1976-77 Buffalo Sabres Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 48-24-8 - 104 points
in the NHL's Adams Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Floyd Smith (48-24-8)
1976-77 Buffalo Sabres RosterTeam Record: 48-24-8 - 104 points
in the NHL's Adams Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Floyd Smith (48-24-8)
The Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ended the 1976-77 season with a record of 48 wins and 24 losses and 8 ties for 104 points in the NHL's Adams Division.
The club scored 301 goals and allowed 220. Gilbert Perreault netted 39 goals for the squad, while Rick Martin and Rene Robert tallied 30 or more also. Gilbert Perreault recorded 56 assists. Gerry Desjardins earned 31 wins in front of the net for the team, plus Don Edwards added 15 or more wins, too. Gerry Desjardins registered a 2.63 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Floyd Smith coached the team. The 1976-77 Buffalo Sabres lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Perreault | C | 80 | 39 | 56 | 95 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 195 | 20.0 |
| Rene Robert | R | 80 | 33 | 40 | 73 | 46 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 250 | 13.2 |
| Don Luce | C | 80 | 26 | 43 | 69 | 16 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 206 | 12.6 |
| Rick Martin | L | 66 | 36 | 29 | 65 | 58 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 221 | 16.3 |
| Craig Ramsay | L | 80 | 20 | 41 | 61 | 20 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 145 | 13.8 |
| Andre Savard | C | 80 | 25 | 35 | 60 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 160 | 15.6 |
| Jim Lorentz | C | 79 | 23 | 33 | 56 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 156 | 14.7 |
| Jerry Korab | D | 77 | 14 | 33 | 47 | 120 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 185 | 7.6 |
| Jocelyn Guevremont | D | 80 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 46 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 210 | 4.3 |
| Jim Schoenfeld | D | 65 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 97 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 181 | 3.9 |
| Brian Spencer | L | 77 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 78 | 17.9 |
| Gary McAdam | L | 73 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 86 | 15.1 |
| Danny Gare | R | 35 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 73 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 12.0 |
| Bill Hajt | D | 79 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 56 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 106 | 5.7 |
| Terry Martin | L | 62 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 15.3 |
| Fred Stanfield | C | 79 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 6 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 13.0 |
| Lee Fogolin | D | 71 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 100 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 76 | 3.9 |
| Joe Kowal | L | 16 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Ken Breitenbach | D | 31 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 18 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Jacques Richard | C | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 |
| Don Edwards | G | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alex Tidey | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Gerry Desjardins | G | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Smith | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Smith | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Sauve | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1484 | 301 | 482 | 783 | 848 | 282 | 60 | 6 | 48 | 8 | 2528 | 11.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Desjardins | 49 | 2871 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 126 | 2.63 | |||
| Don Edwards | 25 | 1480 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 62 | 2.51 | |||
| Bob Sauve | 4 | 184 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3.59 | |||
| Al Smith | 7 | 265 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4.30 | |||
| Totals | 85 | 4800 | 48 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 218 | 2.73 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Perreault | C | 6 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rene Robert | R | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Luce | C | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Martin | L | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Craig Ramsay | L | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andre Savard | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Lorentz | C | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Korab | D | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jocelyn Guevremont | D | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Schoenfeld | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Spencer | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary McAdam | L | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Gare | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Hajt | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Martin | L | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Stanfield | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lee Fogolin | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Breitenbach | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Edwards | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alex Tidey | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Desjardins | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 106 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 96 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Desjardins | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 | 25 | 21 | .840 |
| Don Edwards | 5 | 300 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3.00 | 138 | 123 | .891 |
| Totals | 6 | 360 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3.17 | 163 | 144 | .883 |
