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1979-80 Buffalo Sabres Statistics

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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) versus New York Islanders
Won Quarter-Finals (4-0) versus Chicago Black Hawks
Won Preliminary Round (3-1) versus Vancouver Canucks

1979-80 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 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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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 29 80 40 66 106 32 57 30 10 0 5 180 22.2 153 57 65 1
2 Danny Gare RW 5-9 175 25 76 56 33 89 49 90 39 17 0 11 270 20.7 144 48 48 1
3 Rick Martin LW 5-11 179 28 80 45 34 79 18 54 37 8 0 3 257 17.5 115 30 67 0
4 Derek Smith C/LW 5-11 180 25 79 24 39 63 33 16 16 8 0 3 137 17.5 102 33 36 0
5 Ric Seiling RW/C 6-1 180 22 80 25 35 60 30 54 19 5 1 2 155 16.1 102 14 66 8
6 Craig Ramsay LW 5-10 175 28 80 21 39 60 15 18 16 5 0 4 103 20.4 84 20 82 33
7 Tony McKegney LW 6-0 200 21 80 23 29 52 40 24 22 1 0 6 140 16.4 77 4 33 0
8 John Van Boxmeer D 6-0 190 27 80 11 40 51 40 55 7 4 0 1 198 5.6 138 40 63 5
9 Don Luce C 6-2 185 31 80 14 29 43 22 30 14 0 0 0 137 10.2 65 4 69 30
10 Richie Dunn D 6-0 200 22 80 7 31 38 25 61 3 4 0 2 147 4.8 100 26 62 13
11 Jim Schoenfeld D 6-2 200 27 77 9 27 36 60 72 5 4 0 1 114 7.9 130 11 88 29
12 Rick Dudley LW 6-0 190 31 66 11 22 33 11 58 11 0 0 2 109 10.1 51 15 26 1
13 Lindy Ruff D/LW 6-2 201 19 63 5 14 19 -2 38 4 1 0 0 77 6.5 56 18 40 0
14 John Gould RW 5-11 197 30 52 9 9 18 9 11 9 0 0 2 72 12.5 27 1 17 0
15 Bill Hajt D 6-3 215 28 75 4 12 16 36 24 3 0 1 0 63 6.3 76 1 69 30
16 Andre Savard C 6-1 185 26 33 3 10 13 4 16 3 0 0 2 36 8.3 16 0 14 2
17 Larry Playfair D 6-4 205 21 79 2 10 12 13 145 2 0 0 0 32 6.3 50 0 38 1
18 Jerry Korab D 6-3 220 31 43 1 10 11 0 74 1 0 0 1 55 1.8 45 6 46 7
19 Bob Mongrain C 5-10 165 20 34 4 6 10 6 4 4 0 0 1 33 12.1 14 0 11 3
20 Rob McClanahan C 5-10 180 22 13 2 5 7 8 0 2 0 0 0 13 15.4 12 1 4 1
21 Mike Ramsey D 6-3 195 19 13 1 6 7 9 6 1 0 0 1 17 5.9 17 1 8 1
22 Bob Sauve G 5-8 175 24 32 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
23 Dave Schultz LW 6-1 190 30 13 1 0 1 0 28 1 0 0 0 1 100.0 2 0 2 0
24 Don Edwards G 5-9 160 24 49 0 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 80 318 511 829 458 945 249 67 2 47 2346 13.6 1576 330 954 166

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

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 Gilbert Perreault C 6-1 180 29 14 10 11 21 8 7 3 0 2
2 Derek Smith C/LW 5-11 180 25 13 5 7 12 4 2 3 0 1
3 Danny Gare RW 5-9 175 25 14 4 7 11 35 0 4 0 1
4 Rick Martin LW 5-11 179 28 14 6 4 10 8 5 1 0 0
5 Richie Dunn D 6-0 200 22 14 2 8 10 8 0 2 0 0
6 Ric Seiling RW/C 6-1 180 22 14 5 4 9 6 5 0 0 0
7 John Van Boxmeer D 6-0 190 27 14 3 5 8 12 1 2 0 2
8 Tony McKegney LW 6-0 200 21 14 3 4 7 2 3 0 0 0
9 Don Luce C 6-2 185 31 14 3 3 6 11 2 0 1 1
10 Craig Ramsay LW 5-10 175 28 10 0 6 6 4 0 0 0 0
11 Bill Hajt D 6-3 215 28 14 0 5 5 4 0 0 0 0
12 Rick Dudley LW 6-0 190 31 12 3 0 3 41 2 1 0 1
13 Bob Mongrain C 5-10 165 20 9 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 0
14 Mike Ramsey D 6-3 195 19 13 1 2 3 12 0 1 0 1
15 Jim Schoenfeld D 6-2 200 27 14 0 3 3 18 0 0 0 0
16 Lindy Ruff D/LW 6-2 201 19 8 1 1 2 19 1 0 0 0
17 Andre Savard C 6-1 185 26 8 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0
18 Larry Playfair D 6-4 205 21 14 0 2 2 29 0 0 0 0
19 Rob McClanahan C 5-10 180 22 10 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
20 Don Edwards G 5-9 160 24 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Bob Sauve G 5-8 175 24 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Team Total 14 48 76 124 231 30 17 1 9

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 24 8 501 6 2 17 2.04 2
2 Don Edwards G 5-9 160 24 6 360 3 3 17 2.83 1
Team Total 14 861 9 5 34 2.37 3