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Buffalo Sabres, 1988-89

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Adams Division, Prince of Wales Conference Made the playoffs

1988-89 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
8 80 38-35-7 83 0.519 291 299 -8 25-12-3 13-23-4

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Division Semifinals Boston Bruins Lost 1-4

Roster

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

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Pierre Turgeon C 80 34 54 88 -2 26 182 0
Phil Housley D 72 26 44 70 6 47 178 0
Christian Ruuttu C 67 14 46 60 13 98 149 0
Dave Andreychuk L 56 28 24 52 0 40 145 0
Mike Foligno R 75 27 22 49 -7 156 144 0
Doug Bodger D 61 7 40 47 9 52 134 0
Benoit Hogue L 69 14 30 44 -5 120 114 0
John Tucker R 60 13 31 44 -5 31 94 0
Ray Sheppard R 67 22 21 43 -7 15 147 0
Scott Arniel L 80 18 23 41 10 46 122 0
Rick Vaive R 28 19 13 32 7 64 81 0
Mark Napier R 66 11 17 28 -3 33 92 0
Jeff Parker R 57 9 9 18 3 82 78 0
Kevin Maguire R 60 8 10 18 9 241 35 0
Uwe Krupp D 70 5 13 18 0 55 51 0
Adam Creighton C 24 7 10 17 -5 44 42 0
Lindy Ruff L 63 6 11 17 -17 86 69 0
Mike Hartman L 70 8 9 17 9 316 91 0
Mike Ramsey D 56 2 14 16 5 84 63 0
Calle Johansson D 47 2 11 13 -7 33 53 0
Shawn Anderson D 33 2 10 12 3 18 26 0
Mike Donnelly L 22 4 6 10 -1 10 25 0
Grant Ledyard D 13 1 5 6 1 8 25 0
Joe Reekie D 15 1 3 4 6 26 14 0
Larry Playfair D 42 0 3 3 -10 110 6 0
Jan Ludvig R 13 0 2 2 -1 39 11 0
Ken Priestlay C 15 2 0 2 -8 2 20 0
Scott Metcalfe L 9 1 1 2 -1 13 11 0
Bob Halkidis D 16 0 1 1 -1 66 9 0
Mikael Andersson R 14 0 1 1 -1 4 12 0
Richie Dunn D 4 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0
Brad Miller D 7 0 0 0 -1 6 0 0
Darrin Shannon L 3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Mark Ferner D 2 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0
Steven Smith D 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Trent Kaese R 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Daren Puppa 37 1710601 960 853 107 3.37 0.889
Jacques Cloutier 36 1514000 856 748 108 3.63 0.874
Tom Barrasso 10 27000 284 239 45 4.95 0.842
Clint Malarchuk 7 31101 142 129 13 2.39 0.908
Darcy Wakaluk 6 13000 89 74 15 4.20 0.831
Darren Eliot 2 00000 43 36 7 6.26 0.837

