1979-80 Buffalo Sabres Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 47-17-16 - 110 points
in the NHL's Adams Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: Scotty Bowman (47-17-16)

1979-80 Buffalo Sabres Roster

The Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 47 wins and 17 losses and 16 ties for 110 points in the NHL's Adams Division.

The club allowed 201 goals, least in the league. The club netted 318 goals. Danny Gare scored 56 goals for the squad, while Rick Martin and Gilbert Perreault tallied 30 or more, too. Gilbert Perreault recorded 66 assists. Don Edwards earned 27 wins in front of the net for the team, and Bob Sauve added 15 or more victories as well. Bob Sauve earned a 2.36 goals against average, leading regular goalies.

Scotty Bowman coached the team. The 1979-80 Buffalo Sabres lost in the in 3rd 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	40	66	106	57	32	10	0	5	1	180	22.2
Danny Gare	R	76	56	33	89	90	49	17	0	11	3	270	20.7
Rick Martin	L	80	45	34	79	54	18	8	0	3	1	257	17.5
Derek Smith	C	79	24	39	63	16	33	8	0	3	0	137	17.5
Ric Seiling	R	80	25	35	60	54	30	5	1	2	2	155	16.1
Craig Ramsay	L	80	21	39	60	18	15	5	0	4	1	103	20.4
Tony McKegney	L	80	23	29	52	24	40	1	0	6	1	140	16.4
John Van Boxmeer	D	80	11	40	51	55	40	4	0	1	2	198	5.6
Don Luce	C	80	14	29	43	30	22	0	0	0	2	137	10.2
Richie Dunn	D	80	7	31	38	61	25	4	0	2	0	147	4.8
Jim Schoenfeld	D	77	9	27	36	72	60	4	0	1	2	114	7.9
Rick Dudley	L	66	11	22	33	58	11	0	0	2	0	109	10.1
Lindy Ruff	L	63	5	14	19	38	-2	1	0	0	0	77	6.5
John Gould	L	52	9	9	18	11	9	0	0	2	0	72	12.5
Bill Hajt	D	75	4	12	16	24	36	0	1	0	0	63	6.3
Andre Savard	C	33	3	10	13	16	4	0	0	2	0	36	8.3
Larry Playfair	D	79	2	10	12	145	13	0	0	0	0	32	6.3
Jerry Korab	D	43	1	10	11	74	0	0	0	1	0	55	1.8
Bob Mongrain	C	34	4	6	10	4	6	0	0	1	0	33	12.1
Rob McClanahan	F	13	2	5	7	0	8	0	0	0	0	13	15.4
Mike Ramsey	D	13	1	6	7	6	9	0	0	1	0	17	5.9
Bob Sauve	G	32	0	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Schultz	L	13	1	0	1	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Don Edwards	G	49	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		1437	318	511	829	945	458	67	2	47	15	2346	13.6

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	SVS
Don Edwards	49	2920	27	9	12	1	2	125	2.57
Bob Sauve	32	1880	20	8	4	1	4	74	2.36
Totals	81	4800	47	17	16	2	6	199	2.49	0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Gilbert Perreault	C	14	10	11	21	8	3	0	2
Danny Gare	R	14	4	7	11	35	4	0	1
Rick Martin	L	14	6	4	10	8	1	0	0
Derek Smith	C	13	5	7	12	4	3	0	1
Ric Seiling	R	14	5	4	9	6	0	0	0
Craig Ramsay	L	10	0	6	6	4	0	0	0
Tony McKegney	L	14	3	4	7	2	0	0	0
John Van Boxmeer	D	14	3	5	8	12	2	0	2
Don Luce	C	14	3	3	6	11	0	1	1
Richie Dunn	D	14	2	8	10	8	2	0	0
Jim Schoenfeld	D	14	0	3	3	18	0	0	0
Rick Dudley	L	12	3	0	3	41	1	0	1
Lindy Ruff	L	8	1	1	2	19	0	0	0
Bill Hajt	D	14	0	5	5	4	0	0	0
Andre Savard	C	8	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Larry Playfair	D	14	0	2	2	29	0	0	0
Bob Mongrain	C	9	1	2	3	2	0	0	0
Rob McClanahan	F	10	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Mike Ramsey	D	13	1	2	3	12	1	0	1
Bob Sauve	G	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Don Edwards	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		251	48	76	124	231	17	1	9

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Don Edwards	6	360	3	3	1	17	2.83	186	169	.909
Bob Sauve	8	501	6	2	2	17	2.04	248	231	.931
Totals	14	861	9	5	3	34	2.37	434	400	.922

1979-80 Buffalo Sabres Statistics

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