1988-89 Buffalo Sabres Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 38-35-7 - 83 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 1-4
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Boston Bruins 4-1
Coach: Ted Sator (38-35-7)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1988-89 Buffalo Sabres RosterTeam Record: 38-35-7 - 83 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 1-4
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Boston Bruins 4-1
Coach: Ted Sator (38-35-7)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1988-89 Buffalo Sabres Results
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, finishing third in the NHL's Adams Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-4.
The Sabres scored 291 goals and gave up 299. Pierre Turgeon netted 34 goals for Buffalo 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 NHL division semi-finals.
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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 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 6 | 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 16.7 |
| Lindy Ruff | L | 63 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 86 | -17 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 4 | 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 | 1 | 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 | |
| Tom Barrasso | G | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Richie Dunn | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Mikael Andersson | L | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Bob Halkidis | D | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 66 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Brad Miller | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Smith | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Trent Kaese | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Darcy Wakaluk | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darren Eliot | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Ferner | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clint Malarchuk | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darrin Shannon | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1538 | 291 | 494 | 785 | 2016 | -6 | 78 | 144 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 3 | 2232 | 13.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daren Puppa | 37 | 1908 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 107 | 3.36 | 961 | 854 | .889 |
| Jacques Cloutier | 36 | 1786 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 108 | 3.63 | 857 | 749 | .874 |
| 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 | 285 | 240 | .842 |
| Darcy Wakaluk | 6 | 214 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4.21 | 90 | 75 | .833 |
| Darren Eliot | 2 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6.27 | 43 | 36 | .837 |
| Totals | 98 | 4846 | 38 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 295 | 3.65 | 2673 | 2378 | .890 |
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 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 121 | 11.6 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Cloutier | 4 | 238 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2.52 | 108 | 98 | .907 |
| Clint Malarchuk | 1 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5.08 | 32 | 27 | .844 |
| Totals | 5 | 297 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3.03 | 155 | 140 | .903 |
