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31-37-12 (74 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Adams Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 289 goals, Allowed 299 goals, SRS: -0.16 (15th of 22)
Coached by Rick Dudley (9-15-4), John Muckler (22-22-8)
Playoffs:
Lost Division Semi-Finals (4-3) versus Boston Bruins
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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 | 31 | 37 | 12 | 74 | .463 | 289 | 299 | -0.16 | 7.35 | 105 | 466 | 22.53 | 91 | 424 | 78.54 | 8 | 11 |
| League Average | 80 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 80 | .500 | 278 | 278 | 0.00 | 6.96 | 77 | 402 | 19.24 | 77 | 402 | 80.76 | 11 | 11 |
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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 | Dale Hawerchuk | C | 5-11 | 190 | 28 | 77 | 23 | 75 | 98 | -22 | 27 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 242 | 9.5 | 139 | 83 | 91 | 13 | ||
| 2 | Pat LaFontaine | C | 5-10 | 182 | 26 | 57 | 46 | 47 | 93 | 10 | 98 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 203 | 22.7 | 136 | 70 | 67 | 11 | ||
| 3 | Dave Andreychuk | LW | 6-4 | 220 | 28 | 80 | 41 | 50 | 91 | -9 | 71 | 13 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 337 | 12.2 | 155 | 86 | 79 | 1 | ||
| 4 | Alexander Mogilny | RW | 6-0 | 210 | 22 | 67 | 39 | 45 | 84 | 7 | 73 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 236 | 16.5 | 133 | 67 | 71 | 12 | ||
| 5 | Donald Audette | RW | 5-8 | 190 | 22 | 63 | 31 | 17 | 48 | -1 | 75 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 153 | 20.3 | 69 | 20 | 50 | 0 | ||
| 6 | Doug Bodger | D | 6-2 | 210 | 25 | 73 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 1 | 108 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 180 | 6.1 | 142 | 71 | 101 | 31 | ||
| 7 | Randy Wood | LW/C | 6-0 | 195 | 28 | 70 | 20 | 16 | 36 | -9 | 65 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 185 | 10.8 | 63 | 16 | 83 | 27 | ||
| 8 | Tony Tanti | RW | 5-9 | 180 | 28 | 70 | 15 | 16 | 31 | -4 | 100 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 133 | 11.3 | 52 | 18 | 55 | 17 | ||
| 9 | Christian Ruuttu | C | 5-11 | 194 | 27 | 70 | 4 | 21 | 25 | -7 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 108 | 3.7 | 42 | 12 | 74 | 37 | ||
| 10 | Kevin Haller | D | 6-2 | 199 | 21 | 58 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -13 | 75 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 7.9 | 62 | 17 | 66 | 8 | ||
| 11 | Grant Ledyard | D | 6-2 | 195 | 30 | 50 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -4 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 5.7 | 54 | 10 | 72 | 24 | ||
| 12 | Ken Sutton | D | 6-1 | 205 | 22 | 64 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 2.5 | 69 | 14 | 76 | 26 | ||
| 13 | Dave Snuggerud | RW | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | 55 | 3 | 15 | 18 | -3 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 4.0 | 28 | 3 | 53 | 25 | ||
| 14 | Brad May | LW | 6-1 | 213 | 20 | 69 | 11 | 6 | 17 | -12 | 309 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 82 | 13.4 | 25 | 1 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 15 | Mike Ramsey | D | 6-3 | 195 | 31 | 66 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 5.5 | 52 | 3 | 84 | 43 | ||
| 16 | Colin Patterson | W | 6-2 | 195 | 31 | 52 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 12.1 | 20 | 0 | 41 | 17 | ||
| 17 | Jay Wells | D | 6-1 | 210 | 32 | 41 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 157 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7.7 | 29 | 0 | 43 | 11 | ||
| 18 | Rob Ray | RW | 6-0 | 217 | 23 | 63 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 354 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 17.2 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 19 | Pierre Turgeon | C | 6-1 | 199 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.3 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 4 | ||
| 20 | Petr Svoboda | D | 6-1 | 198 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -8 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 | 15 | 12 | 21 | 10 | ||
| 21 | Bob Corkum | C | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -9 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8.7 | 9 | 0 | 24 | 6 | ||
| 22 | Dave Hannan | C | 5-10 | 180 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 23 | Gord Donnelly | D | 6-1 | 202 | 29 | 67 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 305 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 24 | Brad Miller | D | 6-4 | 220 | 22 | 42 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 192 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3.3 | 26 | 0 | 32 | 1 | ||
