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Buffalo Sabres, 1986-87

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Adams Division, Prince of Wales Conference

1986-87 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
21 80 28-44-8 64 0.400 280 308 -28 18-18-4 10-26-4

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Dave Andreychuk L 77 25 48 73 -1 44 254 0
Phil Housley D 78 21 46 67 1 57 200 0
Christian Ruuttu C 76 22 43 65 10 62 168 0
Mike Foligno R 75 30 29 59 13 176 185 0
John Tucker R 54 17 34 51 -4 21 104 0
Adam Creighton C 56 18 22 40 5 26 109 0
Doug Smith C 62 16 24 40 -19 106 158 0
Mike Ramsey D 80 8 31 39 0 109 156 0
Wilf Paiement R 56 20 17 37 3 108 117 0
Clark Gillies L 61 10 17 27 0 83 106 0
Paul Cyr L 73 11 16 27 -15 122 131 0
Scott Arniel L 63 11 14 25 -1 59 90 0
Tom Kurvers D 55 6 17 23 -13 22 71 0
Lindy Ruff L 50 6 14 20 -14 74 95 0
Ken Priestlay C 34 11 6 17 3 8 49 0
Gilbert Perreault C 20 9 7 16 -2 6 35 0
Jim Korn D 52 4 10 14 -3 158 35 0
Shawn Anderson D 41 2 11 13 3 23 26 0
Normand Lacombe R 39 4 7 11 -10 8 48 0
Gaetano Orlando C 27 2 8 10 -6 16 24 0
Mark Napier R 15 5 5 10 -5 0 40 0
Robert Logan R 22 7 3 10 5 0 22 0
Joe Reekie D 56 1 8 9 6 82 56 0
Jeff Parker R 15 3 3 6 0 7 10 0
Mike Hartman L 17 3 3 6 2 69 19 0
Don Lever C 10 3 2 5 -3 4 8 0
Uwe Krupp D 26 1 4 5 -9 23 34 0
Paul Brydges C 15 2 2 4 4 6 8 0
Mark Ferner D 13 0 3 3 2 9 5 0
Mikael Andersson R 16 0 3 3 -2 0 6 0
Bill Hajt D 23 0 2 2 0 4 11 0
Bob Halkidis D 6 1 1 2 3 19 4 0
Lee Fogolin D 9 0 2 2 -2 8 5 0
Phil Russell D 6 0 2 2 0 12 2 0
David Fenyves D 7 1 0 1 -2 0 3 0
Richie Dunn D 2 0 1 1 2 2 1 0
Steve Dykstra L 37 0 1 1 -8 179 21 0
Doug Trapp L 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jim Hofford D 12 0 0 0 -1 40 8 0
Richard Hajdu L 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Tom Barrasso 46 1723202 1201 1049 152 3.66 0.873
Jacques Cloutier 40 1119500 1037 901 136 3.78 0.869
Daren Puppa 3 02100 79 66 13 4.24 0.835

