1976-77 Buffalo Sabres Roster and Statistics

Record: 48-24-8 (104 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Adams Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Floyd Smith (48-24-8)

Primary Arena: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Goals For: 301 (4th of 18), Goals Against: 220 (4th of 18)
SRS: 0.99 (4th of 18), SOS: -0.02 (12th of 18)

Playoffs:
Lost Quarter-Finals (4-0) to New York Islanders
Won Preliminary Round (2-0) over Minnesota North Stars

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Recent Game Results

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Buffalo Sabres	80	48	24	8	104	.650	301	220	1.00	-0.02	3.76	2.75	60	262	22.90	38	274	86.13	6	7	2528	11.9	2063	.893		5
League Average	80	34	34	13	80	.500	266	266					53	265	19.83	53	265	80.17	8	8	2401	11.1	2401	.889		4

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Buffalo Sabres
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Flag	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
23	Ken Breitenbach	ca	D	22	6-1	190	L/-	1	January 9, 1955	0 G, 5 A, 5 P
30	Gerry Desjardins	ca	G	32	5-11	190	-/L	8	July 22, 1944	31-12-6, 2.64 GAA
29	Don Edwards	ca	G	21	5-9	160	-/L	R	September 28, 1955	16-7-2, 2.52 GAA
5	Lee Fogolin	us	D	21	6-0	200	R/-	2	February 7, 1955	3 G, 15 A, 18 P
18	Danny Gare	ca	RW	22	5-9	175	R/-	2	May 14, 1954	11 G, 15 A, 26 P
22	Jocelyn Guevremont	ca	D	25	6-2	200	R/-	5	March 1, 1951	9 G, 29 A, 38 P
24	Bill Hajt	ca	D	25	6-3	215	L/-	3	November 18, 1951	6 G, 20 A, 26 P
4	Jerry Korab	ca	D	28	6-3	220	L/-	6	September 15, 1948	14 G, 33 A, 47 P
27	Joe Kowal	ca	LW	20	6-5	212	L/-	R	February 3, 1956	0 G, 5 A, 5 P
8	Jim Lorentz	ca	RW	29	6-0	190	L/-	8	May 1, 1947	23 G, 33 A, 56 P
20	Don Luce	ca	C	28	6-2	185	L/-	7	October 2, 1948	26 G, 43 A, 69 P
7	Rick Martin	ca	LW	25	5-11	179	L/-	5	July 26, 1951	36 G, 29 A, 65 P
25	Terry Martin	ca	LW	21	5-11	195	L/-	1	October 25, 1955	11 G, 12 A, 23 P
15	Gary McAdam	ca	RW	21	5-11	175	L/-	1	December 31, 1955	13 G, 16 A, 29 P
11	Gilbert Perreault	ca	C	26	6-1	180	L/-	6	November 13, 1950	39 G, 56 A, 95 P
10	Craig Ramsay	ca	LW	25	5-10	175	L/-	5	March 17, 1951	20 G, 41 A, 61 P
9	Jacques Richard	ca	LW	24	5-11	180	L/-	4	October 7, 1952	2 G, 0 A, 2 P
14	René Robert	ca	RW	28	5-10	184	R/-	6	December 31, 1948	33 G, 40 A, 73 P
28	Bob Sauvé	ca	G	21	5-8	175	-/L	R	June 17, 1955	1-2-0, 3.62 GAA
12	André Savard	ca	C	23	6-1	185	L/-	3	February 9, 1953	25 G, 35 A, 60 P
6	Jim Schoenfeld (C)	ca	D	24	6-2	200	L/-	4	September 4, 1952	7 G, 25 A, 32 P
31	Al Smith	ca	G	31	6-1	200	-/L	7	November 10, 1945	0-3-0, 4.33 GAA
16	Derek Smith	ca	C	22	5-11	180	L/-	R	July 31, 1954	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
21	Brian Spencer	ca	LW	27	5-11	185	L/-	7	September 3, 1949	14 G, 15 A, 29 P
17	Fred Stanfield	ca	C	32	5-10	185	L/-	12	May 4, 1944	9 G, 14 A, 23 P
19-26	Alex Tidey	ca	RW	22	6-0	182	R/-	R	January 5, 1955	0 G, 0 A, 0 P