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 2, 1989 vs QUE W 4-2 44 19
Apr 1, 1989 @ NYI W 4-3 25 28
Mar 30, 1989 vs MTL L 2-4 20 29
Mar 28, 1989 vs HFD W 4-2 19 22
Mar 25, 1989 @ QUE L 1-4 31 26
Mar 24, 1989 vs VAN W 5-2 26 20
Mar 22, 1989 vs STL L 1-2 21 29
Mar 20, 1989 @ WIN W 4-1 22 22
Mar 18, 1989 @ MNS L 0-3 27 18
Mar 16, 1989 @ HFD W 6-1 25 25
Mar 12, 1989 vs BOS W 3-2 30 31
Mar 11, 1989 @ BOS T 6-6 (OT) 21 26
Mar 8, 1989 @ NYR W 2-0 14 32
Mar 5, 1989 vs QUE L 2-8 35 35
Mar 4, 1989 @ QUE L 2-6 26 43
Mar 1, 1989 vs LAK L 4-5 27 30
Feb 25, 1989 @ MTL L 1-6 22 31
Feb 24, 1989 vs WIN W 5-4 33 18
Feb 22, 1989 vs NYI W 7-5 34 27
Feb 19, 1989 vs DET W 8-4 30 28
Feb 17, 1989 vs PIT W 5-1 31 19
Feb 15, 1989 vs NJD W 5-3 25 32
Feb 14, 1989 @ PIT L 3-7 28 25
Feb 12, 1989 vs STL W 5-2 28 23
Feb 10, 1989 vs VAN L 4-5 28 20
Feb 9, 1989 @ HFD L 2-5 21 23
Feb 4, 1989 @ LAK L 3-5 28 25
Feb 2, 1989 @ STL L 3-7 31 31
Jan 31, 1989 @ HFD W 5-3 36 25
Jan 28, 1989 @ MTL L 1-2 21 32
Jan 27, 1989 vs MTL W 4-2 20 38
Jan 25, 1989 @ DET W 6-3 27 35
Jan 22, 1989 vs BOS W 6-4 33 32
Jan 21, 1989 @ BOS W 6-5 (OT) 37 34
Jan 18, 1989 vs MNS T 3-3 (OT) 38 23
Jan 15, 1989 vs CGY W 3-2 24 38
Jan 14, 1989 @ QUE T 1-1 (OT) 21 41
Jan 12, 1989 vs CHI W 6-5 37 29
Jan 7, 1989 @ TOR W 6-1 40 22
Jan 6, 1989 @ NJD L 4-5 28 30
Jan 4, 1989 vs HFD L 4-5 (OT) 27 20
Dec 31, 1988 vs PHI L 2-3 23 31
Dec 30, 1988 @ WSH L 3-5 22 44
Dec 28, 1988 vs DET W 4-1 41 25
Dec 26, 1988 vs BOS W 2-1 28 19
Dec 23, 1988 vs TOR W 5-2 36 31
Dec 21, 1988 @ NYR W 5-2 34 27
Dec 19, 1988 vs EDM T 5-5 (OT) 27 25
Dec 15, 1988 @ MNS T 2-2 (OT) 33 22
Dec 14, 1988 @ WIN L 3-4 37 34
Dec 11, 1988 vs WSH L 4-6 25 30
Dec 8, 1988 @ BOS W 4-2 28 26
Dec 6, 1988 @ HFD L 0-9 31 45
Dec 3, 1988 @ MTL L 2-3 (OT) 22 39
Dec 2, 1988 vs HFD L 1-6 24 41
Nov 30, 1988 vs QUE W 6-2 27 27
Nov 27, 1988 vs PHI W 7-3 34 30
Nov 25, 1988 vs CHI W 5-4 (OT) 35 28
Nov 22, 1988 @ VAN L 2-4 22 28
Nov 19, 1988 @ LAK L 4-5 41 38
Nov 16, 1988 @ CHI L 2-3 24 32
Nov 13, 1988 vs EDM L 4-5 (OT) 37 28
Nov 12, 1988 @ NYI W 3-0 28 34
Nov 9, 1988 vs CGY W 3-2 12 28
Nov 5, 1988 @ CGY L 0-9 21 40
Nov 4, 1988 @ EDM L 3-7 22 34
Nov 2, 1988 vs NYR W 6-4 33 43
Oct 30, 1988 vs BOS T 3-3 (OT) 31 29
Oct 29, 1988 @ BOS T 3-3 (OT) 23 42
Oct 26, 1988 vs HFD L 1-7 38 37
Oct 25, 1988 @ NJD W 7-4 19 32
Oct 22, 1988 @ MTL L 3-4 18 26
Oct 21, 1988 vs MTL W 5-3 18 42
Oct 19, 1988 @ TOR L 2-4 39 22
Oct 16, 1988 vs QUE L 3-5 32 32
Oct 14, 1988 @ QUE W 5-4 30 26
Oct 12, 1988 vs PIT W 8-5 29 34
Oct 9, 1988 @ PHI L 3-4 (OT) 21 40
Oct 8, 1988 @ WSH L 2-6 22 30
Oct 6, 1988 vs MTL W 3-2 24 21