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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) to Pittsburgh Penguins
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1978-79 Statistics ▪ Games
| 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 |
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| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | GC | GC/G | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilbert Perreault | C | 6-1 | 180 | 28 | 79 | 27 | 58 | 85 | 1.08 | 31 | 0.39 | 116 | 39 | 65 | 0 | 12 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 172 | 2.18 | 15.7 | ||
| 2 | Danny Gare | RW | 5-9 | 175 | 24 | 71 | 27 | 40 | 67 | 0.94 | 26 | 0.36 | 99 | 31 | 53 | 3 | 18 | 90 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 260 | 3.66 | 10.4 | ||
| 3 | Rene Robert | RW | 5-10 | 184 | 30 | 68 | 22 | 40 | 62 | 0.91 | 23 | 0.34 | 86 | 35 | 63 | 0 | -12 | 46 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 206 | 3.03 | 10.7 | ||
| 4 | Don Luce | C | 6-2 | 185 | 30 | 79 | 26 | 35 | 61 | 0.77 | 24 | 0.30 | 86 | 18 | 87 | 39 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 149 | 1.89 | 17.4 | ||
| 5 | Craig Ramsay | LW | 5-10 | 175 | 27 | 80 | 26 | 31 | 57 | 0.71 | 22 | 0.28 | 90 | 19 | 88 | 38 | 21 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 113 | 1.41 | 23.0 | ||
| 6 | Rick Martin | LW | 5-11 | 179 | 27 | 73 | 32 | 21 | 53 | 0.73 | 22 | 0.31 | 85 | 26 | 66 | 0 | -7 | 35 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 250 | 3.42 | 12.8 | ||
| 7 | Jerry Korab | D | 6-3 | 220 | 30 | 78 | 11 | 40 | 51 | 0.65 | 18 | 0.23 | 131 | 40 | 125 | 39 | 5 | 104 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 204 | 2.62 | 5.4 | ||
| 8 | Ric Seiling | RW/C | 6-1 | 180 | 21 | 78 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 0.54 | 17 | 0.21 | 68 | 9 | 51 | 7 | 15 | 56 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 136 | 1.74 | 14.7 | ||
| 9 | Andre Savard | C | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | 65 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 0.62 | 16 | 0.24 | 59 | 6 | 59 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 97 | 1.49 | 18.6 | ||
| 10 | Derek Smith | C/LW | 5-11 | 180 | 24 | 43 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 0.60 | 11 | 0.25 | 35 | 9 | 32 | 1 | -5 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 1.98 | 16.5 | ||
| 11 | Jim Schoenfeld | D | 6-2 | 200 | 26 | 46 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 0.54 | 9 | 0.20 | 81 | 15 | 77 | 19 | 8 | 67 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 2.15 | 8.1 | ||
| 12 | Jacques Richard | LW | 5-11 | 180 | 26 | 61 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 0.41 | 10 | 0.16 | 37 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 1.39 | 11.8 | ||
| 13 | Lee Fogolin Jr. | D | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | 74 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 0.30 | 7 | 0.10 | 80 | 0 | 103 | 19 | -4 | 103 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 0.95 | 4.3 | ||
| 14 | Tony McKegney | LW | 6-0 | 200 | 20 | 52 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 0.42 | 8 | 0.16 | 32 | 4 | 30 | 0 | -2 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 1.29 | 11.9 | ||
| 15 | Bill Stewart | D | 6-2 | 190 | 21 | 68 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 0.26 | 6 | 0.08 | 76 | 4 | 80 | 13 | 5 | 101 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 1.28 | 1.1 | ||
| 16 | Terry Martin | LW | 5-11 | 195 | 23 | 64 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0.22 | 5 | 0.09 | 29 | 4 | 50 | 8 | -17 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0.59 | 15.8 | ||
| 17 | Rick Dudley | LW | 6-0 | 190 | 30 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0.46 | 4 | 0.18 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 1.50 | 13.9 | ||
| 18 | Jocelyn Guevremont | D | 6-2 | 200 | 27 | 34 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0.32 | 4 | 0.12 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 1.50 | 5.9 | ||
| 19 | Bill Hajt | D | 6-3 | 215 | 27 | 40 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0.28 | 4 | 0.10 | 39 | 1 | 55 | 13 | -4 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 1.33 | 5.7 | ||
| 20 | Gary McAdam | LW | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | 40 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.28 | 5 | 0.11 | 17 | 3 | 21 | 1 | -6 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 0.98 | 15.4 | ||
| 21 | Ken Breitenbach | D | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | 30 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0.30 | 3 | 0.10 | 34 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 1.37 | 2.4 | ||
| 22 | Dave Schultz | LW | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.18 | 2 | 0.07 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 0 | -12 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.57 | 12.5 | ||
| 23 | Larry Playfair | D | 6-4 | 205 | 20 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.12 | 1 | 0.04 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.46 | 0.0 | ||
| 24 | Richie Dunn | D | 6-0 | 200 | 21 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.13 | 1 | 0.04 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0 | -2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.75 | 0.0 | ||
| 25 | Mike Boland | D | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.14 | 1 | 0.05 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.77 | 5.9 | ||
| Team Total | 80 | 280 | 459 | 739 | 9.24 | 280 | 3.50 | 280 | 55 | 263 | 55 | 17 | 1010 | 216 | 55 | 9 | 36 | 2401 | 30.01 | 11.7 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don Edwards | G | 5-9 | 160 | 23 | 54 | 3160 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 61 | .575 | 2 | 159 | 3.02 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Bob Sauve | G | 5-8 | 175 | 23 | 29 | 1610 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 27 | .500 | 0 | 100 | 3.73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 3 | Randy Ireland | G | 6-0 | 165 | 21 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Total | 80 | 4800 | 36 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 262 | 3.27 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rene Robert | RW | 5-10 | 184 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.33 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | Rick Martin | LW | 5-11 | 179 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | Andre Savard | C | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.67 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | Dave Schultz | LW | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.67 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | Rick Dudley | LW | 6-0 | 190 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.67 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 | Don Luce | C | 6-2 | 185 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 7 | Jacques Richard | LW | 5-11 | 180 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 8 | Bill Stewart | D | 6-2 | 190 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | Jim Schoenfeld | D | 6-2 | 200 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 10 | Ric Seiling | RW/C | 6-1 | 180 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 11 | Craig Ramsay | LW | 5-10 | 175 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 12 | Gilbert Perreault | C | 6-1 | 180 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 13 | Tony McKegney | LW | 6-0 | 200 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | Jerry Korab | D | 6-3 | 220 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | Ken Breitenbach | D | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 16 | Mike Boland | D | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 17 | Danny Gare | RW | 5-9 | 175 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 18 | Lee Fogolin Jr. | D | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 3 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 8.33 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob Sauve | G | 5-8 | 175 | 23 | 3 | 181 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 9 | 2.98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Total | 80 | 181 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2.98 |