Regular season and playoffsBUF

Lindy Ruff's 1987-1988 season

Points

NHL#243

Goals

NHL#412

Assists

NHL#171

Plus/minus

-9

NHL#548

Games

96% of 80

Left winger Lindy Ruff was 27 years old when the 1987-1988 season began, his 9th in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres. He played 77 of a possible 80 games and scored 2 goals and 23 assists for 25 points, 0.32 points per game. In the playoffs he played 6 games for 2 points.

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

1987-1988Playoffs

Year 1987
39 years ago
Season opener
October 8
Lindy Ruff plays the 1987-1988 season for Buffalo Sabres
BUFBuffalo Sabres
Lindy was 27 years old when the 1987-1988 season began. It was his 9th season with the team. His 9th NHL season in all.
- The game
  MNS2–2BUF
  October 8game 1/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG
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- The game
  BUF3–6MTL
  L
  October 10game 2/803
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- The game
  WSH5–6BUF
  W
  October 11game 3/803
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF3–8PIT
  L
  October 13game 4/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG
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- The game
  QUE2–2BUF
  October 16game 5/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  BUF6–3QUE
  W
  October 17game 6/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  HFD5–3BUF
  L
  October 21game 7/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  MTL3–5BUF
  W
  October 23game 8/802
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF3–5PIT
  L
  October 24game 9/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF2–2HFD
  October 28game 10/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  LAK1–5BUF
  W
  October 30game 11/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- November 1987
- The game
  CHI3–5BUF
  W
  November 1game 12/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF5–4LAK
  W
  November 4game 13/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF0–5EDM
  L
  November 7game 14/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF6–3CGY
  W
  November 8game 15/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF4–4VAN
  November 11game 16/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  MNS5–4BUF
  L
  November 13game 17/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG1SHP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TOR4–5BUF
  W
  November 15game 18/802
  His night
  +2P+2A
  0+/-4SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  BUF1–9HFD
  L
  November 18game 19/802
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-1SOG
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- The game
  WSH3–5BUF
  W
  November 20game 20/803
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-2SOG
  +2 points
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- Checkpoint
  November 20
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 80
  8
  points
  NHL#186
  1
  goals
  NHL#259
  7
  assists
  NHL#122
  BUF
  9-7-0W-L-OT22Points
  7th in the whole NHL
Milestone
Lindy Ruff reaches 250 career points
in the game against Washington Capitals · November 20
- The game
  LAK8–5BUF
  L
  November 22game 21/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF2–5PHI
  L
  November 25game 22/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  HFD4–2BUF
  L
  November 27game 23/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  EDM5–2BUF
  L
  November 29game 24/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- December 1987
- The game
  QUE3–6BUF
  W
  December 3game 25/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF1–2HFD
  L
  December 5game 26/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  VAN5–1BUF
  L
  December 6game 27/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF6–2CHI
  W
  December 9game 28/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF3–3BOS
  December 12game 29/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  CGY7–1BUF
  L
  December 13game 30/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  MTL2–2BUF
  December 18game 31/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–1MTL
  W
  December 19game 32/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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Milestone
Lindy Ruff reaches 500 NHL games
in the game against Montréal Canadiens · December 19
- The game
  BUF0–9BOS
  L
  December 22game 33/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF5–2DET
  W
  December 23game 34/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  PIT3–3BUF
  December 27game 35/801
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF1–5QUE
  L
  December 29game 36/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-4SOG
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- The game
  BOS2–0BUF
  L
  December 31game 37/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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Year 1988
38 years ago
- The game
  BUF6–4TOR
  W
  January 2game 38/803
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  QUE1–2BUF
  W
  January 3game 39/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF6–5MTL
  W
  January 6game 40/803
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- Checkpoint
  January 6
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 80
  9
  points
  NHL#297
  1
  goals
  NHL#359
  8
  assists
  NHL#231
  BUF
  16-17-0W-L-OT39Points
  11th in the whole NHL
- The game
  HFD1–3BUF
  W
  January 8game 41/803
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYR3–4BUF
  W
  January 10game 42/805
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF4–2STL
  W
  January 12game 43/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
