1988–89 Buffalo Sabres season

The 1988–89 Buffalo Sabres season, the team's 19th season of existence, saw the Sabres finish in third place in the Adams Division with a record of 38 wins, 35 losses, and 7 ties for 83 points. They lost the Division Semi-finals in five games to the Boston Bruins.

1988–89 Buffalo Sabres
Division3rd Adams
Conference5th Wales
1988–89 record38-35-7
Home record25-12-3
Road record13-23-4
Goals for291
Goals against299
Team information
General managerGerry Meehan
CoachTed Sator
CaptainLindy Ruff
Alternate captainsMike Foligno
Phil Housley
ArenaBuffalo Memorial Auditorium
Team leaders
GoalsPierre Turgeon (34)
AssistsPierre Turgeon (54)
PointsPierre Turgeon (88)
Penalty minutesMike Hartman (316)
WinsDaren Puppa (17)
Goals against averageClint Malarchuk (2.39)

Regular season

Clint Malarchuk incident

On March 22, 1989, a horrific incident occurred during a game between the Sabres and the St. Louis Blues at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, when Buffalo goaltender Clint Malarchuk had his jugular vein severed by the skate blade of the Blues' Steve Tuttle during a goal mouth collision. According to reports, eleven fans in the stands fainted, two more had heart attacks, and three players vomited on the ice. The Sabres' training staff was immediately on the scene, and Malarchuk eventually needed 300 stitches to close the wound. Malarchuk spent only one night in hospital before returning to practice four days later and was back on the ice within 10 days.[1]

Season standings
Adams Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Montreal Canadiens8053189315218115
Boston Bruins8037291428925688
Buffalo Sabres803835729129983
Hartford Whalers803738529929079
Quebec Nordiques802746726934261

[2]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 6, 19883–2Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)1–0–0
2LOctober 8, 19882–6@ Washington Capitals (1988–89)1–1–0
3LOctober 9, 19883–4 OT@ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)1–2–0
4WOctober 12, 19888–5Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)2–2–0
5WOctober 14, 19885–4@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)3–2–0
6LOctober 16, 19883–5Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)3–3–0
7LOctober 19, 19882–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)3–4–0
8WOctober 21, 19885–3Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)4–4–0
9LOctober 22, 19883–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)4–5–0
10WOctober 25, 19887–4@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89)5–5–0
11LOctober 26, 19881–7Hartford Whalers (1988–89)5–6–0
12TOctober 29, 19883–3 OT@ Boston Bruins (1988–89)5–6–1
13TOctober 30, 19883–3 OTBoston Bruins (1988–89)5–6–2
14WNovember 2, 19886–4New York Rangers (1988–89)6–6–2
15LNovember 4, 19883–7@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)6–7–2
16LNovember 5, 19880–9@ Calgary Flames (1988–89)6–8–2
17WNovember 9, 19883–2Calgary Flames (1988–89)7–8–2
18WNovember 12, 19883–0@ New York Islanders (1988–89)8–8–2
19LNovember 13, 19884–5 OTEdmonton Oilers (1988–89)8–9–2
20LNovember 16, 19882–3@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)8–10–2
21LNovember 19, 19884–5@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)8–11–2
22LNovember 22, 19882–4@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)8–12–2
23WNovember 25, 19885–4 OTChicago Blackhawks (1988–89)9–12–2
24WNovember 27, 19887–3Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)10–12–2
25WNovember 30, 19886–2Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)11–12–2
26LDecember 2, 19881–6Hartford Whalers (1988–89)11–13–2
27LDecember 3, 19882–3 OT@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)11–14–2
28LDecember 6, 19880–9@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89)11–15–2
29WDecember 8, 19884–2@ Boston Bruins (1988–89)12–15–2
30LDecember 11, 19884–6Washington Capitals (1988–89)12–16–2
31LDecember 14, 19883–4@ Winnipeg Jets (1988–89)12–17–2
32TDecember 15, 19882–2 OT@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)12–17–3
33TDecember 19, 19885–5 OTEdmonton Oilers (1988–89)12–17–4
34WDecember 21, 19885–2@ New York Rangers (1988–89)13–17–4
35WDecember 23, 19885–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)14–17–4
36WDecember 26, 19882–1Boston Bruins (1988–89)15–17–4
37WDecember 28, 19884–1Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)16–17–4
38LDecember 30, 19883–5@ Washington Capitals (1988–89)16–18–4
39LDecember 31, 19882–3Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)16–19–4
40LJanuary 4, 19894–5 OTHartford Whalers (1988–89)16–20–4
41LJanuary 6, 19894–5@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89)16–21–4
42WJanuary 7, 19896–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)17–21–4
43WJanuary 12, 19896–5Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)18–21–4
44TJanuary 14, 19891–1 OT@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)18–21–5
45WJanuary 15, 19893–2Calgary Flames (1988–89)19–21–5
46TJanuary 18, 19893–3 OTMinnesota North Stars (1988–89)19–21–6
47WJanuary 21, 19896–5 OT@ Boston Bruins (1988–89)20–21–6
48WJanuary 22, 19896–4Boston Bruins (1988–89)21–21–6
49WJanuary 25, 19896–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)22–21–6
50WJanuary 27, 19894–2Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)23–21–6
51LJanuary 28, 19891–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)23–22–6
52WJanuary 31, 19895–3@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89)24–22–6
53LFebruary 2, 19893–7@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89)24–23–6
54LFebruary 4, 19893–5@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)24–24–6
55LFebruary 9, 19892–5@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89)24–25–6
56LFebruary 10, 19894–5Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)24–26–6
57WFebruary 12, 19895–2St. Louis Blues (1988–89)25–26–6
58LFebruary 14, 19893–7@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)25–27–6
59WFebruary 15, 19895–3New Jersey Devils (1988–89)26–27–6
60WFebruary 17, 19895–1Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)27–27–6
61WFebruary 19, 19898–4Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)28–27–6
62WFebruary 22, 19897–5New York Islanders (1988–89)29–27–6
63WFebruary 24, 19895–4Winnipeg Jets (1988–89)30–27–6
64LFebruary 25, 19891–6@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)30–28–6
65LMarch 1, 19894–5Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)30–29–6
66LMarch 4, 19892–6@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)30–30–6
67LMarch 5, 19892–8Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)30–31–6
68WMarch 8, 19892–0@ New York Rangers (1988–89)31–31–6
69TMarch 11, 19896–6 OT@ Boston Bruins (1988–89)31–31–7
70WMarch 12, 19893–2Boston Bruins (1988–89)32–31–7
71WMarch 16, 19896–1@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89)33–31–7
72LMarch 18, 19890–3@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)33–32–7
73WMarch 20, 19894–1@ Winnipeg Jets (1988–89)34–32–7
74LMarch 22, 19891–2St. Louis Blues (1988–89)34–33–7
75WMarch 24, 19895–2Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)35–33–7
76LMarch 25, 19891–4@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)35–34–7
77WMarch 28, 19894–2Hartford Whalers (1988–89)36–34–7
78LMarch 30, 19892–4Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)36–35–7
79WApril 1, 19894–3@ New York Islanders (1988–89)37–35–7
80WApril 2, 19894–2Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)38–35–7

