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.

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. Astonishingly, he spent only one night in hospital before returning to practice four days later.^[1]

Season standings

Adams Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	80	53	18	9	315	218	115
Boston Bruins	80	37	29	14	289	256	88
Buffalo Sabres	80	38	35	7	291	299	83
Hartford Whalers	80	37	38	5	299	290	79
Quebec Nordiques	80	27	46	7	269	342	61

^[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
1	W	October 6, 1988	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	1–0–0
2	L	October 8, 1988	2–6	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89)	1–1–0
3	L	October 9, 1988	3–4 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	1–2–0
4	W	October 12, 1988	8–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	2–2–0
5	W	October 14, 1988	5–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	3–2–0
6	L	October 16, 1988	3–5	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	3–3–0
7	L	October 19, 1988	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	3–4–0
8	W	October 21, 1988	5–3	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	4–4–0
9	L	October 22, 1988	3–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	4–5–0
10	W	October 25, 1988	7–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	5–5–0
11	L	October 26, 1988	1–7	Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	5–6–0
12	T	October 29, 1988	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1988–89)	5–6–1
13	T	October 30, 1988	3–3 OT	Boston Bruins (1988–89)	5–6–2
14	W	November 2, 1988	6–4	New York Rangers (1988–89)	6–6–2
15	L	November 4, 1988	3–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	6–7–2
16	L	November 5, 1988	0–9	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89)	6–8–2
17	W	November 9, 1988	3–2	Calgary Flames (1988–89)	7–8–2
18	W	November 12, 1988	3–0	@ New York Islanders (1988–89)	8–8–2
19	L	November 13, 1988	4–5 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	8–9–2
20	L	November 16, 1988	2–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	8–10–2
21	L	November 19, 1988	4–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	8–11–2
22	L	November 22, 1988	2–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	8–12–2
23	W	November 25, 1988	5–4 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	9–12–2
24	W	November 27, 1988	7–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	10–12–2
25	W	November 30, 1988	6–2	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	11–12–2
26	L	December 2, 1988	1–6	Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	11–13–2
27	L	December 3, 1988	2–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	11–14–2
28	L	December 6, 1988	0–9	@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	11–15–2
29	W	December 8, 1988	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1988–89)	12–15–2
30	L	December 11, 1988	4–6	Washington Capitals (1988–89)	12–16–2
31	L	December 14, 1988	3–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1988–89)	12–17–2
32	T	December 15, 1988	2–2 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	12–17–3
33	T	December 19, 1988	5–5 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	12–17–4
34	W	December 21, 1988	5–2	@ New York Rangers (1988–89)	13–17–4
35	W	December 23, 1988	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	14–17–4
36	W	December 26, 1988	2–1	Boston Bruins (1988–89)	15–17–4
37	W	December 28, 1988	4–1	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	16–17–4
38	L	December 30, 1988	3–5	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89)	16–18–4
39	L	December 31, 1988	2–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	16–19–4
40	L	January 4, 1989	4–5 OT	Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	16–20–4
41	L	January 6, 1989	4–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	16–21–4
42	W	January 7, 1989	6–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	17–21–4
43	W	January 12, 1989	6–5	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	18–21–4
44	T	January 14, 1989	1–1 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	18–21–5
45	W	January 15, 1989	3–2	Calgary Flames (1988–89)	19–21–5
46	T	January 18, 1989	3–3 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	19–21–6
47	W	January 21, 1989	6–5 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1988–89)	20–21–6
48	W	January 22, 1989	6–4	Boston Bruins (1988–89)	21–21–6
49	W	January 25, 1989	6–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	22–21–6
50	W	January 27, 1989	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	23–21–6
51	L	January 28, 1989	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	23–22–6
52	W	January 31, 1989	5–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	24–22–6
53	L	February 2, 1989	3–7	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	24–23–6
54	L	February 4, 1989	3–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	24–24–6
55	L	February 9, 1989	2–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	24–25–6
56	L	February 10, 1989	4–5	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	24–26–6
57	W	February 12, 1989	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	25–26–6
58	L	February 14, 1989	3–7	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	25–27–6
59	W	February 15, 1989	5–3	New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	26–27–6
60	W	February 17, 1989	5–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	27–27–6
61	W	February 19, 1989	8–4	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	28–27–6
62	W	February 22, 1989	7–5	New York Islanders (1988–89)	29–27–6
63	W	February 24, 1989	5–4	Winnipeg Jets (1988–89)	30–27–6
64	L	February 25, 1989	1–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	30–28–6
65	L	March 1, 1989	4–5	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	30–29–6
66	L	March 4, 1989	2–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	30–30–6
67	L	March 5, 1989	2–8	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	30–31–6
68	W	March 8, 1989	2–0	@ New York Rangers (1988–89)	31–31–6
69	T	March 11, 1989	6–6 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1988–89)	31–31–7
70	W	March 12, 1989	3–2	Boston Bruins (1988–89)	32–31–7
71	W	March 16, 1989	6–1	@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	33–31–7
72	L	March 18, 1989	0–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	33–32–7
73	W	March 20, 1989	4–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1988–89)	34–32–7
74	L	March 22, 1989	1–2	St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	34–33–7
75	W	March 24, 1989	5–2	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	35–33–7
76	L	March 25, 1989	1–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	35–34–7
77	W	March 28, 1989	4–2	Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	36–34–7
78	L	March 30, 1989	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	36–35–7
79	W	April 1, 1989	4–3	@ New York Islanders (1988–89)	37–35–7
80	W	April 2, 1989	4–2	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	38–35–7

