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1978-79 Buffalo Sabres Statistics

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36-28-16 (88 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Adams Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 280 goals, Allowed 263 goals, SRS: 0.22 (7th of 17)
Coached by Marcel Pronovost (8-10-6), Billy Inglis (28-18-10)

Playoffs:
Lost Preliminary Round (2-1) versus Pittsburgh Penguins

1978-79 Buffalo Sabres:

Team Statistics

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Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
Buffalo Sabres 80 36 28 16 88 .550 280 263 0.22 6.79 55 267 20.60 55 258 78.68 9 4
League Average 80 33 33 13 80 .500 280 280 0.00 7.00 62 271 22.72 62 271 77.28 7 7

Player Statistics

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Scoring Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI TGF PGF TGA PGA
1 Gilbert Perreault C 6-1 180 28 79 27 58 85 12 20 21 6 0 4 172 15.7 116 39 65 0
2 Danny Gare RW 5-9 175 24 71 27 40 67 18 90 20 7 0 3 260 10.4 99 31 53 3
3 Rene Robert RW 5-10 184 30 68 22 40 62 -12 46 21 1 0 6 206 10.7 86 35 63 0
4 Don Luce C 6-2 185 30 79 26 35 61 20 14 18 6 2 7 149 17.4 86 18 87 39
5 Craig Ramsay LW 5-10 175 27 80 26 31 57 21 10 19 4 3 3 113 23.0 90 19 88 38
6 Rick Martin LW 5-11 179 27 73 32 21 53 -7 35 24 8 0 3 250 12.8 85 26 66 0
7 Jerry Korab D 6-3 220 30 78 11 40 51 5 104 2 8 1 0 204 5.4 131 40 125 39
8 Ric Seiling RW/C 6-1 180 21 78 20 22 42 15 56 18 2 0 4 136 14.7 68 9 51 7
9 Andre Savard C 6-1 185 25 65 18 22 40 2 20 14 2 2 1 97 18.6 59 6 59 8
10 Derek Smith C/LW 5-11 180 24 43 14 12 26 -5 8 11 3 0 0 85 16.5 35 9 32 1
11 Jacques Richard LW 5-11 180 26 61 10 15 25 8 26 10 0 0 1 85 11.8 37 3 26 0
12 Jim Schoenfeld D 6-2 200 26 46 8 17 25 8 67 2 6 0 0 99 8.1 81 15 77 19
13 Tony McKegney LW 6-0 200 20 52 8 14 22 -2 10 8 0 0 1 67 11.9 32 4 30 0
14 Lee Fogolin D 6-0 200 23 74 3 19 22 -4 103 3 0 0 0 70 4.3 80 0 103 19
15 Bill Stewart D 6-2 190 21 68 1 17 18 5 101 1 0 0 0 87 1.1 76 4 80 13
16 Terry Martin LW 5-11 195 23 64 6 8 14 -17 33 5 1 0 0 38 15.8 29 4 50 8
17 Gary McAdam LW 5-11 175 23 40 6 5 11 -6 13 5 1 0 1 39 15.4 17 3 21 1
18 Rick Dudley LW 6-0 190 30 24 5 6 11 11 2 5 0 0 1 36 13.9 22 0 11 0
19 Jocelyn Guevremont D 6-2 200 27 34 3 8 11 12 8 3 0 0 0 51 5.9 25 5 10 2
20 Bill Hajt D 6-3 215 27 40 3 8 11 -4 20 2 0 1 1 53 5.7 39 1 55 13
21 Ken Breitenbach D 6-1 190 24 30 1 8 9 5 25 1 0 0 0 41 2.4 34 0 33 4
22 Dave Schultz LW 6-1 190 29 28 2 3 5 -12 86 2 0 0 0 16 12.5 7 1 18 0
23 Mike Boland D 6-0 190 24 22 1 2 3 6 29 1 0 0 0 17 5.9 21 0 16 1
24 Richie Dunn D 6-0 200 21 24 0 3 3 -2 14 0 0 0 0 18 0.0 11 1 12 0
25 Larry Playfair D 6-4 205 20 26 0 3 3 1 60 0 0 0 0 12 0.0 18 1 17 1
26 Don Edwards G 5-9 160 23 54 0 2 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
27 Randy Ireland G 6-0 165 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Bob Sauve G 5-8 175 23 29 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 80 280 459 739 78 1010 216 55 9 36 2401 11.7 1384 274 1248 216

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
1 Don Edwards G 5-9 160 23 54 3160 26 18 9 159 3.02 2
2 Bob Sauve G 5-8 175 23 29 1610 10 10 7 100 3.73 0
3 Randy Ireland G 6-0 165 21 2 30 0 0 0 3 6.00 0
Team Total 80 4800 36 28 16 262 3.27 2

Scoring Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Rene Robert RW 5-10 184 30 3 2 2 4 4 2 0 0 0
2 Rick Martin LW 5-11 179 27 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
3 Rick Dudley LW 6-0 190 30 3 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0
4 Don Luce C 6-2 185 30 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0
5 Andre Savard C 6-1 185 25 3 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
6 Dave Schultz LW 6-1 190 29 3 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0
7 Mike Boland D 6-0 190 24 3 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0
8 Jerry Korab D 6-3 220 30 3 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 0
9 Gilbert Perreault C 6-1 180 28 3 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0
10 Craig Ramsay LW 5-10 175 27 3 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0
11 Jacques Richard LW 5-11 180 26 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
12 Ken Breitenbach D 6-1 190 24 3 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
13 Tony McKegney LW 6-0 200 20 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
14 Jim Schoenfeld D 6-2 200 26 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
15 Ric Seiling RW/C 6-1 180 21 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
16 Bill Stewart D 6-2 190 21 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
17 Lee Fogolin D 6-0 200 23 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
18 Danny Gare RW 5-9 175 24 3 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0
19 Bob Sauve G 5-8 175 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 3 9 16 25 41 8 1 0 1

Goalies Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
1 Bob Sauve G 5-8 175 23 3 181 1 2 9 2.98 0
Team Total 3 181 1 2 9 2.98 0