Playoffs

Division semi-finals

1989 Stanley Cup playoffs Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston Bruins

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
April 5Buffalo Sabres6Boston Bruins0
April 6Buffalo Sabres3Boston Bruins5
April 8Boston Bruins4Buffalo Sabres2
April 9Boston Bruins3Buffalo Sabres2
April 11Buffalo Sabres1Boston Bruins4

Boston wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 1

Player statistics

Forwards

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Pierre Turgeon8034548826
Christian Ruuttu6714466098
Dave Andreychuk5628245240
Mike Foligno75272249156
Benoit Hogue69143044120
John Tucker6013314431
Ray Sheppard6722214315
Scott Arniel8018234146
Rick Vaive2819133264
Mark Napier6611172833
Kevin Maguire6081018241
Jeff Parker57991882
Adam Creighton247101744
Mike Hartman708917316
Mike Donnelly22461010
Ken Priestlay152022
Scott Metcalfe911213
Jan Ludvig1302239
Mikael Andersson140114
Trent Kaese10000
Darrin Shannon30000

Defencemen

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Phil Housley7226447047
Doug Bodger617404752
Uwe Krupp705131855
Lindy Ruff636111786
Mike Ramsey562141684
Calle Johansson472111333
Shawn Anderson332101218
Grant Ledyard131568
Joe Reekie1513426
Larry Playfair42033110
Richie Dunn40112
Bob Halkidis1601166
Mark Ferner20002
Brad Miller70006
Steve Smith30000

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Player GP W L T SO GAA
Daren Puppa371710613.36
Jacques Cloutier361514003.63
Clint Malarchuk731112.39
Tom Barrasso1027004.95
Darcy Wakaluk613004.21
Darren Eliot200006.27

[3]

Draft picks

Buffalo's draft picks at the 1988 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
113Joel Savage CanadaVictoria Cougars (WHL)
355Darcy Loewen CanadaSpokane Chiefs (WHL)
476Keith Carney United StatesMount Saint Charles Academy (USHS-RI)
589Alexander Mogilny Soviet UnionCSKA Moscow (USSR)
597Rob Ray CanadaCornwall Royals (OHL)
6106David DiVita United StatesLake Superior State University (CCHA)
6118Mike McLaughlin United StatesChoate Rosemary Hall (USHS-CT)
7139Mike Griffith CanadaOttawa 67's (OHL)
8160Dan Ruoho United StatesJames Madison Memorial High School (USHS-WI)
9181Wade Flaherty CanadaVictoria Cougars (WHL)
11223Tom Nieman United StatesChoate Rosemary Hall (USHS-CT)
12244Bobby Wallwork United StatesMiami University (CCHA)
S18Clark Davies United StatesFerris State University (CCHA)

References
  1. "Zednik's injury brings Malarchuk's own nightmare back to surface". ESPN. 2008-02-12. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
  2. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
  3. 1988-89 Buffalo Sabres at Hockey Reference
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