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38-29-13 (89 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Adams Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 318 goals, Allowed 285 goals, SRS: 0.43 (7th of 21)
Coached by Scotty Bowman (38-29-13)
Playoffs:
Lost Division Finals (4-3) versus Boston Bruins
Won Division Semi-Finals (3-0) versus Montreal Canadiens
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| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 80 | 38 | 29 | 13 | 89 | .556 | 318 | 285 | 0.43 | 7.54 | 67 | 311 | 21.54 | 48 | 274 | 82.48 | 12 | 9 |
| League Average | 80 | 34 | 34 | 12 | 80 | .500 | 309 | 309 | 0.00 | 7.73 | 71 | 310 | 22.92 | 71 | 310 | 77.08 | 9 | 9 |
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| 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 | 32 | 77 | 30 | 46 | 76 | -10 | 34 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 192 | 15.6 | 112 | 34 | 95 | 7 | ||
| 2 | Tony McKegney | LW | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | 78 | 36 | 37 | 73 | 2 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 180 | 20.0 | 96 | 23 | 76 | 5 | ||
| 3 | Phil Housley | D | 5-10 | 185 | 18 | 77 | 19 | 47 | 66 | -4 | 39 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 183 | 10.4 | 141 | 53 | 98 | 6 | ||
| 4 | Dale McCourt | C | 5-10 | 180 | 26 | 62 | 20 | 32 | 52 | -12 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 117 | 17.1 | 70 | 18 | 70 | 6 | ||
| 5 | Mike Foligno | RW | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | 66 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 9 | 135 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 130 | 16.9 | 76 | 14 | 56 | 3 | ||
| 6 | Gilles Hamel | LW | 6-3 | 183 | 22 | 66 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 120 | 18.3 | 53 | 10 | 39 | 0 | ||
| 7 | Ric Seiling | RW/C | 6-1 | 180 | 25 | 75 | 19 | 22 | 41 | 2 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 127 | 15.0 | 80 | 18 | 74 | 14 | ||
| 8 | Andre Savard | C | 6-1 | 185 | 29 | 68 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 11 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 122 | 13.1 | 53 | 7 | 45 | 10 | ||
| 9 | Mike Ramsey | D | 6-3 | 195 | 22 | 77 | 8 | 30 | 38 | 20 | 55 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 116 | 6.9 | 109 | 12 | 101 | 24 | ||
| 10 | Dave Andreychuk | LW | 6-4 | 220 | 19 | 43 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 21.2 | 55 | 24 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 11 | Brent Peterson | C | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | 75 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 10 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 98 | 13.3 | 57 | 5 | 57 | 15 | ||
| 12 | Hannu Virta | D | 5-11 | 183 | 19 | 74 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 169 | 7.7 | 112 | 33 | 76 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Lindy Ruff | D/LW | 6-2 | 201 | 22 | 60 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 15 | 130 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 110 | 10.9 | 60 | 9 | 43 | 7 | ||
| 14 | Craig Ramsay | LW | 5-10 | 175 | 31 | 64 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 87 | 12.6 | 41 | 2 | 42 | 17 | ||
| 15 | Paul Cyr | LW | 5-10 | 180 | 19 | 36 | 15 | 12 | 27 | -6 | 59 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 23.1 | 46 | 16 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 16 | John Van Boxmeer | D | 6-0 | 190 | 30 | 65 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 7 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 144 | 4.2 | 89 | 20 | 69 | 7 | ||
| 17 | Sean McKenna | RW | 6-0 | 190 | 20 | 46 | 10 | 14 | 24 | -4 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 14.5 | 35 | 4 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 18 | Steve Patrick | RW | 6-4 | 206 | 21 | 56 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 14.3 | 37 | 2 | 37 | 6 | ||
| 19 | Mal Davis | LW | 5-11 | 180 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -6 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 25.0 | 32 | 15 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 20 | Mike Moller | RW | 6-0 | 194 | 20 | 49 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 14.0 | 28 | 1 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 21 | Larry Playfair | D | 6-4 | 205 | 24 | 79 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 180 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 5.3 | 79 | 2 | 91 | 19 | ||
| 22 | Bill Hajt | D | 6-3 | 215 | 31 | 72 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 5.8 | 69 | 0 | 92 | 29 | ||
| 23 | David Fenyves | D | 6-0 | 192 | 22 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 8 | -10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 | 23 | 0 | 39 | 6 | ||
| 24 | Jean-Francois Sauve | C | 5-6 | 175 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Geordie Robertson | RW | 6-0 | 165 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 26 | Gary McAdam | LW | 5-11 | 175 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | ||
| 27 | Bob Sauve | G | 5-8 | 175 | 27 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 28 | Jacques Cloutier | G | 5-7 | 168 | 23 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 29 | Ron Fischer | D | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 30 | Jere Gillis | LW | 6-0 | 194 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 31 | Phil Myre | G | 6-1 | 185 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 32 | Kai Suikkanen | RW | 6-2 | 205 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 80 | 318 | 514 | 832 | 62 | 997 | 239 | 67 | 12 | 38 | 2413 | 13.2 | 1567 | 327 | 1366 | 188 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob Sauve | G | 5-8 | 175 | 27 | 54 | 3110 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 179 | 3.45 | 1 | |||
| 2 | Jacques Cloutier | G | 5-7 | 168 | 23 | 25 | 1390 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 81 | 3.50 | 0 | |||
| 3 | Phil Myre | G | 6-1 | 185 | 34 | 5 | 300 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 4.20 | 0 | |||
| Team Total | 80 | 4800 | 38 | 29 | 13 | 281 | 3.51 | 1 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Ramsey | D | 6-3 | 195 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | Phil Housley | D | 5-10 | 185 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 3 | Gilbert Perreault | C | 6-1 | 180 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 4 | Lindy Ruff | D/LW | 6-2 | 201 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 5 | Dale McCourt | C | 5-10 | 180 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 6 | Mike Foligno | RW | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 7 | Craig Ramsay | LW | 5-10 | 175 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 8 | Ric Seiling | RW/C | 6-1 | 180 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 9 | Tony McKegney | LW | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| 10 | Gilles Hamel | LW | 6-3 | 183 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 11 | Paul Cyr | LW | 5-10 | 180 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 12 | Andre Savard | C | 6-1 | 185 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 13 | Brent Peterson | C | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 14 | Hannu Virta | D | 5-11 | 183 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 15 | Dave Andreychuk | LW | 6-4 | 220 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 16 | Mal Davis | LW | 5-11 | 180 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 17 | John Van Boxmeer | D | 6-0 | 190 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 18 | Larry Playfair | D | 6-4 | 205 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 19 | David Fenyves | D | 6-0 | 192 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 20 | Bill Hajt | D | 6-3 | 215 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 21 | Phil Myre | G | 6-1 | 185 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 22 | Steve Patrick | RW | 6-4 | 206 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 23 | Bob Sauve | G | 5-8 | 175 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 24 | Jim Wiemer | D | 6-4 | 216 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Total | 10 | 31 | 43 | 74 | 206 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 5 |