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1980-81 Buffalo Sabres Schedule and Results

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39-20-21 (99 points), Finished 1st in NHL Adams Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Roger Neilson (39-20-21)

Goals For: 327 (7th of 21), Goals Against: 250 (3rd of 21)
SRS: 0.92 (3rd of 21), SOS: -0.05 (19th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost Quarter-Finals (4-1) versus Minnesota North Stars
Won Preliminary Round (3-0) versus Vancouver Canucks

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Thu, Oct 9, 1980 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 3 4 0 1 0 L 1
2 Sun, Oct 12, 1980 Hartford Whalers T 3 3 0 1 1 T 1
3 Wed, Oct 15, 1980 Edmonton Oilers W 2 0 1 1 1 W 1
4 Sat, Oct 18, 1980 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 4 2 2 1 1 W 2
5 Sun, Oct 19, 1980 Toronto Maple Leafs L 2 4 2 2 1 L 1
6 Wed, Oct 22, 1980 Winnipeg Jets W 7 4 3 2 1 W 1
7 Sat, Oct 25, 1980 @ Montreal Canadiens W 5 2 4 2 1 W 2
8 Sun, Oct 26, 1980 New York Islanders W 5 2 5 2 1 W 3
9 Wed, Oct 29, 1980 Pittsburgh Penguins T 1 1 5 2 2 T 1
10 Sat, Nov 1, 1980 @ Detroit Red Wings W 4 2 6 2 2 W 1
11 Sun, Nov 2, 1980 Vancouver Canucks W 4 3 7 2 2 W 2
12 Wed, Nov 5, 1980 Colorado Rockies W 5 3 8 2 2 W 3
13 Sat, Nov 8, 1980 @ Washington Capitals T 3 3 8 2 3 T 1
14 Sun, Nov 9, 1980 Washington Capitals T 3 3 8 2 4 T 2
15 Wed, Nov 12, 1980 Detroit Red Wings T 4 4 8 2 5 T 3
16 Sat, Nov 15, 1980 @ New York Islanders L 1 4 8 3 5 L 1
17 Sun, Nov 16, 1980 Quebec Nordiques W 8 1 9 3 5 W 1
18 Wed, Nov 19, 1980 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 2 5 9 4 5 L 1
19 Fri, Nov 21, 1980 @ Winnipeg Jets W 4 2 10 4 5 W 1
20 Sun, Nov 23, 1980 @ Edmonton Oilers L 3 6 10 5 5 L 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Tue, Nov 25, 1980 @ St. Louis Blues L 3 5 10 6 5 L 2
22 Thu, Nov 27, 1980 Calgary Flames W 6 3 11 6 5 W 1
23 Sat, Nov 29, 1980 @ Hartford Whalers W 5 2 12 6 5 W 2
24 Sun, Nov 30, 1980 Colorado Rockies W 4 1 13 6 5 W 3
25 Wed, Dec 3, 1980 Montreal Canadiens L 5 6 13 7 5 L 1
26 Sat, Dec 6, 1980 @ Minnesota North Stars T 3 3 13 7 6 T 1
27 Sun, Dec 7, 1980 Pittsburgh Penguins W 10 1 14 7 6 W 1
28 Tue, Dec 9, 1980 @ Colorado Rockies T 4 4 14 7 7 T 1
29 Thu, Dec 11, 1980 @ Calgary Flames L 4 8 14 8 7 L 1
30 Sat, Dec 13, 1980 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 5 4 15 8 7 W 1
31 Sun, Dec 14, 1980 Vancouver Canucks T 2 2 15 8 8 T 1
32 Sat, Dec 20, 1980 @ Los Angeles Kings W 7 4 16 8 8 W 1
33 Sun, Dec 21, 1980 @ Vancouver Canucks T 3 3 16 8 9 T 1
34 Fri, Dec 26, 1980 Chicago Black Hawks W 3 2 17 8 9 W 1
35 Sun, Dec 28, 1980 Boston Bruins W 5 2 18 8 9 W 2
36 Wed, Dec 31, 1980 Los Angeles Kings L 2 5 18 9 9 L 1
37 Sat, Jan 3, 1981 @ Quebec Nordiques T 3 3 18 9 10 T 1
38 Sun, Jan 4, 1981 Minnesota North Stars T 2 2 18 9 11 T 2
39 Wed, Jan 7, 1981 Quebec Nordiques W 5 1 19 9 11 W 1
40 Fri, Jan 9, 1981 @ New York Rangers T 3 3 19 9 12 T 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Sun, Jan 11, 1981 Los Angeles Kings T 4 4 19 9 13 T 2
