The Buffalo Sabres used 42 players in the 1988-89 season, with a 42-31-7 record. Pierre Turgeon led the team with 88 points (34 goals, 54 assists) in 80 games. Daren Puppa played the most games in goal (37).
| # | 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 | Pierre Turgeon 🇨🇦 C 19 | 80 | 🧊 1 | 34 | 54 | 88 | 1.10 | 19 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 26 | — |
| 2 | Phil Housley 🇺🇸 D 25 | 72 | 🧊 1 | 26 | 44 | 70 | 0.97 | 5 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 47 | — |
| 3 | Christian Ruuttu 🇫🇮 C 25 | 67 | 🔥 2 | 14 | 46 | 60 | 0.90 | 5 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 98 | — |
| 4 | Dave Andreychuk 🇨🇦 LW 25 | 56 | 🔥 2 | 28 | 24 | 52 | 0.93 | 7 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 40 | — |
| 5 | Mike Foligno 🇨🇦 RW 30 | 75 | 🔥 2 | 27 | 22 | 49 | 0.65 | 11 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 156 | — |
| 6 | Doug Bodger 🇨🇦 D 22 | 61 | 🧊 1 | 7 | 40 | 47 | 0.77 | 6 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 52 | — |
| 7 | Benoit Hogue 🇨🇦 LW 22 | 69 | 🔥 1 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 0.64 | 1 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 120 | — |
| 8 | John Tucker 🇨🇦 RW 24 | 60 | 🧊 1 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 0.73 | 3 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 31 | — |
| 9 | Ray Sheppard 🇨🇦 RW 22 | 67 | 🧊 2 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 0.64 | 7 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 15 | — |
| 10 | Scott Arniel 🇨🇦 LW 26 | 80 | 🧊 9 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 0.51 | 0 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 46 | — |
| 11 | Rick Vaive 🇨🇦 RW 29 | 28 | 🧊 4 | 19 | 13 | 32 | 1.14 | 7 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 64 | — |
| 12 | Mark Napier 🇨🇦 RW 32 | 66 | 🧊 1 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 0.42 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 33 | — |
| 13 | Jeff Parker 🇺🇸 RW 24 | 57 | 🧊 1 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 0.32 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 82 | — |
| 14 | Kevin Maguire 🇨🇦 RW 26 | 60 | 🧊 7 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 0.30 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 241 | — |
| 15 | Uwe Krupp 🇩🇪 D 23 | 70 | 🔥 1 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 0.26 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 55 | — |
| 16 | Mike Hartman 🇺🇸 LW 22 | 70 | 🔥 1 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 0.24 | 1 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 316 | — |
| 17 | Adam Creighton 🇨🇦 C 23 | 24 | 🔥 1 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 0.71 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 44 | — |
| 18 | Lindy Ruff 🇨🇦 LW 29 | 63 | 🧊 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 0.27 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 86 | — |
| 19 | Mike Ramsey 🇺🇸 D 28 | 56 | 🔥 1 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 0.29 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 84 | — |
| 20 | Calle Johansson 🇸🇪 D 22 | 47 | 🧊 6 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0.28 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 33 | — |
| 21 | Shawn Anderson 🇨🇦 D 21 | 33 | 🧊 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 0.36 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — |
| 22 | Mike Donnelly 🇺🇸 LW 25 | 22 | 🧊 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0.45 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 23 | Grant Ledyard 🇨🇦 D 27 | 13 | 🔥 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.46 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 24 | Joe Reekie 🇨🇦 D 24 | 15 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.27 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 26 | — |
| 25 | Larry Playfair 🇨🇦 D 30 | 42 | 🧊 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.07 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 110 | — |
| 26 | Ken Priestlay 🇨🇦 C 21 | 15 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.13 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 27 | Scott Metcalfe 🇨🇦 LW 22 | 9 | 🧊 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 13 | — |
| 28 | Jan Ludvig 🇨🇿 RW 27 | 13 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 39 | — |
| 29 | Bob Halkidis 🇨🇦 D 23 | 16 | 🧊 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.06 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 66 | — |
| 30 | Richie Dunn 🇺🇸 D 31 | 4 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 31 | Mikael Andersson 🇸🇪 RW 22 | 14 | 🧊 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.07 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 32 | Mark Ferner 🇨🇦 D 23 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 33 | Steven Smith 🇨🇦 D 25 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 34 | Brad Miller 🇨🇦 D 19 | 7 | 🧊 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 35 | Trent Kaese 🇨🇦 RW 21 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 36 | Darrin Shannon 🇨🇦 LW 19 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 36 skaters | 80 | 291 | 485 | 776 | 9.70 | 78 | 2232 | 0 | 0 | 1975 |
| # | 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 | Clint Malarchuk 🇨🇦 G 27 | 7 | 5 | 1.86 | 0.000 | 0 | 13 | 46:32 | |
| 2 | Darcy Wakaluk 🇨🇦 G 23 | 6 | 1 | 2.50 | 0.000 | 0 | 15 | 35:41 | |
| 3 | Daren Puppa 🇨🇦 G 24 | 37 | 21 | 2.89 | 0.000 | 0 | 107 | 51:33 | |
| 4 | Darren Eliot 🇨🇦 G 27 | 2 | 0 | 3.50 | 0.000 | 0 | 7 | 33:31 | |
| 5 | Jacques Cloutier 🇨🇦 G 29 | 36 | 18 | 3.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 108 | 49:36 | |
| 6 | Tom Barrasso 🇺🇸 G 24 | 10 | 3 | 4.50 | 0.000 | 0 | 45 | 54:30 |
71% of this roster was born in Canada, against 76% across the league. Canadian-born players scored 71% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 30 |
|
-5 | 550 (71%) | Turgeon, Andreychuk, Foligno, Bodger +26 |
| United States | 7 |
|
+2 | 132 (17%) | Housley, Parker, Hartman, Ramsey +3 |
| Sweden | 2 |
|
+2 | 14 (2%) | Johansson, Andersson |
| Czechia | 1 |
|
even | 2 (0%) | Ludvig |
| Germany | 1 |
|
+2 | 18 (2%) | Krupp |
| Finland | 1 |
|
-1 | 60 (8%) | Ruuttu |
Pierre Turgeon led the Buffalo Sabres in scoring in 1988-89 with 88 points — 34 goals and 54 assists in 80 games. Next came Phil Housley (70) and Christian Ruuttu (60).
Pierre Turgeon scored 34 goals for the Buffalo Sabres in 1988-89, 19 of them on the power play.
The Buffalo Sabres dressed 42 players in 1988-89: 36 skaters and 6 goalies. Together the skaters scored 291 goals.
Daren Puppa played the most games in goal for the Buffalo Sabres in 1988-89: 37 games, 21 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.89 goals against average. Jacques Cloutier was the backup, in 36 games.
The average age was 24.6 years. Pierre Turgeon was the youngest at 19, and Mark Napier the oldest at 32.
The Buffalo Sabres used 42 players in 1988-89 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 30 in Canada, 7 in the United States and 2 in Sweden. The other 3 came from Czechia, Germany and Finland. League-wide that season, 76% of players were born in Canada, against 71% on this roster.