1978-79 Buffalo Sabres Schedule and Results

Record: 36-28-16 (88 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Adams Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Marcel Pronovost (8-10-6), Billy Inglis (28-18-10)

Primary Arena: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Goals For: 280 (9th of 17), Goals Against: 263 (5th of 17)
SRS: 0.22 (7th of 17), SOS: 0.00 (10th of 17)

Playoffs:
Lost Preliminary Round (2-1) to Pittsburgh Penguins

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA		W	L	T	Streak
1	1978-10-12		New York Islanders	2	2	T	0	0	1	T 1
2	1978-10-14	@	Minnesota North Stars	5	2	W	1	0	1	W 1
3	1978-10-15		Detroit Red Wings	2	3	L	1	1	1	L 1
4	1978-10-18	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	0	2	L	1	2	1	L 2
5	1978-10-19		Toronto Maple Leafs	1	0	W	2	2	1	W 1
6	1978-10-22	@	Vancouver Canucks	2	3	L	2	3	1	L 1
7	1978-10-26	@	Los Angeles Kings	0	6	L	2	4	1	L 2
8	1978-10-28	@	St. Louis Blues	7	7	T	2	4	2	T 1
9	1978-11-02	@	Philadelphia Flyers	3	3	T	2	4	3	T 2
10	1978-11-04	@	Minnesota North Stars	1	2	L	2	5	3	L 1
11	1978-11-05		Minnesota North Stars	2	1	W	3	5	3	W 1
12	1978-11-09		Pittsburgh Penguins	4	4	T	3	5	4	T 1
13	1978-11-11	@	Washington Capitals	2	0	W	4	5	4	W 1
14	1978-11-12		Boston Bruins	4	4	T	4	5	5	T 1
15	1978-11-15	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	2	2	T	4	5	6	T 2
16	1978-11-16		St. Louis Blues	6	2	W	5	5	6	W 1
17	1978-11-18	@	Detroit Red Wings	3	1	W	6	5	6	W 2
18	1978-11-19		Minnesota North Stars	9	2	W	7	5	6	W 3
19	1978-11-22		Philadelphia Flyers	2	3	L	7	6	6	L 1
20	1978-11-23	@	Boston Bruins	2	5	L	7	7	6	L 2
21	1978-11-26		Colorado Rockies	4	1	W	8	7	6	W 1
22	1978-11-30		Boston Bruins	3	4	L	8	8	6	L 1
23	1978-12-02	@	Montreal Canadiens	1	8	L	8	9	6	L 2
24	1978-12-03		Montreal Canadiens	1	4	L	8	10	6	L 3
25	1978-12-07		Los Angeles Kings	3	3	T	8	10	7	T 1
26	1978-12-09	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	4	4	T	8	10	8	T 2
27	1978-12-10		Toronto Maple Leafs	5	3	W	9	10	8	W 1
28	1978-12-13	@	Chicago Black Hawks	6	2	W	10	10	8	W 2
29	1978-12-14		Chicago Black Hawks	3	2	W	11	10	8	W 3
30	1978-12-16	@	Minnesota North Stars	5	2	W	12	10	8	W 4
31	1978-12-17		Vancouver Canucks	6	3	W	13	10	8	W 5
32	1978-12-20	@	New York Rangers	3	6	L	13	11	8	L 1
33	1978-12-21		Atlanta Flames	5	4	W	14	11	8	W 1
34	1978-12-23	@	Boston Bruins	4	6	L	14	12	8	L 1
35	1978-12-27	@	Colorado Rockies	5	2	W	15	12	8	W 1
36	1978-12-28	@	Vancouver Canucks	3	3	T	15	12	9	T 1
37	1978-12-31		Boston Bruins	3	7	L	15	13	9	L 1
38	1979-01-04		Chicago Black Hawks	3	3	T	15	13	10	T 1
39	1979-01-07		Detroit Red Wings	4	3	W	16	13	10	W 1
