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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

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Thu, Oct 12, 1978 New York Islanders T 2 2 0 0 1 T 1
2 Sat, Oct 14, 1978 @ Minnesota North Stars W 5 2 1 0 1 W 1
3 Sun, Oct 15, 1978 Detroit Red Wings L 2 3 1 1 1 L 1
4 Wed, Oct 18, 1978 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L 0 2 1 2 1 L 2
5 Thu, Oct 19, 1978 Toronto Maple Leafs W 1 0 2 2 1 W 1
6 Sun, Oct 22, 1978 @ Vancouver Canucks L 2 3 2 3 1 L 1
7 Thu, Oct 26, 1978 @ Los Angeles Kings L 0 6 2 4 1 L 2
8 Sat, Oct 28, 1978 @ St. Louis Blues T 7 7 2 4 2 T 1
9 Thu, Nov 2, 1978 @ Philadelphia Flyers T 3 3 2 4 3 T 2
10 Sat, Nov 4, 1978 @ Minnesota North Stars L 1 2 2 5 3 L 1
11 Sun, Nov 5, 1978 Minnesota North Stars W 2 1 3 5 3 W 1
12 Thu, Nov 9, 1978 Pittsburgh Penguins T 4 4 3 5 4 T 1
13 Sat, Nov 11, 1978 @ Washington Capitals W 2 0 4 5 4 W 1
14 Sun, Nov 12, 1978 Boston Bruins T 4 4 4 5 5 T 1
15 Wed, Nov 15, 1978 @ Toronto Maple Leafs T 2 2 4 5 6 T 2
16 Thu, Nov 16, 1978 St. Louis Blues W 6 2 5 5 6 W 1
17 Sat, Nov 18, 1978 @ Detroit Red Wings W 3 1 6 5 6 W 2
18 Sun, Nov 19, 1978 Minnesota North Stars W 9 2 7 5 6 W 3
19 Wed, Nov 22, 1978 Philadelphia Flyers L 2 3 7 6 6 L 1
20 Thu, Nov 23, 1978 @ Boston Bruins L 2 5 7 7 6 L 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Sun, Nov 26, 1978 Colorado Rockies W 4 1 8 7 6 W 1
22 Thu, Nov 30, 1978 Boston Bruins L 3 4 8 8 6 L 1
23 Sat, Dec 2, 1978 @ Montreal Canadiens L 1 8 8 9 6 L 2
24 Sun, Dec 3, 1978 Montreal Canadiens L 1 4 8 10 6 L 3
25 Thu, Dec 7, 1978 Los Angeles Kings T 3 3 8 10 7 T 1
26 Sat, Dec 9, 1978 @ Pittsburgh Penguins T 4 4 8 10 8 T 2
27 Sun, Dec 10, 1978 Toronto Maple Leafs W 5 3 9 10 8 W 1
28 Wed, Dec 13, 1978 @ Chicago Black Hawks W 6 2 10 10 8 W 2
29 Thu, Dec 14, 1978 Chicago Black Hawks W 3 2 11 10 8 W 3
30 Sat, Dec 16, 1978 @ Minnesota North Stars W 5 2 12 10 8 W 4
31 Sun, Dec 17, 1978 Vancouver Canucks W 6 3 13 10 8 W 5
32 Wed, Dec 20, 1978 @ New York Rangers L 3 6 13 11 8 L 1
33 Thu, Dec 21, 1978 Atlanta Flames W 5 4 14 11 8 W 1
34 Sat, Dec 23, 1978 @ Boston Bruins L 4 6 14 12 8 L 1
35 Wed, Dec 27, 1978 @ Colorado Rockies W 5 2 15 12 8 W 1
36 Thu, Dec 28, 1978 @ Vancouver Canucks T 3 3 15 12 9 T 1
37 Sun, Dec 31, 1978 Boston Bruins L 3 7 15 13 9 L 1
38 Thu, Jan 4, 1979 Chicago Black Hawks T 3 3 15 13 10 T 1
39 Sun, Jan 7, 1979 Detroit Red Wings W 4 3 16 13 10 W 1
40 Tue, Jan 9, 1979 @ Atlanta Flames L 3 5 16 14 10 L 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Thu, Jan 11, 1979 Washington Capitals W 6 2 17 14 10 W 1
42 Sat, Jan 13, 1979 @ Montreal Canadiens L 2 5 17 15 10 L 1
