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1987-88 Buffalo Sabres Schedule and Results

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37-32-11 (85 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Adams Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Ted Sator (37-32-11)

Goals For: 283 (14th of 21), Goals Against: 305 (12th of 21)
SRS: -0.22 (14th of 21), SOS: 0.06 (8th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost Division Semi-Finals (4-2) versus Boston Bruins

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Thu, Oct 8, 1987 Minnesota North Stars T OT 2 2 0 0 1 T 1
2 Sat, Oct 10, 1987 @ Montreal Canadiens L 3 6 0 1 1 L 1
3 Sun, Oct 11, 1987 Washington Capitals W 6 5 1 1 1 W 1
4 Tue, Oct 13, 1987 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L 3 8 1 2 1 L 1
5 Fri, Oct 16, 1987 Quebec Nordiques T OT 2 2 1 2 2 T 1
6 Sat, Oct 17, 1987 @ Quebec Nordiques W 6 3 2 2 2 W 1
7 Wed, Oct 21, 1987 Hartford Whalers L 3 5 2 3 2 L 1
8 Fri, Oct 23, 1987 Montreal Canadiens W 5 3 3 3 2 W 1
9 Sat, Oct 24, 1987 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L 3 5 3 4 2 L 1
10 Wed, Oct 28, 1987 @ Hartford Whalers T OT 2 2 3 4 3 T 1
11 Fri, Oct 30, 1987 Los Angeles Kings W 5 1 4 4 3 W 1
12 Sun, Nov 1, 1987 Chicago Blackhawks W 5 3 5 4 3 W 2
13 Wed, Nov 4, 1987 @ Los Angeles Kings W 5 4 6 4 3 W 3
14 Sat, Nov 7, 1987 @ Edmonton Oilers L 0 5 6 5 3 L 1
15 Sun, Nov 8, 1987 @ Calgary Flames W 6 3 7 5 3 W 1
16 Wed, Nov 11, 1987 @ Vancouver Canucks T OT 4 4 7 5 4 T 1
17 Fri, Nov 13, 1987 Minnesota North Stars L 4 5 7 6 4 L 1
18 Sun, Nov 15, 1987 Toronto Maple Leafs W 5 4 8 6 4 W 1
19 Wed, Nov 18, 1987 @ Hartford Whalers L 1 9 8 7 4 L 1
20 Fri, Nov 20, 1987 Washington Capitals W 5 3 9 7 4 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Sun, Nov 22, 1987 Los Angeles Kings L 5 8 9 8 4 L 1
22 Wed, Nov 25, 1987 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 2 5 9 9 4 L 2
23 Fri, Nov 27, 1987 Hartford Whalers L 2 4 9 10 4 L 3
24 Sun, Nov 29, 1987 Edmonton Oilers L 2 5 9 11 4 L 4
25 Thu, Dec 3, 1987 Quebec Nordiques W 6 3 10 11 4 W 1
26 Sat, Dec 5, 1987 @ Hartford Whalers L 1 2 10 12 4 L 1
27 Sun, Dec 6, 1987 Vancouver Canucks L 1 5 10 13 4 L 2
28 Wed, Dec 9, 1987 @ Chicago Blackhawks W 6 2 11 13 4 W 1
29 Sat, Dec 12, 1987 @ Boston Bruins T OT 3 3 11 13 5 T 1
30 Sun, Dec 13, 1987 Calgary Flames L 1 7 11 14 5 L 1
31 Fri, Dec 18, 1987 Montreal Canadiens T OT 2 2 11 14 6 T 1
32 Sat, Dec 19, 1987 @ Montreal Canadiens W 2 1 12 14 6 W 1
33 Tue, Dec 22, 1987 @ Boston Bruins L 0 9 12 15 6 L 1
34 Wed, Dec 23, 1987 @ Detroit Red Wings W 5 2 13 15 6 W 1
35 Sun, Dec 27, 1987 Pittsburgh Penguins T OT 3 3 13 15 7 T 1
36 Tue, Dec 29, 1987 @ Quebec Nordiques L 1 5 13 16 7 L 1
37 Thu, Dec 31, 1987 Boston Bruins L 0 2 13 17 7 L 2
38 Sat, Jan 2, 1988 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 6 4 14 17 7 W 1
