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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
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1979-80 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 | 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 |
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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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |