1987-88 Buffalo Sabres Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 37-32-11 - 85 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Boston Bruins 4-2
Coach: Ted Sator (37-32-11)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1987-88 Buffalo Sabres RosterTeam Record: 37-32-11 - 85 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Boston Bruins 4-2
Coach: Ted Sator (37-32-11)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1987-88 Buffalo Sabres Results
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, finishing third in the NHL's Adams Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.
The Sabres scored 283 goals and yielded 305. Ray Sheppard netted 38 goals for Buffalo, 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 NHL division semi-finals.
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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 | 2 | 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 |
| Jim Jackson | L | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 18.2 |
| Richie Dunn | D | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Benoit Hogue | L | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Paul Cyr | L | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 38 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Steve Dykstra | D | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Jeff Parker | R | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 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 |
| Tom Barrasso | G | 54 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Metcalfe | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | |
| Jody Gage | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jacques Cloutier | G | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1531 | 283 | 461 | 744 | 2263 | -39 | 80 | 139 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 5 | 2390 | 11.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Barrasso | 54 | 3133 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 173 | 3.31 | 1658 | 1485 | .896 |
| 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 | 450 | 383 | .851 |
| Totals | 91 | 4858 | 37 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 301 | 3.72 | 2878 | 2577 | .895 |
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 | ||
| Tom Barrasso | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daren Puppa | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 115 | 22 | 33 | 55 | 284 | -59 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 160 | 13.8 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Barrasso | 4 | 224 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4.29 | 120 | 104 | .867 |
| Daren Puppa | 3 | 142 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4.65 | 67 | 56 | .836 |
| Totals | 7 | 366 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4.43 | 214 | 187 | .874 |
