1983-84 Buffalo Sabres Statistics
Team Record: 48-25-7 - 103 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 0-3
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Quebec Nordiques 3-0
Coach: Scotty Bowman (48-25-7)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1983-84 Buffalo Sabres Results
The Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ended the 1983-84 season with a record of 48 wins and 25 losses and 7 ties for 103 points, finishing second in the NHL's Adams Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-3.
The Sabres scored 315 goals and conceded 257. Dave Andreychuk netted 38 goals for Buffalo, while Mike Foligno, Gilbert Perreault and Phil Housley each tallied 30 or more as well. Gilbert Perreault recorded 59 assists. Tom Barrasso earned 26 wins in front of the net for the squad, and Bob Sauve added 15 or more victories as well. Tom Barrasso recorded a 2.84 goals against average, leading regular goalies.
Scotty Bowman coached the team. The 1983-84 Buffalo Sabres lost in the NHL division semi-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Perreault | C | 73 | 31 | 59 | 90 | 32 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 165 | 18.8 |
| Dave Andreychuk | L | 78 | 38 | 42 | 80 | 42 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 178 | 21.3 |
| Phil Housley | D | 75 | 31 | 46 | 77 | 33 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 234 | 13.2 |
| Mike Foligno | R | 70 | 32 | 31 | 63 | 151 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 183 | 17.5 |
| Real Cloutier | R | 77 | 24 | 36 | 60 | 25 | -1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 169 | 14.2 |
| Lindy Ruff | L | 58 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 101 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 126 | 11.1 |
| Gilles Hamel | L | 75 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 135 | 15.6 |
| Paul Cyr | L | 71 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 52 | -3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 142 | 11.3 |
| Hannu Virta | D | 70 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 6.1 |
| Ric Seiling | R | 78 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 9.6 |
| Mike Ramsey | D | 72 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 82 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 134 | 6.7 |
| Sean McKenna | R | 78 | 20 | 10 | 30 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 107 | 18.7 |
| Bill Hajt | D | 79 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 32 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 5.7 |
| Craig Ramsay | L | 76 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 9.3 |
| Brent Peterson | C | 70 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 11.1 |
| Jim Wiemer | D | 64 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 91 | 5.5 |
| John Tucker | F | 21 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 30.0 |
| Mike Moller | R | 59 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 11.6 |
| Larry Playfair | D | 76 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 211 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 7.5 |
| Jerry Korab | D | 48 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 82 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 4.9 |
| Claude Verret | C | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.3 |
| Steve Patrick | R | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Adam Creighton | C | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 |
| Mark Renaud | D | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Dale McCourt | C | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| David Fenyves | D | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Mal Davis | R | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 |
| Tom Barrasso | G | 42 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Langevin | L | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Bob Sauve | G | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1521 | 315 | 506 | 821 | 1182 | 183 | 71 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 48 | 7 | 2388 | 13.2 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Barrasso | 42 | 2475 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 117 | 2.84 | 1098 | 981 | .893 |
| Bob Sauve | 40 | 2375 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 3.49 | 1050 | 912 | .869 |
| Totals | 82 | 4850 | 48 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 255 | 3.15 | 2403 | 2148 | .894 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Andreychuk | L | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Phil Housley | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Foligno | R | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 | |
| Real Cloutier | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lindy Ruff | L | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | |
| Gilles Hamel | L | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | |
| Paul Cyr | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Hannu Virta | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Ric Seiling | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Ramsey | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Sean McKenna | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | |
| Bill Hajt | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Craig Ramsay | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Brent Peterson | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| John Tucker | F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Larry Playfair | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Korab | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Steve Patrick | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Fenyves | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mal Davis | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Tom Barrasso | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Sauve | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Mongrain | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 59 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 75 | -29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 6.0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Barrasso | 3 | 139 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3.45 | 59 | 51 | .864 |
| Bob Sauve | 2 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7.32 | 14 | 9 | .643 |
| Totals | 5 | 180 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4.33 | 86 | 73 | .849 |
