1987-88 Buffalo Sabres Roster and Statistics

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

Coach: Ted Sator (37-32-11)

Primary Arena: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

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) to Boston Bruins

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +10000

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Recent Game Results

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Buffalo Sabres	80	37	32	11	85	.531	283	305	-0.22	0.06	3.54	3.81	80	464	17.24	96	439	78.13	8	13	2390	11.8	2577	.882		2
League Average	80	35	35	9	80	.500	297	297					89	437	20.29	89	437	79.71	13	13	2435	12.2	2435	.878		3

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Buffalo Sabres
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
37	Shawn Anderson	ca CA	D	19	6-1	200	L/-	1	February 7, 1968
14	Mikael Andersson	se SE	LW	21	5-11	181	L/-	2	May 10, 1966
25	Dave Andreychuk	ca CA	LW	24	6-4	220	R/-	5	September 29, 1963
9	Scott Arniel	ca CA	LW	25	6-1	188	L/-	6	September 17, 1962
30	Tom Barrasso	us US	G	22	6-3	210	-/R	4	March 31, 1965
1	Jacques Cloutier	ca CA	G	28	5-7	168	-/L	5	January 3, 1960
38	Adam Creighton	ca CA	C	22	6-5	220	L/-	4	June 2, 1965
8-18	Paul Cyr	ca CA	LW	24	5-10	180	L/-	5	October 31, 1963
16	Mike Donnelly	us US	LW	24	5-11	185	L/-	1	October 10, 1963
29	Richie Dunn	us US	D	30	6-0	200	L/-	10	May 12, 1957
4	Steve Dykstra	ca CA	D	25	6-2	190	L/-	2	December 1, 1962
17	Mike Foligno	ca CA	RW	29	6-2	195	R/-	8	January 29, 1959
33	Jody Gage	ca CA	RW	28	6-0	190	R/-	4	November 29, 1959
90	Clark Gillies	ca CA	LW	33	6-3	215	L/-	13	April 7, 1954
18	Bob Halkidis	ca CA	D	21	5-11	205	L/-	2	March 5, 1966
20	Mike Hartman	us US	LW	20	6-0	190	L/-	1	February 7, 1967
33	Benoît Hogue	ca CA	C	21	5-10	194	L/-	R	October 28, 1966
24	Ed Hospodar	us US	D	28	6-2	210	R/-	8	February 9, 1959
6	Phil Housley	us US	D	23	5-10	185	L/-	5	March 9, 1964
8	Jim Jackson	ca CA	LW	27	5-9	190	R/-	3	February 1, 1960
3	Calle Johansson	se SE	D	20	5-11	203	L/-	R	February 14, 1967
4-40	Uwe Krupp	de DE	D	22	6-6	235	R/-	1	June 24, 1965
26	Robert Logan	ca CA	RW	23	6-0	190	L/-	1	February 22, 1964
36	Jan Ludvig	cs CS	RW	26	5-10	190	R/-	5	September 17, 1961
19	Kevin Maguire	ca CA	RW	25	6-2	200	R/-	1	January 5, 1963
32	Don McSween	us US	D	23	5-11	197	L/-	R	June 9, 1964
32	Scott Metcalfe	ca CA	LW	21	6-0	195	L/-	R	January 6, 1967
65	Mark Napier	ca CA	RW	31	5-10	182	L/-	9	January 28, 1957
28	Jeff Parker	us US	C	23	6-3	194	R/-	1	September 7, 1964
12	Ken Priestlay	ca CA	C	20	5-10	190	L/-	1	August 24, 1967
31	Daren Puppa	ca CA	G	22	6-4	205	-/R	2	March 23, 1965
5	Mike Ramsey	us US	D	27	6-3	195	L/-	8	December 3, 1960
27	Joe Reekie	ca CA	D	22	6-3	220	L/-	2	February 22, 1965
22	Lindy Ruff (C)	ca CA	D	27	6-2	201	L/-	8	February 17, 1960
21	Christian Ruuttu	fi FI	C	23	5-11	194	L/-	1	February 20, 1964
23	Ray Sheppard	ca CA	RW	21	6-1	195	R/-	R	May 27, 1966
15	Doug Smith	ca CA	C	24	5-11	186	R/-	6	May 17, 1963
7	John Tucker	ca CA	C	23	6-0	200	R/-	4	September 29, 1964
77	Pierre Turgeon	ca CA	C	18	6-1	199	L/-	R	August 28, 1969

