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Daren Puppa's 1989-1990 season

Wins
31
NHL#1
Save pct
.903
NHL#4
GAA
2.89
NHL#5
Shutouts
1
NHL#12
Games
56
70%
70% of 80

Goaltender Daren Puppa was 24 years old when the 1989-1990 season began, his 5th in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres. He played 56 games and won 31 of them, at .903. In the playoffs he played 6 games and won 2.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1989-1990Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Daren Puppa plays the 1989-1990 season for Buffalo Sabres

    Daren was 24 years old when the 1989-1990 season began. It was his 5th season with the team. His 5th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      QUE3–4BUF
      W
      game 1/80
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .885
    • The game
      MNS2–2BUF
      game 3/80
      His night
      .939SV%
      31SV33SA2GA65:00TOI
      .939
    • The game
      BUF7–1TOR
      W
      game 4/80
      His night
      .933SV%
      14SV15SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .933
    • The game
      HFD1–4BUF
      W
      game 5/801
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .960
    • The game
      BUF2–6DET
      L
      game 6/801
      His night
      .800SV%in relief
      8SV10SA2GA33:23TOI
      in relief
    • The game
      BUF1–2HFD
      L
      game 7/801
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA59:04TOIL
      .931
    • The game
      MTL2–6BUF
      W
      game 8/801
      His night
      .947SV%
      36SV38SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .947
    • The game
      BUF4–2PIT
      W
      game 9/80
      His night
      .950SV%
      38SV40SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .950
    • The game
      BUF2–4MNS
      L
      game 10/80
      His night
      .897SV%
      35SV39SA4GA59:15TOIL
      .897
    • The game
      TOR5–6BUF
      W
      game 11/80
      His night
      .429SV%
      3SV7SA4GA08:17TOI
      .429
    • November 1989
    • The game
      BUF3–3BOS
      game 14/80
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA65:00TOI
      .893
    • The game
      LAK3–5BUF
      W
      game 15/801
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .880
    • The game
      BUF6–3HFD
      W
      game 16/801
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .897
    • The game
      VAN2–4BUF
      W
      game 17/80
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .929
    • The game
      BUF4–4CGY
      game 19/801
      His night
      .879SV%
      29SV33SA4GA65:00TOI
      .879
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8014 of 20 started
      8
      wins
      NHL#3
      .906
      SV%
      NHL#4
      2.7
      GAA
      NHL#3
      BUF
      12-5-0W-L-OT27Points
      2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF2–2VAN
      game 21/801
      His night
      .949SV%
      37SV39SA2GA65:00TOI
      .949
    • The game
      NYR1–4BUF
      W
      game 22/803
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .964
    • The game
      HFD2–4BUF
      W
      game 24/801
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .923
    • The game
      BUF4–2HFD
      W
      game 25/802
      His night
      .950SV%
      38SV40SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .950
    • December 1989
    • The game
      NJD4–6BUF
      W
      game 27/802
      His night
      .852SV%
      23SV27SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .852
    • The game
      STL3–4BUF
      W
      game 28/80
      His night
      .864SV%
      19SV22SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .864
    • The game
      BUF0–3NYI
      L
      game 29/80
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA59:46TOIL
      .920
    • The game
      BUF3–4PHI
      L
      game 30/801
      His night
      .892SV%
      33SV37SA4GA59:49TOIL
      .892
    • The game
      WSH3–4BUF
      W
      game 31/801
      His night
      .912SV%
      31SV34SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .912
    • The game
      BOS4–2BUF
      L
      game 32/80
      His night
      .826SV%
      19SV23SA4GA58:23TOIL
      .826
    • The game
      PHI3–4BUF
      W
      game 34/801
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .880
    • The game
      MTL2–2BUF
      game 36/80
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA65:00TOI
      .926
    • The game
      DET3–6BUF
      W
      game 38/80
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .893
    • The game
      NYI4–2BUF
      L
      game 40/80
      His night
      .867SV%
      26SV30SA4GA59:09TOIL
      .867
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8028 of 40 started
      16
      wins
      NHL#1
      .906
      SV%
      NHL#3
      2.7
      GAA
      NHL#3
      BUF
      23-11-0W-L-OT52Points
      1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF3–5NJD
      L
      game 41/802
      His night
      .875SV%
      35SV40SA5GA59:14TOIL
      .875
    • The game
      BOS2–1BUF
      L
      game 43/80
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA59:01TOIL
      .926
    • The game
      BUF3–5CGY
      L
      game 44/801
      His night
      .848SV%
      28SV33SA5GA58:38TOIL
      .848
    • The game
      BUF5–3VAN
      W
      game 45/801
      His night
      .927SV%
      38SV41SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .927
    • The game
      BUF4–2LAK
      W
      game 46/801
      His night
      .943SV%
      33SV35SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .943
    • The game
      WSH6–3BUF
      L
      game 47/801
      His night
      .895SV%in relief
      17SV19SA2GA38:58TOIL
      in relief
    • The game
      BUF3–2PHI
      W
      game 48/802
      His night
      .941SV%
      32SV34SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .941
    • The game
      CHI4–2BUF
      L
      game 50/80
      His night
      .833SV%
      20SV24SA4GA58:47TOIL
      .833
    • The game
      PIT2–7BUF
      W
      game 51/80
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .938
    • The game
      QUE3–6BUF
      W
      game 53/80
      His night
      .919SV%
      34SV37SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .919
    • February 1990
    • The game
      NYI1–0BUF
      L
      game 55/80
      His night
      .966SV%
      28SV29SA1GA59:25TOIL
      .966
    • The game
      MTL1–3BUF
      W
      game 56/801
      His night
      .962SV%
      25SV26SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .962
    • The game
      NYR2–3BUF
      W
      game 57/802
      His night
      .941SV%
      32SV34SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .941
    • The game
      BUF1–4CHI
      L
      game 59/80
      His night
      .765SV%
      13SV17SA4GA34:11TOIL
      .765
    • The game
      MTL3–5BUF
      W
      game 60/80
      His night
      .900SV%
      27SV30SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .900
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8042 of 60 started
      24
      wins
      NHL#1
      .907
      SV%
      NHL#2
      2.8
      GAA
      NHL#4
      BUF
      33-21-0W-L-OT72Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      HFD6–4BUF
      L
      game 61/801
      His night
      .778SV%
      21SV27SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .778
    • The game
      BUF3–7EDM
      L
      game 63/80
      His night
      .913SV%in relief
      21SV23SA2GA44:32TOI
      in relief
    • The game
      HFD3–7BUF
      W
      game 64/801
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .880
    • March 1990
    • The game
      QUE3–5BUF
      W
      game 68/80
      His night
      .914SV%
      32SV35SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .914
    • The game
      BUF1–1WSH
      game 69/801
      His night
      .957SV%
      22SV23SA1GA65:00TOI
      .957
    • The game
      BUF10–4BOS
      W
      game 70/80
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .875
    • The game
      BUF5–0HFD
      W
      game 71/801
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      31SV31SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      LAK6–5BUF
      L
      game 72/801
      His night
      .846SV%
      33SV39SA6GA61:25TOIL
      .846
    • The game
      TOR4–3BUF
      L
      game 73/80
      His night
      .846SV%
      22SV26SA4GA59:26TOIL
      .846
    • The game
      BUF6–5DET
      W
      game 77/80
      His night
      .808SV%
      21SV26SA5GA60:00TOIW
      .808
    • The game
      MNS2–4BUF
      W
      game 78/801
      His night
      .917SV%
      22SV24SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .917
    • April 1990
    • The game
      QUE2–5BUF
      W
      game 80/80
      His night
      .913SV%
      21SV23SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .913
    The season in numbers

