1989–90 Buffalo Sabres
Eastern Conference · Atlantic Division · 45-27-0, 98 pts · Playoffs 2-4
The 1989–90 Buffalo Sabres went 45-27-0 (98 points) in the Adams Division and played 6 playoff games (2-4). Pierre Turgeon led the team with 106 points (40 G, 66 A). Daren Puppa had 31 wins in goal.
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Skaters
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PPG | SOG | SH% | HIT | BLK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Turgeon | C | 80 | 40 | 66 | 106 | +10 | 29 | 17 | 193 | 20.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Andreychuk | L | 73 | 40 | 42 | 82 | +6 | 42 | 18 | 206 | 19.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Housley | D | 80 | 21 | 60 | 81 | +11 | 32 | 8 | 201 | 10.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Ruuttu | C | 75 | 19 | 41 | 60 | +9 | 66 | 4 | 160 | 11.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Bodger | D | 71 | 12 | 36 | 48 | 0 | 64 | 8 | 167 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Vaive | R | 70 | 29 | 19 | 48 | +9 | 74 | 8 | 195 | 14.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander Mogilny | R | 65 | 15 | 28 | 43 | +8 | 16 | 4 | 130 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Foligno | R | 61 | 15 | 25 | 40 | +13 | 99 | 3 | 107 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Arniel | L | 79 | 18 | 14 | 32 | +4 | 77 | 1 | 123 | 14.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Snuggerud | L | 80 | 14 | 16 | 30 | +8 | 41 | 1 | 120 | 11.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Ramsey | D | 73 | 4 | 21 | 25 | +21 | 47 | 1 | 91 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Uwe Krupp | D | 74 | 3 | 20 | 23 | +15 | 85 | 0 | 69 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hartman | L | 60 | 11 | 10 | 21 | -10 | 211 | 2 | 97 | 11.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Benoit Hogue | L | 45 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 79 | 1 | 73 | 15.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Grant Ledyard | D | 67 | 2 | 13 | 15 | +2 | 37 | 0 | 91 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Maguire | R | 61 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -3 | 115 | 0 | 62 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Dean Kennedy | D | 80 | 2 | 12 | 14 | -12 | 53 | 0 | 51 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Priestlay | C | 35 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -1 | 14 | 1 | 66 | 10.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Parker | R | 61 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -9 | 70 | 0 | 61 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrin Shannon | L | 17 | 2 | 7 | 9 | +6 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Sheppard | R | 18 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +3 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 12.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Anderson | D | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Ray | R | 27 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 99 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Donnelly | L | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Tucker | R | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Corkum | C | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Ludzik | C | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Playfair | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jay Wells | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Metcalfe | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Degray | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darcy Loewen | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donald Mcsween | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Haller | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitchell Molloy | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Miller | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reed Larson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Francois Guay | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltenders
