Franchise Index: Previous Season ▪ Next Season
39-26-15 (93 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Adams Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 307 goals, Allowed 273 goals, SRS: 0.51 (6th of 21)
Coached by Jimmy Roberts (21-16-8), Scotty Bowman (18-10-7)
Playoffs:
Lost Division Semi-Finals (3-1) versus Boston Bruins
Promote your website or business by sponsoring this page for $5 per year on Hockey-Reference.com. Your message will replace this ad.
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 80 | 39 | 26 | 15 | 93 | .581 | 307 | 273 | 0.51 | 7.25 | 63 | 301 | 20.93 | 57 | 281 | 79.72 | 4 | 10 |
| League Average | 80 | 33 | 33 | 14 | 80 | .500 | 321 | 321 | 0.00 | 8.03 | 73 | 320 | 22.85 | 73 | 320 | 77.15 | 9 | 9 |
Click on the Player for career statistics and accomplishments.
| 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 | 31 | 62 | 31 | 42 | 73 | 19 | 40 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 155 | 20.0 | 103 | 22 | 71 | 9 | ||
| 2 | John Van Boxmeer | D | 6-0 | 190 | 29 | 69 | 14 | 54 | 68 | 20 | 62 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 120 | 11.7 | 82 | 32 | 34 | 4 | ||
| 3 | Yvon Lambert | LW | 6-2 | 200 | 31 | 77 | 25 | 39 | 64 | 22 | 38 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 108 | 23.1 | 102 | 31 | 49 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Jean-Francois Sauve | C | 5-6 | 175 | 22 | 69 | 19 | 36 | 55 | 7 | 46 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 119 | 16.0 | 85 | 31 | 47 | 0 | ||
| 5 | Tony McKegney | LW | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | 73 | 23 | 29 | 52 | -12 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 187 | 12.3 | 71 | 21 | 62 | 0 | ||
| 6 | Mike Foligno | RW | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | 56 | 20 | 31 | 51 | 21 | 149 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 124 | 16.1 | 78 | 17 | 40 | 0 | ||
| 7 | Craig Ramsay | LW | 5-10 | 175 | 30 | 80 | 16 | 35 | 51 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 109 | 14.7 | 68 | 4 | 83 | 33 | ||
| 8 | Lindy Ruff | D/LW | 6-2 | 201 | 21 | 79 | 16 | 32 | 48 | 1 | 194 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 183 | 8.7 | 101 | 25 | 87 | 12 | ||
| 9 | Ric Seiling | RW/C | 6-1 | 180 | 24 | 57 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 7 | 58 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 112 | 19.6 | 69 | 21 | 54 | 13 | ||
| 10 | Dale McCourt | C | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | 52 | 20 | 22 | 42 | -1 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 122 | 16.4 | 71 | 19 | 62 | 9 | ||
| 11 | Alan Haworth | C | 5-10 | 190 | 21 | 57 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 6 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 114 | 18.4 | 62 | 9 | 47 | 0 | ||
| 12 | Andre Savard | C | 6-1 | 185 | 28 | 62 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 118 | 15.3 | 50 | 4 | 60 | 19 | ||
| 13 | Mike Ramsey | D | 6-3 | 195 | 21 | 80 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 18 | 56 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 7.4 | 102 | 8 | 96 | 20 | ||
| 14 | Richie Dunn | D | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | 72 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 6 | 73 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 122 | 5.7 | 96 | 17 | 103 | 30 | ||
| 15 | Danny Gare | RW | 5-9 | 175 | 27 | 22 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 9.9 | 30 | 10 | 21 | 1 | ||
| 16 | Steve Patrick | RW | 6-4 | 206 | 20 | 41 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 64 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 15.4 | 23 | 1 | 23 | 4 | ||
| 17 | Larry Playfair | D | 6-4 | 205 | 23 | 77 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 258 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 8.8 | 62 | 0 | 79 | 12 | ||
| 18 | Brent Peterson | C | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | 46 | 9 | 5 | 14 | -3 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 22.0 | 25 | 7 | 29 | 8 | ||
| 19 | Bill Hajt | D | 6-3 | 215 | 30 | 65 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 3.4 | 61 | 1 | 80 | 31 | ||
| 20 | Bob Mongrain | C | 5-10 | 165 | 22 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 20.7 | 16 | 2 | 23 | 6 | ||
| 21 | Gilles Hamel | LW | 6-3 | 183 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 11.8 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 22 | Bob Hess | D | 5-11 | 180 | 26 | 33 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0.0 | 40 | 10 | 28 | 4 | ||
