Period 1
1. SABRES, STEEN 25 (TAYLOR, HOUSLEY), 03:10
2. SABRES, SHEPPARD 19 (BOSCHMAN, PIVONKA), 07:27

PENALTIES: D. TAYLOR BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 01:02, D. SUTTER HAR (BOARDING, Minor) 02:43, M. BERGEVIN BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 02:58, R. TOCCHET HAR (ROUGHING, Minor) 08:15, L. BOSCHMAN BUF (ELBOWING, Minor, Misconduct) 19:54

Period 2
NO SCORING

PENALTIES: D. ANDREYCHUK BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 02:58, A. SECORD BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Double Minor) 03:42, R. TOCCHET HAR (ELBOWING, Minor) 05:34, M. PIVONKA BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 05:46, D. SUTTER HAR (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 05:46, D. TIPPETT HAR (ROUGHING, Minor) 08:43, P. VERBEEK HAR (BOARDING, Minor) 11:26, D. TAYLOR BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 11:53, L. BOSCHMAN BUF (FIGHTING, Game Misconduct) 12:03, M. OSBORNE HAR (FIGHTING) 12:03, D. LIDSTER BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 17:14, A. KASATONOV BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 18:36

Period 3
3. SABRES, LAFONTAINE 37 (ANDREYCHUK, HOUSLEY), 06:46
4. WHALERS, OSBORNE 29 (HRDINA, TOCCHET), 11:52
5. SABRES, LAFONTAINE 38 (HOUSLEY, MOGILNY), 12:41

PENALTIES: G. ROBERTS HAR (CHARGING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 03:34 (Served by Joel Quenneville), G. GALLEY BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 08:55

Goalie Statistics

Réjean Lemelin (BUF), 3 saves out of 3 shots, W, 24-10-6
Brian Ford (BUF), 24 saves out of 25 shots
Don Beaupre (HAR), 29 saves out of 33 shots, L, 31-28-6

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 0 for 6
Whalers 0 for 9

Game Stars

1 - Phil Housley (BUF)
2 - Pat LaFontaine (BUF)
3 - Brian Ford (BUF)

Player Statistics

Sabres G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Pat LaFontaine 2 0 2 +2 0 5 1 19 Garry Galley 0 0 0 Even 2 2 1 23 Dave Andreychuk 0 1 1 +2 2 3 4 24 Marc Bergevin 0 0 0 +3 2 2 2 21 Dave Taylor 0 1 1 +1 4 3 3 16 Bob Brooke 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 14 Laurie Boschman 0 1 1 +1 27 0 0 5 Michal Pivonka 0 1 1 +1 2 1 1 9 Alexander Mogilny 0 1 1 +2 0 1 1 19 Ray Sheppard 1 0 1 +2 0 1 0 11 Doug Lidster 0 0 0 -1 2 5 3 24 Thomas Steen 1 0 1 +1 0 2 5 16 John Tonelli 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 22 Phil Housley 0 3 3 +3 0 5 4 23 Lucien DeBlois 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 7 Alexei Kasatonov 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 17 Al Secord 0 0 0 -1 4 0 3 11 Mike Allison 0 0 0 Even 0 0 1 5

Whalers G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Mark Kumpel 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 6 Joe Reekie 0 0 0 Even 0 0 4 17 Mike Gartner 0 0 0 -3 0 3 2 23 Pat Verbeek 0 0 0 -2 2 3 2 22 Gordie Roberts 0 0 0 -1 12 0 4 17 Duane Sutter 0 0 0 Even 4 0 1 9 Dave Babych 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 25 Mark Osborne 1 0 1 +1 5 3 2 16 Randy Ladouceur 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 24 Mike Bullard 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 7 Joel Quenneville 0 0 0 Even 0 3 0 20 Gord Dineen 0 0 0 Even 0 3 2 16 Ron Francis 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 25 Dean Evason 0 0 0 Even 0 1 2 22 Terry Yake 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 4 Dave Tippett 0 0 0 Even 2 1 0 9 Rick Tocchet 0 1 1 +1 4 3 3 21 Jiri Hrdina 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 10

Financial

Attendance: 15635
Net Profit: $168 858,00

Game Notes

Brian Ford enters game at 11:47 of 1st period
Réjean Lemelin injured at 11:47 of the 1st Period
Laurie Boschman and Mark Osborne fight to a draw
Laurie Boschman ejected at 12:03 of the 2nd Period
Thomas Steen injured at 03:34 of the 3rd Period
Gordie Roberts ejected at 03:34 of the 3rd Period

Minor League Box Score

Rochester      3
Sprngfield     0
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Jiri Sejba 18 (Darcy Loewen, Rob Brown)
Steve Martinson 14 (Ray Neufeld, Greg Brown)
Ken Priestlay 20 (Scott Metcalfe, Jeff Parker)


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Goalies
Rochester: David Littman
Sprngfield: Kay Whitmore
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