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28-44-8 (64 points), Finished 5th in NHL Adams Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 280 goals, Allowed 308 goals, SRS: -0.28 (16th of 21)
Coached by Scotty Bowman (3-7-2), Craig Ramsay (4-15-2), Ted Sator (21-22-4)
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| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 80 | 28 | 44 | 8 | 64 | .400 | 280 | 308 | -0.28 | 7.35 | 68 | 364 | 18.68 | 86 | 355 | 75.77 | 5 | 9 |
| League Average | 80 | 36 | 36 | 9 | 80 | .500 | 294 | 294 | 0.00 | 7.34 | 72 | 344 | 20.98 | 72 | 344 | 79.02 | 10 | 10 |
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| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SPCT | TOI | ATOI | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave Andreychuk | LW | 6-4 | 220 | 23 | 77 | 25 | 48 | 73 | 2 | 46 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 255 | 9.8 | 111 | 41 | 69 | 1 | ||
| 2 | Phil Housley | D | 5-10 | 185 | 22 | 78 | 21 | 46 | 67 | -2 | 57 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 202 | 10.4 | 132 | 48 | 100 | 14 | ||
| 3 | Christian Ruuttu | C | 5-11 | 194 | 22 | 76 | 22 | 43 | 65 | 9 | 62 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 167 | 13.2 | 96 | 31 | 67 | 11 | ||
| 4 | Mike Foligno | RW | 6-2 | 195 | 28 | 75 | 30 | 29 | 59 | 13 | 176 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 185 | 16.2 | 96 | 34 | 62 | 13 | ||
| 5 | John Tucker | C | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | 54 | 17 | 34 | 51 | -3 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 16.3 | 67 | 21 | 51 | 2 | ||
| 6 | Adam Creighton | C | 6-5 | 220 | 21 | 56 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 4 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 109 | 16.5 | 56 | 18 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 7 | Doug Smith | C | 5-11 | 186 | 23 | 62 | 16 | 24 | 40 | -20 | 106 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 158 | 10.1 | 61 | 28 | 73 | 20 | ||
| 8 | Mike Ramsey | D | 6-3 | 195 | 26 | 80 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 1 | 109 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 154 | 5.2 | 110 | 22 | 151 | 64 | ||
| 9 | Wilf Paiement | RW | 6-1 | 210 | 31 | 56 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 2 | 108 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 117 | 17.1 | 57 | 10 | 46 | 1 | ||
| 10 | Paul Cyr | LW | 5-10 | 180 | 23 | 73 | 11 | 16 | 27 | -16 | 122 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 131 | 8.4 | 45 | 0 | 99 | 38 | ||
| 11 | Clark Gillies | LW | 6-3 | 215 | 32 | 61 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 0 | 81 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 106 | 9.4 | 42 | 5 | 37 | 0 | ||
| 12 | Scott Arniel | LW | 6-1 | 188 | 24 | 63 | 11 | 14 | 25 | -1 | 59 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 90 | 12.2 | 40 | 2 | 65 | 26 | ||
| 13 | Tom Kurvers | D | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | 55 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -10 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 8.5 | 70 | 16 | 86 | 22 | ||
| 14 | Lindy Ruff | D/LW | 6-2 | 201 | 26 | 50 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -12 | 74 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 95 | 6.3 | 43 | 7 | 67 | 19 | ||
| 15 | Ken Priestlay | C | 5-10 | 190 | 19 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 22.4 | 30 | 14 | 14 | 1 | ||
| 16 | Gilbert Perreault | C | 6-1 | 180 | 36 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 16 | -2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 25.7 | 23 | 6 | 26 | 7 | ||
| 17 | Jim Korn | D/LW | 6-4 | 220 | 29 | 52 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 158 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 11.4 | 24 | 0 | 30 | 3 | ||
| 18 | Shawn Anderson | D | 6-1 | 200 | 18 | 41 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7.7 | 30 | 5 | 29 | 4 | ||
| 19 | Normand Lacombe | RW | 6-0 | 205 | 22 | 39 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 8.3 | 18 | 2 | 27 | 2 | ||
| 20 | Robert Logan | RW | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 31.8 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 21 | Mark Napier | RW | 5-10 | 182 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 12.5 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 9 | ||
| 22 | Gates Orlando | C | 5-8 | 180 | 24 | 27 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8.3 | 14 | 0 | 31 | 11 | ||
| 23 | Joe Reekie | D | 6-3 | 220 | 21 | 56 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 1.8 | 59 | 4 | 74 | 25 | ||
| 24 | Mike Hartman | LW | 6-0 | 190 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15.8 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Jeff Parker | RW | 6-3 | 194 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 30.0 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | ||
| 26 | Don Lever | LW | 5-11 | 185 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 37.5 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 27 | Uwe Krupp | D | 6-6 | 235 | 21 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -9 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2.9 | 27 | 5 | 34 | 3 | ||
| 28 | Paul Brydges | C | 5-11 | 180 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 4 | ||
| 29 | Mikael Andersson | LW | 5-11 | 181 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 6 | ||
| 30 | Mark Ferner | D | 6-0 | 193 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 31 | Bob Halkidis | D | 5-11 | 205 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 32 | Jacques Cloutier | G | 5-7 | 168 | 27 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 33 | Lee Fogolin | D | 6-0 | 200 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 8 | ||
| 34 | Bill Hajt | D | 6-3 | 215 | 35 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | 16 | 0 | 29 | 13 | ||
| 35 | Phil Russell | D | 6-2 | 205 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 36 | David Fenyves | D | 6-0 | 192 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 37 | Tom Barrasso | G | 6-3 | 210 | 21 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 38 | Richie Dunn | D | 6-0 | 200 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 39 | Steve Dykstra | D | 6-2 | 190 | 24 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -7 | 179 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 | 13 | 0 | 25 | 5 | ||
| 40 | Richard Hajdu | LW | 6-1 | 185 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 41 | Jim Hofford | D | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
| 42 | Daren Puppa | G | 6-4 | 205 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 43 | Doug Trapp | LW | 6-0 | 180 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 80 | 280 | 469 | 749 | -55 | 1786 | 207 | 68 | 5 | 28 | 2426 | 11.5 | 1395 | 333 | 1456 | 339 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Barrasso | G | 6-3 | 210 | 21 | 46 | 2501 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 152 | 3.65 | 1202 | 1050 | .874 | 2 |
| 2 | Jacques Cloutier | G | 5-7 | 168 | 27 | 40 | 2167 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 137 | 3.79 | 1035 | 898 | .868 | 0 |
| 3 | Daren Puppa | G | 6-4 | 205 | 21 | 3 | 185 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4.22 | 80 | 67 | .838 | 0 |
| Team Total | 80 | 4853 | 28 | 44 | 8 | 302 | 3.73 | 2317 | 2015 | .870 | 2 |