1987-88 Buffalo Sabres Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 37-32-11 - 85 points
in the NHL's Adams Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Ted Sator (37-32-11)
1987-88 Buffalo Sabres RosterTeam Record: 37-32-11 - 85 points
in the NHL's Adams Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Ted Sator (37-32-11)
The Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ended the 1987-88 season with a record of 37 wins and 32 losses and 11 ties for 85 points in the NHL's Adams Division.
The team scored 283 goals and yielded 305. Ray Sheppard netted 38 goals for the team, and Dave Andreychuk tallied 30 or more also. Dave Andreychuk accounted for 48 assists. Tom Barrasso earned 25 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.31 goals against average, leading regular goalies.
Ted Sator coached the team. The 1987-88 Buffalo Sabres lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Andreychuk | L | 80 | 30 | 48 | 78 | 112 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 253 | 11.9 |
| Christian Ruuttu | C | 73 | 26 | 45 | 71 | 85 | -3 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 185 | 14.1 |
| Phil Housley | D | 74 | 29 | 37 | 66 | 96 | -17 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 231 | 12.6 |
| Ray Sheppard | R | 74 | 38 | 27 | 65 | 14 | -6 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 173 | 22.0 |
| Mike Foligno | R | 74 | 29 | 28 | 57 | 220 | -11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 159 | 18.2 |
| Pierre Turgeon | C | 76 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 34 | -8 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 101 | 13.9 |
| Calle Johansson | D | 71 | 4 | 38 | 42 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 4.3 |
| Scott Arniel | L | 73 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 61 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 111 | 15.3 |
| John Tucker | F | 45 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 20.4 |
| Doug Smith | C | 70 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 117 | -10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 6.6 |
| Adam Creighton | C | 36 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 87 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 16.4 |
| Lindy Ruff | L | 77 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 179 | -9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 1.9 |
| Mikael Andersson | L | 37 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 8.8 |
| Mike Ramsey | D | 63 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 77 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 5.3 |
| Mark Napier | R | 47 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 8 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 81 | 12.3 |
| Ken Priestlay | C | 33 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 35 | -4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 7.9 |
| Mike Donnelly | L | 40 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 44 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 8.7 |
| Uwe Krupp | D | 75 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 151 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 2.4 |
| Kevin Maguire | R | 46 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 162 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 16.0 |
| Clark Gillies | L | 25 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 21.7 |
| Jan Ludvig | R | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Robert Logan | R | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 20.0 |
| Joe Reekie | D | 30 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 68 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 |
| Mike Hartman | L | 18 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 90 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 12.5 |
| Shawn Anderson | D | 23 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 | -3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3.4 |
| Bob Halkidis | D | 30 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 115 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.0 |
| Richie Dunn | D | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Jim Jackson | L | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 18.2 |
| Steve Dykstra | D | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Paul Cyr | L | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 38 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Benoit Hogue | L | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Jeff Parker | R | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Hospodar | D | 42 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 98 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Daren Puppa | G | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don McSween | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Scott Metcalfe | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Tom Barrasso | G | 54 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jacques Cloutier | G | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jody Gage | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1531 | 283 | 461 | 744 | 2263 | -39 | 80 | 8 | 37 | 5 | 2390 | 11.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daren Puppa | 17 | 874 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 4.19 | 469 | 408 | .870 |
| Jacques Cloutier | 20 | 851 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 67 | 4.72 | 447 | 380 | .850 |
| Tom Barrasso | 54 | 3133 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 173 | 3.31 | 1657 | 1484 | .896 |
| Totals | 91 | 4858 | 37 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 301 | 3.72 | 2573 | 2272 | .883 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Andreychuk | L | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 | |
| Christian Ruuttu | C | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 | |
| Phil Housley | D | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | -5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | |
| Ray Sheppard | R | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | |
| Mike Foligno | R | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 31 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 23.1 | |
| Pierre Turgeon | C | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | -6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 50.0 | |
| Calle Johansson | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Scott Arniel | L | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| John Tucker | F | 6 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 18 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 50.0 | |
| Doug Smith | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Lindy Ruff | L | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Mikael Andersson | L | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | |
| Mike Ramsey | D | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 29 | -4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Mark Napier | R | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Ken Priestlay | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 | |
| Uwe Krupp | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Kevin Maguire | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clark Gillies | L | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Joe Reekie | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Hartman | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Bob Halkidis | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daren Puppa | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Tom Barrasso | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 115 | 22 | 33 | 55 | 284 | -59 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 160 | 13.8 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daren Puppa | 3 | 142 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4.65 | 78 | 67 | .859 |
| Tom Barrasso | 4 | 224 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4.29 | 136 | 120 | .882 |
| Totals | 7 | 366 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4.43 | 214 | 187 | .874 |