| Player | GP | GS | W | L | OTL | SA | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daren Puppa | 80 | 53 | 31 | 18 | 0 | 1608 | .903 | 2.89 | 1 |
| Clint Malarchuk | 80 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 913 | .903 | 3.35 | 0 |
Schedule & results
| Date | Opponent | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5 | vs QUE | W 4–3 | Final |
| Oct 7 | @ MTL | L 1–5 | Final |
| Oct 8 | vs MNS | T 2–2 | Final/OT |
| Oct 11 | @ TOR | W 7–1 | Final |
| Oct 13 | vs HFD | W 4–1 | Final |
| Oct 14 | @ DET | L 2–6 | Final |
| Oct 18 | @ HFD | L 1–2 | Final |
| Oct 20 | vs MTL | W 6–2 | Final |
| Oct 21 | @ PIT | W 4–2 | Final |
| Oct 25 | @ MNS | L 2–4 | Final |
| Oct 27 | vs TOR | W 6–5 | Final/OT |
| Oct 29 | vs BOS | W 4–3 | Final |
| Nov 2 | @ MTL | W 4–3 | Final |
| Nov 4 | @ BOS | T 3–3 | Final/OT |
| Nov 5 | vs LAK | W 5–3 | Final |
| Nov 8 | @ HFD | W 6–3 | Final |
| Nov 10 | vs VAN | W 4–2 | Final |
| Nov 12 | vs EDM | W 6–5 | Final |
| Nov 16 | @ CGY | T 4–4 | Final/OT |
| Nov 17 | @ EDM | L 0–3 | Final |
| Nov 19 | @ VAN | T 2–2 | Final/OT |
| Nov 22 | vs NYR | W 4–1 | Final |
| Nov 25 | @ QUE | W 3–2 | Final |
| Nov 26 | vs HFD | W 4–2 | Final |
| Nov 28 | @ HFD | W 4–2 | Final |
| Nov 30 | @ BOS | L 1–5 | Final |
| Dec 1 | vs NJD | W 6–4 | Final |
| Dec 3 | vs STL | W 4–3 | Final |
| Dec 5 | @ NYI | L 0–3 | Final |
| Dec 7 | @ PHI | L 3–4 | Final/OT |
| Dec 10 | vs WSH | W 4–3 | Final |
| Dec 13 | vs BOS | L 2–4 | Final |
| Dec 16 | @ BOS | W 3–1 | Final |
| Dec 17 | vs PHI | W 4–3 | Final |
| Dec 20 | @ NYR | T 2–2 | Final/OT |
| Dec 22 | vs MTL | T 2–2 | Final/OT |
| Dec 23 | @ QUE | W 6–5 | Final |
| Dec 26 | vs DET | W 6–3 | Final |
| Dec 29 | vs BOS | L 3–4 | Final/OT |
| Dec 31 | vs NYI | L 2–4 | Final |
| Jan 2 | @ NJD | L 3–5 | Final |
| Jan 6 | @ MTL | L 3–6 | Final |
| Jan 7 | vs BOS | L 1–2 | Final |
| Jan 11 | @ CGY | L 3–5 | Final |
| Jan 13 | @ VAN | W 5–3 | Final |
| Jan 16 | @ LAK | W 4–2 | Final |
| Jan 19 | vs WSH | L 3–6 | Final |
| Jan 23 | @ PHI | W 3–2 | Final |
| Jan 24 | @ CHI | W 3–2 | Final |
| Jan 26 | vs CHI | L 2–4 | Final |
| Jan 28 | vs PIT | W 7–2 | Final |
| Jan 30 | @ QUE | W 5–2 | Final |
| Jan 31 | vs QUE | W 6–3 | Final |
| Feb 3 | @ MTL | L 0–1 | Final |
| Feb 4 | vs NYI | L 0–1 | Final |
| Feb 7 | vs MTL | W 3–1 | Final |
| Feb 9 | vs NYR | W 3–2 | Final |
| Feb 11 | @ STL | L 2–4 | Final |
| Feb 13 | @ CHI | L 1–4 | Final |
| Feb 16 | vs MTL | W 5–3 | Final |
| Feb 18 | vs HFD | L 4–6 | Final |
| Feb 20 | @ WIN | W 4–3 | Final/OT |
| Feb 21 | @ EDM | L 3–7 | Final |
| Feb 23 | vs HFD | W 7–3 | Final |
| Feb 25 | vs WIN | W 3–1 | Final |
| Feb 27 | @ STL | L 1–4 | Final |
| Mar 3 | @ QUE | T 3–3 | Final/OT |
| Mar 4 | vs QUE | W 5–3 | Final |
| Mar 6 | @ WSH | T 1–1 | Final/OT |
| Mar 8 | @ BOS | W 10–4 | Final |
| Mar 10 | @ HFD | W 5–0 | Final |
| Mar 14 | vs LAK | L 5–6 | Final/OT |
| Mar 16 | vs TOR | L 3–4 | Final |
| Mar 18 | vs WIN | W 4–3 | Final/OT |
| Mar 21 | vs CGY | W 5–4 | Final |
| Mar 25 | vs NJD | L 3–4 | Final |
| Mar 27 | @ DET | W 6–5 | Final |
| Mar 29 | vs MNS | W 4–2 | Final |
| Mar 31 | @ PIT | W 3–2 | Final/OT |
| Apr 1 | vs QUE | W 5–2 | Final |
| Apr 5 | vs MTL | W 4–1 | Final · Playoffs |
| Apr 7 | vs MTL | L 0–3 | Final · Playoffs |
| Apr 9 | @ MTL | L 1–2 | Final/OT · Playoffs |
| Apr 11 | @ MTL | W 4–2 | Final · Playoffs |
| Apr 13 | vs MTL | L 2–4 | Final · Playoffs |
| Apr 15 | @ MTL | L 2–5 | Final · Playoffs |