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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

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Thu, Oct 11, 1979 Washington Capitals W 6 3 1 0 0 W 1
2 Sat, Oct 13, 1979 @ New York Islanders W 5 2 2 0 0 W 2
3 Sun, Oct 14, 1979 Minnesota North Stars L 4 5 2 1 0 L 1
4 Wed, Oct 17, 1979 Hartford Whalers W 3 1 3 1 0 W 1
5 Sat, Oct 20, 1979 @ St. Louis Blues L 2 3 3 2 0 L 1
6 Sun, Oct 21, 1979 Vancouver Canucks T 3 3 3 2 1 T 1
7 Wed, Oct 24, 1979 Pittsburgh Penguins W 7 3 4 2 1 W 1
8 Thu, Oct 25, 1979 @ Detroit Red Wings L 0 4 4 3 1 L 1
9 Sat, Oct 27, 1979 @ Quebec Nordiques W 3 0 5 3 1 W 1
10 Sun, Oct 28, 1979 Colorado Rockies W 4 2 6 3 1 W 2
11 Wed, Oct 31, 1979 @ Chicago Black Hawks T 0 0 6 3 2 T 1
12 Sat, Nov 3, 1979 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 4 3 7 3 2 W 1
13 Sun, Nov 4, 1979 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 1 3 7 4 2 L 1
14 Thu, Nov 8, 1979 Chicago Black Hawks T 3 3 7 4 3 T 1
15 Sat, Nov 10, 1979 @ Washington Capitals W 5 3 8 4 3 W 1
16 Sun, Nov 11, 1979 Colorado Rockies L 3 5 8 5 3 L 1
17 Thu, Nov 15, 1979 Atlanta Flames W 5 1 9 5 3 W 1
18 Sat, Nov 17, 1979 @ Minnesota North Stars W 4 2 10 5 3 W 2
19 Sun, Nov 18, 1979 Edmonton Oilers W 9 7 11 5 3 W 3
20 Wed, Nov 21, 1979 @ Hartford Whalers L 3 5 11 6 3 L 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Sat, Nov 24, 1979 @ Washington Capitals W 6 1 12 6 3 W 1
22 Sun, Nov 25, 1979 Minnesota North Stars W 6 2 13 6 3 W 2
23 Tue, Nov 27, 1979 @ Boston Bruins W 5 2 14 6 3 W 3
24 Thu, Nov 29, 1979 New York Rangers W 2 1 15 6 3 W 4
25 Sun, Dec 2, 1979 Washington Capitals W 2 0 16 6 3 W 5
26 Wed, Dec 5, 1979 Atlanta Flames W 6 1 17 6 3 W 6
27 Fri, Dec 7, 1979 @ Colorado Rockies W 5 3 18 6 3 W 7
28 Mon, Dec 10, 1979 Detroit Red Wings W 4 0 19 6 3 W 8
29 Thu, Dec 13, 1979 Chicago Black Hawks W 5 2 20 6 3 W 9
30 Sat, Dec 15, 1979 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 2 3 20 7 3 L 1
31 Sun, Dec 16, 1979 Boston Bruins L 1 5 20 8 3 L 2
32 Wed, Dec 19, 1979 @ Winnipeg Jets W 3 2 21 8 3 W 1
33 Thu, Dec 20, 1979 Los Angeles Kings W 5 3 22 8 3 W 2
34 Sat, Dec 22, 1979 @ Hartford Whalers W 4 2 23 8 3 W 3
35 Sun, Dec 23, 1979 Quebec Nordiques L 1 3 23 9 3 L 1
36 Thu, Dec 27, 1979 Toronto Maple Leafs W 5 3 24 9 3 W 1
37 Sat, Dec 29, 1979 @ Montreal Canadiens L 3 6 24 10 3 L 1
38 Mon, Dec 31, 1979 Winnipeg Jets W 6 2 25 10 3 W 1
39 Sat, Jan 5, 1980 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 5 4 26 10 3 W 2
40 Sun, Jan 6, 1980 Philadelphia Flyers L 2 4 26 11 3 L 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Wed, Jan 9, 1980 New York Islanders W 3 2 27 11 3 W 1
42 Fri, Jan 11, 1980 @ Colorado Rockies W 4 3 28 11 3 W 2
43 Sun, Jan 13, 1980 @ Edmonton Oilers L 5 6 28 12 3 L 1
44 Wed, Jan 16, 1980 @ Los Angeles Kings W 4 2 29 12 3 W 1
45 Fri, Jan 18, 1980 @ Vancouver Canucks T 2 2 29 12 4 T 1
46 Sun, Jan 20, 1980 Edmonton Oilers T 4 4 29 12 5 T 2