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Gilbert Perreault*	26	C	80	39	56	95	9	30	30	7	2	9	33	23	0	195	20.0			7.9	1.3	9.2
2	René Robert	28	RW	80	33	40	73	27	46	28	5	0	4	22	18	0	250	13.2			5.5	1.8	7.4
3	Don Luce	28	C	80	26	43	69	38	16	19	6	1	6	38	3	2	204	12.7			4.6	2.2	6.8
4	Rick Martin	25	LW	66	36	29	65	10	58	24	12	0	6	21	8	0	222	16.2			5.7	1.1	6.8
5	Craig Ramsay	25	LW	80	20	41	61	37	20	15	2	3	2	31	9	1	145	13.8			3.4	2.1	5.6
6	André Savard	23	C	80	25	35	60	11	30	21	4	0	4	32	3	0	160	15.6			3.8	1.3	5.1
7	Jim Lorentz	29	RW	79	23	33	56	3	8	16	7	0	3	27	6	0	156	14.7			3.3	1.1	4.4
8	Jerry Korab	28	D	77	14	33	47	22	120	10	4	0	1	16	17	0	185	7.6			3.5	5.4	8.9
9	Jocelyn Guevremont	25	D	80	9	29	38	26	46	7	2	0	2	23	6	0	210	4.3			2.3	5.8	8.1
10	Jim Schoenfeld	24	D	65	7	25	32	28	97	5	2	0	2	16	8	1	179	3.9			1.9	5.2	7.1
11	Brian Spencer	27	LW	77	14	15	29	0	55	13	1	0	2	15	0	0	81	17.3			0.4	1.0	1.4
12	Gary McAdam	21	RW	73	13	16	29	17	17	12	1	0	2	16	0	0	86	15.1			0.5	1.4	1.9
13	Danny Gare	22	RW	35	11	15	26	7	73	8	3	0	0	14	1	0	92	12.0			1.6	0.7	2.3
14	Bill Hajt	25	D	79	6	20	26	39	56	6	0	0	1	17	3	0	106	5.7			1.0	6.6	7.6
15	Terry Martin	21	LW	62	11	12	23	6	8	10	1	0	0	12	0	0	72	15.3			0.3	1.0	1.2
16	Fred Stanfield	32	C	79	9	14	23	-2	6	7	2	0	2	5	9	0	69	13.0			-0.6	0.9	0.3
17	Lee Fogolin	21	D	71	3	15	18	9	100	2	1	0	2	14	1	0	77	3.9			0.3	4.3	4.6
18	Ken Breitenbach	22	D	31	0	5	5	-2	18	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	11	0.0			-0.2	1.5	1.3
19	Joe Kowal	20	LW	16	0	5	5	3	6	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	6	0.0			-0.2	0.3	0.0
20	Jacques Richard	24	LW	21	2	0	2	-3	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	10.0			-0.5	0.2	-0.4
21	Don Edwards	21	G	25	0	1	1	0	2				0	1			0		1476	59:03	0.0	0.0	5.7
22	Gerry Desjardins	32	G	49	0	0	0	0	2				0	0			0		2867	58:31	0.0	0.0	10.5
23	Bob Sauvé	21	G	4	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		182	45:33	0.0	0.0	0.4
24	Al Smith	31	G	7	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		264	37:39	0.0	0.0	0.3
25	Derek Smith	22	C	5	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.2	0.0	-0.2
26	Alex Tidey	22	RW	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0			-0.1	0.0	-0.1
	Team Total			80	301	482	783	283	830	235	60	6	48	363	115	4	2529	11.9			44.0	45.3	106.2

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Gerry Desjardins	32	49		31	12	6	126	1258	1132	.900	2.64	3	2867				92	11.6	2.41	10.5
2	Don Edwards	21	25		16	7	2	62	616	554	.899	2.52	2	1476				92	5.4	2.32	5.7
3	Bob Sauvé	21	4		1	2	0	11	71	60	.845	3.62	0	182						3.29	0.4
4	Al Smith	31	7		0	3	0	19	116	97	.836	4.33	0	264						3.87	0.3
	Team Total				48	24	8	218	2061	1843	.894	2.73	5	4789				97	7.4	2.49	16.9