1980-81 Buffalo Sabres Roster and Statistics

Record: 39-20-21 (99 points), Finished 1st in NHL Adams Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Roger Neilson (39-20-21)

Primary Arena: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Goals For: 327 (7th of 21), Goals Against: 250 (3rd of 21)
SRS: 0.92 (3rd of 21), SOS: -0.05 (19th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost Quarter-Finals (4-1) to Minnesota North Stars
Won Preliminary Round (3-0) over Vancouver Canucks

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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	39	20	21	99	.619	327	250	0.92	-0.05	4.09	3.13	73	310	23.55	44	268	83.58	9	10	2480	13.2	2235	.888		5
League Average	80	32	32	16	80	.500	307	307					77	340	22.54	77	340	77.46	10	10	2441	12.6	2441	.874		2

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	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
23	Randy Cunneyworth	ca CA	C	19	6-0	198	L/-	R	May 10, 1961
9	Rick Dudley	ca CA	LW	32	6-0	190	L/-	5	January 31, 1949
3	Richie Dunn	us US	D	23	6-0	200	L/-	3	May 12, 1957
1	Don Edwards	ca CA	G	25	5-9	160	-/L	4	September 28, 1955
18	Danny Gare (C)	ca CA	RW	26	5-9	175	R/-	6	May 14, 1954
24	Bill Hajt	ca CA	D	29	6-3	215	L/-	7	November 18, 1951
17	Gilles Hamel	ca CA	LW	20	6-3	183	L/-	R	March 18, 1960
14	Alan Haworth	ca CA	C	20	5-10	190	R/-	R	September 1, 1960
23	Bob Hess	ca CA	D	25	5-11	180	L/-	5	May 19, 1955
20	Don Luce	ca CA	C	32	6-2	185	L/-	11	October 2, 1948
7	Rick Martin	ca CA	LW	29	5-11	179	L/-	9	July 26, 1951
15	Rob McClanahan	us US	C	23	5-10	180	R/-	1	January 9, 1958
8	Tony McKegney	ca CA	LW	22	6-0	200	L/-	2	February 15, 1958
29	Mike Moller	ca CA	RW	18	6-0	194	R/-	R	June 16, 1962
25	Bob Mongrain	ca CA	C	21	5-10	165	L/-	1	August 31, 1959
26	Steve Patrick	ca CA	RW	19	6-4	206	R/-	R	February 4, 1961
11	Gilbert Perreault	ca CA	C	30	6-1	180	L/-	10	November 13, 1950
27	Larry Playfair	ca CA	D	22	6-4	205	L/-	2	June 23, 1958
10	Craig Ramsay	ca CA	LW	29	5-10	175	L/-	9	March 17, 1951
5	Mike Ramsey	us US	D	20	6-3	195	L/-	1	December 3, 1960
22	Lindy Ruff	ca CA	RW	20	6-2	201	L/-	1	February 17, 1960
28	Bob Sauvé	ca CA	G	25	5-8	175	-/L	4	June 17, 1955
9	J.F. Sauvé	ca CA	C	21	5-6	175	L/-	R	January 23, 1960
12	André Savard	ca CA	C	27	6-1	185	L/-	7	February 9, 1953
6	Jim Schoenfeld	ca CA	D	28	6-2	200	L/-	8	September 4, 1952
16	Ric Seiling	ca CA	RW	23	6-1	180	R/-	3	December 15, 1957
19	Derek Smith	ca CA	LW	26	5-11	180	L/-	4	July 31, 1954
4	John Van Boxmeer	ca CA	D	28	6-0	190	R/-	7	November 20, 1952

