1980-81 Buffalo Sabres Team Gamelog

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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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
							Team					Opponent
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA		S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
1	1980-10-09	@	Chicago Black Hawks	3	4	L	32	50	1		0	41	50	2		0
2	1980-10-12		Hartford Whalers	3	3	T	34	6	0		0	18	10	0		0
3	1980-10-15		Edmonton Oilers	2	0	W	30	6	0		0	15	12	0		0
4	1980-10-18	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	4	2	W	24	15	1		0	45	15	1		0
5	1980-10-19		Toronto Maple Leafs	2	4	L	34	11	1		0	19	19	1		0
6	1980-10-22		Winnipeg Jets	7	4	W	34	12	3		0	37	10	2		0
7	1980-10-25	@	Montreal Canadiens	5	2	W	24	10	0		1	40	2	2		0
8	1980-10-26		New York Islanders	5	2	W	32	29	1		0	29	33	0		0
9	1980-10-29		Pittsburgh Penguins	1	1	T	23	8	1		0	27	10	0		0
10	1980-11-01	@	Detroit Red Wings	4	2	W	28	4	0		0	34	6	1		1
11	1980-11-02		Vancouver Canucks	4	3	W	40	16	2		0	26	14	1		0
12	1980-11-05		Colorado Rockies	5	3	W	23	8	0		0	23	6	1		0
13	1980-11-08	@	Washington Capitals	3	3	T	28	6	1		0	34	4	0		0
14	1980-11-09		Washington Capitals	3	3	T	25	8	1		0	19	8	1		0
15	1980-11-12		Detroit Red Wings	4	4	T	25	6	1		0	23	8	0		0
16	1980-11-15	@	New York Islanders	1	4	L	29	4	0		0	26	4	1		0
17	1980-11-16		Quebec Nordiques	8	1	W	38	16	1		0	23	14	0		0
18	1980-11-19	@	Chicago Black Hawks	2	5	L	43	10	2		0	30	18	1		0
19	1980-11-21	@	Winnipeg Jets	4	2	W	28	18	1		0	33	10	0		0
20	1980-11-23	@	Edmonton Oilers	3	6	L	20	30	1		0	35	28	1		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA		S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
21	1980-11-25	@	St. Louis Blues	3	5	L	33	13	1		0	31	11	2		0
22	1980-11-27		Calgary Flames	6	3	W	30	8	1		0	25	10	1		1
23	1980-11-29	@	Hartford Whalers	5	2	W	39	14	0		2	33	10	1		0
24	1980-11-30		Colorado Rockies	4	1	W	34	26	2		0	23	24	1		0
25	1980-12-03		Montreal Canadiens	5	6	L	24	10	2		0	30	12	2		0
26	1980-12-06	@	Minnesota North Stars	3	3	T	23	8	0		1	31	6	0		0
27	1980-12-07		Pittsburgh Penguins	10	1	W	39	112	2		0	25	117	0		0
28	1980-12-09	@	Colorado Rockies	4	4	T	33	10	0		0	27	4	1		0
29	1980-12-11	@	Calgary Flames	4	8	L	42	9	2		0	25	17	1		0
30	1980-12-13	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	5	4	W	40	12	1		0	50	4	3		0
31	1980-12-14		Vancouver Canucks	2	2	T	33	11	1		0	23	8	1		0
32	1980-12-20	@	Los Angeles Kings	7	4	W	26	8	2		1	21	8	1		0
33	1980-12-21	@	Vancouver Canucks	3	3	T	25	9	0		0	21	11	0		0
34	1980-12-26		Chicago Black Hawks	3	2	W	35	14	2		0	26	22	0		0
35	1980-12-28		Boston Bruins	5	2	W	32	8	1		0	29	8	0		0
36	1980-12-31		Los Angeles Kings	2	5	L	34	11	1		0	33	15	0		1
37	1981-01-03	@	Quebec Nordiques	3	3	T	29	32	0		0	25	49	0		1
38	1981-01-04		Minnesota North Stars	2	2	T	29	6	0		0	17	4	0		0
39	1981-01-07		Quebec Nordiques	5	1	W	28	7	1		0	17	11	1		0
40	1981-01-09	@	New York Rangers	3	3	T	27	6	0		0	25	6	0		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA		S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
41	1981-01-11		Los Angeles Kings	4	4	T	31	10	0		0	33	4	0		0
42	1981-01-14		Minnesota North Stars	1	1	T	30	15	0		0	20	15	0		0
43	1981-01-16		Edmonton Oilers	5	5	T	33	4	1		0	21	6	0		0
