5–4

Final

⚜️ Home Nordiques 1-2-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
BUF	1	3	1	5
QUE	2	2	0	4

Sabres at Nordiques

Sabres beat Nordiques 5–4 on October 12, 1991.

🗓 Sat, Oct 12, 1991 · 18:30 CDT 🏒 1991-92 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚜️ QUE

Owen Nolan

3 G

4 shots · +1

2nd star ⚜️ QUE

Joe Sakic

1 G, 2 A

2 shots · +1

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Donald Audette

2 G

8 shots

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order

1st period

⚜️ Owen Nolan PP Go-ahead 1st · 05:20

Assists: Mikhail Tatarinov, Joe Sakic

0–1

⚔️ Pierre Turgeon Tying 1st · 05:36

Assists: Brad May

1–1

⚜️ Owen Nolan Go-ahead 1st · 07:03

Assists: Bryan Fogarty, Joe Sakic

1–2

2nd period

⚔️ Brad May PP Tying 2nd · 01:48

Assists: Grant Ledyard, Rick Vaive

2–2

⚔️ Donald Audette Go-ahead 2nd · 05:29

Assists: Dale Hawerchuk

3–2

⚜️ Owen Nolan PP Tying 2nd · 10:41

Assists: Bryan Fogarty, Mikhail Tatarinov

3–3

⚜️ Joe Sakic Go-ahead 2nd · 10:50

Unassisted

3–4

⚔️ Donald Audette Tying 2nd · 18:43

Assists: Pierre Turgeon, Grant Ledyard

4–4

3rd period

⚔️ Mike Ramsey Go-ahead 3rd · 11:47

Unassisted

5–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF QUE⚜️

40 Shots on goal 25

1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/8

58 Penalty minutes 72

BUF shooting 12.5% (5/40) QUE shooting 16.0% (4/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Daren Puppa

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚜️Nordiques

Ron Tugnutt

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 59:07 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–2

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Nordiques

Nordiques: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 4–4

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 2nd: 0-2-1 (0% win rate, 3 games)

Nordiques

Nordiques — tied after 2nd: 1-2 (33% win rate, 3 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

Mar 28, 1991

⚜️QUE @ ⚔️BUF

4–4 (OT) · Nordiques won

4–4 (OT) · Sabres won

❓ BUF vs QUE, answered

Who won Sabres vs Nordiques on October 12, 1991?

Sabres won 5–4.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Nordiques?

The final score was Sabres 5, Nordiques 4.

Who scored for Sabres?

Donald Audette (2), Brad May, Mike Ramsey, Pierre Turgeon.

Who scored for Nordiques?

Owen Nolan (3), Joe Sakic.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Daren Puppa made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Nordiques goalie play?

Ron Tugnutt made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Sabres vs Nordiques season series?

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

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Oct 9

⚜️Nordiques

Previous game · Oct 10

Also on October 12, 1991

Sabres season page Nordiques season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule