The Buffalo Sabres used 40 players in the 1989-90 season, with a 35-20-4 record. Pierre Turgeon led the team with 72 points (30 goals, 42 assists) in 59 games. Daren Puppa played the most games in goal (41).
| # | 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 20 | 59 | 🔥 3 | 30 | 42 | 72 | 1.22 | 13 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 23 | — |
| 2 | Dave Andreychuk 🇨🇦 LW 26 | 52 | 🔥 6 | 28 | 33 | 61 | 1.17 | 12 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 28 | — |
| 3 | Phil Housley 🇺🇸 D 26 | 59 | 🔥 14 | 16 | 45 | 61 | 1.03 | 6 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 4 | Christian Ruuttu 🇫🇮 C 26 | 57 | 🔥 4 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 0.77 | 3 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 60 | — |
| 5 | Doug Bodger 🇨🇦 D 23 | 56 | 🔥 1 | 8 | 30 | 38 | 0.68 | 5 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 50 | — |
| 6 | Rick Vaive 🇨🇦 RW 30 | 51 | 🔥 2 | 21 | 12 | 33 | 0.65 | 6 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 56 | — |
| 7 | Alexander Mogilny 🇷🇺 RW 21 | 44 | 🔥 2 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 0.68 | 3 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 8 | Mike Foligno 🇨🇦 RW 31 | 40 | 🔥 1 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 0.75 | 3 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 72 | — |
| 9 | Dave Snuggerud 🇺🇸 LW 23 | 59 | 🔥 1 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 0.42 | 1 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 29 | — |
| 10 | Scott Arniel 🇨🇦 LW 27 | 58 | 🔥 1 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 0.43 | 1 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 67 | — |
| 11 | Uwe Krupp 🇩🇪 D 24 | 57 | 🧊 1 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 0.37 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 71 | — |
| 12 | Benoit Hogue 🇨🇦 LW 23 | 41 | 🧊 2 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 0.44 | 1 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 73 | — |
| 13 | Mike Ramsey 🇺🇸 D 29 | 53 | 🧊 6 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 0.30 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 33 | — |
| 14 | Ken Priestlay 🇨🇦 C 22 | 35 | 🧊 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0.40 | 1 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 15 | Mike Hartman 🇺🇸 LW 23 | 39 | 🧊 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0.33 | 2 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 142 | — |
| 16 | Grant Ledyard 🇨🇦 D 28 | 51 | 🧊 3 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 0.24 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 31 | — |
| 17 | Dean Kennedy 🇨🇦 D 27 | 59 | 🔥 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.17 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 31 | — |
| 18 | Darrin Shannon 🇨🇦 LW 20 | 17 | 🔥 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0.53 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 19 | Kevin Maguire 🇨🇦 RW 27 | 40 | 🧊 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.20 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 75 | — |
| 20 | Ray Sheppard 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 13 | 🧊 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.38 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 21 | Jeff Parker 🇺🇸 RW 25 | 41 | 🧊 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.10 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 42 | — |
| 22 | Mike Donnelly 🇺🇸 LW 26 | 12 | 🔥 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.25 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 23 | Bob Corkum 🇺🇸 C 22 | 8 | 🧊 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.25 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 24 | John Tucker 🇨🇦 RW 25 | 3 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 25 | Steve Ludzik 🇨🇦 C 28 | 11 | 🧊 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.09 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 26 | Jay Wells 🇨🇦 D 30 | 1 | 🔥 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 27 | Rob Ray 🇨🇦 RW 21 | 14 | 🧊 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 30 | — |
| 28 | Larry Playfair 🇨🇦 D 31 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 29 | Shawn Anderson 🇨🇦 D 22 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 30 | Scott Metcalfe 🇨🇦 LW 23 | 7 | 🧊 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — |
| 31 | Brad Miller 🇨🇦 D 20 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 32 | Dale Degray 🇨🇦 D 26 | 6 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 33 | Donald Mcsween 🇺🇸 D 25 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 34 | Kevin Haller 🇨🇦 D 19 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 35 | Reed Larson 🇺🇸 D 33 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 36 | Darcy Loewen 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 37 | Mitchell Molloy 🇨🇦 LW 24 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 38 | Francois Guay 🇨🇦 C 21 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 38 skaters | 59 | 210 | 347 | 557 | 9.44 | 59 | 1807 | 0 | 0 | 1018 |
| # | 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 | Daren Puppa 🇨🇦 G 25 | 41 | 24 | 3.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 123 | 57:16 | |
| 2 | Clint Malarchuk 🇨🇦 G 28 | 22 | 12 | 2.91 | 0.000 | 0 | 64 | 54:59 |
70% of this roster was born in Canada, against 73% across the league. The team leans on United States: 22% of its players, against 16% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 61% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 28 |
|
-3 | 338 (61%) | Turgeon, Andreychuk, Bodger, Vaive +24 |
| United States | 9 |
|
+6 | 124 (22%) | Housley, Snuggerud, Ramsey, Hartman +5 |
| Germany | 1 |
|
+2 | 21 (4%) | Krupp |
| Finland | 1 |
|
even | 44 (8%) | Ruuttu |
| Russia | 1 |
|
+1 | 30 (5%) | Mogilny |
Pierre Turgeon led the Buffalo Sabres in scoring in 1989-90 with 72 points — 30 goals and 42 assists in 59 games. Next came Dave Andreychuk (61) and Phil Housley (61).
Pierre Turgeon scored 30 goals for the Buffalo Sabres in 1989-90, 13 of them on the power play.
The Buffalo Sabres dressed 40 players in 1989-90: 38 skaters and 2 goalies. Together the skaters scored 210 goals.
Daren Puppa played the most games in goal for the Buffalo Sabres in 1989-90: 41 games, 24 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.00 goals against average. Clint Malarchuk was the backup, in 22 games.
The average age was 24.9 years. Kevin Haller was the youngest at 19, and Reed Larson the oldest at 33.
The Buffalo Sabres used 40 players in 1989-90 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 28 in Canada, 9 in the United States and 1 in Germany. The other 2 came from Finland and Russia. League-wide that season, 73% of players were born in Canada, against 70% on this roster.