Regular season and playoffsNYRBUF

Lindy Ruff's 1988-1989 season

Points

NHL#261

Goals

NHL#285

Assists

NHL#252

Plus/minus

-23

NHL#645

Games

95% of 80

Left winger Lindy Ruff was 28 years old when the 1988-1989 season began, his 10th in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres och New York Rangers. He played 76 of a possible 80 games and scored 6 goals and 16 assists for 22 points, 0.29 points per game. He moved from Buffalo Sabres to New York Rangers in March. In the playoffs he played 2 games for 0 points.

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

1988-1989Playoffs

Year 1988
38 years ago
Season opener
October 6
Lindy Ruff opens the 1988-1989 season with Buffalo Sabres
BUFBuffalo Sabres
Lindy was 28 years old when the 1988-1989 season began. It was his 10th season with the team. His 10th NHL season in all.
- The game
  MTL2–3BUF
  W
  October 6game 1/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–6WSH
  L
  October 8game 2/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF3–4PHI
  L
  October 9game 3/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  PIT5–8BUF
  W
  October 12game 4/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF5–4QUE
  W
  October 14game 5/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- The game
  QUE5–3BUF
  L
  October 16game 6/801
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–4TOR
  L
  October 19game 7/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  MTL3–5BUF
  W
  October 21game 8/801
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF3–4MTL
  L
  October 22game 9/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +3+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF7–4NJD
  W
  October 25game 10/801
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  HFD7–1BUF
  L
  October 26game 11/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-4SOG
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- The game
  BUF3–3BOS
  October 29game 12/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BOS3–3BUF
  October 30game 13/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- November 1988
- The game
  NYR4–6BUF
  W
  November 2game 14/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF3–7EDM
  L
  November 4game 15/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF0–9CGY
  L
  November 5game 16/801
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-0SOG
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- The game
  CGY2–3BUF
  W
  November 9game 17/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF3–0NYI
  W
  November 12game 18/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  EDM5–4BUF
  L
  November 13game 19/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–3CHI
  L
  November 16game 20/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- Checkpoint
  November 16
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 80
  4
  points
  NHL#281
  0
  goals
  NHL#354
  4
  assists
  NHL#212
  BUF
  8-10-0W-L-OT18Points
  11th in the whole NHL
- The game
  BUF4–5LAK
  L
  November 19game 21/801
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–4VAN
  L
  November 22game 22/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  CHI4–5BUF
  W
  November 25game 23/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- December 1988
- The game
  HFD6–1BUF
  L
  December 2game 26/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–3MTL
  L
  December 3game 27/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  BUF0–9HFD
  L
  December 6game 28/802
  His night
  No points
  -4+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF4–2BOS
  W
  December 8game 29/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  WSH6–4BUF
  L
  December 11game 30/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF3–4WIN
  L
  December 14game 31/804
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–2MNS
  December 15game 32/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  EDM5–5BUF
  December 19game 33/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF5–2NYR
  W
  December 21game 34/805
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  TOR2–5BUF
  W
  December 23game 35/803
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BOS1–2BUF
  W
  December 26game 36/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  DET1–4BUF
  W
  December 28game 37/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF3–5WSH
  L
  December 30game 38/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PHI3–2BUF
  L
  December 31game 39/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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Year 1989
37 years ago
- The game
  HFD5–4BUF
  L
  January 4game 40/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- Checkpoint
  January 4
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 8038 of 40 played
  8
  points
  NHL#307
  2
  goals
  NHL#310
  6
  assists
  NHL#282
  BUF
  16-20-0W-L-OT36Points
  12th in the whole NHL
- The game
  BUF4–5NJD
  L
  January 6game 41/804
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF6–1TOR
  W
  January 7game 42/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  CHI5–6BUF
  W
  January 12game 43/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF1–1QUE
  January 14game 44/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG
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- The game
