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Buffalo Sabres, 1987-88

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Adams Division, Prince of Wales Conference Made the playoffs

1987-88 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
9 80 37-32-11 85 0.531 283 305 -22 19-14-7 18-18-4

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Division Semifinals Boston Bruins Lost 2-4

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 80 30 48 78 1 112 253 0
Christian Ruuttu C 73 26 45 71 -3 85 185 0
Phil Housley D 74 29 37 66 -17 96 231 0
Ray Sheppard R 74 38 27 65 -6 14 173 0
Mike Foligno R 74 29 28 57 -11 220 159 0
Calle Johansson D 71 4 38 42 12 37 93 0
Pierre Turgeon C 76 14 28 42 -8 34 101 0
Scott Arniel L 73 17 23 40 8 61 111 0
John Tucker R 45 19 19 38 4 20 93 0
Doug Smith C 70 9 19 28 -10 117 136 0
Adam Creighton C 36 10 17 27 7 87 61 0
Lindy Ruff L 77 2 23 25 -9 179 106 0
Mikael Andersson R 37 3 20 23 7 10 34 0
Mike Ramsey D 63 5 16 21 6 77 94 0
Mark Napier R 47 10 8 18 -3 8 81 0
Ken Priestlay C 33 5 12 17 -4 35 63 0
Mike Donnelly L 40 6 8 14 -1 44 69 0
Uwe Krupp D 75 2 9 11 -1 151 84 0
Kevin Maguire R 46 4 6 10 -1 162 25 0
Clark Gillies L 25 5 2 7 1 51 23 0
Jan Ludvig R 13 1 6 7 1 65 13 0
Joe Reekie D 30 1 4 5 -3 68 23 0
Robert Logan R 16 3 2 5 1 0 15 0
Mike Hartman L 18 3 1 4 -3 90 24 0
Bob Halkidis D 30 0 3 3 6 115 26 0
Shawn Anderson D 23 1 2 3 -3 17 29 0
Benoit Hogue L 3 1 1 2 3 0 3 0
Jeff Parker R 4 0 2 2 -1 2 0 0
Jim Jackson L 5 2 0 2 0 0 11 0
Paul Cyr L 20 1 1 2 -2 38 20 0
Richie Dunn D 12 2 0 2 -7 8 19 0
Steve Dykstra L 27 1 1 2 0 91 11 0
Donald Mcsween D 5 0 1 1 1 6 4 0
Ed Hospodar D 42 0 1 1 -1 98 15 0
Scott Metcalfe L 1 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0
Jody Gage R 2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Tom Barrasso 54 2518802 1657 1484 173 3.32 0.896
Jacques Cloutier 20 48200 447 380 67 4.75 0.850
Daren Puppa 17 86100 469 408 61 4.19 0.870