| 25 | Wayne Presley | RW | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 9.5 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 26 | Rick Vaive | RW | 6-1 | 198 | 32 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4.0 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 27 | Keith Carney | D | 6-1 | 207 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 1 | ||
| 28 | Randy Moller | D | 6-2 | 210 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 6 | ||
| 29 | Uwe Krupp | D | 6-6 | 235 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 9 | ||
| 30 | Tom Draper | G | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 31 | Bill Houlder | D | 6-2 | 217 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 32 | Jody Gage | RW | 6-0 | 190 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 33 | Randy Hillier | D | 6-1 | 192 | 31 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -14 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 | 16 | 1 | 37 | 8 | ||
| 34 | Benoit Hogue | C | 5-10 | 194 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 35 | Darrin Shannon | LW | 6-2 | 210 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 36 | Peter Ciavaglia | C | 5-10 | 173 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 37 | Brian Curran | D | 6-5 | 220 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 38 | Lou Franceschetti | RW | 6-0 | 200 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 39 | David Littman | G | 6-0 | 183 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 40 | Darcy Loewen | LW | 5-10 | 185 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 41 | Clint Malarchuk | G | 6-0 | 185 | 30 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 42 | Dave McLlwain | C/RW | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 43 | Daren Puppa | G | 6-4 | 205 | 26 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Team Total | 80 | 289 | 468 | 757 | -118 | 2699 | 176 | 105 | 8 | 31 | 2600 | 11.1 | 1438 | 526 | 1389 | 359 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daren Puppa | G | 6-4 | 205 | 26 | 33 | 1757 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 114 | 3.89 | 932 | 818 | .878 | 0 |
| 2 | Tom Draper | G | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | 26 | 1403 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 75 | 3.21 | 712 | 637 | .895 | 1 |
| 3 | Clint Malarchuk | G | 6-0 | 185 | 30 | 29 | 1639 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 102 | 3.73 | 903 | 801 | .887 | 0 |
| 4 | David Littman | G | 6-0 | 183 | 24 | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 | 29 | 25 | .862 | 0 |
| Team Total | 80 | 4859 | 31 | 37 | 12 | 295 | 3.64 | 2576 | 2281 | .885 | 1 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pat LaFontaine | C | 5-10 | 182 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 29.6 | ||
| 2 | Dale Hawerchuk | C | 5-11 | 190 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8.3 | ||
| 3 | Wayne Presley | RW | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 30.0 | ||
| 4 | Brad May | LW | 6-1 | 213 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5.6 | ||
| 5 | Petr Svoboda | D | 6-1 | 198 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 | ||
| 6 | Dave Andreychuk | LW | 6-4 | 220 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 | ||
| 7 | Doug Bodger | D | 6-2 | 210 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 18.2 | ||
| 8 | Randy Wood | LW/C | 6-0 | 195 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11.8 | ||
| 9 | Keith Carney | D | 6-1 | 207 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||
| 10 | Tony Tanti | RW | 5-9 | 180 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | ||
| 11 | Dave Hannan | C | 5-10 | 180 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22.2 | ||
| 12 | Alexander Mogilny | RW | 6-0 | 210 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||
| 13 | Mike Ramsey | D | 6-3 | 195 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||
| 14 | Ken Sutton | D | 6-1 | 205 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||
| 15 | Bob Corkum | C | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | ||
| 16 | Colin Patterson | W | 6-2 | 195 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | ||
| 17 | Gord Donnelly | D | 6-1 | 202 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 18 | Tom Draper | G | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 19 | Randy Moller | D | 6-2 | 210 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | ||
| 20 | Rob Ray | RW | 6-0 | 217 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 21 | Christian Ruuttu | C | 5-11 | 194 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 7 | 24 | 37 | 61 | 3 | 80 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 201 | 11.9 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Draper | G | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | 7 | 433 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 2.63 | 201 | 182 | .905 | 1 | |
| Team Total | 7 | 433 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 2.63 | 201 | 182 | .905 | 1 |