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Dave Andreychuk*	24	LW	80	30	48	78	1	112	15	15	0	5	34	14	0	253	11.9			5.0	1.0	5.9
2	Christian Ruuttu	23	C	73	26	45	71	-3	85	17	8	1	4	26	18	1	185	14.1			4.4	0.8	5.2
3	Phil Housley*	23	D	74	29	37	66	-17	96	23	6	0	1	15	22	0	231	12.6			5.5	2.5	8.0
4	Ray Sheppard	21	RW	74	38	27	65	-6	14	23	15	0	5	19	8	0	173	22.0			4.8	0.7	5.5
5	Mike Foligno	29	RW	74	29	28	57	-11	220	19	10	0	7	18	10	0	159	18.2			3.6	0.6	4.1
6	Pierre Turgeon*	18	C	76	14	28	42	-8	34	6	8	0	3	19	9	0	101	13.9			1.3	0.7	1.9
7	Calle Johansson	20	D	71	4	38	42	12	37	2	2	0	0	19	18	1	93	4.3			1.9	4.0	5.9
8	Scott Arniel	25	LW	73	17	23	40	8	61	14	0	3	2	21	1	1	111	15.3			1.4	1.1	2.5
9	John Tucker	23	C	45	19	19	38	4	20	13	6	0	0	11	8	0	93	20.4			2.5	0.6	3.2
10	Doug Smith	24	C	70	9	19	28	-10	117	8	1	0	0	12	6	1	136	6.6			0.1	0.6	0.6
11	Adam Creighton	22	C	36	10	17	27	7	87	6	4	0	1	15	2	0	61	16.4			1.4	0.6	2.0
12	Lindy Ruff	27	D	77	2	23	25	-9	179	2	0	0	0	16	5	2	106	1.9			0.4	3.1	3.5
13	Mikael Andersson	21	LW	37	3	20	23	7	10	2	0	1	1	17	1	2	34	8.8			0.5	0.6	1.2
14	Mike Ramsey	27	D	63	5	16	21	6	77	4	1	0	0	8	8	0	94	5.3			0.6	3.3	3.9
15	Mark Napier	31	RW	47	10	8	18	-3	8	9	0	1	2	8	0	0	81	12.3			0.3	0.5	0.8
16	Ken Priestlay	20	C	33	5	12	17	-4	35	3	1	1	0	8	4	0	63	7.9			0.4	0.3	0.7
17	Mike Donnelly	24	LW	40	6	8	14	-1	44	6	0	0	0	6	2	0	69	8.7			0.0	0.5	0.4
18	Uwe Krupp	22	D	75	2	9	11	-1	151	2	0	0	0	6	2	1	84	2.4			-0.6	3.4	2.8
19	Kevin Maguire	25	RW	46	4	6	10	-1	162	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	25	16.0			-0.7	0.5	-0.2
20	Clark Gillies*	33	LW	25	5	2	7	1	51	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	23	21.7			-0.1	0.3	0.3
21	Jan Ludvig	26	RW	13	1	6	7	1	65	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	13	7.7			0.1	0.2	0.3
22	Robert Logan	23	RW	16	3	2	5	1	0	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	15	20.0			0.0	0.2	0.2
23	Joe Reekie	22	D	30	1	4	5	-3	68	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	23	4.3			-0.2	1.2	1.0
24	Mike Hartman	20	LW	18	3	1	4	-3	90	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	24	12.5			-0.2	0.1	0.0
25	Shawn Anderson	19	D	23	1	2	3	-3	17	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	29	3.4			-0.2	0.9	0.7
26	Bob Halkidis	21	D	30	0	3	3	6	115	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	26	0.0			-0.4	1.7	1.3
27	Richie Dunn	30	D	12	2	0	2	-7	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	10.5			0.0	0.2	0.2
28	Jim Jackson	27	LW	5	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	11	18.2			0.1	0.1	0.2
29	Paul Cyr	24	LW	20	1	1	2	-2	38	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	20	5.0			-0.5	0.2	-0.4
30	Steve Dykstra	25	D	27	1	1	2	0	91	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	9.1			-0.3	1.3	0.9
31	Benoît Hogue	21	C	3	1	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	33.3			0.1	0.1	0.2
32	Jeff Parker	23	C	4	0	2	2	-1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
33	Tom Barrasso*	22	G	54	0	1	1		50	0	0	0	0				0		3129	57:56	0.0	0.0	11.0
34	Ed Hospodar	28	D	42	0	1	1	-1	98	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	0.0			-0.8	1.9	1.1
35	Don McSween	23	D	5	0	1	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0.0			0.0	0.3	0.3
36	Scott Metcalfe	21	LW	1	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0
37	Daren Puppa	22	G	17	0	1	1		4	0	0	0	0				0		873	51:19	0.0	0.0	2.2
38	Jacques Cloutier	28	G	20	0	0	0		11	0	0	0	0				0		847	42:22	0.0	0.0	1.4
39	Jody Gage	28	RW	2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			-0.1	0.0	-0.1
	Team Total			80	283	461	744	-39	2263	195	80	8	37	311	139	9	2390	11.8			30.2	34.1	78.8

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Tom Barrasso*	22	54		25	18	8	173	1658	1485	.896	3.32	2	3129				87	26.2	2.74	11.0
2	Daren Puppa	22	17		8	6	1	61	469	408	.870	4.19	0	873				108	-4.6	3.51	2.2
3	Jacques Cloutier	28	20		4	8	2	67	450	383	.851	4.75	0	847				124	-12.9	3.97	1.4
	Team Total				37	32	11	301	2577	2276	.883	3.72	2	4849				97	8.7	3.09	14.6