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 3, 1988 vs MTL T 4-4 (OT) 40 29
Apr 2, 1988 @ MTL L 4-9 33 38
Mar 31, 1988 vs HFD W 3-2 31 34
Mar 29, 1988 @ QUE W 3-1 19 47
Mar 27, 1988 vs DET L 3-5 35 20
Mar 25, 1988 vs NJD T 2-2 (OT) 31 32
Mar 22, 1988 @ NYR W 3-2 26 27
Mar 20, 1988 vs BOS L 2-6 37 32
Mar 19, 1988 @ BOS W 4-3 20 35
Mar 15, 1988 @ EDM L 4-6 27 34
Mar 13, 1988 @ VAN W 7-5 32 34
Mar 12, 1988 @ CGY L 4-10 28 45
Mar 9, 1988 @ MNS W 6-2 21 31
Mar 6, 1988 vs BOS W 3-0 32 32
Mar 4, 1988 vs NYR W 6-3 53 22
Mar 1, 1988 @ DET L 0-4 19 34
Feb 28, 1988 vs WIN W 5-3 39 35
Feb 27, 1988 @ HFD W 4-3 25 27
Feb 25, 1988 vs STL W 5-2 30 37
Feb 21, 1988 vs QUE L 5-6 35 34
Feb 19, 1988 vs PHI L 4-5 44 24
Feb 16, 1988 @ STL W 3-0 26 25
Feb 14, 1988 @ CHI L 3-4 (OT) 29 46
Feb 12, 1988 @ WIN L 5-7 36 42
Feb 6, 1988 @ NYI L 4-6 32 46
Feb 5, 1988 vs TOR W 5-2 32 22
Feb 2, 1988 @ QUE W 6-3 24 30
Jan 31, 1988 vs WIN T 4-4 (OT) 30 30
Jan 29, 1988 vs NYI L 2-5 44 35
Jan 27, 1988 vs MTL L 1-4 25 38
Jan 25, 1988 @ NJD W 5-2 30 27
Jan 23, 1988 @ WSH T 3-3 (OT) 21 29
Jan 22, 1988 vs NJD W 7-3 41 37
Jan 20, 1988 vs BOS W 5-3 28 22
Jan 17, 1988 vs NYI W 5-2 24 37
Jan 16, 1988 @ BOS L 1-5 24 36
Jan 14, 1988 @ PHI L 1-3 27 23
Jan 12, 1988 @ STL W 4-2 28 33
Jan 10, 1988 vs NYR W 4-3 26 24
Jan 8, 1988 vs HFD W 3-1 37 30
Jan 6, 1988 @ MTL W 6-5 26 35
Jan 3, 1988 vs QUE W 2-1 36 28
Jan 2, 1988 @ TOR W 6-4 33 38
Dec 31, 1987 vs BOS L 0-2 17 21
Dec 29, 1987 @ QUE L 1-5 30 27
Dec 27, 1987 vs PIT T 3-3 (OT) 21 45
Dec 23, 1987 @ DET W 5-2 34 28
Dec 22, 1987 @ BOS L 0-9 33 34
Dec 19, 1987 @ MTL W 2-1 28 39
Dec 18, 1987 vs MTL T 2-2 (OT) 25 41
Dec 13, 1987 vs CGY L 1-7 26 35
Dec 12, 1987 @ BOS T 3-3 (OT) 20 33
Dec 9, 1987 @ CHI W 6-2 34 29
Dec 6, 1987 vs VAN L 1-5 26 28
Dec 5, 1987 @ HFD L 1-2 21 32
Dec 3, 1987 vs QUE W 6-3 35 25
Nov 29, 1987 vs EDM L 2-5 29 21
Nov 27, 1987 vs HFD L 2-4 26 30
Nov 25, 1987 @ PHI L 2-5 20 41
Nov 22, 1987 vs LAK L 5-8 33 43
Nov 20, 1987 vs WSH W 5-3 32 33
Nov 18, 1987 @ HFD L 1-9 23 41
Nov 15, 1987 vs TOR W 5-4 37 35
Nov 13, 1987 vs MNS L 4-5 35 27
Nov 11, 1987 @ VAN T 4-4 (OT) 19 39
Nov 8, 1987 @ CGY W 6-3 34 41
Nov 7, 1987 @ EDM L 0-5 26 34
Nov 4, 1987 @ LAK W 5-4 33 27
Nov 1, 1987 vs CHI W 5-3 33 32
Oct 30, 1987 vs LAK W 5-1 30 26
Oct 28, 1987 @ HFD T 2-2 (OT) 28 35
Oct 24, 1987 @ PIT L 3-5 28 35
Oct 23, 1987 vs MTL W 5-3 45 17
Oct 21, 1987 vs HFD L 3-5 24 39
Oct 17, 1987 @ QUE W 6-3 34 32
Oct 16, 1987 vs QUE T 2-2 (OT) 26 34
Oct 13, 1987 @ PIT L 3-8 30 30
Oct 11, 1987 vs WSH W 6-5 35 27
Oct 10, 1987 @ MTL L 3-6 26 25
Oct 8, 1987 vs MNS T 2-2 (OT) 38 20