42 Wed, Jan 14, 1981 Minnesota North Stars T 1 1 19 9 14 T 3
43 Fri, Jan 16, 1981 Edmonton Oilers T 5 5 19 9 15 T 4
44 Sun, Jan 18, 1981 New York Rangers W 4 0 20 9 15 W 1
45 Mon, Jan 19, 1981 @ Boston Bruins L 1 5 20 10 15 L 1
46 Wed, Jan 21, 1981 @ Quebec Nordiques W 6 5 21 10 15 W 1
47 Sat, Jan 24, 1981 @ Washington Capitals W 7 4 22 10 15 W 2
48 Mon, Jan 26, 1981 @ New York Islanders W 5 3 23 10 15 W 3
49 Wed, Jan 28, 1981 Philadelphia Flyers T 4 4 23 10 16 T 1
50 Sat, Jan 31, 1981 @ Hartford Whalers W 5 3 24 10 16 W 1
51 Sun, Feb 1, 1981 Winnipeg Jets W 4 0 25 10 16 W 2
52 Thu, Feb 5, 1981 @ Philadelphia Flyers W 4 0 26 10 16 W 3
53 Fri, Feb 6, 1981 Detroit Red Wings W 7 3 27 10 16 W 4
54 Sun, Feb 8, 1981 St. Louis Blues T 3 3 27 10 17 T 1
55 Thu, Feb 12, 1981 Washington Capitals W 6 3 28 10 17 W 1
56 Sat, Feb 14, 1981 @ Calgary Flames T 4 4 28 10 18 T 1
57 Sun, Feb 15, 1981 @ Edmonton Oilers T 2 2 28 10 19 T 2
58 Thu, Feb 19, 1981 @ Montreal Canadiens L 2 5 28 11 19 L 1
59 Sat, Feb 21, 1981 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 6 1 29 11 19 W 1
60 Sun, Feb 22, 1981 Montreal Canadiens L 2 4 29 12 19 L 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Wed, Feb 25, 1981 @ New York Rangers L 3 6 29 13 19 L 2
62 Fri, Feb 27, 1981 Chicago Black Hawks W 6 1 30 13 19 W 1
63 Sun, Mar 1, 1981 @ Boston Bruins L 4 6 30 14 19 L 1
64 Wed, Mar 4, 1981 Calgary Flames W 4 0 31 14 19 W 1
65 Fri, Mar 6, 1981 Hartford Whalers L 3 5 31 15 19 L 1
66 Sun, Mar 8, 1981 Philadelphia Flyers W 8 4 32 15 19 W 1
67 Wed, Mar 11, 1981 @ Minnesota North Stars L 1 3 32 16 19 L 1
68 Fri, Mar 13, 1981 @ Winnipeg Jets W 5 2 33 16 19 W 1
69 Sat, Mar 14, 1981 @ Vancouver Canucks L 1 2 33 17 19 L 1
70 Tue, Mar 17, 1981 @ Los Angeles Kings W 3 1 34 17 19 W 1
71 Thu, Mar 19, 1981 Toronto Maple Leafs W 14 4 35 17 19 W 2
72 Sat, Mar 21, 1981 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 6 2 36 17 19 W 3
73 Sun, Mar 22, 1981 St. Louis Blues L 5 6 36 18 19 L 1
74 Wed, Mar 25, 1981 New York Rangers W 4 2 37 18 19 W 1
75 Fri, Mar 27, 1981 @ Colorado Rockies W 5 3 38 18 19 W 2
76 Sat, Mar 28, 1981 @ St. Louis Blues L 4 7 38 19 19 L 1
77 Mon, Mar 30, 1981 Boston Bruins T 2 2 38 19 20 T 1
78 Thu, Apr 2, 1981 @ Philadelphia Flyers T 2 2 38 19 21 T 2
79 Sat, Apr 4, 1981 @ Detroit Red Wings W 5 4 39 19 21 W 1
80 Sun, Apr 5, 1981 New York Islanders L 3 7 39 20 21 L 1

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 8, 1981 Vancouver Canucks W OT 3 2 1 0 0 W 1
2 Thu, Apr 9, 1981 Vancouver Canucks W 5 2 2 0 0 W 2
3 Sat, Apr 11, 1981 @ Vancouver Canucks W 5 3 3 0 0 W 3
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
4 Thu, Apr 16, 1981 Minnesota North Stars L OT 3 4 3 1 0 L 1
5 Fri, Apr 17, 1981 Minnesota North Stars L 2 5 3 2 0 L 2
6 Sun, Apr 19, 1981 @ Minnesota North Stars L 4 6 3 3 0 L 3
7 Mon, Apr 20, 1981 @ Minnesota North Stars W OT 5 4 4 3 0 W 1
8 Wed, Apr 22, 1981 Minnesota North Stars L 3 4 4 4 0 L 1