Regular season and playoffsBUF

Ray Sheppard's 1987-1988 season

Points

NHL#66

Goals

NHL#30

Assists

NHL#137

Plus/minus

-6

NHL#498

Games

92% of 80

Right winger Ray Sheppard was 21 years old when the 1987-1988 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres. He played 74 of a possible 80 games and scored 38 goals and 27 assists for 65 points, 0.88 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
NHL debut
October 8
Ray Sheppard makes his NHL debut in the 2–⁠2 draw against Minnesota North Stars
MNSMinnesota North Stars2–2BUFBuffalo Sabres
Ray was 21 years old · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, USA
His first NHL game
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
0
+/-
Swedes on the ice: Calle Johansson.
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- The game
  MNS2–2BUF
  October 8game 1/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF3–6MTL
  L
  October 10game 2/803
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-1SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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Milestone
Ray Sheppard records his first NHL assist
in the game against Montréal Canadiens · October 10
- The game
  BUF6–3QUE
  W
  October 17game 6/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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Milestone
Ray Sheppard scores his first NHL goal
in the game against Quebec Nordiques · October 17
- The game
  HFD5–3BUF
  L
  October 21game 7/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL3–5BUF
  W
  October 23game 8/802
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +4+/-2SOG
  +2 goals
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- The game
  BUF3–5PIT
  L
  October 24game 9/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -3+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF2–2HFD
  October 28game 10/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  LAK1–5BUF
  W
  October 30game 11/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- November 1987
- The game
  CHI3–5BUF
  W
  November 1game 12/801
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +2+/-2SOG1PPP
  +3 points
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- The game
  BUF5–4LAK
  W
  November 4game 13/801
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  BUF0–5EDM
  L
  November 7game 14/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF6–3CGY
  W
  November 8game 15/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-5SOG
  +1 goal
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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
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  TOR4–5BUF
  W
  November 15game 18/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF1–9HFD
  L
  November 18game 19/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG
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- The game
  WSH3–5BUF
  W
  November 20game 20/803
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-2SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- Checkpoint
  November 20
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 8017 of 20 played
  16
  points
  NHL#67
  7
  goals
  NHL#57
  9
  assists
  NHL#80
  BUF
  9-7-0W-L-OT22Points
  7th in the whole NHL
- The game
  LAK8–5BUF
  L
  November 22game 21/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF2–5PHI
  L
  November 25game 22/804
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -3+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  HFD4–2BUF
  L
  November 27game 23/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  EDM5–2BUF
  L
  November 29game 24/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- December 1987
- The game
  QUE3–6BUF
  W
  December 3game 25/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-5SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF1–2HFD
  L
  December 5game 26/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-4SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  VAN5–1BUF
  L
  December 6game 27/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF6–2CHI
  W
  December 9game 28/801
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +2+/-4SOG1PPP
  +3 points
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- The game
  BUF3–3BOS
  December 12game 29/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  CGY7–1BUF
  L
  December 13game 30/802
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MTL2–2BUF
  December 18game 31/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF2–1MTL
  W
  December 19game 32/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF0–9BOS
  L
  December 22game 33/802
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-0SOG
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- The game
  PIT3–3BUF
  December 27game 35/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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Year 1988
38 years ago
- The game
  BUF6–4TOR
  W
  January 2game 38/803
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-5SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  QUE1–2BUF
  W
  January 3game 39/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF6–5MTL
  W
  January 6game 40/803
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -2+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- Checkpoint
  January 6
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 8034 of 40 played
  28
  points
  NHL#95
  15
  goals
  NHL#53
  13
  assists
  NHL#147
  BUF
  16-17-0W-L-OT39Points
  11th in the whole NHL
- The game
  HFD1–3BUF
  W
  January 8game 41/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR3–4BUF
  W
  January 10game 42/805
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF4–2STL
  W
  January 12game 43/803
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF1–3PHI
  L
  January 14game 44/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF1–5BOS
  L
  January 16game 45/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYI2–5BUF
  W
  January 17game 46/803
  His night
  +2P+2A
  0+/-0SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  BOS3–5BUF
  W