    Daren Puppa closes the 1989-1990 season with 31 wins

    Wins
    31
    Games
    56of 80
    70%
    Shutouts
    1
    SV%
    .903
    GAA
    2.89
    Starts
    53
    Events
    31
    career best in wins
    100
    NHL games
    50
    career wins
    5 i rad
    straight wins
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs

    First round

    Buffalo Sabres meet Montréal Canadiens

    BUFvsMTL
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    • Game 1
      MTL1–4BUF
      W
      1
      His night
      .971SV%
      34SV35SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .971
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 2
      MTL3–0BUF
      L
      1
      His night
      .917SV%
      33SV36SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .917
    • Buffalo Sabresare1–1withMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      BUF1–2MTL
      L
      1
      His night
      .939SV%
      31SV33SA2GA72:35TOIL
      .939
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 4
      BUF4–2MTL
      W
      His night
      .939SV%
      31SV33SA2GA59:40TOIW
      .939
    • Buffalo Sabresare2–2withMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 5
      MTL4–2BUF
      L
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA58:57TOIL
      .880
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–2againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 6
      BUF2–5MTL
      L
      His night
      .857SV%
      24SV28SA4GA58:56TOIL
      .857
    First round

    Montréal Canadiens knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–2

    BUF2–4MTL
    Eliminated
    6Games2Wins.921SV%2.4GAA
    The run in numbers

    Daren Puppa ends the 1989-1990 playoffs with 2 wins

    Wins
    2
    Games
    6
    Shutouts
    0
    SV%
    .921
    GAA
    2.43
    Starts
    6
    MTL2–4