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39-20-21 (99 points), Finished 1st in NHL Adams Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 327 goals, Allowed 250 goals, SRS: 0.92 (3rd of 21)
Coached by Roger Neilson (39-20-21)
Playoffs:
Lost Quarter-Finals (4-1) to Minnesota North Stars
Won Preliminary Round (3-0) over Vancouver Canucks
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1980-81 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 | 39 | 20 | 21 | 99 | .619 | 327 | 250 | 0.92 | 7.21 | 73 | 310 | 23.55 | 44 | 268 | 83.58 | 9 | 10 |
| League Average | 80 | 32 | 32 | 16 | 80 | .500 | 307 | 307 | 0.00 | 7.69 | 77 | 340 | 22.53 | 77 | 340 | 77.47 | 10 | 10 |
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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 | Danny Gare | RW | 5-9 | 175 | 26 | 73 | 46 | 39 | 85 | 1.16 | 35 | 0.48 | 130 | 52 | 67 | 1 | 12 | 109 | 31 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 248 | 3.40 | 18.5 | ||
| 2 | Andre Savard | C | 6-1 | 185 | 27 | 79 | 31 | 43 | 74 | 0.94 | 29 | 0.36 | 110 | 24 | 65 | 11 | 32 | 63 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 149 | 1.89 | 20.8 | ||
| 3 | Tony McKegney | LW | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | 80 | 37 | 32 | 69 | 0.86 | 28 | 0.35 | 97 | 24 | 63 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 236 | 2.95 | 15.7 | ||
| 4 | John Van Boxmeer | D | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | 80 | 18 | 51 | 69 | 0.86 | 25 | 0.31 | 139 | 52 | 96 | 7 | -2 | 69 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 258 | 3.23 | 7.0 | ||
| 5 | Derek Smith | C/LW | 5-11 | 180 | 26 | 69 | 21 | 43 | 64 | 0.93 | 24 | 0.34 | 99 | 41 | 44 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 166 | 2.41 | 12.7 | ||
| 6 | Craig Ramsay | LW | 5-10 | 175 | 29 | 80 | 24 | 35 | 59 | 0.74 | 23 | 0.28 | 87 | 3 | 69 | 24 | 39 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 110 | 1.38 | 21.8 | ||
| 7 | Gilbert Perreault | C | 6-1 | 180 | 30 | 56 | 20 | 39 | 59 | 1.05 | 22 | 0.39 | 92 | 34 | 59 | 4 | 3 | 56 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 150 | 2.68 | 13.3 | ||
| 8 | Ric Seiling | RW/C | 6-1 | 180 | 23 | 74 | 30 | 27 | 57 | 0.77 | 23 | 0.31 | 80 | 11 | 65 | 16 | 20 | 80 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 140 | 1.89 | 21.4 | ||
| 9 | Richie Dunn | D | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | 79 | 7 | 42 | 49 | 0.62 | 16 | 0.21 | 137 | 46 | 90 | 20 | 21 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 175 | 2.22 | 4.0 | ||
| 10 | Alan Haworth | C | 5-10 | 190 | 20 | 49 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 0.73 | 14 | 0.29 | 47 | 10 | 43 | 0 | -6 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 1.47 | 22.2 | ||
| 11 | Jim Schoenfeld | D | 6-2 | 200 | 28 | 71 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 0.46 | 12 | 0.16 | 115 | 7 | 111 | 31 | 28 | 110 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 1.42 | 7.9 | ||
| 12 | Don Luce | C | 6-2 | 185 | 32 | 61 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 0.46 | 11 | 0.19 | 38 | 0 | 47 | 23 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 94 | 1.54 | 16.0 | ||
| 13 | Lindy Ruff | D/LW | 6-2 | 201 | 20 | 65 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 0.40 | 9 | 0.15 | 70 | 14 | 54 | 1 | 3 | 121 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 97 | 1.49 | 8.2 | ||
| 14 | Rick Dudley | LW | 6-0 | 190 | 32 | 38 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 0.61 | 9 | 0.24 | 30 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 1.29 | 20.4 | ||
| 15 | Rick Martin | LW | 5-11 | 179 | 29 | 23 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 0.91 | 8 | 0.34 | 29 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 2.48 | 12.3 | ||
| 16 | Bill Hajt | D | 6-3 | 215 | 29 | 68 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 0.31 | 7 | 0.10 | 94 | 2 | 77 | 23 | 38 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0.85 | 3.4 | ||
| 17 | Gilles Hamel | LW | 6-3 | 183 | 20 | 51 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 0.37 | 8 | 0.15 | 27 | 5 | 30 | 0 | -8 | 53 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 1.10 | 17.9 | ||
| 18 | Mike Ramsey | D | 6-3 | 195 | 20 | 72 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 0.24 | 6 | 0.08 | 45 | 7 | 27 | 5 | 16 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0.69 | 6.0 | ||
| 19 | Rob McClanahan | C | 5-10 | 180 | 23 | 53 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 0.28 | 5 | 0.10 | 26 | 7 | 42 | 4 | -19 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 1.26 | 4.5 | ||
