👑 Away Kings 7-7-1
3–5
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 9-4-1
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
👑 LAK 1023
⚔️ BUF 3115

Kings at Sabres

Sabres beat Kings 5–3 at KeyBank Center on November 5, 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
Mike Hartman
2 G, 1 A
5 shots · +3
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Kevin Maguire
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · +2
3rd star 👑 LAK
Luc Robitaille
2 G
3 shots · -2

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Kevin Maguire Go-ahead 1st · 06:43
Assists: Mike Hartman, Mike Ramsey · beat Kelly Hrudey
0–1
👑 Luc Robitaille Tying 1st · 09:23
Assists: Bob Kudelski, Steve Duchesne · beat Daren Puppa
1–1
⚔️ Dave Snuggerud SH Go-ahead 1st · 11:29
Unassisted · beat Kelly Hrudey
1–2
⚔️ Mike Hartman 1st · 18:35
Assists: Uwe Krupp, Dave Andreychuk · beat Kelly Hrudey
1–3
2nd period
⚔️ Mike Hartman 2nd · 03:17
Assists: Kevin Maguire · beat Mario Gosselin
1–4
3rd period
⚔️ Phil Housley PP 3rd · 00:48
Assists: Daren Puppa · beat Mario Gosselin
1–5
👑 Bernie Nicholls 3rd · 02:12
Assists: Wayne Gretzky, Steve Duchesne · beat Daren Puppa
2–5
👑 Luc Robitaille PP 3rd · 17:47
Assists: Bernie Nicholls, Wayne Gretzky · beat Daren Puppa
3–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
👑LAK BUF⚔️
25 Shots on goal 27
1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
8 Penalty minutes 14
LAK shooting 12.0% (3/25) BUF shooting 18.5% (5/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
👑Kings
Mario Gosselin
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 37:41 TOI
Kelly Hrudey
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 20:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Daren Puppa
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–3
Kings
Kings — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-1-1 (0% win rate, 2 games)
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–4
Kings
Kings — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-4 (0% win rate, 4 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Sabres lead the season series 1–0
Mar 11989 👑LAK @ ⚔️BUF 5–4 Feb 41989 ⚔️BUF @ 👑LAK 3–5 Nov 191988 ⚔️BUF @ 👑LAK 4–5 Nov 221987 👑LAK @ ⚔️BUF 8–5 Nov 41987 ⚔️BUF @ 👑LAK 5–4
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Who won Kings vs Sabres on November 5, 1989?

Sabres won 5–3. The final score was Kings 3, Sabres 5.

Who scored for Kings?

Luc Robitaille (2), Bernie Nicholls.

Who scored for Sabres?

Mike Hartman (2), Dave Snuggerud, Kevin Maguire, Phil Housley.

How did the Kings goalie play?

Mario Gosselin made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Daren Puppa made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Kings vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Kings 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
👑 Kings
BeforeNov 4 👑LAK @ 🐳HFD 3–6 AfterNov 8 🔥CGY @ 👑LAK 5–4
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeNov 4 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 3–3 AfterNov 8 ⚔️BUF @ 🐳HFD 6–3
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