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1978-79 Buffalo Sabres

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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

1978-79 Statistics ▪ Games

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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Skaters Regular Season

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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

Goalies Regular Season

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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

Skaters Playoffs

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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

Goalies Playoffs

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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