🐳 Away Whalers 2-2-0
1–4
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 2-1-1
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐳 HFD 1001
⚔️ BUF 1214

Whalers at Sabres

Sabres beat Whalers 4–1 at KeyBank Center on October 13, 1989.

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1989-90 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Pierre Turgeon
2 G
4 shots · +1
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Mike Foligno
1 G
3 shots · +1
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Grant Ledyard
1 G
2 shots

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🐳 Pat Verbeek Go-ahead 1st · 12:34
Assists: Ron Francis, Todd Krygier · beat Daren Puppa
1–0
⚔️ Pierre Turgeon PP Tying 1st · 15:00
Assists: Phil Housley, Shawn Anderson · beat Peter Sidorkiewicz
1–1
2nd period
⚔️ Mike Foligno Go-ahead 2nd · 12:42
Assists: Alexander Mogilny, Doug Bodger · beat Peter Sidorkiewicz
1–2
⚔️ Grant Ledyard 2nd · 15:15
Assists: Ray Sheppard · beat Peter Sidorkiewicz
1–3
3rd period
⚔️ Pierre Turgeon PP 3rd · 00:28
Assists: Dave Andreychuk, Rick Vaive · beat Peter Sidorkiewicz
1–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐳HFD BUF⚔️
25 Shots on goal 30
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 2/8
16 Penalty minutes 4
HFD shooting 4.0% (1/25) BUF shooting 13.3% (4/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐳Whalers
Peter Sidorkiewicz
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Daren Puppa
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Whalers
Whalers — tied after 1st: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
After 2nd — 1–3
Whalers
Whalers — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Sabres lead the season series 1–0
Mar 281989 🐳HFD @ ⚔️BUF 2–4 Mar 161989 ⚔️BUF @ 🐳HFD 6–1 Feb 91989 ⚔️BUF @ 🐳HFD 2–5 Jan 311989 ⚔️BUF @ 🐳HFD 5–3 Jan 41989 🐳HFD @ ⚔️BUF 5–4 OT
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Who won Whalers vs Sabres on October 13, 1989?

Sabres won 4–1. The final score was Whalers 1, Sabres 4.

Who scored for Whalers?

Pat Verbeek.

Who scored for Sabres?

Pierre Turgeon (2), Grant Ledyard, Mike Foligno.

How did the Whalers goalie play?

Peter Sidorkiewicz made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Daren Puppa made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Whalers vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Whalers vs Sabres season series?

Sabres lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐳 Whalers
BeforeOct 11 🦅WSH @ 🐳HFD 1–4 AfterOct 14 😈NJD @ 🐳HFD 3–2
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeOct 11 ⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR 7–1 AfterOct 14 ⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET 2–6
Also on October 13
🇨🇦MTL 4–3 😈NJD 🗽NYR 4–7 🦅WSH 🐻BOS 3–3 🛢️EDM 👑LAK 6–5 🐋VAN
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