Source: NHL Boxscores and Stats

Hartford              1 1 0--2
Buffalo               1 1 2--4

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, Hartford, Cassels 11 (Sanderson, A Burt), 14:53
  2, Buffalo, May 10 (LaFontaine, Plante), 19:46
Penalties:
  Rice, HFD (holding), 1:15
  Hughes, BUF (slashing), 4:29
  McCrimmon, HFD (tripping), 7:28
  S Daniels, HFD (fighting major), 10:54
  Ray, BUF (fighting major), 10:54
  Galley, BUF (interference), 11:53
  S Burke, HFD served by Sanderson (slashing), 17:44

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  3, Buffalo, Astley 1 (May, Plante), 8:13
  4, Hartford, Nikolishin 4 (power play) (Ranheim, Brown), 11:58
Penalties:
  Emerson, HFD (slashing), 2:07
  Galley, BUF (slashing), 2:07
  Galley, BUF (interference), 10:06
  S Daniels, HFD (roughing), 12:40
  LaFontaine, BUF (goalie interference), 14:40
  Chase, HFD (fighting major), 17:30
  Hughes, BUF (fighting major), 17:30

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  5, Buffalo, Plante 10 (Dawe), 4:35
  6, Buffalo, Peca 6 (power play) (Astley), 17:10
Penalties:
  Diduck, HFD (roughing), 1:22
  Barnaby, BUF (tripping), 4:49
  Hannan, BUF (slashing), 5:22
  Chase, HFD (roughing), 8:45
  S Daniels, HFD (roughing), 8:45
  Janssens, HFD (instigator, fighting major, game misconduct), 8:45
  Hughes, BUF (roughing, fighting major), 8:45
  Ray, BUF (roughing), 8:45
  Dineen, HFD (hooking), 15:28

Shots on Goal:
  Hartford               8 18  7--33
  Buffalo                9 11  9--29

Goalies:
  Hartford, S Burke (29 shots, 25 saves; record: 15-19-3)
  Buffalo, Hasek (33, 31; record: 13-15-3)

Power-play conversions: HFD - 1 of 6, BUF - 1 of 7
Referee: Gregson. Linesmen: Dapuzzo, Henderson
Attendance: 12,808 (out of 16,284)