Buffalo Sabres
Eastern · Atlantic
28-4464 pts1986-87
Team Stats
1986-87
- Goals / G
- 3.50
- Goals Against / G
- 3.85
- Power Play %
- 18.6
- Penalty Kill %
- 75.6
- Shots / G
- 30.3
- Shots Against / G
- 29.1
- Faceoff %
- —
Arena
- Arena
- —
- Conference
- Eastern
- Division
- Atlantic
Leaders
| Stat | Player | Value |
|---|---|---|
| P | Phil Housley | 67 |
| G | Mike Foligno | 30 |
| A | Phil Housley | 46 |
Skaters
by points
| Player | Pos | # | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | S% | PPG | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Housley | D | — | 78 | 21 | 46 | 67 | +1 | 57 | 200 | 10.5 | 8 | — |
| Christian Ruuttu | C | — | 76 | 22 | 43 | 65 | +10 | 62 | 168 | 13.1 | 3 | — |
| Mike Foligno | R | — | 75 | 30 | 29 | 59 | +13 | 176 | 185 | 16.2 | 11 | — |
| John Tucker | R | — | 54 | 17 | 34 | 51 | -4 | 21 | 104 | 16.3 | 4 | — |
| Adam Creighton | C | — | 56 | 18 | 22 | 40 | +5 | 26 | 109 | 16.5 | 6 | — |
| Doug Smith | C | — | 62 | 16 | 24 | 40 | -19 | 106 | 158 | 10.1 | 7 | — |
| Mike Ramsey | D | — | 80 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 0 | 109 | 156 | 5.1 | 2 | — |
| Wilf Paiement | R | — | 56 | 20 | 17 | 37 | +3 | 108 | 117 | 17.1 | 2 | — |
| Mark Napier | R | — | 77 | 13 | 18 | 31 | -3 | 2 | 127 | 10.2 | 1 | — |
| Clark Gillies | L | — | 61 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 0 | 83 | 106 | 9.4 | 1 | — |
| Paul Cyr | L | — | 73 | 11 | 16 | 27 | -15 | 122 | 131 | 8.4 | 0 | — |
| Scott Arniel | L | — | 63 | 11 | 14 | 25 | -1 | 59 | 90 | 12.2 | 0 | — |
| Tom Kurvers | D | — | 56 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -12 | 22 | 73 | 8.2 | 1 | — |
| Lindy Ruff | L | — | 50 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -14 | 74 | 95 | 6.3 | 0 | — |
| Ken Priestlay | C | — | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | +3 | 8 | 49 | 22.4 | 3 | — |
| Gilbert Perreault | C | — | 20 | 9 | 7 | 16 | -2 | 6 | 35 | 25.7 | 1 | — |
| Jim Korn | D | — | 52 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 158 | 35 | 11.4 | 0 | — |
| Shawn Anderson | D | — | 41 | 2 | 11 | 13 | +3 | 23 | 26 | 7.7 | 0 | — |
| Gaetano Orlando | C | — | 27 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 16 | 24 | 8.3 | 0 | — |
| Robert Logan | R | — | 22 | 7 | 3 | 10 | +5 | 0 | 22 | 31.8 | 1 | — |
| Joe Reekie | D | — | 56 | 1 | 8 | 9 | +6 | 82 | 56 | 1.8 | 0 | — |
| Lee Fogolin Jr. | D | — | 44 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 25 | 39 | 2.6 | 0 | — |
| Mike Hartman | L | — | 17 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +2 | 69 | 19 | 15.8 | 0 | — |
| Don Lever | C | — | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 4 | 8 | 37.5 | 3 | — |
| Uwe Krupp | D | — | 26 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -9 | 23 | 34 | 2.9 | 0 | — |
| Paul Brydges | C | — | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +4 | 6 | 8 | 25.0 | 0 | — |
