1981-82 Buffalo Sabres Roster and Statistics

Record: 39-26-15 (93 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Adams Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Jim Roberts (21-16-8), Scotty Bowman (18-10-7)

Captain: Danny Gare , Gilbert Perreault

Primary Arena: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Goals For: 307 (16th of 21), Goals Against: 273 (3rd of 21)
SRS: 0.51 (6th of 21), SOS: 0.08 (8th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost Division Semi-Finals (3-1) to Boston Bruins

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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	26	15	93	.581	307	273	0.51	0.08	3.84	3.41	63	301	20.93	57	281	79.72	4	10	2342	13.1	2320	.882		0
League Average	80	33	33	14	80	.500	321	321					73	320	22.89	73	320	77.11	9	9	2489	12.9	2489	.871		1

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
29	Jacques Cloutier	ca CA	G	22	5-7	168	-/L	R	January 3, 1960
7-19	Randy Cunneyworth	ca CA	C	20	6-0	198	L/-	1	May 10, 1961
3	Richie Dunn	us US	D	24	6-0	200	L/-	4	May 12, 1957
19	Jeff Eatough	ca CA	RW	18	5-9	168	R/-	R	June 2, 1963
1	Don Edwards	ca CA	G	26	5-9	160	-/L	5	September 28, 1955
6-28	Ron Fischer	ca CA	D	22	6-2	195	R/-	R	April 12, 1959
17	Mike Foligno	ca CA	RW	23	6-2	195	R/-	2	January 29, 1959
18	Danny Gare (C)	ca CA	RW	27	5-9	175	R/-	7	May 14, 1954
24	Bill Hajt	ca CA	D	30	6-3	215	L/-	8	November 18, 1951
9-18	Gilles Hamel	ca CA	LW	21	6-3	183	L/-	1	March 18, 1960
30	Paul Harrison	ca CA	G	26	6-1	196	-/L	5	February 11, 1955
14	Alan Haworth	ca CA	RW	21	5-10	190	R/-	1	September 1, 1960
23	Bob Hess	ca CA	D	26	5-11	180	L/-	6	May 19, 1955
26-29-30	Val James	us US	LW	24	6-2	205	L/-	R	February 14, 1957
15	Yvon Lambert	ca CA	LW	31	6-2	200	L/-	9	May 20, 1950
7	Dale McCourt	ca CA	C	25	5-10	180	R/-	4	January 26, 1957
8	Tony McKegney	ca CA	LW	23	6-0	200	L/-	3	February 15, 1958
19	Sean McKenna	ca CA	RW	19	6-0	190	R/-	R	March 7, 1962
9	Mike Moller	ca CA	RW	19	6-0	194	R/-	1	June 16, 1962
25	Bob Mongrain	ca CA	C	22	5-10	165	L/-	2	August 31, 1959
26	Steve Patrick	ca CA	RW	20	6-4	206	R/-	1	February 4, 1961
11	Gilbert Perreault (C)	ca CA	C	31	6-1	180	L/-	11	November 13, 1950
20	Brent Peterson	ca CA	C	23	6-0	190	R/-	3	February 15, 1958
27	Larry Playfair	ca CA	D	23	6-4	205	L/-	3	June 23, 1958
10	Craig Ramsay	ca CA	LW	30	5-10	175	L/-	10	March 17, 1951
5	Mike Ramsey	us US	D	21	6-3	195	L/-	2	December 3, 1960
22	Lindy Ruff	ca CA	D/RW	21	6-2	201	L/-	2	February 17, 1960
28	Bob Sauvé	ca CA	G	26	5-8	175	-/L	5	June 17, 1955
21	J.F. Sauvé	ca CA	C	22	5-6	175	L/-	1	January 23, 1960
12	André Savard	ca CA	C	28	6-1	185	L/-	8	February 9, 1953
6	Jim Schoenfeld	ca CA	D	29	6-2	200	L/-	9	September 4, 1952
16	Ric Seiling	ca CA	RW	24	6-1	180	R/-	4	December 15, 1957
19	Derek Smith	ca CA	C	27	5-11	180	L/-	5	July 31, 1954
20	Kai Suikkanen	fi FI	LW	22	6-2	205	L/-	R	June 29, 1959
4	John Van Boxmeer	ca CA	D	29	6-0	190	R/-	8	November 20, 1952
23	Hannu Virta	fi FI	D	18	5-11	183	L/-	R	March 22, 1963
28	Jim Walsh	us US	D	25	6-1	185	R/-	R	October 26, 1956

