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1971-72 Buffalo Sabres

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16-43-19 (51 points), Finished 6th in NHL East Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 203 goals, Allowed 289 goals, SRS: -1.02 (12th of 14)
Coached by Punch Imlach (8-23-10), Floyd Smith (0-1-0), Joe Crozier (8-19-9)

1971-72 Statistics ▪ Games

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Sun, Oct 10, 1971 Pittsburgh Penguins W 2 1 1 0 0 W 1
2 Tue, Oct 12, 1971 @ St. Louis Blues L 1 4 1 1 0 L 1
3 Thu, Oct 14, 1971 @ Boston Bruins L 2 6 1 2 0 L 2
4 Sat, Oct 16, 1971 @ Montreal Canadiens L 3 9 1 3 0 L 3
5 Sun, Oct 17, 1971 Minnesota North Stars L 2 3 1 4 0 L 4
6 Wed, Oct 20, 1971 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 7 2 2 4 0 W 1
7 Thu, Oct 21, 1971 Chicago Black Hawks L 2 5 2 5 0 L 1
8 Sat, Oct 23, 1971 @ Minnesota North Stars L 1 5 2 6 0 L 2
9 Sun, Oct 24, 1971 St. Louis Blues L 2 3 2 7 0 L 3
10 Wed, Oct 27, 1971 @ Los Angeles Kings W 3 2 3 7 0 W 1
11 Sat, Oct 30, 1971 @ Vancouver Canucks T 4 4 3 7 1 T 1
12 Sun, Oct 31, 1971 @ California Golden Seals T 2 2 3 7 2 T 2
13 Thu, Nov 4, 1971 @ Detroit Red Wings T 4 4 3 7 3 T 3
14 Fri, Nov 5, 1971 Philadelphia Flyers W 5 2 4 7 3 W 1
15 Sun, Nov 7, 1971 Detroit Red Wings T 3 3 4 7 4 T 1
16 Thu, Nov 11, 1971 Los Angeles Kings L 2 4 4 8 4 L 1
17 Sat, Nov 13, 1971 @ New York Rangers L 2 5 4 9 4 L 2
18 Sun, Nov 14, 1971 Montreal Canadiens T 2 2 4 9 5 T 1
19 Thu, Nov 18, 1971 California Golden Seals L 5 7 4 10 5 L 1
20 Sun, Nov 21, 1971 Toronto Maple Leafs L 3 4 4 11 5 L 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Wed, Nov 24, 1971 @ Los Angeles Kings L 3 5 4 12 5 L 3
22 Sat, Nov 27, 1971 @ Vancouver Canucks L 2 5 4 13 5 L 4
23 Sun, Nov 28, 1971 @ California Golden Seals L 3 5 4 14 5 L 5
24 Wed, Dec 1, 1971 @ New York Rangers L 2 7 4 15 5 L 6
25 Thu, Dec 2, 1971 Los Angeles Kings W 2 0 5 15 5 W 1
26 Sat, Dec 4, 1971 @ St. Louis Blues L 1 5 5 16 5 L 1
27 Sun, Dec 5, 1971 Minnesota North Stars W 3 1 6 16 5 W 1
28 Thu, Dec 9, 1971 Chicago Black Hawks L 1 3 6 17 5 L 1
29 Sat, Dec 11, 1971 @ Pittsburgh Penguins T 3 3 6 17 6 T 1
30 Sun, Dec 12, 1971 Toronto Maple Leafs L 2 4 6 18 6 L 1
31 Wed, Dec 15, 1971 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 1 2 6 19 6 L 2
32 Thu, Dec 16, 1971 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 0 5 6 20 6 L 3
33 Sat, Dec 18, 1971 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L 1 8 6 21 6 L 4
34 Sun, Dec 19, 1971 Vancouver Canucks W 5 1 7 21 6 W 1
35 Thu, Dec 23, 1971 Boston Bruins T 4 4 7 21 7 T 1
36 Sat, Dec 25, 1971 @ St. Louis Blues T 4 4 7 21 8 T 2
