The Buffalo Sabres were defeated by the Philadelphia Flyers, 3 to 2, on December 31, 1988.

Final

Flyers

21-18-2

3

Sabres

16-19-4

2

Team

PHI

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

PHI

BUF

Mike Bullard (EV) assisted by Rick Tocchet

Scott Metcalfe (EV) assisted by John Tucker and Calle Johansson

2nd period

PHI

BUF

Terry Carkner (EV) assisted by Murray Craven and Pelle Eklund

Rick Vaive (EV) assisted by Mike Ramsey

3rd period

PHI

BUF

Dave Poulin (EV) assisted by Scott Mellanby and Derrick Smith

Flyers

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Flyers

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ron Hextall (W) R. Hextall	1	0	0	23	21	.913	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Craig Berube C. Berube	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Brown D. Brown	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Bullard M. Bullard	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	25.0
Terry Carkner T. Carkner	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	50.0
Jeff Chychrun J. Chychrun	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Murray Craven M. Craven	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Pelle Eklund P. Eklund	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0.0
Moe Mantha M. Mantha	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Scott Mellanby S. Mellanby	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0.0
Gord Murphy G. Murphy	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0
Dave Poulin D. Poulin	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	50.0
Brian Propp B. Propp	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Kjell Samuelsson K. Samuelsson	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Derrick Smith D. Smith	0	1	1	+1	5	0	3	0.0
Doug Sulliman D. Sulliman	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0
Ron Sutter R. Sutter	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.0
Rick Tocchet R. Tocchet	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0.0
Jay Wells J. Wells	0	0	0	+1	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	31	28	.903	3	3.03	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Mikael Andersson M. Andersson	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0.0
Scott Arniel S. Arniel	0	0	0	-2	0	0
Doug Bodger D. Bodger	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Mike Foligno M. Foligno	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0.0
Phil Housley P. Housley	0	0	0	-2	0	0
Calle Johansson C. Johansson	0	1	1	0	0	2	0.0
Uwe Krupp U. Krupp	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0.0
Scott Metcalfe S. Metcalfe	1	0	1	+1	7	3	33.3
Jeff Parker J. Parker	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ken Priestlay K. Priestlay	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Mike Ramsey M. Ramsey	0	1	1	0	0	2	0.0
Christian Ruuttu C. Ruuttu	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
John Tucker J. Tucker	0	1	1	+1	0	0
Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Rick Vaive R. Vaive	1	0	1	+1	4	4	25.0