40	1979-01-09	@	Atlanta Flames	3	5	L	16	14	10	L 1
41	1979-01-11		Washington Capitals	6	2	W	17	14	10	W 1
42	1979-01-13	@	Montreal Canadiens	2	5	L	17	15	10	L 1
43	1979-01-14		Pittsburgh Penguins	4	5	L	17	16	10	L 2
44	1979-01-18	@	Philadelphia Flyers	4	4	T	17	16	11	T 1
45	1979-01-20	@	Boston Bruins	2	1	W	18	16	11	W 1
46	1979-01-25		New York Rangers	4	5	L	18	17	11	L 1
47	1979-01-27	@	Detroit Red Wings	6	3	W	19	17	11	W 1
48	1979-01-28		Minnesota North Stars	1	3	L	19	18	11	L 1
49	1979-01-31		Atlanta Flames	2	5	L	19	19	11	L 2
50	1979-02-03	@	Minnesota North Stars	2	1	W	20	19	11	W 1
51	1979-02-04		St. Louis Blues	3	1	W	21	19	11	W 2
52	1979-02-14		New York Islanders	2	1	W	22	19	11	W 3
53	1979-02-15		New York Rangers	4	3	W	23	19	11	W 4
54	1979-02-17	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	3	6	L	23	20	11	L 1
55	1979-02-18		Montreal Canadiens	2	5	L	23	21	11	L 2
56	1979-02-21	@	Chicago Black Hawks	2	3	L	23	22	11	L 3
57	1979-02-22		Chicago Black Hawks	2	4	L	23	23	11	L 4
58	1979-02-24	@	Washington Capitals	6	4	W	24	23	11	W 1
59	1979-02-26		Toronto Maple Leafs	3	1	W	25	23	11	W 2
60	1979-03-01		Minnesota North Stars	5	5	T	25	23	12	T 1
61	1979-03-03	@	New York Rangers	2	2	T	25	23	13	T 2
62	1979-03-04		Philadelphia Flyers	1	6	L	25	24	13	L 1
63	1979-03-06	@	New York Islanders	3	2	W	26	24	13	W 1
64	1979-03-08		Los Angeles Kings	6	4	W	27	24	13	W 2
65	1979-03-10	@	Atlanta Flames	5	5	T	27	24	14	T 1
66	1979-03-11		Atlanta Flames	9	4	W	28	24	14	W 1
67	1979-03-14	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	4	1	W	29	24	14	W 2
68	1979-03-15		Vancouver Canucks	4	2	W	30	24	14	W 3
69	1979-03-17	@	Philadelphia Flyers	3	5	L	30	25	14	L 1
70	1979-03-18		Washington Capitals	3	3	T	30	25	15	T 1
71	1979-03-21	@	Colorado Rockies	3	2	W	31	25	15	W 1
72	1979-03-23	@	Vancouver Canucks	4	3	W	32	25	15	W 2
73	1979-03-24	@	Los Angeles Kings	3	2	W	33	25	15	W 3
74	1979-03-26	@	St. Louis Blues	4	2	W	34	25	15	W 4
75	1979-03-28		Boston Bruins	9	2	W	35	25	15	W 5
76	1979-03-31	@	New York Islanders	0	2	L	35	26	15	L 1
77	1979-04-01		Toronto Maple Leafs	3	6	L	35	27	15	L 2
78	1979-04-05	@	Boston Bruins	9	3	W	36	27	15	W 1
79	1979-04-07	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	2	6	L	36	28	15	L 1
80	1979-04-08		Colorado Rockies	5	5	T	36	28	16	T 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			W	L	Streak
1	1979-04-10		Pittsburgh Penguins	3	4	L		0	1	L 1
2	1979-04-12	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	3	1	W		1	1	W 1
3	1979-04-14		Pittsburgh Penguins	3	4	L	OT	1	2	L 1

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