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38-36-10 (86 points), Finished 4th in NHL Adams Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 335 goals, Allowed 297 goals, SRS: 0.41 (11th of 24)
Coached by John Muckler (38-36-10)
Playoffs:
Lost Division Finals (4-0) versus Montreal Canadiens
Won Division Semi-Finals (4-0) 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 | 84 | 38 | 36 | 10 | 86 | .512 | 335 | 297 | 0.41 | 7.52 | 95 | 467 | 20.34 | 72 | 437 | 83.52 | 13 | 17 |
| League Average | 84 | 38 | 38 | 8 | 84 | .500 | 305 | 305 | 0.00 | 7.25 | 87 | 443 | 19.57 | 87 | 443 | 80.43 | 13 | 13 |
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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 | Pat LaFontaine | C | 5-10 | 182 | 27 | 84 | 53 | 95 | 148 | 11 | 63 | 31 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 306 | 17.3 | 200 | 88 | 105 | 4 | ||
| 2 | Alexander Mogilny | RW | 6-0 | 210 | 23 | 77 | 76 | 51 | 127 | 7 | 40 | 49 | 27 | 0 | 11 | 360 | 21.1 | 172 | 77 | 89 | 1 | ||
| 3 | Dale Hawerchuk | C | 5-11 | 190 | 29 | 81 | 16 | 80 | 96 | -17 | 52 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 259 | 6.2 | 147 | 87 | 83 | 6 | ||
| 4 | Dave Andreychuk | LW | 6-4 | 220 | 29 | 52 | 29 | 32 | 61 | -8 | 48 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 171 | 17.0 | 92 | 54 | 46 | 0 | ||
| 5 | Doug Bodger | D | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | 81 | 9 | 45 | 54 | 14 | 87 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 5.8 | 158 | 64 | 122 | 42 | ||
| 6 | Bob Sweeney | C/RW | 6-3 | 200 | 29 | 80 | 21 | 26 | 47 | 2 | 118 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 120 | 17.5 | 80 | 20 | 90 | 32 | ||
| 7 | Randy Wood | LW/C | 6-0 | 195 | 29 | 82 | 18 | 25 | 43 | 6 | 77 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 176 | 10.2 | 67 | 14 | 55 | 8 | ||
| 8 | Yuri Khmylev | LW | 6-1 | 189 | 28 | 68 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 6 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 122 | 16.4 | 75 | 12 | 66 | 9 | ||
| 9 | Wayne Presley | RW | 5-11 | 195 | 27 | 79 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 5 | 96 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 97 | 15.5 | 49 | 4 | 58 | 18 | ||
| 10 | Richard Smehlik | D | 6-4 | 222 | 23 | 80 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 9 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 4.9 | 86 | 4 | 115 | 42 | ||
| 11 | Brad May | LW | 6-1 | 213 | 21 | 82 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 242 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 114 | 11.4 | 55 | 2 | 50 | 0 | ||
| 12 | Petr Svoboda | D | 6-1 | 198 | 26 | 40 | 2 | 24 | 26 | 3 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 3.3 | 63 | 24 | 46 | 10 | ||
| 13 | Ken Sutton | D | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | 63 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -3 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 10.4 | 71 | 1 | 81 | 8 | ||
| 14 | Dave Hannan | C | 5-10 | 180 | 31 | 55 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 11.6 | 31 | 3 | 44 | 24 | ||
| 15 | Donald Audette | RW | 5-8 | 190 | 23 | 44 | 12 | 7 | 19 | -8 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 13.0 | 30 | 4 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 16 | Grant Ledyard | D | 6-2 | 195 | 31 | 50 | 2 | 14 | 16 | -2 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 2.5 | 53 | 4 | 62 | 11 | ||
| 17 | Gord Donnelly | D | 6-1 | 202 | 30 | 60 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 221 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 7.9 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 18 | Bob Corkum | C | 6-2 | 225 | 25 | 68 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 69 | 8.7 | 17 | 0 | 46 | 26 | ||
| 19 | Mike Ramsey | D | 6-3 | 195 | 32 | 33 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7.4 | 29 | 0 | 33 | 8 | ||
| 20 | Viktor Gordiouk | LW | 5-10 | 176 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12.5 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 21 | Randy Moller | D | 6-2 | 210 | 29 | 35 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8.0 | 30 | 1 | 33 | 10 | ||
| 22 | Bill Houlder | D | 6-2 | 217 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10.3 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 3 | ||
| 23 | Colin Patterson | W | 6-2 | 195 | 32 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 13.3 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 12 | ||
| 24 | Keith Carney | D | 6-1 | 207 | 22 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 7.7 | 26 | 5 | 24 | 6 | ||