| Mark Ferner | D | — | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | — |
| Mikael Andersson | R | — | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | — |
| Bill Hajt | D | — | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | — |
| Bob Halkidis | D | — | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 19 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | — |
| Phil Russell | D | — | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | — |
| David Fenyves | D | — | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | — |
| Richie Dunn | D | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | — |
| Steve Dykstra | L | — | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -8 | 179 | 21 | 0.0 | 0 | — |
| Doug Trapp | L | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | — |
| Jim Hofford | D | — | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 40 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | — |
| Richard Hajdu | L | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | — |
Goalies
by wins
| Player | # | GP | GS | W | L | OTL | SV% | GAA | SO | SV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Barrasso | — | 46 | 44 | 17 | 23 | — | .873 | 3.66 | 2 | 1049 |
| Jacques Cloutier | — | 40 | 33 | 11 | 19 | — | .869 | 3.78 | 0 | 901 |
| Daren Puppa | — | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | — | .835 | 4.24 | 0 | 66 |
Team Profile
86-87 · percentile vs league
GF
3.5024
GA
3.8535
PP%
18.624
PK%
75.618
SF
30.371
SA
29.171
PlayerMedian (50th)percentile vs league
Advanced
| Power Play % | 18.6 |
| Penalty Kill % | 75.6 |
| Shots For / G | 30.3 |
| Shots Against / G | 29.1 |
| Faceoff % | — |
| Goal Differential | -28 |
Scoring Trend
last 20 · GF / GA
Season History
55 seasons
| Season | Record | PTS | GF/G | GA/G | DIFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-26 | 50-23-9 | 109 | 3.45 | 2.93 | +43 |
| 24-25 | 36-39-7 | 79 | 3.23 | 3.50 | -22 |
| 23-24 | 39-37-6 | 84 | 2.98 | 2.96 | +1 |
| 22-23 | 42-33-7 | 91 | 3.57 | 3.62 | -4 |
| 21-22 | 32-39-11 | 75 | 2.79 | 3.50 | -58 |
| 20-21 | 15-34-7 | 37 | 2.39 | 3.50 | -62 |
| 19-20 | 30-31-8 | 68 | 2.80 | 3.12 | -22 |
| 18-19 | 33-39-10 | 76 | 2.70 | 3.27 | -47 |
| 17-18 | 25-45-12 | 62 | 2.41 | 3.39 | -80 |
| 16-17 | 33-37-12 | 78 | 2.43 | 2.82 | -32 |
| 15-16 | 35-36-11 | 81 | 2.43 | 2.62 | -16 |
| 14-15 | 23-51-8 | 54 | 1.87 | 3.28 | -116 |
| 13-14 | 21-51-10 | 52 | 1.83 | 2.96 | -93 |
| 12-13 | 21-21-6 | 48 | 2.46 | 2.90 | -21 |
| 11-12 | 39-32-11 | 89 | 2.57 | 2.72 | -12 |
| 10-11 | 43-29-10 | 96 | 2.93 | 2.78 | +12 |
| 09-10 | 45-27-10 | 100 | 2.82 | 2.45 | +30 |
| 08-09 | 41-32-9 | 91 | 2.95 | 2.79 | +13 |
| 07-08 | 39-31-12 | 90 | 3.06 | 2.84 | +18 |
| 06-07 | 53-22-7 | 113 | 3.63 | 2.90 | +60 |
| 05-06 | 52-24-6 | 110 | 3.37 | 2.85 | +42 |
| 03-04 | 37-34-4 | 85 | 2.68 | 2.70 | -1 |
