1990-91 Buffalo Sabres Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 31-30-19 - 81 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Montreal Canadiens 4-2
Coach: Rick Dudley (31-30-19)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1990-91 Buffalo Sabres RosterTeam Record: 31-30-19 - 81 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Montreal Canadiens 4-2
Coach: Rick Dudley (31-30-19)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1990-91 Buffalo Sabres Results
The Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ended the 1990-91 season with a record of 31 wins and 30 losses and 19 ties for 81 points, finishing third in the NHL's Adams Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.
The Sabres scored 292 goals and conceded 278. Dave Andreychuk netted 36 goals for Buffalo, while Alexander Mogilny, Dale Hawerchuk and Pierre Turgeon each tallied 30 or more, too. Dale Hawerchuk accounted for 58 assists. Daren Puppa topped the squad with 15 wins, and Clint Malarchuk registered a 3.35 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Rick Dudley coached the team. The 1990-91 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Hawerchuk | C | 80 | 31 | 58 | 89 | 32 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 194 | 16.0 |
| Pierre Turgeon | C | 78 | 32 | 47 | 79 | 26 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 174 | 18.4 |
| Dave Andreychuk | L | 80 | 36 | 33 | 69 | 32 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 234 | 15.4 |
| Alexander Mogilny | R | 62 | 30 | 34 | 64 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 201 | 14.9 |
| Rick Vaive | R | 71 | 25 | 27 | 52 | 74 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 155 | 16.1 |
| Christian Ruuttu | C | 77 | 16 | 34 | 50 | 96 | -6 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 155 | 10.3 |
| Benoit Hogue | L | 76 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 76 | -8 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 134 | 14.2 |
| Uwe Krupp | D | 74 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 66 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 138 | 8.7 |
| Grant Ledyard | D | 60 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 46 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 118 | 6.8 |
| Doug Bodger | D | 58 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 54 | -8 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 3.6 |
| Dave Snuggerud | R | 80 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 32 | -13 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 128 | 7.0 |
| Mikko Makela | L | 60 | 15 | 7 | 22 | 25 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 24.2 |
| Mike Ramsey | D | 71 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 46 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 6.9 |
| Rob Ray | R | 66 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 350 | -11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 14.8 |
| Darrin Shannon | L | 34 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 12 | -11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 14.3 |
| Mike Hartman | L | 60 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 204 | -10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 13.8 |
| Dean Kennedy | D | 64 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 119 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 8.7 |
| Mike Foligno | R | 31 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 14.8 |
| Ken Sutton | D | 15 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 11.5 |
| Kevin Haller | D | 21 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 2.4 |
| Tony Tanti | R | 10 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Lou Franceschetti | R | 35 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Donald Audette | R | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 23.5 |
| John Tucker | F | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Clint Malarchuk | G | 37 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daren Puppa | G | 38 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Paslawski | R | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 22.2 |
| Greg Brown | D | 39 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 35 | -20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.8 |
| Jay Wells | D | 43 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 86 | -18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2.8 |
| Bill Houlder | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jiri Sejba | L | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Brian Curran | D | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 43 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Joel Savage | R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Brad Miller | D | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Darcy Wakaluk | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Littman | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darcy Loewen | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1532 | 292 | 458 | 750 | 1705 | -8 | 73 | 136 | 15 | 13 | 31 | 14 | 2410 | 12.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daren Puppa | 38 | 2092 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 118 | 3.38 | 1029 | 911 | .885 |
| Clint Malarchuk | 37 | 2131 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 119 | 3.35 | 1090 | 971 | .891 |
| Darcy Wakaluk | 16 | 630 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 3.33 | 292 | 257 | .880 |
| David Littman | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.00 | 18 | 15 | .833 |
| Totals | 92 | 4889 | 31 | 30 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 275 | 3.37 | 2704 | 2429 | .898 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Hawerchuk | C | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 | |
| Pierre Turgeon | C | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 23.1 | |
| Dave Andreychuk | L | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9.5 | |
| Alexander Mogilny | R | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 | |
| Rick Vaive | R | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | |
| Christian Ruuttu | C | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Benoit Hogue | L | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 23.1 | |
| Uwe Krupp | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 | |
| Grant Ledyard | D | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 27.3 | |
| Doug Bodger | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Dave Snuggerud | R | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | |
| Mike Ramsey | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12.5 | |
| Rob Ray | R | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Darrin Shannon | L | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | |
| Mike Hartman | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dean Kennedy | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Sutton | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | |
| Kevin Haller | D | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 | |
| Tony Tanti | R | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 | |
| Lou Franceschetti | R | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | |
| Clint Malarchuk | G | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daren Puppa | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jay Wells | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darcy Wakaluk | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 116 | 24 | 38 | 62 | 221 | -12 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 189 | 12.7 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daren Puppa | 2 | 81 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7.41 | 46 | 36 | .783 |
| Clint Malarchuk | 4 | 246 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4.15 | 116 | 99 | .853 |
| Darcy Wakaluk | 2 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.24 | 22 | 20 | .909 |
| Totals | 8 | 364 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4.78 | 213 | 184 | .864 |