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*	31	C	62	31	42	73	19	40	29	2	0	4	34	8	0	155	20.0			4.5	1.3	5.8
2	John Van Boxmeer	29	D	69	14	54	68	23	62	7	7	0	1	28	26	0	196	7.1			4.2	5.2	9.4
3	Yvon Lambert	31	LW	77	25	39	64	22	38	11	14	0	4	30	9	0	108	23.1			2.9	1.6	4.5
4	J.F. Sauvé	22	C	69	19	36	55	7	49	14	5	0	1	25	11	0	121	15.7			2.2	1.1	3.3
5	Tony McKegney	23	LW	73	23	29	52	-12	41	15	8	0	0	23	6	0	187	12.3			2.1	0.7	2.8
6	Mike Foligno	23	RW	56	20	31	51	20	149	16	4	0	6	26	5	0	124	16.1			2.5	1.3	3.8
7	Craig Ramsay	30	LW	80	16	35	51	14	8	15	0	1	2	29	4	2	109	14.7			1.2	1.5	2.7
8	Lindy Ruff	21	D	79	16	32	48	2	194	13	3	0	6	19	12	1	181	8.8			2.8	4.7	7.4
9	Ric Seiling	24	RW	57	22	25	47	7	58	14	7	1	3	18	7	0	113	19.5			2.3	1.0	3.3
10	Dale McCourt	25	C	52	20	22	42	-1	12	15	4	1	2	16	6	0	122	16.4			2.1	0.7	2.7
11	Alan Haworth	21	RW	57	21	18	39	6	30	18	3	0	1	16	2	0	114	18.4			1.7	0.9	2.7
12	André Savard	28	C	62	18	20	38	5	24	15	2	1	3	18	2	0	118	15.3			1.2	1.0	2.2
13	Mike Ramsey	21	D	80	7	23	30	18	56	5	2	0	0	22	1	0	94	7.4			0.9	5.6	6.5
14	Richie Dunn	24	D	72	7	19	26	6	73	7	0	0	1	14	5	0	122	5.7			0.8	4.5	5.3
15	Danny Gare	27	RW	22	7	14	21	0	25	5	2	0	1	9	5	0	71	9.9			1.0	0.3	1.3
16	Steve Patrick	20	RW	41	8	8	16	3	64	8	0	0	0	8	0	0	52	15.4			-0.1	0.6	0.6
17	Larry Playfair	23	D	77	6	10	16	-5	258	6	0	0	0	10	0	0	68	8.8			-0.1	4.2	4.2
18	Brent Peterson	23	C	46	9	5	14	-3	43	9	0	0	0	3	2	0	41	22.0			-0.4	0.6	0.2
19	Bill Hajt	30	D	65	2	9	11	11	44	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	58	3.4			-0.4	4.3	3.9
20	Bob Mongrain	22	C	24	6	4	10	-3	6	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	29	20.7			0.1	0.3	0.3
21	Gilles Hamel	21	LW	16	2	7	9	-1	2	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	17	11.8			0.1	0.2	0.3
22	Bob Hess	26	D	33	0	8	8	6	14	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	33	0.0			-0.1	2.2	2.1
23	Ron Fischer	22	D	15	0	7	7	-3	6	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	16	0.0			0.2	0.7	0.9
24	Randy Cunneyworth	20	C	20	2	4	6	-3	47	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	33	6.1			-0.3	0.2	-0.1
25	Jim Schoenfeld	29	D	13	3	2	5	5	30	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	21	14.3			0.3	1.0	1.3
26	Derek Smith	27	C	12	3	1	4	0	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	20.0			0.0	0.2	0.1
27	Don Edwards	26	G	62	0	2	2	0	2				0	2			0		3492	56:20	0.0	0.0	11.3
28	Sean McKenna	19	RW	3	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0.0			-0.1	0.1	0.1
29	Hannu Virta	18	D	3	0	1	1	-4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0
30	Jim Walsh	25	D	4	0	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0.0			0.0	0.3	0.3
31	Jacques Cloutier	22	G	7	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		310	44:17	0.0	0.0	1.4
32	Jeff Eatough	18	RW	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	-0.1
33	Val James	24	LW	7	0	0	0	-1	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0			-0.3	0.1	-0.2
34	Mike Moller	19	RW	9	0	0	0	-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0			-0.4	-0.1	-0.4
35	Kai Suikkanen	22	LW	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	-0.1
36	Paul Harrison	26	G	6	0			0	2				0	0			0		229	38:11	0.0	0.0	0.7
37	Bob Sauvé	26	G	14	0			0	2				0	0			0		760	54:17	0.0	0.0	3.2
	Team Total			80	307	509	816	133	1407	240	63	4	39	391	115	3	2342	13.1			30.7	46.3	93.5

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	26	62		26	23	9	205	1740	1535	.882	3.52	0	3492				93	16.1	2.66	11.3
2	Bob Sauvé	26	14		6	1	5	35	330	295	.894	2.76	0	760				83	6.9	2.13	3.2
3	Jacques Cloutier	22	7		5	1	0	13	155	142	.916	2.52	0	310						1.94	1.4
4	Paul Harrison	26	6		2	1	1	14	90	76	.844	3.67	0	229						2.88	0.7
	Team Total				39	26	15	267	2315	2048	.885	3.34	0	4791				91	27.2	2.54	16.6