The Buffalo Sabres took a loss to the New York Islanders, 4 to 2, on December 31, 1989.

Final

Islanders

15-21-4

4

Sabres

23-11-6

2

Team

NYI

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYI

BUF

Rick Vaive (EV) assisted by Alexander Mogilny and Christian Ruuttu

Pat LaFontaine (EV) assisted by Jeff Norton and Randy Wood

2nd period

NYI

BUF

Pat LaFontaine (EV) assisted by Derek King

Jari Gronstrand (EV) assisted by Brent Sutter

Scott Arniel (EV) assisted by Benoit Hogue

3rd period

NYI

BUF

Pat LaFontaine (EV) assisted by Derek King and Alan Kerr

Islanders

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Islanders

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mark Fitzpatrick (W) M. Fitzpatrick	1	0	0	40	38	.950	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Ken Baumgartner K. Baumgartner	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0.0
Doug Crossman D. Crossman	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Gerald Diduck G. Diduck	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0.0
Patrick Flatley P. Flatley	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jari Gronstrand J. Gronstrand	1	0	1	+2	0	1	1	100.0
Alan Kerr A. Kerr	0	1	1	+1	2	0	4	0.0
Derek King D. King	0	2	2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Pat LaFontaine P. LaFontaine	3	0	3	+2	0	0	6	50.0
Brad Lauer B. Lauer	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Don Maloney D. Maloney	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Hubie McDonough H. McDonough	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0
Jeff Norton J. Norton	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0.0
Gary Nylund G. Nylund	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Brent Sutter B. Sutter	0	1	1	+1	2	0	3	0.0
David Volek D. Volek	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Mick Vukota M. Vukota	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Randy Wood R. Wood	0	1	1	+2	0	0	3	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Daren Puppa (L) D. Puppa	0	1	0	30	26	.867	4	4.06	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
Scott Arniel S. Arniel	1	0	1	-1	0	3	33.3
Doug Bodger D. Bodger	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0.0
Mike Foligno M. Foligno	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0
Benoit Hogue B. Hogue	0	1	1	0	0	0
Phil Housley P. Housley	0	0	0	-1	0	8	0.0
Uwe Krupp U. Krupp	0	0	0	-2	0	0
Grant Ledyard G. Ledyard	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0.0
Kevin Maguire K. Maguire	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Scott Metcalfe S. Metcalfe	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Alexander Mogilny A. Mogilny	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0.0
Mike Ramsey M. Ramsey	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Christian Ruuttu C. Ruuttu	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0.0
Dave Snuggerud D. Snuggerud	0	0	0	-1	0	6	0.0
Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0.0
Rick Vaive R. Vaive	1	0	1	0	0	6	16.7