Playoffs

Division semi-finals

1989 Stanley Cup playoffs Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston Bruins

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score
April 5	Buffalo Sabres	6	Boston Bruins	0
April 6	Buffalo Sabres	3	Boston Bruins	5
April 8	Boston Bruins	4	Buffalo Sabres	2
April 9	Boston Bruins	3	Buffalo Sabres	2
April 11	Buffalo Sabres	1	Boston Bruins	4

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 Turgeon	80	34	54	88	26
Christian Ruuttu	67	14	46	60	98
Dave Andreychuk	56	28	24	52	40
Mike Foligno	75	27	22	49	156
Benoit Hogue	69	14	30	44	120
John Tucker	60	13	31	44	31
Ray Sheppard	67	22	21	43	15
Scott Arniel	80	18	23	41	46
Rick Vaive	28	19	13	32	64
Mark Napier	66	11	17	28	33
Kevin Maguire	60	8	10	18	241
Jeff Parker	57	9	9	18	82
Adam Creighton	24	7	10	17	44
Mike Hartman	70	8	9	17	316
Mike Donnelly	22	4	6	10	10
Ken Priestlay	15	2	0	2	2
Scott Metcalfe	9	1	1	2	13
Jan Ludvig	13	0	2	2	39
Mikael Andersson	14	0	1	1	4
Trent Kaese	1	0	0	0	0
Darrin Shannon	3	0	0	0	0

Defencemen

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Phil Housley	72	26	44	70	47
Doug Bodger	61	7	40	47	52
Uwe Krupp	70	5	13	18	55
Lindy Ruff	63	6	11	17	86
Mike Ramsey	56	2	14	16	84
Calle Johansson	47	2	11	13	33
Shawn Anderson	33	2	10	12	18
Grant Ledyard	13	1	5	6	8
Joe Reekie	15	1	3	4	26
Larry Playfair	42	0	3	3	110
Richie Dunn	4	0	1	1	2
Bob Halkidis	16	0	1	1	66
Mark Ferner	2	0	0	0	2
Brad Miller	7	0	0	0	6
Steve Smith	3	0	0	0	0

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 Puppa	37	17	10	6	1	3.36
Jacques Cloutier	36	15	14	0	0	3.63
Clint Malarchuk	7	3	1	1	1	2.39
Tom Barrasso	10	2	7	0	0	4.95
Darcy Wakaluk	6	1	3	0	0	4.21
Darren Eliot	2	0	0	0	0	6.27

^[3]

References

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

Buffalo Sabres

Founded in 1970 Based in Buffalo, New York

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Affiliates	AHL Rochester Americans ECHL Elmira Jackals

Owners	Knox/Knox/Swados/Strawbridge Rigas Golisano/Quinn Pegula

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1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

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See also	Entry Draft Supplemental Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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