1979-80 Buffalo Sabres Roster and Statistics

Record: 47-17-16 (110 points), Finished 1st in NHL Adams Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Scotty Bowman (47-17-16)

Primary Arena: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Goals For: 318 (3rd of 21), Goals Against: 201 (1st of 21)
SRS: 1.39 (1st of 21), SOS: -0.07 (21st of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost Semi-Finals (4-2) to New York Islanders
Won Quarter-Finals (4-0) over Chicago Black Hawks
Won Preliminary Round (3-1) over Vancouver Canucks

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

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	47	17	16	110	.688	318	201	1.39	-0.07	3.98	2.51	67	275	24.36	43	252	82.94	2	4	2346	13.6	1919	.895		6
League Average	80	33	33	14	80	.500	281	281					61	280	21.83	61	280	78.17	6	6	2352	12.0	2352	.880		3

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 Table
No.	Player	Flag	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
9	Rick Dudley	ca	LW	31	6-0	190	L/-	4	January 31, 1949	11 G, 22 A, 33 P
3	Richie Dunn	us	D	22	6-0	200	L/-	2	May 12, 1957	7 G, 31 A, 38 P
1	Don Edwards	ca	G	24	5-9	160	-/L	3	September 28, 1955	27-9-12, 2.57 GAA
18	Danny Gare (C)	ca	RW	25	5-9	175	R/-	5	May 14, 1954	56 G, 33 A, 89 P
17	John Gould	ca	LW	30	5-11	197	L/-	8	April 11, 1949	9 G, 9 A, 18 P
24	Bill Hajt	ca	D	28	6-3	215	L/-	6	November 18, 1951	4 G, 12 A, 16 P
4	Jerry Korab	ca	D	31	6-3	220	L/-	9	September 15, 1948	1 G, 10 A, 11 P
20	Don Luce	ca	C	31	6-2	185	L/-	10	October 2, 1948	14 G, 29 A, 43 P
7	Rick Martin	ca	LW	28	5-11	179	L/-	8	July 26, 1951	45 G, 34 A, 79 P
15	Rob McClanahan	us	LW	22	5-10	180	R/-	R	January 9, 1958	2 G, 5 A, 7 P
8	Tony McKegney	ca	LW	21	6-0	200	L/-	1	February 15, 1958	23 G, 29 A, 52 P
25	Bob Mongrain	ca	C	20	5-10	165	L/-	R	August 31, 1959	4 G, 6 A, 10 P
11	Gilbert Perreault	ca	C	29	6-1	180	L/-	9	November 13, 1950	40 G, 66 A, 106 P
27	Larry Playfair	ca	D	21	6-4	205	L/-	1	June 23, 1958	2 G, 10 A, 12 P
10	Craig Ramsay	ca	LW	28	5-10	175	L/-	8	March 17, 1951	21 G, 39 A, 60 P
23	Mike Ramsey	us	D	19	6-3	195	L/-	R	December 3, 1960	1 G, 6 A, 7 P
22	Lindy Ruff	ca	D	19	6-2	201	L/-	R	February 17, 1960	5 G, 14 A, 19 P
28	Bob Sauvé	ca	G	24	5-8	175	-/L	3	June 17, 1955	20-8-4, 2.36 GAA
12	Andre Savard	ca	C	26	6-1	185	L/-	6	February 9, 1953	3 G, 10 A, 13 P
6	Jim Schoenfeld	ca	D	27	6-2	200	L/-	7	September 4, 1952	9 G, 27 A, 36 P
21	Dave Schultz	ca	C	30	6-1	190	L/-	8	October 14, 1949	1 G, 0 A, 1 P
16	Ric Seiling	ca	RW	22	6-1	180	R/-	2	December 15, 1957	25 G, 35 A, 60 P
19	Derek Smith	ca	C	25	5-11	180	L/-	3	July 31, 1954	24 G, 39 A, 63 P
5	John Van Boxmeer	ca	D	27	6-0	190	R/-	6	November 20, 1952	11 G, 40 A, 51 P

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*	29	C	80	40	66	106	33	57	30	10	0	5	37	29	0	180	22.2			8.2	1.7	9.9
2	Danny Gare	25	RW	76	56	33	89	48	90	39	17	0	11	22	11	0	270	20.7			8.3	2.1	10.4
3	Rick Martin	28	LW	80	45	34	79	19	54	37	8	0	3	23	11	0	257	17.5			6.5	1.3	7.8
4	Derek Smith	25	C	79	24	39	63	33	16	16	8	0	3	28	11	0	137	17.5			3.6	1.7	5.3
5	Ric Seiling	22	RW	80	25	35	60	30	54	19	5	1	2	33	2	0	155	16.1			3.4	1.6	5.0
6	Craig Ramsay	28	LW	80	21	39	60	15	18	16	5	0	4	30	8	1	103	20.4			3.1	1.2	4.3
7	Tony McKegney	21	LW	80	23	29	52	40	24	22	1	0	6	28	1	0	140	16.4			2.6	1.9	4.5
8	John Van Boxmeer	27	D	80	11	40	51	40	55	7	4	0	1	22	18	0	198	5.6			3.2	6.7	9.9
9	Don Luce	31	C	80	14	29	43	20	30	14	0	0	0	26	2	1	137	10.2			1.2	1.3	2.5
10	Richie Dunn	22	D	80	7	31	38	25	61	3	4	0	2	21	9	1	147	4.8			1.9	5.9	7.7
11	Jim Schoenfeld	27	D	77	9	27	36	60	72	5	4	0	1	24	3	0	114	7.9			1.9	7.7	9.7
12	Rick Dudley	31	LW	66	11	22	33	12	58	11	0	0	2	15	7	0	109	10.1			0.7	1.0	1.7
13	Lindy Ruff	19	D	63	5	14	19	0	38	4	1	0	0	8	6	0	77	6.5			0.6	3.5	4.0
14	John Gould	30	LW	52	9	9	18	9	11	9	0	0	2	8	1	0	72	12.5			0.0	0.8	0.7
15	Bill Hajt	28	D	75	4	12	16	35	24	3	0	1	0	12	0	0	63	6.3			0.0	6.2	6.2
16	Andre Savard	26	C	33	3	10	13	4	16	3	0	0	2	10	0	0	36	8.3			-0.1	0.4	0.3
17	Larry Playfair	21	D	79	2	10	12	13	145	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	32	6.3			-0.6	5.1	4.6
18	Jerry Korab	31	D	43	1	10	11	0	74	1	0	0	1	9	1	0	55	1.8			0.0	2.4	2.4
19	Bob Mongrain	20	C	34	4	6	10	6	4	4	0	0	1	6	0	0	33	12.1			-0.3	0.5	0.2
20	Rob McClanahan	22	LW	13	2	5	7	8	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	13	15.4			0.2	0.4	0.5
21	Mike Ramsey	19	D	13	1	6	7	9	6	1	0	0	1	6	0	0	17	5.9			0.4	1.2	1.6
22	Bob Sauvé	24	G	32	0	4	4	0	2				0	4			0		1878	58:42	0.0	0.0	7.9
23	Dave Schultz	30	C	13	1	0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0			-0.4	0.1	-0.3
24	Don Edwards	24	G	49	0	1	1	0	8				0	1			0		2915	59:29	0.0	0.0	11.5
	Team Total			80	318	511	829	459	945	249	67	2	47	388	120	3	2346	13.6			44.4	54.8	118.5