44	1981-01-18		New York Rangers	4	0	W	31	16	1		1	30	15	0		0
45	1981-01-19	@	Boston Bruins	1	5	L	16	12	0		0	31	19	2		1
46	1981-01-21	@	Quebec Nordiques	6	5	W	30	10	2		0	30	14	0		0
47	1981-01-24	@	Washington Capitals	7	4	W	41	8	1		0	24	10	0		0
48	1981-01-26	@	New York Islanders	5	3	W	33	12	1		1	25	14	1		0
49	1981-01-28		Philadelphia Flyers	4	4	T	33	52	2		0	35	49	2		0
50	1981-01-31	@	Hartford Whalers	5	3	W	44	11	0		0	19	13	0		0
51	1981-02-01		Winnipeg Jets	4	0	W	28	4	1		0	23	4	0		0
52	1981-02-05	@	Philadelphia Flyers	4	0	W	29	15	1		0	31	21	0		0
53	1981-02-06		Detroit Red Wings	7	3	W	34	10	2		0	34	12	0		0
54	1981-02-08		St. Louis Blues	3	3	T	17	13	0		0	25	15	0		0
55	1981-02-12		Washington Capitals	6	3	W	41	6	2		1	20	6	0		0
56	1981-02-14	@	Calgary Flames	4	4	T	37	4	0		0	33	6	0		0
57	1981-02-15	@	Edmonton Oilers	2	2	T	23	13	0		0	27	15	0		0
58	1981-02-19	@	Montreal Canadiens	2	5	L	26	8	0		0	26	10	0		0
59	1981-02-21	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	6	1	W	31	30	2		0	32	30	1		0
60	1981-02-22		Montreal Canadiens	2	4	L	35	8	1		0	26	10	0		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA		S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
61	1981-02-25	@	New York Rangers	3	6	L	35	10	0		0	28	10	0		1
62	1981-02-27		Chicago Black Hawks	6	1	W	26	10	2		0	25	14	0		0
63	1981-03-01	@	Boston Bruins	4	6	L	22	6	1		0	40	8	0		0
64	1981-03-04		Calgary Flames	4	0	W	41	2	2		0	24	8	0		0
65	1981-03-06		Hartford Whalers	3	5	L	47	20	0		0	25	26	0		0
66	1981-03-08		Philadelphia Flyers	8	4	W	34	33	2		0	27	35	0		0
67	1981-03-11	@	Minnesota North Stars	1	3	L	23	8	0		0	43	8	1		0
68	1981-03-13	@	Winnipeg Jets	5	2	W	29	8	2		0	21	8	0		0
69	1981-03-14	@	Vancouver Canucks	1	2	L	40	15	0		0	30	19	0		0
70	1981-03-17	@	Los Angeles Kings	3	1	W	23	4	1		0	23	6	1		0
71	1981-03-19		Toronto Maple Leafs	14	4	W	49	30	2		0	32	26	2		0
72	1981-03-21	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	6	2	W	42	15	2		0	35	23	0		0
73	1981-03-22		St. Louis Blues	5	6	L	26	55	0		0	34	51	0		1
74	1981-03-25		New York Rangers	4	2	W	29	10	1		0	22	10	0		0
75	1981-03-27	@	Colorado Rockies	5	3	W	26	6	0		0	26	4	0		0
76	1981-03-28	@	St. Louis Blues	4	7	L	30	6	1		0	38	4	2		1
77	1981-03-30		Boston Bruins	2	2	T	33	10	1		0	20	18	0		0
78	1981-04-02	@	Philadelphia Flyers	2	2	T	19	13	0		0	32	17	0		0
79	1981-04-04	@	Detroit Red Wings	5	4	W	30	37	0		1	25	33	1		1
80	1981-04-05		New York Islanders	3	7	L	24	6	2		0	26	8	1		1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
								Team					Opponent
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
1	1981-04-08		Vancouver Canucks	3	2	W	OT	27	17	0		0	19	19	1		0
2	1981-04-09		Vancouver Canucks	5	2	W		37	46	3		0	22	46	0		0
3	1981-04-11	@	Vancouver Canucks	5	3	W		24	16	1		0	26	12	0		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
4	1981-04-16		Minnesota North Stars	3	4	L	OT	32	8	1		0	26	12	0		1
5	1981-04-17		Minnesota North Stars	2	5	L		27	13	1		0	26	11	1		0
6	1981-04-19	@	Minnesota North Stars	4	6	L		35	20	2		0	49	20	1		0
7	1981-04-20	@	Minnesota North Stars	5	4	W	OT	38	37	1		0	50	31	2		0
8	1981-04-22		Minnesota North Stars	3	4	L		39	18	1		0	33	22	0		0

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