1989-90 Buffalo Sabres Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 45-27-8 - 98 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Montreal Canadiens 4-2
Coach: Rick Dudley (45-27-8)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1989-90 Buffalo Sabres RosterTeam Record: 45-27-8 - 98 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Montreal Canadiens 4-2
Coach: Rick Dudley (45-27-8)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1989-90 Buffalo Sabres Results
The Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ended the 1989-90 season with a record of 45 wins and 27 losses and 8 ties for 98 points, finishing second in the NHL's Adams Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.
The Sabres netted 286 goals and conceded 248. Pierre Turgeon and Dave Andreychuk scored 40 goals for Buffalo each, and Pierre Turgeon accounted for 66 assists. Daren Puppa earned 31 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.89 goals against average, leading regularly-used goaltenders.
Rick Dudley coached the team. The 1989-90 Buffalo Sabres lost in the NHL division semi-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Turgeon | C | 80 | 40 | 66 | 106 | 29 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 193 | 20.7 |
| Dave Andreychuk | L | 73 | 40 | 42 | 82 | 42 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 206 | 19.4 |
| Phil Housley | D | 80 | 21 | 60 | 81 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 201 | 10.4 |
| Christian Ruuttu | C | 75 | 19 | 41 | 60 | 66 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 160 | 11.9 |
| Rick Vaive | R | 70 | 29 | 19 | 48 | 74 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 195 | 14.9 |
| Doug Bodger | D | 71 | 12 | 36 | 48 | 64 | 0 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 167 | 7.2 |
| Alexander Mogilny | R | 65 | 15 | 28 | 43 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 130 | 11.5 |
| Mike Foligno | R | 61 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 99 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 107 | 14.0 |
| Scott Arniel | L | 79 | 18 | 14 | 32 | 77 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 123 | 14.6 |
| Dave Snuggerud | R | 80 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 11.7 |
| Mike Ramsey | D | 73 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 47 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 91 | 4.4 |
| Uwe Krupp | D | 74 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 85 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 4.3 |
| Mike Hartman | L | 60 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 211 | -10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 97 | 11.3 |
| Benoit Hogue | L | 45 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 79 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 15.1 |
| Kevin Maguire | R | 61 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 115 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 9.7 |
| Grant Ledyard | D | 67 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 2.2 |
| Ken Priestlay | C | 35 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 | -1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 10.6 |
| Dean Kennedy | D | 80 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 53 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 3.9 |
| Jeff Parker | R | 61 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 70 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 6.6 |
| Darrin Shannon | L | 17 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 |
| Ray Sheppard | R | 18 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 12.9 |
| Shawn Anderson | D | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Daren Puppa | G | 56 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Ray | R | 27 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 99 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 |
| John Tucker | F | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Mike Donnelly | L | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Bob Corkum | C | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 33.3 |
| Clint Malarchuk | G | 29 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Playfair | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jay Wells | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Ludzik | C | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Scott Metcalfe | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Brad Miller | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mitch Molloy | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reed Larson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Dale DeGray | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Darcy Loewen | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Francois Guay | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Haller | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Don McSween | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1525 | 286 | 477 | 763 | 1433 | 74 | 79 | 151 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 4 | 2416 | 11.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daren Puppa | 56 | 3241 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 156 | 2.89 | 1610 | 1454 | .903 |
| Clint Malarchuk | 29 | 1596 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 3.35 | 914 | 825 | .903 |
| Totals | 85 | 4837 | 45 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 245 | 3.04 | 2769 | 2524 | .912 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Turgeon | C | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 15.4 | |
| Dave Andreychuk | L | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | |
| Phil Housley | D | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 | |
| Christian Ruuttu | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | |
| Rick Vaive | R | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 19.0 | |
| Doug Bodger | D | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | |
| Alexander Mogilny | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Foligno | R | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Scott Arniel | L | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | |
| Dave Snuggerud | R | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Ramsey | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Uwe Krupp | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Hartman | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Benoit Hogue | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Ken Priestlay | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Dean Kennedy | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | |
| Darrin Shannon | L | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Daren Puppa | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Corkum | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | |
| Jay Wells | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Donald Audette | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 114 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 124 | -42 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 168 | 7.7 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daren Puppa | 6 | 370 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2.43 | 192 | 177 | .922 |
| Totals | 6 | 370 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2.43 | 207 | 192 | .928 |