47 Mon, Jan 21, 1980 @ Atlanta Flames T 3 3 29 12 6 T 3
48 Thu, Jan 24, 1980 @ Boston Bruins L 3 4 29 13 6 L 1
49 Sat, Jan 26, 1980 @ Montreal Canadiens W 7 2 30 13 6 W 1
50 Sun, Jan 27, 1980 Los Angeles Kings W 9 1 31 13 6 W 2
51 Thu, Jan 31, 1980 New York Rangers W 6 2 32 13 6 W 3
52 Sat, Feb 2, 1980 @ New York Islanders L 2 3 32 14 6 L 1
53 Sun, Feb 3, 1980 Vancouver Canucks W 3 0 33 14 6 W 1
54 Thu, Feb 7, 1980 Pittsburgh Penguins W 9 0 34 14 6 W 2
55 Sat, Feb 9, 1980 @ St. Louis Blues L 2 3 34 15 6 L 1
56 Mon, Feb 11, 1980 St. Louis Blues W 4 2 35 15 6 W 1
57 Thu, Feb 14, 1980 Boston Bruins T 3 3 35 15 7 T 1
58 Sat, Feb 16, 1980 @ Detroit Red Wings W 4 3 36 15 7 W 1
59 Sun, Feb 17, 1980 Montreal Canadiens T 2 2 36 15 8 T 1
60 Tue, Feb 19, 1980 @ Quebec Nordiques W 3 1 37 15 8 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Wed, Feb 20, 1980 Winnipeg Jets W 4 3 38 15 8 W 2
62 Sun, Feb 24, 1980 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 1 3 38 16 8 L 1
63 Wed, Feb 27, 1980 Philadelphia Flyers T 1 1 38 16 9 T 1
64 Fri, Feb 29, 1980 @ Edmonton Oilers W 4 2 39 16 9 W 1
65 Sun, Mar 2, 1980 @ Minnesota North Stars T 2 2 39 16 10 T 1
66 Wed, Mar 5, 1980 @ New York Rangers L 2 4 39 17 10 L 1
67 Thu, Mar 6, 1980 Hartford Whalers W 4 3 40 17 10 W 1
68 Sun, Mar 9, 1980 St. Louis Blues W 9 4 41 17 10 W 2
69 Wed, Mar 12, 1980 @ Winnipeg Jets T 3 3 41 17 11 T 1
70 Sat, Mar 15, 1980 @ Los Angeles Kings T 2 2 41 17 12 T 2
71 Wed, Mar 19, 1980 @ Vancouver Canucks T 3 3 41 17 13 T 3
72 Sat, Mar 22, 1980 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 5 1 42 17 13 W 1
73 Sun, Mar 23, 1980 New York Islanders T 1 1 42 17 14 T 1
74 Tue, Mar 25, 1980 @ New York Rangers T 3 3 42 17 15 T 2
75 Thu, Mar 27, 1980 Detroit Red Wings W 10 1 43 17 15 W 1
76 Sun, Mar 30, 1980 Montreal Canadiens T 1 1 43 17 16 T 1
77 Tue, Apr 1, 1980 @ Atlanta Flames W 5 2 44 17 16 W 1
78 Thu, Apr 3, 1980 Quebec Nordiques W 8 3 45 17 16 W 2
79 Sat, Apr 5, 1980 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 9 1 46 17 16 W 3
80 Sun, Apr 6, 1980 Toronto Maple Leafs W 7 3 47 17 16 W 4

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Tue, Apr 8, 1980 Vancouver Canucks W 2 1 1 0 0 W 1
2 Wed, Apr 9, 1980 Vancouver Canucks W 6 0 2 0 0 W 2
3 Fri, Apr 11, 1980 @ Vancouver Canucks L 4 5 2 1 0 L 1
4 Sat, Apr 12, 1980 @ Vancouver Canucks W 3 1 3 1 0 W 1
5 Wed, Apr 16, 1980 Chicago Black Hawks W 5 0 4 1 0 W 2
6 Thu, Apr 17, 1980 Chicago Black Hawks W 6 4 5 1 0 W 3
7 Sat, Apr 19, 1980 @ Chicago Black Hawks W 2 1 6 1 0 W 4
8 Sun, Apr 20, 1980 @ Chicago Black Hawks W 3 2 7 1 0 W 5
9 Tue, Apr 29, 1980 New York Islanders L 1 4 7 2 0 L 1
10 Thu, May 1, 1980 New York Islanders L OT 1 2 7 3 0 L 2
11 Sat, May 3, 1980 @ New York Islanders L 4 7 7 4 0 L 3
12 Tue, May 6, 1980 @ New York Islanders W 7 4 8 4 0 W 1
13 Thu, May 8, 1980 New York Islanders W 2 0 9 4 0 W 2
14 Sat, May 10, 1980 @ New York Islanders L 2 5 9 5 0 L 1