| 20 | Jean-Francois Sauve | C | 5-6 | 175 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0.70 | 5 | 0.26 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 0 | -2 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1.30 | 19.2 | ||
| 21 | Larry Playfair | D | 6-4 | 205 | 22 | 75 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0.16 | 4 | 0.06 | 59 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 4 | 169 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 0.72 | 5.6 | ||
| 22 | Steve Patrick | RW | 6-4 | 206 | 19 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0.27 | 3 | 0.09 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1.17 | 2.9 | ||
| 23 | Mike Moller | RW | 6-0 | 194 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.80 | 2 | 0.32 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.40 | 28.6 | ||
| 24 | Bob Mongrain | C | 5-10 | 165 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.50 | 0.0 | ||
| 25 | Randy Cunneyworth | LW | 6-0 | 198 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 80 | 327 | 538 | 865 | 10.81 | 327 | 4.09 | 327 | 73 | 250 | 44 | 48 | 1172 | 245 | 73 | 9 | 38 | 2458 | 30.73 | 13.3 |
| 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 | 25 | 45 | 2700 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 58 | .644 | 3 | 133 | 2.96 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2 | Bob Sauve | G | 5-8 | 175 | 25 | 35 | 2100 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 41 | .586 | 2 | 111 | 3.17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Team Total | 80 | 4800 | 39 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 244 | 3.05 |
| 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 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 1.50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | John Van Boxmeer | D | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1.13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | Alan Haworth | C | 5-10 | 190 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1.14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 4 | Tony McKegney | LW | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1.00 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | Andre Savard | C | 6-1 | 185 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.75 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 | Craig Ramsay | LW | 5-10 | 175 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.75 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 7 | Derek Smith | C/LW | 5-11 | 180 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.63 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 8 | Richie Dunn | D | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.63 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | Ric Seiling | RW/C | 6-1 | 180 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 10 | Lindy Ruff | D/LW | 6-2 | 201 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.67 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 11 | Mike Ramsey | D | 6-3 | 195 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.38 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 12 | Danny Gare | RW | 5-9 | 175 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.00 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 13 | Jean-Francois Sauve | C | 5-6 | 175 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | Bill Hajt | D | 6-3 | 215 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.25 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | Mike Moller | RW | 6-0 | 194 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 16 | Rob McClanahan | C | 5-10 | 180 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 17 | Bob Hess | D | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 18 | Gilles Hamel | LW | 6-3 | 183 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 19 | Steve Patrick | RW | 6-4 | 206 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 20 | Jim Schoenfeld | D | 6-2 | 200 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 21 | Larry Playfair | D | 6-4 | 205 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 8 | 30 | 52 | 82 | 10.25 | 175 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| 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 | 25 | 8 | 503 | 4 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 0 | 28 | 3.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Total | 80 | 503 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 3.34 |