Daren Puppa's NHL career
Goaltender Daren Puppa was drafted 74th overall by Buffalo Sabres in 1983. He played 15 seasons for 3 clubs, 1985-1999. That came to 429 games and 179 wins, 19 shutouts.
Below: the whole of Daren Puppa's career, season by season.
- Year 19831983 NHL Draft
Daren Puppa is drafted 74 overall by Buffalo Sabres
Selected74 overall, round 4
Swedes drafted10 selectedFirst Swede off the boardLeif Karlsson#61First off the board- 1Brian LawtonMNS
- 2Sylvain TurgeonHFD
- 3Pat LaFontaineNYI
Swedes from the same draft- Tommy Albelin952 GP · 255 P
- Pelle Eklund594 GP · 455 P
- Bo Berglund130 GP · 67 P
- 2 years, 4 months and 24 days later · 3 seasonsYear 19851985-1986 seasonNHL debut
Daren Puppa makes his NHL debut
Daren was 20 years old ·
Northlands Coliseum, CanadaFirst NHL shutoutFirst NHL winSwedes on the ice:
Mikael Andersson.Season1985-1986
Daren Puppa's first NHL season: 7 games
The whole season1985-1986Wins3Games7 of 809%SV%.886NHL#19GAA3.15NHL#8Shutouts1NHL#13 - Year 1987Season
1986-1987
Daren Puppa plays 3 of 80 games
The whole season1986-1987Wins0Games3 of 804%SV%.835NHL#58GAA4.24NHL#46Shutouts0NHL#21 - Year 1988Season
1987-1988
Daren Puppa plays 17 of 80 games
The whole season and the playoff run1987-1988Wins8Games17 of 8021%SV%.870NHL#38GAA4.19NHL#48Shutouts0NHL#32PlayoffsEliminated by Boston Bruins3 of 6 gamesFirst roundBOSBoston Bruins2–4 - Year 1989Season
1988-1989
Daren Puppa plays 37 of 80 games
The whole season and the playoff run1988-1989Wins17Games37 of 8046%SV%.889NHL#21GAA3.37NHL#21Shutouts1NHL#10PlayoffsEliminated by Boston Bruins0 of 5 gamesFirst roundBOSBoston Bruins1–4 - Year 1990Season
1989-1990
Daren Puppa plays 56 of 80 games
The whole season and the playoff run1989-1990Wins31Games56 of 8070%SV%.903NHL#4GAA2.89NHL#5Shutouts1NHL#12PlayoffsEliminated by Montréal Canadiens6 gamesFirst roundMTLMontréal Canadiens2–4 - Year 1991Season
1990-1991
Daren Puppa plays 38 of 80 games
The whole season and the playoff run1990-1991Wins15Games38 of 8048%SV%.885NHL#34GAA3.38NHL#36Shutouts2NHL#9PlayoffsEliminated by Montréal Canadiens2 of 6 gamesFirst roundMTLMontréal Canadiens2–4 - Year 1992Season
1991-1992
Daren Puppa plays 33 of 80 games
The whole season and the playoff run1991-1992Wins11Games33 of 8041%SV%.878NHL#51GAA3.89NHL#55Shutouts0NHL#33PlayoffsEliminated by Boston Bruins0 of 7 gamesFirst roundBOSBoston Bruins3–4 - Year 1993Season
1992-1993
Daren Puppa plays 32 of 84 games
The whole season and the playoff run1992-1993Wins17Games32 of 8438%SV%.898NHL#9GAA3.23NHL#18Shutouts2NHL#9PlayoffsEliminated by Los Angeles Kings1 of 21 gamesFirst roundDETDetroit Red Wings4–3Second roundSTLSt. Louis Blues4–3Conference finalLAKLos Angeles Kings3–4 - Year 1994Season
1993-1994
Daren Puppa plays 63 of 84 games
The whole season1993-1994Wins22Games63 of 8475%SV%.899NHL#24GAA2.71NHL#14Shutouts4NHL#6 - Year 1995Season
1994-1995
Daren Puppa plays 36 of 48 games
The whole season1994-1995Wins14Games36 of 4875%SV%.905NHL#22GAA2.68NHL#23Shutouts1NHL#16 - Year 1996Season
1995-1996
Daren Puppa plays 57 of 82 games
The whole season and the playoff run1995-1996Wins29Games57 of 8270%SV%.918NHL#7GAA2.46NHL#13Shutouts5NHL#3PlayoffsEliminated by Philadelphia Flyers4 of 6 gamesFirst roundPHIPhiladelphia Flyers2–4 - Year 1997Season
1996-1997
Daren Puppa plays 6 of 82 games
The whole season1996-1997Wins1Games6 of 827%SV%.907NHL#23GAA2.59NHL#18Shutouts0NHL#43 - Season
1997-1998
Daren Puppa plays 26 of 82 games
The whole season1997-1998Wins5Games26 of 8232%SV%.900NHL#46GAA2.72NHL#42Shutouts0NHL#44 - Year 1998Season
1998-1999
Daren Puppa plays 13 of 82 games
The whole season1998-1999Wins5Games13 of 8216%SV%.906NHL#40GAA2.87NHL#58Shutouts2NHL#29 - Year 1999Season
1999-2000
Daren Puppa's last season: 5 games
The whole season1999-2000Wins1Games5 of 826%SV%.853NHL#79GAA4.58NHL#82Shutouts0NHL#49 - The career
Daren Puppa played his last NHL game in 1999
The career ended after 15 seasons, the last of them with Tampa Bay Lightning.