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Larry Playfair

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-4    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: June 23, 1958 in Fort St. James, British Columbia

Drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1st round (13th overall) of the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft.

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NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1978-79 20 Buffalo Sabres NHL 26 0 3 3 0.12 1 0.04 18 1 17 1 1 60 0 0 0 0 12 0.46 0.0
1979-80 21 Buffalo Sabres NHL 79 2 10 12 0.15 4 0.05 50 0 38 1 13 145 2 0 0 0 32 0.41 6.3
1980-81 22 Buffalo Sabres NHL 75 3 9 12 0.16 4 0.06 59 0 56 1 4 169 3 0 0 1 54 0.72 5.6
1981-82 23 Buffalo Sabres NHL 77 6 10 16 0.21 6 0.08 62 0 79 12 -5 258 6 0 0 0 68 0.88 8.8
1982-83 24 Buffalo Sabres NHL 79 4 13 17 0.22 6 0.08 79 2 91 19 5 180 4 0 0 0 75 0.95 5.3
1983-84 25 Buffalo Sabres NHL 76 5 11 16 0.21 6 0.08 67 5 72 14 4 211 5 0 0 0 67 0.88 7.5
1984-85 26 Buffalo Sabres NHL 72 3 14 17 0.24 6 0.08 48 0 59 8 -3 157 3 0 0 1 64 0.89 4.7
1985-86 27 2 Teams NHL 61 1 3 4 0.07 1 0.02 39 1 79 19 -22 126 1 0 0 0 41 0.67 2.4
1985-86 27 Buffalo Sabres NHL 47 1 2 3 0.06 1 0.02 29 0 49 12 -8 100 1 0 0 0 35 0.74 2.9
1985-86 27 Los Angeles Kings NHL 14 0 1 1 0.07 0 0.02 10 1 30 7 -14 26 0 0 0 0 6 0.43 0.0
1986-87 28 Los Angeles Kings NHL 37 2 7 9 0.24 3 0.08 33 0 39 5 -1 181 2 0 0 0 20 0.54 10.0
1987-88 29 Los Angeles Kings NHL 54 0 7 7 0.13 2 0.04 34 0 52 5 -13 197 0 0 0 0 20 0.37 0.0
1988-89 30 2 Teams NHL 48 0 6 6 0.13 2 0.04 22 0 34 5 -7 126 0 0 0 0 10 0.21 0.0
1988-89 30 Los Angeles Kings NHL 6 0 3 3 0.50 1 0.15 5 0 2 0 3 16 0 0 0 0 4 0.67 0.0
1988-89 30 Buffalo Sabres NHL 42 0 3 3 0.07 1 0.02 17 0 32 5 -10 110 0 0 0 0 6 0.14 0.0
1989-90 31 Buffalo Sabres NHL 4 0 1 1 0.25 0 0.08 1 0 3 0 -2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Career 12 Seasons NHL 688 26 94 120 0.17 42 0.06 512 9 619 90 -26 1812 26 0 0 2 463 0.67 5.6

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1979-80 21 Buffalo Sabres NHL 14 0 2 2 0.14 29 0 0 0 0
1980-81 22 Buffalo Sabres NHL 8 0 0 0 0.00 26 0 0 0 0
1981-82 23 Buffalo Sabres NHL 4 0 0 0 0.00 22 0 0 0 0
1982-83 24 Buffalo Sabres NHL 5 0 1 1 0.20 11 0 0 0 0
1983-84 25 Buffalo Sabres NHL 3 0 0 0 0.00 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1984-85 26 Buffalo Sabres NHL 5 0 3 3 0.60 2 9 0 0 0 0 2 0.40 0.0
1987-88 29 Los Angeles Kings NHL 3 0 0 0 0.00 -1 14 0 0 0 0 1 0.33 0.0
1988-89 30 Buffalo Sabres NHL 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Career 8 Seasons NHL 43 0 6 6 0.14 0 111 0 0 0 0 3 0.25 0.0

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1974-75 16 Kamloops Chiefs WCJHL 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
1975-76 17 Langley Lords BCJHL 72 10 20 30 0.42 162
1975-76 17 Kamloops Chiefs WCJHL 3 0 0 0 0.00 0
1976-77 18 Portland Winter Hawks WCJHL 65 2 17 19 0.29 199
1977-78 19 Portland Winter Hawks WCJHL 71 13 19 32 0.45 402
1978-79 20 Hershey Bears AHL 45 0 12 12 0.27 148
Career 1 Season AHL 45 0 12 12 0.27 148
Career 1 Season BCJHL 72 10 20 30 0.42 162
Career 4 Seasons WCJHL 140 15 36 51 0.36 601

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1976-77 18 Portland Winter Hawks WCJHL 8 0 0 0 0.00 4
1977-78 19 Portland Winter Hawks WCJHL 8 0 2 2 0.25 58
Career 2 Seasons WCJHL 16 0 2 2 0.13 62

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Penalties in Minutes

Career NHL 1812 (66)

Transactions

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January 30, 1986: Traded to Los Angeles by Buffalo with Sean McKenna and Ken Baumgartner for Brian Engblom and Doug Smith, January 30, 1986.

October 21, 1988: Traded to Buffalo by Los Angeles for Bob Logan and Buffalo's 9th round choice (Jim Giacin) in 1989 Entry Draft, October 21, 1988.