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	Danny Gare	26	RW	73	46	39	85	12	109	31	15	0	7	26	13	0	249	18.5			6.3	1.3	7.7
2	André Savard	27	C	79	31	43	74	33	63	27	2	2	4	32	9	2	149	20.8			4.2	2.0	6.2
3	Tony McKegney	22	LW	80	37	32	69	11	24	28	9	0	4	26	6	0	236	15.7			4.3	1.4	5.7
4	John Van Boxmeer	28	D	80	18	51	69	-2	69	11	6	1	2	23	28	0	258	7.0			4.5	4.6	9.1
5	Derek Smith	26	LW	69	21	43	64	14	12	10	11	0	2	28	15	0	166	12.7			3.2	1.3	4.5
6	Craig Ramsay	29	LW	80	24	35	59	40	12	22	1	1	3	31	1	3	110	21.8			2.6	2.2	4.8
7	Gilbert Perreault*	30	C	56	20	39	59	2	56	15	5	0	3	25	14	0	150	13.3			3.3	0.8	4.2
8	Ric Seiling	23	RW	74	30	27	57	21	80	27	2	1	4	23	3	1	140	21.4			3.2	1.6	4.7
9	Richie Dunn	23	D	79	7	42	49	21	34	3	4	0	1	21	21	0	174	4.0			2.3	5.8	8.1
10	Alan Haworth	20	C	49	16	20	36	-7	34	12	4	0	1	15	5	0	72	22.2			1.7	0.5	2.2
11	Jim Schoenfeld	28	D	71	8	25	33	27	110	5	3	0	0	23	1	1	101	7.9			1.4	5.6	7.1
12	Don Luce	32	C	61	15	13	28	14	19	11	0	4	2	12	0	1	94	16.0			0.6	1.2	1.8
13	Lindy Ruff	20	RW	65	8	18	26	2	121	7	1	0	2	12	6	0	97	8.2			-0.3	0.9	0.7
14	Rick Dudley	32	LW	38	10	13	23	7	10	8	2	0	0	12	1	0	49	20.4			0.8	0.7	1.5
15	Rick Martin	29	LW	23	7	14	21	4	20	5	2	0	1	12	2	0	57	12.3			1.0	0.4	1.5
16	Bill Hajt	29	D	68	2	19	21	36	42	2	0	0	0	18	0	1	58	3.4			0.2	5.9	6.1
17	Gilles Hamel	20	LW	51	10	9	19	-8	53	8	2	0	0	9	0	0	56	17.9			0.0	0.5	0.5
18	Mike Ramsey	20	D	72	3	14	17	3	56	3	0	0	1	12	2	0	72	4.2			-0.1	4.4	4.3
19	Rob McClanahan	23	C	53	3	12	15	-19	38	2	1	0	1	9	3	0	67	4.5			-0.9	0.2	-0.7
20	J.F. Sauvé	21	C	20	5	9	14	-2	12	2	3	0	0	8	1	0	26	19.2			0.5	0.2	0.8
21	Larry Playfair	22	D	75	3	9	12	5	169	3	0	0	1	9	0	0	54	5.6			-0.5	4.7	4.2
22	Steve Patrick	19	RW	30	1	7	8	1	25	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	35	2.9			-0.6	0.4	-0.2
23	Mike Moller	18	RW	5	2	2	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	28.6			0.2	0.1	0.4
24	Don Edwards	25	G	45	0	2	2	0	0				0	2			0		2696	59:54	0.0	0.0	10.1
25	Bob Sauvé	25	G	35	0	1	1	0	0				0	1			0		2098	59:56	0.0	0.0	7.3
26	Randy Cunneyworth	19	C	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0
27	Bob Mongrain	21	C	4	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0			-0.2	0.0	-0.2
	Team Total			80	327	538	865	216	1172	245	73	9	39	398	131	9	2480	13.2			37.9	47.0	102.3

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	Don Edwards	25	45		23	10	12	133	1303	1170	.898	2.96	3	2696				82	28.4	2.34	10.1
2	Bob Sauvé	25	35		16	10	9	111	926	815	.880	3.18	2	2098				97	3.7	2.52	7.3
	Team Total				39	20	21	244	2229	1985	.891	3.05	5	4794				88	32.1	2.42	17.4