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- The game
  BUF1–3PHI
  L
  January 14game 44/804
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF1–5BOS
  L
  January 16game 45/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYI2–5BUF
  W
  January 17game 46/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS3–5BUF
  W
  January 20game 47/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NJD3–7BUF
  W
  January 22game 48/804
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF3–3WSH
  January 23game 49/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF5–2NJD
  W
  January 25game 50/804
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL4–1BUF
  L
  January 27game 51/804
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYI5–2BUF
  L
  January 29game 52/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  WIN4–4BUF
  January 31game 53/804
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-2SOG
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- February 1988
- The game
  BUF6–3QUE
  W
  February 2game 54/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +3+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF5–7WIN
  L
  February 12game 57/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  BUF3–4CHI
  L
  February 14game 58/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF3–0STL
  W
  February 16game 59/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PHI5–4BUF
  L
  February 19game 60/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- Checkpoint
  February 19
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8058 of 60 played
  19
  points
  NHL#241
  2
  goals
  NHL#363
  17
  assists
  NHL#175
  BUF
  26-25-0W-L-OT61Points
  Playoff spot
  10th in the whole NHL
- The game
  QUE6–5BUF
  L
  February 21game 61/802
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  STL2–5BUF
  W
  February 25game 62/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF4–3HFD
  W
  February 27game 63/803
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WIN3–5BUF
  W
  February 28game 64/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- March 1988
- The game
  BUF0–4DET
  L
  March 1game 65/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYR3–6BUF
  W
  March 4game 66/804
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-5SOG1SHP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS0–3BUF
  W
  March 6game 67/802
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BUF6–2MNS
  W
  March 9game 68/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  BUF4–10CGY
  L
  March 12game 69/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF7–5VAN
  W
  March 13game 70/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF4–6EDM
  L
  March 15game 71/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BUF4–3BOS
  W
  March 19game 72/803
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BOS6–2BUF
  L
  March 20game 73/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BUF3–2NYR
  W
  March 22game 74/805
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NJD2–2BUF
  March 25game 75/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  DET5–3BUF
  L
  March 27game 76/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BUF3–1QUE
  W
  March 29game 77/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- April 1988
- The game
  BUF4–9MTL
  L
  April 2game 79/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL4–4BUF
  April 3game 80/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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The season in numbers
April 3
Lindy Ruff closes the 1987-1988 season with 25 points
BUFBuffalo Sabres
Points
25
NHL#243
Games
77of 80
96%
Goals
2
NHL#412
Assists
23
NHL#171
P/GP
0.32
NHL#303
+/-
-9
NHL#548
Events
500
NHL games
250
career points
5 i rad
games with a point · 5 pts
3 days later
Playoffs
April 6
Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs
First round
April 6
Buffalo Sabres meet Boston Bruins
BUFvsBOS
Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
Lindy Ruff
Mikael Andersson
Calle Johansson
Swedes on Boston Bruins
Michael Thelvén
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- Game 1
  BUF3–7BOS
  L
  April 62
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- Boston Bruinslead1–0againstBuffalo Sabres
- Game 2
  BUF1–4BOS
  L
  April 72
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- Boston Bruinslead2–0againstBuffalo Sabres
- Game 3
  BOS2–6BUF
  W
  April 92
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- Boston Bruinslead2–1againstBuffalo Sabres
- Game 4
  BOS5–6BUF
  W
  April 102
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
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- Buffalo Sabresare2–2withBoston Bruins
- Game 5
  BUF4–5BOS
  L
  April 122
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- Boston Bruinslead3–2againstBuffalo Sabres
- Game 6
  BOS5–2BUF
  L
  April 143
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-5SOG
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First round
April 14
Boston Bruins knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–2
BUF2–4BOS
Eliminated
He did not play in this round
The run in numbers
April 14
Lindy Ruff ends the 1987-1988 playoffs with 2 points
BUFBuffalo Sabres
Points
2
NHL#188
Games
6
Goals
0
NHL#209
Assists
2
NHL#145
P/GP
0.33
+/-
-1
NHL#196
Events
10
playoff assists
BOS2–4

Lindy Ruff plays the 1987-1988 season for Buffalo Sabres

1/4 into the season

Lindy Ruff reaches 250 career points

Lindy Ruff reaches 500 NHL games

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Lindy Ruff closes the 1987-1988 season with 25 points

Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs

Buffalo Sabres meet Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–2

Lindy Ruff ends the 1987-1988 playoffs with 2 points