| 23 | Ron Fischer | D | 6-2 | 195 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 | 18 | 1 | 22 | 2 | ||
| 24 | Randy Cunneyworth | LW | 6-0 | 198 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6.1 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Jim Schoenfeld | D | 6-2 | 200 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 14.3 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 2 | ||
| 26 | Derek Smith | C/LW | 5-11 | 180 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 20.0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 27 | Don Edwards | G | 5-9 | 160 | 26 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 28 | Sean McKenna | RW | 6-0 | 190 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 29 | Hannu Virta | D | 5-11 | 183 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 30 | Jim Walsh | D | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 31 | Jacques Cloutier | G | 5-7 | 168 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 32 | Jeff Eatough | RW | 5-9 | 168 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 33 | Paul Harrison | G | 6-1 | 196 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 34 | Val James | LW | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 35 | Mike Moller | RW | 6-0 | 194 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 36 | Bob Sauve | G | 5-8 | 175 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 37 | Kai Suikkanen | RW | 6-2 | 205 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Team Total | 80 | 307 | 509 | 816 | 129 | 1404 | 244 | 59 | 4 | 39 | 2265 | 13.6 | 1466 | 295 | 1261 | 224 |
| 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 | 26 | 62 | 3500 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 205 | 3.51 | 0 | |||
| 2 | Bob Sauve | G | 5-8 | 175 | 26 | 14 | 760 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 2.76 | 0 | |||
| 3 | Jacques Cloutier | G | 5-7 | 168 | 22 | 7 | 311 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2.51 | 0 | |||
| 4 | Paul Harrison | G | 6-1 | 196 | 26 | 6 | 229 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3.67 | 0 | |||
| Team Total | 80 | 4800 | 39 | 26 | 15 | 267 | 3.34 | 0 |
| 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 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2 | Dale McCourt | C | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 3 | Yvon Lambert | LW | 6-2 | 200 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 4 | Mike Foligno | RW | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 5 | Craig Ramsay | LW | 5-10 | 175 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 6 | Mike Ramsey | D | 6-3 | 195 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 7 | Ric Seiling | RW/C | 6-1 | 180 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 8 | Jean-Francois Sauve | C | 5-6 | 175 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 9 | Brent Peterson | C | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 10 | Richie Dunn | D | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 11 | Alan Haworth | C | 5-10 | 190 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 12 | Andre Savard | C | 6-1 | 185 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 13 | John Van Boxmeer | D | 6-0 | 190 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 14 | Hannu Virta | D | 5-11 | 183 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 15 | Don Edwards | G | 5-9 | 160 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 16 | Bill Hajt | D | 6-3 | 215 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 17 | Paul Harrison | G | 6-1 | 196 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 18 | Val James | LW | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 19 | Tony McKegney | LW | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 20 | Bob Mongrain | C | 5-10 | 165 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 21 | Larry Playfair | D | 6-4 | 205 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 22 | Lindy Ruff | D/LW | 6-2 | 201 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Total | 4 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 104 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 26 | 4 | 214 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 4.49 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | Paul Harrison | G | 6-1 | 196 | 26 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.31 | 0 | ||||
| Team Total | 4 | 240 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 4.25 | 0 |