| 25 | Rob Ray | RW | 6-0 | 217 | 24 | 68 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 211 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 10.7 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 26 | Bob Errey | LW | 5-10 | 185 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 27 | Philippe Boucher | D | 6-3 | 218 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0.0 | 23 | 1 | 23 | 2 | ||
| 28 | Scott Thomas | RW | 6-2 | 200 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 29 | Matthew Barnaby | RW | 6-0 | 189 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 30 | Doug MacDonald | LW | 6-0 | 192 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 31 | Greg Brown | D | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 2 | ||
| 32 | Tom Draper | G | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 33 | Daren Puppa | G | 6-4 | 205 | 27 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 34 | Peter Ciavaglia | C | 5-10 | 173 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 35 | Grant Fuhr | G | 5-10 | 201 | 30 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 36 | Dominik Hasek | G | 6-1 | 166 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Team Total | 84 | 335 | 561 | 896 | 55 | 1857 | 227 | 95 | 13 | 38 | 2671 | 12.5 | 1645 | 474 | 1400 | 284 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grant Fuhr | G | 5-10 | 201 | 30 | 29 | 1694 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 98 | 3.47 | 903 | 805 | .891 | 0 |
| 2 | Dominik Hasek | G | 6-1 | 166 | 28 | 28 | 1429 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 75 | 3.15 | 720 | 645 | .896 | 0 |
| 3 | Daren Puppa | G | 6-4 | 205 | 27 | 24 | 1306 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 78 | 3.58 | 706 | 628 | .890 | 0 |
| 4 | Tom Draper | G | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | 11 | 664 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 3.70 | 344 | 303 | .881 | 0 |
| Team Total | 84 | 5093 | 38 | 36 | 10 | 292 | 3.44 | 2673 | 2381 | .891 | 0 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dale Hawerchuk | C | 5-11 | 190 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 16.1 | ||
| 2 | Pat LaFontaine | C | 5-10 | 182 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 | ||
| 3 | Alexander Mogilny | RW | 6-0 | 210 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 20.0 | ||
| 4 | Yuri Khmylev | LW | 6-1 | 189 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 23.5 | ||
| 5 | Doug Bodger | D | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8.0 | ||
| 6 | Randy Wood | LW/C | 6-0 | 195 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 | ||
| 7 | Ken Sutton | D | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18.8 | ||
| 8 | Donald Audette | RW | 5-8 | 190 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 | ||
| 9 | Bob Sweeney | C/RW | 6-3 | 200 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 11.1 | ||
| 10 | Richard Smehlik | D | 6-4 | 222 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | ||
| 11 | Keith Carney | D | 6-1 | 207 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 12 | Dave Hannan | C | 5-10 | 180 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | ||
| 13 | Brad May | LW | 6-1 | 213 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12.5 | ||
| 14 | Bill Houlder | D | 6-2 | 217 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | ||
| 15 | Wayne Presley | RW | 5-11 | 195 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8.3 | ||
| 16 | Matthew Barnaby | RW | 6-0 | 189 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 17 | Bob Errey | LW | 5-10 | 185 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||
| 18 | Colin Patterson | W | 6-2 | 195 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 19 | Bob Corkum | C | 6-2 | 225 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 20 | Grant Fuhr | G | 5-10 | 201 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 21 | Dominik Hasek | G | 6-1 | 166 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 22 | Grant Ledyard | D | 6-2 | 195 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 8 | 31 | 51 | 82 | 14 | 116 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 258 | 12.0 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grant Fuhr | G | 5-10 | 201 | 30 | 8 | 474 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 3.42 | 216 | 189 | .875 | 1 | |
| 2 | Dominik Hasek | G | 6-1 | 166 | 28 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.33 | 24 | 23 | .958 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 8 | 519 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 3.24 | 240 | 212 | .883 | 1 |