The Buffalo Sabres used 23 players in the 1987-88 playoffs, with a 2-4-0 record. John Tucker led the team with 10 points (7 goals, 3 assists) in 6 games. Tom Barrasso played the most games in goal (4).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Tucker 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 6 | 🧊 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1.67 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — |
| 2 | Pierre Turgeon 🇨🇦 C 18 | 6 | 🧊 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1.17 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 3 | Christian Ruuttu 🇫🇮 C 24 | 6 | 🔥 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1.17 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 4 | Dave Andreychuk 🇨🇦 LW 24 | 6 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1.00 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 5 | Phil Housley 🇺🇸 D 24 | 6 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1.00 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 6 | Mike Foligno 🇨🇦 RW 29 | 6 | 🔥 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.83 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 31 | — |
| 7 | Mark Napier 🇨🇦 RW 31 | 6 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.50 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 8 | Mike Ramsey 🇺🇸 D 27 | 6 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.50 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 29 | — |
| 9 | Ray Sheppard 🇨🇦 RW 21 | 6 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.33 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 10 | Lindy Ruff 🇨🇦 LW 28 | 6 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.33 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 33 | — |
| 11 | Mikael Andersson 🇸🇪 RW 21 | 1 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 12 | Scott Arniel 🇨🇦 LW 25 | 6 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — |
| 13 | Clark Gillies 🇨🇦 LW 33 | 5 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 | — |
| 14 | Calle Johansson 🇸🇪 D 21 | 6 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 15 | Ken Priestlay 🇨🇦 C 20 | 6 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 11 | — |
| 16 | Kevin Maguire 🇨🇦 RW 25 | 5 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | — |
| 17 | Mike Hartman 🇺🇸 LW 21 | 6 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 35 | — |
| 18 | Uwe Krupp 🇩🇪 D 22 | 6 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | — |
| 19 | Bob Halkidis 🇨🇦 D 22 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | — |
| 20 | Joe Reekie 🇨🇦 D 23 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 21 | Doug Smith 🇨🇦 C 24 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 21 skaters | 6 | 22 | 33 | 55 | 9.17 | 11 | 163 | 0 | 0 | 294 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ▼ | GAA — sort by goals against average ⇅ | SV% — sort by save percentage ⇅ | SV — sort by saves ⇅ | GA — sort by goals against ⇅ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Barrasso 🇺🇸 G 23 | 4 | 1 | 4.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 16 | 55:53 | |
| 2 | Daren Puppa 🇨🇦 G 23 | 3 | 1 | 3.67 | 0.000 | 0 | 11 | 46:49 |
65% of this roster was born in Canada, against 75% across the league. The team leans on Sweden: 9% of its players, against 4% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 67% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 15 |
|
-10 | 37 (67%) | Tucker, Turgeon, Andreychuk, Foligno +11 |
| United States | 4 |
|
+2 | 9 (16%) | Housley, Ramsey, Hartman, Barrasso |
| Sweden | 2 |
|
+5 | 2 (4%) | Johansson, Andersson |
| Germany | 1 |
|
+3 | 0 | Krupp |
| Finland | 1 |
|
+3 | 7 (13%) | Ruuttu |
John Tucker led the Buffalo Sabres in scoring in the 1987-88 playoffs with 10 points — 7 goals and 3 assists in 6 games. Next came Pierre Turgeon (7) and Christian Ruuttu (7).
John Tucker scored 7 goals for the Buffalo Sabres in the 1987-88 playoffs, 4 of them on the power play.
The Buffalo Sabres dressed 23 players in the 1987-88 playoffs: 21 skaters and 2 goalies. Together the skaters scored 22 goals.
Tom Barrasso played the most games in goal for the Buffalo Sabres in the 1987-88 playoffs: 4 games, 1 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 4.00 goals against average. Daren Puppa was the backup, in 3 games.
The average age was 24.0 years. Pierre Turgeon was the youngest at 18, and Clark Gillies the oldest at 33.
The Buffalo Sabres used 23 players in the 1987-88 playoffs with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 15 in Canada, 4 in the United States and 2 in Sweden. The other 2 came from Germany and Finland. League-wide that season, 75% of players were born in Canada, against 65% on this roster.