37 Sun, Dec 26, 1971 St. Louis Blues W 6 3 8 21 8 W 1
38 Wed, Dec 29, 1971 Detroit Red Wings L 3 7 8 22 8 L 1
39 Fri, Dec 31, 1971 @ Pittsburgh Penguins T 3 3 8 22 9 T 1
40 Sun, Jan 2, 1972 California Golden Seals T 4 4 8 22 10 T 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Thu, Jan 6, 1972 Boston Bruins L 2 5 8 23 10 L 1
42 Sun, Jan 9, 1972 Toronto Maple Leafs L 1 2 8 24 10 L 2
43 Thu, Jan 13, 1972 New York Rangers L 2 5 8 25 10 L 3
44 Sat, Jan 15, 1972 @ Montreal Canadiens L 2 6 8 26 10 L 4
45 Sun, Jan 16, 1972 Montreal Canadiens W 4 2 9 26 10 W 1
46 Thu, Jan 20, 1972 Vancouver Canucks W 1 0 10 26 10 W 2
47 Sat, Jan 22, 1972 @ Detroit Red Wings L 2 3 10 27 10 L 1
48 Sun, Jan 23, 1972 @ Boston Bruins T 3 3 10 27 11 T 1
49 Wed, Jan 26, 1972 @ New York Rangers L 1 5 10 28 11 L 1
50 Thu, Jan 27, 1972 Detroit Red Wings L 1 3 10 29 11 L 2
51 Sun, Jan 30, 1972 Los Angeles Kings T 2 2 10 29 12 T 1
52 Thu, Feb 3, 1972 New York Rangers L 2 4 10 30 12 L 1
53 Sat, Feb 5, 1972 @ Minnesota North Stars T 3 3 10 30 13 T 1
54 Sun, Feb 6, 1972 Boston Bruins W 8 2 11 30 13 W 1
55 Thu, Feb 10, 1972 @ Detroit Red Wings L 2 4 11 31 13 L 1
56 Sat, Feb 12, 1972 @ Boston Bruins L 1 5 11 32 13 L 2
57 Sun, Feb 13, 1972 Philadelphia Flyers T 4 4 11 32 14 T 1
58 Thu, Feb 17, 1972 Pittsburgh Penguins L 0 2 11 33 14 L 1
59 Sat, Feb 19, 1972 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L 1 4 11 34 14 L 2
60 Sun, Feb 20, 1972 Montreal Canadiens L 0 4 11 35 14 L 3
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Wed, Feb 23, 1972 @ Chicago Black Hawks W 2 1 12 35 14 W 1
62 Thu, Feb 24, 1972 Chicago Black Hawks W 5 3 13 35 14 W 2
63 Sun, Feb 27, 1972 California Golden Seals T 4 4 13 35 15 T 1
64 Wed, Mar 1, 1972 @ Montreal Canadiens L 1 4 13 36 15 L 1
65 Thu, Mar 2, 1972 New York Rangers L 3 4 13 37 15 L 2
66 Sun, Mar 5, 1972 St. Louis Blues L 2 6 13 38 15 L 3
67 Wed, Mar 8, 1972 @ California Golden Seals L 3 6 13 39 15 L 4
68 Fri, Mar 10, 1972 @ Vancouver Canucks L 2 3 13 40 15 L 5
69 Sat, Mar 11, 1972 @ Los Angeles Kings L 3 5 13 41 15 L 6
70 Tue, Mar 14, 1972 @ Minnesota North Stars W 4 3 14 41 15 W 1
71 Thu, Mar 16, 1972 @ Philadelphia Flyers T 3 3 14 41 16 T 1
72 Fri, Mar 17, 1972 Vancouver Canucks L 2 6 14 42 16 L 1
73 Sun, Mar 19, 1972 @ Chicago Black Hawks T 3 3 14 42 17 T 1
74 Wed, Mar 22, 1972 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 4 3 15 42 17 W 1
75 Thu, Mar 23, 1972 Minnesota North Stars T 4 4 15 42 18 T 1
76 Sun, Mar 26, 1972 Pittsburgh Penguins T 2 2 15 42 19 T 2
77 Thu, Mar 30, 1972 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 1 3 15 43 19 L 1
78 Sun, Apr 2, 1972 Philadelphia Flyers W 3 2 16 43 19 W 1