  January 20game 47/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-5SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NJD3–7BUF
  W
  January 22game 48/804
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG
  +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+1G
  +1+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  MTL4–1BUF
  L
  January 27game 51/804
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYI5–2BUF
  L
  January 29game 52/803
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
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- The game
  WIN4–4BUF
  January 31game 53/804
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +2+/-3SOG
  +2 goals
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- February 1988
- The game
  BUF6–3QUE
  W
  February 2game 54/802
  His night
  +3P+3A
  +3+/-1SOG
  +3 assists
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- The game
  TOR2–5BUF
  W
  February 5game 55/803
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF4–6NYI
  L
  February 6game 56/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF5–7WIN
  L
  February 12game 57/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF3–4CHI
  L
  February 14game 58/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF3–0STL
  W
  February 16game 59/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  PHI5–4BUF
  L
  February 19game 60/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-6SOG
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- Checkpoint
  February 19
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8054 of 60 played
  43
  points
  NHL#92
  22
  goals
  NHL#55
  21
  assists
  NHL#137
  BUF
  26-25-0W-L-OT61Points
  Playoff spot
  10th in the whole NHL
- The game
  QUE6–5BUF
  L
  February 21game 61/802
  His night
  +3P+3G
  0+/-5SOG2PPP
  HAT TRICK
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- The game
  STL2–5BUF
  W
  February 25game 62/803
  His night
  +2P+2G
  0+/-4SOG2PPP
  +2 goals
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- The game
  BUF4–3HFD
  W
  February 27game 63/803
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  WIN3–5BUF
  W
  February 28game 64/804
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- March 1988
- The game
  BUF0–4DET
  L
  March 1game 65/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  NYR3–6BUF
  W
  March 4game 66/804
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BOS0–3BUF
  W
  March 6game 67/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF6–2MNS
  W
  March 9game 68/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF4–10CGY
  L
  March 12game 69/803
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF7–5VAN
  W
  March 13game 70/801
  His night
  +4P+3G+1A
  +3+/-4SOG1PPP
  HAT TRICK
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- The game
  BUF4–6EDM
  L
  March 15game 71/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF4–3BOS
  W
  March 19game 72/803
  His night
  +2P+2G
  0+/-3SOG1PPP
  +2 goals
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- The game
  BOS6–2BUF
  L
  March 20game 73/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF3–2NYR
  W
  March 22game 74/805
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +1+/-6SOG1PPP
  +2 goals
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- The game
  NJD2–2BUF
  March 25game 75/803
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  DET5–3BUF
  L
  March 27game 76/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF3–1QUE
  W
  March 29game 77/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  HFD2–3BUF
  W
  March 31game 78/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-5SOG
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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
  +1P+1A
  0+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
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The season in numbers
April 3
Ray Sheppard closes the 1987-1988 season with 65 points
BUFBuffalo Sabres
Points
65
NHL#66
Games
74of 80
93%
Goals
38
NHL#30
Assists
27
NHL#137
P/GP
0.88
NHL#72
+/-
-6
NHL#498
Events
2
hat tricks
50
career points
25
career goals
1
First NHL assist
5 i rad
games with a point · 7 pts
4 i rad
games with a goal
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
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
  -3+/-0SOG
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- Boston Bruinslead1–0againstBuffalo Sabres
- Game 2
  BUF1–4BOS
  L
  April 72
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- Boston Bruinslead2–0againstBuffalo Sabres
- Game 3
  BOS2–6BUF
  W
  April 92
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- Boston Bruinslead2–1againstBuffalo Sabres
- Game 4
  BOS5–6BUF
  W
  April 102
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG
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- Buffalo Sabresare2–2withBoston Bruins
- Game 5
  BUF4–5BOS
  L
  April 122
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  -4+/-1SOG2PPP
  +2 points
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- Boston Bruinslead3–2againstBuffalo Sabres
- Game 6
  BOS5–2BUF
  L
  April 143
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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First round
April 14
Boston Bruins knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–2
BUF2–4BOS
Eliminated
6Games2Points1Goals1Assists
The run in numbers
April 14
Ray Sheppard ends the 1987-1988 playoffs with 2 points
BUFBuffalo Sabres
Points
2
NHL#188
Games
6
Goals
1
NHL#134
Assists
1
NHL#187
P/GP
0.33
+/-
-7
NHL#349
Events
1
First playoff point
1
First playoff goal
1
First playoff assist
2 points
best game
BOS2–4

Ray Sheppard makes his NHL debut in the 2–⁠2 draw against Minnesota North Stars

Ray Sheppard records his first NHL assist

Ray Sheppard scores his first NHL goal

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Ray Sheppard closes the 1987-1988 season with 65 points

Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs

Buffalo Sabres meet Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–2

Ray Sheppard ends the 1987-1988 playoffs with 2 points