2
3rd period
PHI
BUF
Dave Poulin (EV) assisted by Scott Mellanby and Derrick Smith
3
2
Flyers
Sabres
Goals
3
2
Shots
31
23
Penalty Minutes
11
13
Power-Play Goals
0
0
Power-Play Opportunities
4
3
Faceoff Wins
Hits
Giveaways
Takeaways
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | T | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. Hextall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 21 | .913 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 60 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Berube | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
D. Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
M. Bullard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | ||||||||
T. Carkner | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | ||||||||
J. Chychrun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
M. Craven | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
P. Eklund | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
M. Mantha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
S. Mellanby | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
G. Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
D. Poulin | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | ||||||||
B. Propp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||
K. Samuelsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
D. Smith | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||
D. Sulliman | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
R. Sutter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
R. Tocchet | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
J. Wells | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | T | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D. Puppa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 28 | .903 | 3 | 3.03 | 0 | 59 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Andersson | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
S. Arniel | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
D. Bodger | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
M. Foligno | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
P. Housley | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
C. Johansson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
U. Krupp | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
S. Metcalfe | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | ||||||||
J. Parker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
K. Priestlay | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
M. Ramsey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
C. Ruuttu | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
J. Tucker | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
P. Turgeon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||
R. Vaive | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
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G/GP
3.00
16th
GA/GP
3.50
26th
PP%
8.6
32nd
PK%
71.8
27th
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