1988-89 Buffalo Sabres Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 38-35-7 - 83 points
in the NHL's Adams Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Ted Sator (38-35-7)
1988-89 Buffalo Sabres RosterTeam Record: 38-35-7 - 83 points
in the NHL's Adams Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Ted Sator (38-35-7)
The Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ended the 1988-89 season with a record of 38 wins and 35 losses and 7 ties for 83 points in the NHL's Adams Division.
The team scored 291 goals and gave up 299. Pierre Turgeon netted 34 goals for the team and accounted for 54 assists. Daren Puppa topped the squad with 17 wins, while Jacques Cloutier added 15 or more victories also. Daren Puppa recorded a 3.36 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.
Ted Sator coached the team. The 1988-89 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Turgeon | C | 80 | 34 | 54 | 88 | 26 | -2 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 182 | 18.7 |
| Phil Housley | D | 72 | 26 | 44 | 70 | 47 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 178 | 14.6 |
| Christian Ruuttu | C | 67 | 14 | 46 | 60 | 98 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 149 | 9.4 |
| Dave Andreychuk | L | 56 | 28 | 24 | 52 | 40 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 145 | 19.3 |
| Mike Foligno | R | 75 | 27 | 22 | 49 | 156 | -7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 144 | 18.8 |
| Doug Bodger | D | 61 | 7 | 40 | 47 | 52 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 134 | 5.2 |
| Benoit Hogue | L | 69 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 120 | -5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 12.3 |
| John Tucker | F | 60 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 31 | -5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 13.8 |
| Ray Sheppard | R | 67 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 15 | -7 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 147 | 15.0 |
| Scott Arniel | L | 80 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 46 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 122 | 14.8 |
| Rick Vaive | R | 28 | 19 | 13 | 32 | 64 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 81 | 23.5 |
| Mark Napier | R | 66 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 33 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 12.0 |
| Jeff Parker | R | 57 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 78 | 11.5 |
| Kevin Maguire | R | 60 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 241 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 22.9 |
| Uwe Krupp | D | 70 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 9.8 |
| Mike Hartman | L | 70 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 316 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 8.8 |
| Adam Creighton | C | 24 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 44 | -5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 16.7 |
| Lindy Ruff | L | 63 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 86 | -17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 8.7 |
| Mike Ramsey | D | 56 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 84 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 3.2 |
| Calle Johansson | D | 47 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 33 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 3.8 |
| Shawn Anderson | D | 33 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7.7 |
| Mike Donnelly | L | 22 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 16.0 |
| Grant Ledyard | D | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4.0 |
| Joe Reekie | D | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Daren Puppa | G | 37 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Playfair | D | 42 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 110 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Tom Barrasso | G | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Priestlay | C | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 |
| Scott Metcalfe | L | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Jacques Cloutier | G | 36 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jan Ludvig | R | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 39 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Mikael Andersson | L | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Richie Dunn | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Bob Halkidis | D | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 66 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Darren Eliot | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clint Malarchuk | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Ferner | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darcy Wakaluk | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trent Kaese | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Steve Smith | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darrin Shannon | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Miller | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1618 | 291 | 494 | 785 | 2034 | -6 | 78 | 7 | 38 | 3 | 2232 | 13.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clint Malarchuk | 7 | 326 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2.39 | 142 | 129 | .908 |
| Tom Barrasso | 10 | 545 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 4.95 | 284 | 239 | .842 |
| Daren Puppa | 37 | 1908 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 107 | 3.36 | 960 | 853 | .889 |
| Jacques Cloutier | 36 | 1789 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 108 | 3.62 | 856 | 748 | .874 |
| Darcy Wakaluk | 6 | 214 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4.21 | 89 | 74 | .831 |
| Darren Eliot | 2 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6.27 | 43 | 36 | .837 | |||
| Totals | 98 | 4849 | 38 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 295 | 3.65 | 2374 | 2079 | .876 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Turgeon | C | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 42.9 | |
| Phil Housley | D | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | |
| Christian Ruuttu | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Dave Andreychuk | L | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Foligno | R | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 27.3 | |
| Doug Bodger | D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | |
| Benoit Hogue | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| John Tucker | F | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Ray Sheppard | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Scott Arniel | L | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | |
| Rick Vaive | R | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 | |
| Mark Napier | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | |
| Jeff Parker | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Kevin Maguire | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Uwe Krupp | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Hartman | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Ramsey | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Shawn Anderson | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Grant Ledyard | D | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 | |
| Larry Playfair | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Priestlay | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Jacques Cloutier | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clint Malarchuk | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darrin Shannon | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 95 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 188 | -21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 121 | 11.6 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clint Malarchuk | 1 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5.08 | 37 | 32 | .865 |
| Jacques Cloutier | 4 | 238 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2.52 | 118 | 108 | .915 |
| Totals | 5 | 297 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3.03 | 155 | 140 | .903 |