| 02-03 | 27-37-8 | 72 | 2.32 | 2.67 | -29 |
| 01-02 | 35-35-1 | 82 | 2.60 | 2.44 | +13 |
| 00-01 | 46-30-1 | 98 | 2.66 | 2.24 | +34 |
| 99-00 | 35-32-4 | 85 | 2.60 | 2.49 | +9 |
| 98-99 | 37-28 | 91 | 2.52 | 2.13 | +32 |
| 97-98 | 36-29 | 89 | 2.57 | 2.28 | +24 |
| 96-97 | 40-30 | 92 | 2.89 | 2.54 | +29 |
| 95-96 | 33-42 | 73 | 3.01 | 3.20 | -15 |
| 94-95 | 22-19 | 51 | 2.71 | 2.48 | +11 |
| 93-94 | 43-32 | 95 | 3.36 | 2.60 | +64 |
| 92-93 | 38-36 | 86 | 3.99 | 3.54 | +38 |
| 91-92 | 31-37 | 74 | 3.61 | 3.74 | -10 |
| 90-91 | 31-30 | 81 | 3.65 | 3.48 | +14 |
| 89-90 | 45-27 | 98 | 3.58 | 3.10 | +38 |
| 88-89 | 38-35 | 83 | 3.64 | 3.74 | -8 |
| 87-88 | 37-32 | 85 | 3.54 | 3.81 | -22 |
| 86-87 | 28-44 | 64 | 3.50 | 3.85 | -28 |
| 85-86 | 37-37 | 80 | 3.70 | 3.64 | +5 |
| 84-85 | 38-28 | 90 | 3.62 | 2.96 | +53 |
| 83-84 | 48-25 | 103 | 3.94 | 3.21 | +58 |
| 82-83 | 38-29 | 89 | 3.98 | 3.56 | +33 |
| 81-82 | 39-26 | 93 | 3.84 | 3.41 | +34 |
| 80-81 | 39-20 | 99 | 4.09 | 3.12 | +77 |
| 79-80 | 47-17 | 110 | 3.98 | 2.51 | +117 |
| 78-79 | 36-28 | 88 | 3.50 | 3.29 | +17 |
| 77-78 | 44-19 | 105 | 3.60 | 2.69 | +73 |
| 76-77 | 48-24 | 104 | 3.76 | 2.75 | +81 |
| 75-76 | 46-21 | 105 | 4.24 | 3.00 | +99 |
| 74-75 | 49-16 | 113 | 4.42 | 3.00 | +114 |
| 73-74 | 32-34 | 76 | 3.10 | 3.21 | -8 |
| 72-73 | 37-27 | 88 | 3.29 | 2.81 | +38 |
| 71-72 | 16-43 | 51 | 2.60 | 3.71 | -86 |
| 70-71 | 24-39 | 63 | 2.78 | 3.73 | -74 |
Recent results
last 0
| Date | Opp | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
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BUF News
6 items
- East Notes: Bruins, Luchanko, SabresNotes from the East including Boston attempting to acquire a different defenseman on July 1st, a Flyers center had surgery, and more.BUF1d
- Buffalo Sabres hire former player Milan Lucic as pro scoutFormer NHL player Milan Lucic has gone from being a one-time Buffalo Sabres' antagonist to landing a job as a pro scout, the team announced as part of a series of hirings and promotions on Tuesday.BUF5d
- Sabres re-sign Beck Malenstyn to a six-year, $17.5M contractThe Buffalo Sabres re-signed checking-line forward Beck Malenstyn to a six-year, $17.5 million contract on Monday, two days before free agency opens.BUF6d
- Buffalo Sabres select Daxon Rudolph at No.4 in NHL draftBuffalo Sabres select Daxon Rudolph at No.4 in NHL draftBUF9d
- Capitals sign forward Alex Tuch to extension after Sabres tradeThe Capitals completed a sign-and-trade for Alex Tuch from the Sabres on Wednesday. Tuch signed an eight-year extension with the Capitals averaging $10.5 million a year, and the Sabres got a third-round draft pick in 2026 and forward David Kampf.BUF10d
- Sabres sign Zach Benson to 7-year, $52.5 million contractThe Sabres have signed Zach Benson to a seven-year, $52.5 million contract after his breakout playoff performance.BUF10d