The Buffalo Sabres used 39 players in the 1987-88 season, with a 41-31-8 record. Dave Andreychuk led the team with 78 points (30 goals, 48 assists) in 80 games. Tom Barrasso played the most games in goal (54).
| # | 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 | Dave Andreychuk 🇨🇦 LW 24 | 80 | 🔥 3 | 30 | 48 | 78 | 0.97 | 15 | 253 | 0 | 0 | 112 | — |
| 2 | Christian Ruuttu 🇫🇮 C 24 | 73 | 🧊 1 | 26 | 45 | 71 | 0.97 | 8 | 185 | 0 | 0 | 85 | — |
| 3 | Phil Housley 🇺🇸 D 24 | 74 | 🧊 3 | 29 | 37 | 66 | 0.89 | 6 | 231 | 0 | 0 | 96 | — |
| 4 | Ray Sheppard 🇨🇦 RW 21 | 74 | 🔥 2 | 38 | 27 | 65 | 0.88 | 15 | 173 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 5 | Mike Foligno 🇨🇦 RW 29 | 74 | 🔥 2 | 29 | 28 | 57 | 0.77 | 10 | 159 | 0 | 0 | 220 | — |
| 6 | Pierre Turgeon 🇨🇦 C 18 | 76 | 🧊 9 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 0.55 | 8 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 34 | — |
| 7 | Calle Johansson 🇸🇪 D 21 | 71 | 🧊 1 | 4 | 38 | 42 | 0.59 | 2 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 37 | — |
| 8 | Scott Arniel 🇨🇦 LW 25 | 73 | 🧊 2 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 0.55 | 0 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 61 | — |
| 9 | John Tucker 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 45 | 🔥 4 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 0.84 | 6 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — |
| 10 | Doug Smith 🇨🇦 C 24 | 70 | 🧊 1 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 0.40 | 1 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 117 | — |
| 11 | Adam Creighton 🇨🇦 C 22 | 36 | 🧊 1 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 0.75 | 4 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 87 | — |
| 12 | Lindy Ruff 🇨🇦 LW 28 | 77 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 0.32 | 0 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 179 | — |
| 13 | Mikael Andersson 🇸🇪 RW 21 | 37 | 🧊 2 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 0.62 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 14 | Mike Ramsey 🇺🇸 D 27 | 63 | 🧊 3 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 0.33 | 1 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 77 | — |
| 15 | Mark Napier 🇨🇦 RW 31 | 47 | 🧊 2 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 0.38 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 16 | Ken Priestlay 🇨🇦 C 20 | 33 | 🧊 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 0.52 | 1 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 35 | — |
| 17 | Mike Donnelly 🇺🇸 LW 24 | 40 | 🧊 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0.35 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 44 | — |
| 18 | Uwe Krupp 🇩🇪 D 22 | 75 | 🧊 8 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0.15 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 151 | — |
| 19 | Kevin Maguire 🇨🇦 RW 25 | 46 | 🔥 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0.22 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 162 | — |
| 20 | Clark Gillies 🇨🇦 LW 33 | 25 | 🧊 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.28 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 51 | — |
| 21 | Jan Ludvig 🇨🇿 RW 26 | 13 | 🧊 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.54 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 65 | — |
| 22 | Robert Logan 🇨🇦 RW 24 | 16 | 🧊 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.31 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 23 | Joe Reekie 🇨🇦 D 23 | 30 | 🔥 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.17 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 68 | — |
| 24 | Mike Hartman 🇺🇸 LW 21 | 18 | 🔥 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.22 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 90 | — |
| 25 | Shawn Anderson 🇨🇦 D 20 | 23 | 🧊 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.13 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 17 | — |
| 26 | Bob Halkidis 🇨🇦 D 22 | 30 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.10 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 115 | — |
| 27 | Richie Dunn 🇺🇸 D 30 | 12 | 🧊 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.17 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 28 | Jim Jackson 🇨🇦 LW 28 | 5 | 🧊 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.40 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 29 | Steve Dykstra 🇨🇦 LW 25 | 27 | 🧊 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.07 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 91 | — |
| 30 | Benoit Hogue 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 3 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 31 | Paul Cyr 🇨🇦 LW 24 | 20 | 🧊 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.10 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 38 | — |
| 32 | Jeff Parker 🇺🇸 RW 23 | 4 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 33 | Donald Mcsween 🇺🇸 D 23 | 5 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 34 | Scott Metcalfe 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 1 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 35 | Ed Hospodar 🇺🇸 D 29 | 42 | 🧊 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 98 | — |
| 36 | Jody Gage 🇨🇦 RW 28 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 36 skaters | 80 | 283 | 459 | 742 | 9.28 | 80 | 2390 | 0 | 0 | 2198 |
| # | 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 | 54 | 28 | 3.20 | 0.000 | 0 | 173 | 57:56 | |
| 2 | Jacques Cloutier 🇨🇦 G 28 | 20 | 5 | 3.35 | 0.000 | 0 | 67 | 42:21 | |
| 3 | Daren Puppa 🇨🇦 G 23 | 17 | 9 | 3.59 | 0.000 | 0 | 61 | 51:19 |
64% of this roster was born in Canada, against 76% across the league. The team leans on United States: 23% of its players, against 15% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 64% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 25 |
|
-12 | 477 (64%) | Andreychuk, Sheppard, Foligno, Turgeon +21 |
| United States | 9 |
|
+8 | 111 (15%) | Housley, Ramsey, Donnelly, Hartman +5 |
| Sweden | 2 |
|
+2 | 65 (9%) | Johansson, Andersson |
| Czechia | 1 |
|
+2 | 7 (1%) | Ludvig |
| Germany | 1 |
|
+2 | 11 (1%) | Krupp |
| Finland | 1 |
|
+1 | 71 (10%) | Ruuttu |
Dave Andreychuk led the Buffalo Sabres in scoring in 1987-88 with 78 points — 30 goals and 48 assists in 80 games. Next came Christian Ruuttu (71) and Phil Housley (66).
Ray Sheppard scored 38 goals for the Buffalo Sabres in 1987-88, 15 of them on the power play.
The Buffalo Sabres dressed 39 players in 1987-88: 36 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 283 goals.
Tom Barrasso played the most games in goal for the Buffalo Sabres in 1987-88: 54 games, 28 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.20 goals against average. Jacques Cloutier was the backup, in 20 games.
The average age was 24.3 years. Pierre Turgeon was the youngest at 18, and Clark Gillies the oldest at 33.
The Buffalo Sabres used 39 players in 1987-88 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 25 in Canada, 9 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 64% on this roster.