  CGY2–3BUF
  W
  January 15game 45/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MNS3–3BUF
  January 18game 46/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF6–5BOS
  W
  January 21game 47/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS4–6BUF
  W
  January 22game 48/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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Milestone
Lindy Ruff reaches 100 career goals
in the game against Boston Bruins · January 22
- The game
  BUF6–3DET
  W
  January 25game 49/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL2–4BUF
  W
  January 27game 50/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF1–2MTL
  L
  January 28game 51/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF5–3HFD
  W
  January 31game 52/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- February 1989
- The game
  BUF3–7STL
  L
  February 2game 53/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
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- The game
  BUF3–5LAK
  L
  February 4game 54/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–5HFD
  L
  February 9game 55/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  STL2–5BUF
  W
  February 12game 57/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF3–7PIT
  L
  February 14game 58/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NJD3–5BUF
  W
  February 15game 59/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  PIT1–5BUF
  W
  February 17game 60/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- Checkpoint
  February 17
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8057 of 60 played
  15
  points
  NHL#273
  5
  goals
  NHL#264
  10
  assists
  NHL#281
  BUF
  27-27-0W-L-OT60Points
  Playoff spot
  9th in the whole NHL
- The game
  DET4–8BUF
  W
  February 19game 61/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYI5–7BUF
  W
  February 22game 62/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  WIN4–5BUF
  W
  February 24game 63/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF1–6MTL
  L
  February 25game 64/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- March 1989
- The game
  BUF2–6QUE
  L
  March 4game 66/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  QUE8–2BUF
  L
  March 5game 67/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–0NYR
  L
  March 8game 68/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR2–3DET
  L
  March 9game 69/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYR2–4WSH
  L
  March 11game 70/803
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- The game
  CGY3–4NYR
  W
  March 13game 71/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  WIN6–3NYR
  L
  March 15game 72/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYR3–8QUE
  L
  March 18game 73/802
  His night
  +2P+2A
  0+/-2SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  STL4–7NYR
  W
  March 20game 74/802
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +3+/-3SOG
  +2 assists
  View the game
- The game
  MNS1–3NYR
  W
  March 22game 75/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR1–6PHI
  L
  March 25game 76/804
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-0SOG
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- The game
  PIT6–4NYR
  L
  March 26game 77/803
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-5SOG
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- The game
  NYR3–4DET
  L
  March 29game 78/803
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-0SOG
  View the game
- April 1989
- The game
  NYR2–5PIT
  L
  April 1game 79/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYI6–4NYR
  L
  April 2game 80/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
The season in numbers
April 2
Lindy Ruff closes the 1988-1989 season with 22 points
BUFBuffalo Sabres NYRNew York Rangers
Points
22
NHL#261
Games
76of 80
95%
Goals
6
NHL#285
Assists
16
NHL#252
P/GP
0.29
NHL#309
+/-
-23
NHL#645
Events
100
career goals
3 days later
Playoffs
April 5
New York Rangers are in the playoffs
First round
April 5
New York Rangers meet Pittsburgh Penguins
NYRvsPIT
Swedes on New York Rangers
Lindy Ruff
Tomas Sandström
Jan Erixon
Ulf Dahlén
Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
No Swedes
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- Game 1
  NYR1–3PIT
  L
  April 53
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- Pittsburgh Penguinslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
- Game 2
  NYR4–7PIT
  L
  April 63
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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First round
April 9
Pittsburgh Penguins knock New York Rangers out 4–0
NYR0–4PIT
Eliminated
He did not play in this round
The run in numbers
April 9
Lindy Ruff ends the 1988-1989 playoffs with 0 points
BUFBuffalo Sabres NYRNew York Rangers
Points
0
NHL#270
Games
2
Goals
0
NHL#195
Assists
0
NHL#243
P/GP
0.00
+/-
-2
NHL#244
PIT0–4

Lindy Ruff opens the 1988-1989 season with Buffalo Sabres

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

Lindy Ruff reaches 100 career goals

3/4 into the season

Lindy Ruff closes the 1988-1989 season with 22 points

New York Rangers are in the playoffs

New York Rangers meet Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins knock New York Rangers out 4–0

Lindy Ruff ends the 1988-1989 playoffs with 0 points