43 Sun, Jan 14, 1979 Pittsburgh Penguins L 4 5 17 16 10 L 2
44 Thu, Jan 18, 1979 @ Philadelphia Flyers T 4 4 17 16 11 T 1
45 Sat, Jan 20, 1979 @ Boston Bruins W 2 1 18 16 11 W 1
46 Thu, Jan 25, 1979 New York Rangers L 4 5 18 17 11 L 1
47 Sat, Jan 27, 1979 @ Detroit Red Wings W 6 3 19 17 11 W 1
48 Sun, Jan 28, 1979 Minnesota North Stars L 1 3 19 18 11 L 1
49 Wed, Jan 31, 1979 Atlanta Flames L 2 5 19 19 11 L 2
50 Sat, Feb 3, 1979 @ Minnesota North Stars W 2 1 20 19 11 W 1
51 Sun, Feb 4, 1979 St. Louis Blues W 3 1 21 19 11 W 2
52 Wed, Feb 14, 1979 New York Islanders W 2 1 22 19 11 W 3
53 Thu, Feb 15, 1979 New York Rangers W 4 3 23 19 11 W 4
54 Sat, Feb 17, 1979 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L 3 6 23 20 11 L 1
55 Sun, Feb 18, 1979 Montreal Canadiens L 2 5 23 21 11 L 2
56 Wed, Feb 21, 1979 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 2 3 23 22 11 L 3
57 Thu, Feb 22, 1979 Chicago Black Hawks L 2 4 23 23 11 L 4
58 Sat, Feb 24, 1979 @ Washington Capitals W 6 4 24 23 11 W 1
59 Mon, Feb 26, 1979 Toronto Maple Leafs W 3 1 25 23 11 W 2
60 Thu, Mar 1, 1979 Minnesota North Stars T 5 5 25 23 12 T 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Sat, Mar 3, 1979 @ New York Rangers T 2 2 25 23 13 T 2
62 Sun, Mar 4, 1979 Philadelphia Flyers L 1 6 25 24 13 L 1
63 Tue, Mar 6, 1979 @ New York Islanders W 3 2 26 24 13 W 1
64 Thu, Mar 8, 1979 Los Angeles Kings W 6 4 27 24 13 W 2
65 Sat, Mar 10, 1979 @ Atlanta Flames T 5 5 27 24 14 T 1
66 Sun, Mar 11, 1979 Atlanta Flames W 9 4 28 24 14 W 1
67 Wed, Mar 14, 1979 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 4 1 29 24 14 W 2
68 Thu, Mar 15, 1979 Vancouver Canucks W 4 2 30 24 14 W 3
69 Sat, Mar 17, 1979 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 3 5 30 25 14 L 1
70 Sun, Mar 18, 1979 Washington Capitals T 3 3 30 25 15 T 1
71 Wed, Mar 21, 1979 @ Colorado Rockies W 3 2 31 25 15 W 1
72 Fri, Mar 23, 1979 @ Vancouver Canucks W 4 3 32 25 15 W 2
73 Sat, Mar 24, 1979 @ Los Angeles Kings W 3 2 33 25 15 W 3
74 Mon, Mar 26, 1979 @ St. Louis Blues W 4 2 34 25 15 W 4
75 Wed, Mar 28, 1979 Boston Bruins W 9 2 35 25 15 W 5
76 Sat, Mar 31, 1979 @ New York Islanders L 0 2 35 26 15 L 1
77 Sun, Apr 1, 1979 Toronto Maple Leafs L 3 6 35 27 15 L 2
78 Thu, Apr 5, 1979 @ Boston Bruins W 9 3 36 27 15 W 1
79 Sat, Apr 7, 1979 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L 2 6 36 28 15 L 1
80 Sun, Apr 8, 1979 Colorado Rockies T 5 5 36 28 16 T 1

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Tue, Apr 10, 1979 Pittsburgh Penguins L 3 4 0 1 0 L 1
2 Thu, Apr 12, 1979 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 3 1 1 1 0 W 1
3 Sat, Apr 14, 1979 Pittsburgh Penguins L OT 3 4 1 2 0 L 1