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 5, 1987 vs HFD W 6-0 49 14
Apr 4, 1987 @ NYI T 6-6 (OT) 32 39
Apr 2, 1987 @ STL L 3-5 35 39
Mar 29, 1987 vs EDM L 2-3 47 31
Mar 28, 1987 @ MTL L 3-6 29 24
Mar 26, 1987 vs LAK L 3-5 41 19
Mar 24, 1987 vs TOR L 5-6 26 33
Mar 22, 1987 vs DET W 3-2 25 24
Mar 20, 1987 vs MTL L 2-3 34 30
Mar 17, 1987 @ CGY L 2-6 32 41
Mar 14, 1987 @ EDM L 3-5 32 35
Mar 13, 1987 @ VAN L 4-6 26 25
Mar 11, 1987 @ LAK W 3-2 43 19
Mar 8, 1987 vs QUE W 5-1 32 34
Mar 7, 1987 @ QUE T 5-5 (OT) 41 36
Mar 5, 1987 vs NJD W 6-4 31 28
Mar 3, 1987 @ PHI L 2-4 32 31
Mar 1, 1987 vs VAN L 2-4 37 19
Feb 28, 1987 @ BOS L 1-5 20 25
Feb 26, 1987 vs STL W 4-3 27 26
Feb 24, 1987 vs NYR L 3-6 38 22
Feb 22, 1987 vs HFD W 5-3 26 29
Feb 20, 1987 @ NYR W 6-3 24 38
Feb 18, 1987 vs BOS W 4-3 26 33
Feb 14, 1987 @ NYI W 5-1 27 32
Feb 8, 1987 vs CHI W 7-4 47 34
Feb 7, 1987 @ QUE L 2-5 16 25
Feb 4, 1987 @ HFD W 3-1 33 24
Feb 1, 1987 vs DET W 6-1 30 26
Jan 30, 1987 vs QUE W 3-1 29 36
Jan 28, 1987 vs PHI L 4-7 40 27
Jan 26, 1987 @ BOS L 2-6 35 30
Jan 24, 1987 @ WSH W 6-3 32 32
Jan 23, 1987 vs WSH L 2-3 23 19
Jan 20, 1987 @ MNS L 0-5 27 31
Jan 18, 1987 vs EDM W 6-5 (OT) 33 24
Jan 17, 1987 @ MTL L 2-4 28 38
Jan 14, 1987 vs MTL T 3-3 (OT) 31 34
Jan 10, 1987 @ LAK W 8-5 24 32
Jan 8, 1987 @ MNS L 4-5 (OT) 24 24
Jan 7, 1987 @ WIN W 4-2 23 23
Jan 4, 1987 vs QUE W 7-2 32 42
Jan 2, 1987 vs WIN L 3-6 25 44
Dec 31, 1986 vs CHI W 5-2 41 32
Dec 28, 1986 vs CGY L 1-4 33 28
Dec 26, 1986 vs PIT T 3-3 (OT) 45 25
Dec 23, 1986 vs PHI W 2-1 30 30
Dec 20, 1986 @ TOR L 4-5 (OT) 26 33
Dec 19, 1986 vs MTL W 3-2 27 27
Dec 17, 1986 @ HFD L 3-4 19 29
Dec 14, 1986 vs HFD W 4-3 27 25
Dec 13, 1986 @ QUE L 0-7 28 28
Dec 10, 1986 @ CHI L 3-6 37 33
Dec 9, 1986 @ DET T 5-5 (OT) 18 39
Dec 6, 1986 @ NJD L 3-4 29 27
Dec 5, 1986 vs STL L 5-6 37 19
Dec 2, 1986 vs MNS L 4-5 39 31
Nov 29, 1986 @ BOS L 2-6 37 25
Nov 28, 1986 vs BOS W 4-3 32 31
Nov 26, 1986 @ HFD L 0-3 24 27
Nov 22, 1986 @ QUE L 1-3 26 23
Nov 21, 1986 vs QUE L 1-6 22 23
Nov 19, 1986 vs BOS T 4-4 (OT) 33 31
Nov 15, 1986 @ MTL L 2-4 27 28
Nov 12, 1986 @ NYR L 1-2 (OT) 27 18
Nov 9, 1986 vs NYI L 3-4 21 30
Nov 7, 1986 vs VAN L 6-7 35 28
Nov 5, 1986 vs BOS W 8-3 34 28
Nov 2, 1986 @ BOS W 7-1 31 35
Nov 1, 1986 @ NJD W 3-1 28 24
Oct 29, 1986 @ MTL L 2-5 22 28
Oct 25, 1986 @ HFD L 2-3 29 30
Oct 24, 1986 vs HFD L 4-5 32 34
Oct 22, 1986 @ PIT L 4-5 (OT) 40 33
Oct 18, 1986 @ WSH W 4-2 33 31
Oct 17, 1986 vs PIT L 3-7 29 33
Oct 15, 1986 vs MTL T 0-0 (OT) 23 28
Oct 12, 1986 vs CGY L 2-4 22 28
Oct 11, 1986 @ TOR T 5-5 (OT) 23 25
Oct 9, 1986 @ WIN L 2-3 16 27