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1979-80 Buffalo Sabres

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47-17-16 (110 points), Finished 1st in NHL Adams Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 318 goals, Allowed 201 goals, SRS: 1.39 (1st of 21)
Coached by Scotty Bowman (47-17-16)

Playoffs:
Lost Semi-Finals (4-2) to New York Islanders
Won Quarter-Finals (4-0) over Chicago Black Hawks
Won Preliminary Round (3-1) over Vancouver Canucks

1979-80 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 47 17 16 110 .688 318 201 1.39 6.49 67 275 24.36 43 252 82.94 2 4
League Average 80 33 33 14 80 .500 281 281 0.00 7.03 61 280 21.86 61 280 78.14 6 6

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 29 80 40 66 106 1.33 41 0.51 153 57 65 1 32 57 30 10 0 5 180 2.25 22.2
2 Danny Gare RW 5-9 175 25 76 56 33 89 1.17 38 0.50 144 48 48 1 49 90 39 17 0 11 270 3.55 20.7
3 Rick Martin LW 5-11 179 28 80 45 34 79 0.99 33 0.41 115 30 67 0 18 54 37 8 0 3 257 3.21 17.5
4 Derek Smith C/LW 5-11 180 25 79 24 39 63 0.80 24 0.31 102 33 36 0 33 16 16 8 0 3 137 1.73 17.5
5 Ric Seiling RW/C 6-1 180 22 80 25 35 60 0.75 23 0.29 102 14 66 8 30 54 19 5 1 2 155 1.94 16.1
6 Craig Ramsay LW 5-10 175 28 80 21 39 60 0.75 23 0.28 84 20 82 33 15 18 16 5 0 4 103 1.29 20.4
7 Tony McKegney LW 6-0 200 21 80 23 29 52 0.65 21 0.26 77 4 33 0 40 24 22 1 0 6 140 1.75 16.4
8 John Van Boxmeer D 6-0 190 27 80 11 40 51 0.64 18 0.22 138 40 63 5 40 55 7 4 0 1 198 2.48 5.6
9 Don Luce C 6-2 185 31 80 14 29 43 0.54 16 0.20 65 4 69 30 22 30 14 0 0 0 137 1.71 10.2
10 Richie Dunn D 6-0 200 22 80 7 31 38 0.48 13 0.16 100 26 62 13 25 61 3 4 0 2 147 1.84 4.8
11 Jim Schoenfeld D 6-2 200 27 77 9 27 36 0.47 13 0.17 130 11 88 29 60 72 5 4 0 1 114 1.48 7.9
12 Rick Dudley LW 6-0 190 31 66 11 22 33 0.50 12 0.19 51 15 26 1 11 58 11 0 0 2 109 1.65 10.1
13 Lindy Ruff D/LW 6-2 201 19 63 5 14 19 0.30 7 0.11 56 18 40 0 -2 38 4 1 0 0 77 1.22 6.5
14 John Gould RW 5-11 197 30 52 9 9 18 0.35 7 0.14 27 1 17 0 9 11 9 0 0 2 72 1.38 12.5
15 Bill Hajt D 6-3 215 28 75 4 12 16 0.21 6 0.08 76 1 69 30 36 24 3 0 1 0 63 0.84 6.3
16 Andre Savard C 6-1 185 26 33 3 10 13 0.39 5 0.14 16 0 14 2 4 16 3 0 0 2 36 1.09 8.3
17 Larry Playfair D 6-4 205 21 79 2 10 12 0.15 4 0.05 50 0 38 1 13 145 2 0 0 0 32 0.41 6.3
18 Jerry Korab D 6-3 220 31 43 1 10 11 0.26 4 0.08 45 6 46 7 0 74 1 0 0 1 55 1.28 1.8
19 Bob Mongrain C 5-10 165 20 34 4 6 10 0.29 4 0.11 14 0 11 3 6 4 4 0 0 1 33 0.97 12.1
20 Mike Ramsey D 6-3 195 19 13 1 6 7 0.54 2 0.18 17 1 8 1 9 6 1 0 0 1 17 1.31 5.9
21 Rob McClanahan C 5-10 180 22 13 2 5 7 0.54 3 0.20 12 1 4 1 8 0 2 0 0 0 13 1.00 15.4
22 Dave Schultz LW 6-1 190 30 13 1 0 1 0.08 1 0.04 2 0 2 0 0 28 1 0 0 0 1 0.08 100.0
Team Total 80 318 511 829 10.36 318 3.98 318 67 201 43 93 945 249 67 2 47 2346 29.33 13.6

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 24 49 2920 27 9 12 66 .688 2 125 2.57 0 1 1 8
2 Bob Sauve G 5-8 175 24 32 1880 20 8 4 44 .688 4 74 2.36 0 4 4 2
Team Total 80 4800 47 17 16 6 199 2.49

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 Gilbert Perreault C 6-1 180 29 14 10 11 21 1.50 8 7 3 0 2
2 Derek Smith C/LW 5-11 180 25 13 5 7 12 0.92 4 2 3 0 1
3 Danny Gare RW 5-9 175 25 14 4 7 11 0.79 35 0 4 0 1
4 Richie Dunn D 6-0 200 22 14 2 8 10 0.71 8 0 2 0 0
5 Rick Martin LW 5-11 179 28 14 6 4 10 0.71 8 5 1 0 0
6 Ric Seiling RW/C 6-1 180 22 14 5 4 9 0.64 6 5 0 0 0
7 John Van Boxmeer D 6-0 190 27 14 3 5 8 0.57 12 1 2 0 2
8 Tony McKegney LW 6-0 200 21 14 3 4 7 0.50 2 3 0 0 0
9 Don Luce C 6-2 185 31 14 3 3 6 0.43 11 2 0 1 1
10 Craig Ramsay LW 5-10 175 28 10 0 6 6 0.60 4 0 0 0 0
11 Bill Hajt D 6-3 215 28 14 0 5 5 0.36 4 0 0 0 0
12 Jim Schoenfeld D 6-2 200 27 14 0 3 3 0.21 18 0 0 0 0
13 Mike Ramsey D 6-3 195 19 13 1 2 3 0.23 12 0 1 0 1
14 Bob Mongrain C 5-10 165 20 9 1 2 3 0.33 2 1 0 0 0
15 Rick Dudley LW 6-0 190 31 12 3 0 3 0.25 41 2 1 0 1
16 Larry Playfair D 6-4 205 21 14 0 2 2 0.14 29 0 0 0 0
17 Lindy Ruff D/LW 6-2 201 19 8 1 1 2 0.25 19 1 0 0 0
18 Andre Savard C 6-1 185 26 8 1 1 2 0.25 2 1 0 0 0
19 Rob McClanahan C 5-10 180 22 10 0 1 1 0.10 4 0 0 0 0
Team Total 14 48 76 124 8.86 231 30 17 1 9

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 24 8 501 6 2 12 .750 2 17 2.04 0 0 0 2
2 Don Edwards G 5-9 160 24 6 360 3 3 6 .500 1 17 2.83 0 0 0 0
Team Total 80 861 9 5 3 34 2.37