39 Sun, Jan 3, 1988 Quebec Nordiques W 2 1 15 17 7 W 2
40 Wed, Jan 6, 1988 @ Montreal Canadiens W 6 5 16 17 7 W 3
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Fri, Jan 8, 1988 Hartford Whalers W 3 1 17 17 7 W 4
42 Sun, Jan 10, 1988 New York Rangers W 4 3 18 17 7 W 5
43 Tue, Jan 12, 1988 @ St. Louis Blues W 4 2 19 17 7 W 6
44 Thu, Jan 14, 1988 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 1 3 19 18 7 L 1
45 Sat, Jan 16, 1988 @ Boston Bruins L 1 5 19 19 7 L 2
46 Sun, Jan 17, 1988 New York Islanders W 5 2 20 19 7 W 1
47 Wed, Jan 20, 1988 Boston Bruins W 5 3 21 19 7 W 2
48 Fri, Jan 22, 1988 New Jersey Devils W 7 3 22 19 7 W 3
49 Sat, Jan 23, 1988 @ Washington Capitals T OT 3 3 22 19 8 T 1
50 Mon, Jan 25, 1988 @ New Jersey Devils W 5 2 23 19 8 W 1
51 Wed, Jan 27, 1988 Montreal Canadiens L 1 4 23 20 8 L 1
52 Fri, Jan 29, 1988 New York Islanders L 2 5 23 21 8 L 2
53 Sun, Jan 31, 1988 Winnipeg Jets T OT 4 4 23 21 9 T 1
54 Tue, Feb 2, 1988 @ Quebec Nordiques W 6 3 24 21 9 W 1
55 Fri, Feb 5, 1988 Toronto Maple Leafs W 5 2 25 21 9 W 2
56 Sat, Feb 6, 1988 @ New York Islanders L 4 6 25 22 9 L 1
57 Fri, Feb 12, 1988 @ Winnipeg Jets L 5 7 25 23 9 L 2
58 Sun, Feb 14, 1988 @ Chicago Blackhawks L OT 3 4 25 24 9 L 3
59 Tue, Feb 16, 1988 @ St. Louis Blues W 3 0 26 24 9 W 1
60 Fri, Feb 19, 1988 Philadelphia Flyers L 4 5 26 25 9 L 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Sun, Feb 21, 1988 Quebec Nordiques L 5 6 26 26 9 L 2
62 Thu, Feb 25, 1988 St. Louis Blues W 5 2 27 26 9 W 1
63 Sat, Feb 27, 1988 @ Hartford Whalers W 4 3 28 26 9 W 2
64 Sun, Feb 28, 1988 Winnipeg Jets W 5 3 29 26 9 W 3
65 Tue, Mar 1, 1988 @ Detroit Red Wings L 0 4 29 27 9 L 1
66 Fri, Mar 4, 1988 New York Rangers W 6 3 30 27 9 W 1
67 Sun, Mar 6, 1988 Boston Bruins W 3 0 31 27 9 W 2
68 Wed, Mar 9, 1988 @ Minnesota North Stars W 6 2 32 27 9 W 3
69 Sat, Mar 12, 1988 @ Calgary Flames L 4 10 32 28 9 L 1
70 Sun, Mar 13, 1988 @ Vancouver Canucks W 7 5 33 28 9 W 1
71 Tue, Mar 15, 1988 @ Edmonton Oilers L 4 6 33 29 9 L 1
72 Sat, Mar 19, 1988 @ Boston Bruins W 4 3 34 29 9 W 1
73 Sun, Mar 20, 1988 Boston Bruins L 2 6 34 30 9 L 1
74 Tue, Mar 22, 1988 @ New York Rangers W 3 2 35 30 9 W 1
75 Fri, Mar 25, 1988 New Jersey Devils T OT 2 2 35 30 10 T 1
76 Sun, Mar 27, 1988 Detroit Red Wings L 3 5 35 31 10 L 1
77 Tue, Mar 29, 1988 @ Quebec Nordiques W 3 1 36 31 10 W 1
78 Thu, Mar 31, 1988 Hartford Whalers W 3 2 37 31 10 W 2
79 Sat, Apr 2, 1988 @ Montreal Canadiens L 4 9 37 32 10 L 1
80 Sun, Apr 3, 1988 Montreal Canadiens T OT 4 4 37 32 11 T 1

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 6, 1988 @ Boston Bruins L 3 7 0 1 0 L 1
2 Thu, Apr 7, 1988 @ Boston Bruins L 1 4 0 2 0 L 2
3 Sat, Apr 9, 1988 Boston Bruins W 6 2 1 2 0 W 1
4 Sun, Apr 10, 1988 Boston Bruins W OT 6 5 2 2 0 W 2
5 Tue, Apr 12, 1988 @ Boston Bruins L 4 5 2 3 0 L 1
6 Thu, Apr 14, 1988 Boston Bruins L 2 5 2 4 0 L 2