1984-85 Buffalo Sabres Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 38-28-14 - 90 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 2-3
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Quebec Nordiques 3-2
Coach: Scotty Bowman (38-28-14)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1984-85 Buffalo Sabres RosterTeam Record: 38-28-14 - 90 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 2-3
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Quebec Nordiques 3-2
Coach: Scotty Bowman (38-28-14)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1984-85 Buffalo Sabres Results
The Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ended the 1984-85 season with a record of 38 wins and 28 losses and 14 ties for 90 points, finishing third in the NHL's Adams Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-3.
The Sabres led the circuit with just 237 goals allowed. Buffalo scored 290 goals. Dave Andreychuk netted 31 goals for the team, while Gilbert Perreault tallied 30 or more also. Gilbert Perreault and Phil Housley each accounted for 53 assists. Tom Barrasso earned 25 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.66 goals against average, leading regular goalies.
Scotty Bowman coached the team. The 1984-85 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 | 78 | 30 | 53 | 83 | 42 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 172 | 17.4 |
| Phil Housley | D | 73 | 16 | 53 | 69 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 188 | 8.5 |
| Dave Andreychuk | L | 64 | 31 | 30 | 61 | 54 | -4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 153 | 20.3 |
| Mike Foligno | R | 77 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 154 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 167 | 16.2 |
| John Tucker | F | 64 | 22 | 27 | 49 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 112 | 19.6 |
| Gilles Hamel | L | 80 | 18 | 30 | 48 | 36 | -3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 163 | 11.0 |
| Paul Cyr | L | 71 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 63 | -7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 169 | 13.0 |
| Sean McKenna | R | 65 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 41 | -6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 18.3 |
| Brent Peterson | C | 74 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 47 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 104 | 11.5 |
| Craig Ramsay | L | 79 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 16.9 |
| Ric Seiling | R | 73 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 86 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 118 | 13.6 |
| Mike Ramsey | D | 79 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 102 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 160 | 5.0 |
| Mal Davis | R | 47 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 62 | 27.4 |
| Lindy Ruff | L | 39 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 45 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 18.3 |
| Hannu Virta | D | 51 | 1 | 23 | 24 | 16 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 1.8 |
| Dave Maloney | D | 52 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 41 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2.7 |
| Bill Hajt | D | 57 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 9.4 |
| Larry Playfair | D | 72 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 157 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 4.7 |
| Adam Creighton | C | 30 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 33 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 |
| Gates Orlando | C | 11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13.6 |
| David Fenyves | D | 60 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2.0 |
| Jerry Korab | D | 25 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 29 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 3.3 |
| Normand Lacombe | R | 30 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 25 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6.7 |
| Timo Jutila | D | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3.6 |
| Tom Barrasso | G | 54 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Wiemer | D | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13.6 |
| Steve Patrick | R | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 |
| Jim Schoenfeld | D | 34 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0.0 |
| Bob Mongrain | C | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Mike Moller | R | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jacques Cloutier | G | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Sauve | G | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Real Cloutier | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Claude Verret | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1521 | 290 | 488 | 778 | 1203 | 137 | 76 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 38 | 8 | 2307 | 12.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Barrasso | 54 | 3248 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 144 | 2.66 | 1274 | 1130 | .887 |
| Bob Sauve | 27 | 1564 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 3.22 | 581 | 497 | .855 |
| Jacques Cloutier | 1 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.69 | 37 | 33 | .892 |
| Totals | 82 | 4877 | 38 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 232 | 2.85 | 2124 | 1892 | .891 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Perreault | C | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 30.0 | |
| Phil Housley | D | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 25.0 | |
| Dave Andreychuk | L | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 33.3 | |
| Mike Foligno | R | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| John Tucker | F | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | |
| Gilles Hamel | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Cyr | L | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 | |
| Sean McKenna | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Brent Peterson | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Craig Ramsay | L | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Ric Seiling | R | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 36.4 | |
| Mike Ramsey | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Lindy Ruff | L | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 | |
| Dave Maloney | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Bill Hajt | D | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | |
| Larry Playfair | D | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Gates Orlando | C | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| David Fenyves | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Jerry Korab | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Barrasso | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Schoenfeld | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Bob Halkidis | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 95 | 22 | 37 | 59 | 143 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 129 | 17.1 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Barrasso | 5 | 300 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.40 | 151 | 129 | .854 |
| Totals | 5 | 300 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.40 | 173 | 151 | .873 |
