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1976-77 Buffalo Sabres Roster and Statistics

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Record: 48-24-8 (104 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Adams Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Floyd Smith (48-24-8)

Captain: Jim Schoenfeld

Primary Arena: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Goals For: 301 (4th of 18), Goals Against: 220 (4th of 18)
SRS: 0.99 (4th of 18), SOS: -0.02 (12th of 18)

Playoffs:
Lost Quarter-Finals (4-0) to New York Islanders
Won Preliminary Round (2-0) over Minnesota North Stars

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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	48	24	8	104	.650	301	220	1.00	-0.02	3.76	2.75	60	262	22.90	38	274	86.13	6	7	2528	11.9	2063	.893		5
League Average	80	34	34	13	80	.500	266	266					53	265	19.83	53	265	80.17	8	8	2401	11.1	2401	.889		4

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%
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Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
23	Ken Breitenbach	ca CA	D	22	6-1	190	L/-	1	January 9, 1955	0 G, 5 A, 5 P
30	Gerry Desjardins	ca CA	G	32	5-11	190	-/L	8	July 22, 1944	31-12-6, 2.64 GAA
29	Don Edwards	ca CA	G	21	5-9	160	-/L	R	September 28, 1955	16-7-2, 2.52 GAA
5	Lee Fogolin	us US	D	21	6-0	200	R/-	2	February 7, 1955	3 G, 15 A, 18 P
18	Danny Gare	ca CA	RW	22	5-9	175	R/-	2	May 14, 1954	11 G, 15 A, 26 P
22	Jocelyn Guevremont	ca CA	D	25	6-2	200	R/-	5	March 1, 1951	9 G, 29 A, 38 P
24	Bill Hajt	ca CA	D	25	6-3	215	L/-	3	November 18, 1951	6 G, 20 A, 26 P
4	Jerry Korab	ca CA	D	28	6-3	220	L/-	6	September 15, 1948	14 G, 33 A, 47 P
27	Joe Kowal	ca CA	LW	20	6-5	212	L/-	R	February 3, 1956	0 G, 5 A, 5 P
8	Jim Lorentz	ca CA	RW	29	6-0	190	L/-	8	May 1, 1947	23 G, 33 A, 56 P
20	Don Luce	ca CA	C	28	6-2	185	L/-	7	October 2, 1948	26 G, 43 A, 69 P
7	Rick Martin	ca CA	LW	25	5-11	179	L/-	5	July 26, 1951	36 G, 29 A, 65 P
25	Terry Martin	ca CA	LW	21	5-11	195	L/-	1	October 25, 1955	11 G, 12 A, 23 P
15	Gary McAdam	ca CA	RW	21	5-11	175	L/-	1	December 31, 1955	13 G, 16 A, 29 P
11	Gilbert Perreault	ca CA	C	26	6-1	180	L/-	6	November 13, 1950	39 G, 56 A, 95 P
10	Craig Ramsay	ca CA	LW	25	5-10	175	L/-	5	March 17, 1951	20 G, 41 A, 61 P
9	Jacques Richard	ca CA	LW	24	5-11	180	L/-	4	October 7, 1952	2 G, 0 A, 2 P
14	René Robert	ca CA	RW	28	5-10	184	R/-	6	December 31, 1948	33 G, 40 A, 73 P
28	Bob Sauvé	ca CA	G	21	5-8	175	-/L	R	June 17, 1955	1-2-0, 3.62 GAA
12	André Savard	ca CA	C	23	6-1	185	L/-	3	February 9, 1953	25 G, 35 A, 60 P
6	Jim Schoenfeld (C)	ca CA	D	24	6-2	200	L/-	4	September 4, 1952	7 G, 25 A, 32 P
31	Al Smith	ca CA	G	31	6-1	200	-/L	7	November 10, 1945	0-3-0, 4.33 GAA
16	Derek Smith	ca CA	C	22	5-11	180	L/-	R	July 31, 1954	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
21	Brian Spencer	ca CA	LW	27	5-11	185	L/-	7	September 3, 1949	14 G, 15 A, 29 P
17	Fred Stanfield	ca CA	C	32	5-10	185	L/-	12	May 4, 1944	9 G, 14 A, 23 P
19-26	Alex Tidey	ca CA	RW	22	6-0	182	R/-	R	January 5, 1955	0 G, 0 A, 0 P

Standard Stats

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					Scoring					Goals				Assists			Shots		Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	EV	PP	SH	SOG	SPCT	TOI	ATOI	Awards
1	Gilbert Perreault	26	C	80	39	56	95	9	30	30	7	2	9	33	23	0	195	20.0			ASG,ASnhl-2,Hart-7
2	René Robert	28	RW	80	33	40	73	27	46	28	5	0	4	22	18	0	250	13.2			ASnhl-8
3	Don Luce	28	C	80	26	43	69	38	16	19	6	1	6	38	3	2	204	12.7
4	Rick Martin	25	LW	66	36	29	65	10	58	24	12	0	6	21	8	0	222	16.2			ASG,ASnhl-2
5	Craig Ramsay	25	LW	80	20	41	61	37	20	15	2	3	2	31	9	1	145	13.8			ASnhl-7
6	André Savard	23	C	80	25	35	60	11	30	21	4	0	4	32	3	0	160	15.6
7	Jim Lorentz	29	RW	79	23	33	56	3	8	16	7	0	3	27	6	0	156	14.7
8	Jerry Korab	28	D	77	14	33	47	22	120	10	4	0	1	16	17	0	185	7.6			ASnhl-16
9	Jocelyn Guevremont	25	D	80	9	29	38	26	46	7	2	0	2	23	6	0	210	4.3
10	Jim Schoenfeld	24	D	65	7	25	32	28	97	5	2	0	2	16	8	1	179	3.9			ASG,ASnhl-9
11	Brian Spencer	27	LW	77	14	15	29	0	55	13	1	0	2	15	0	0	81	17.3
12	Gary McAdam	21	RW	73	13	16	29	17	17	12	1	0	2	16	0	0	86	15.1
13	Bill Hajt	25	D	79	6	20	26	39	56	6	0	0	1	17	3	0	106	5.7
14	Danny Gare	22	RW	35	11	15	26	7	73	8	3	0	0	14	1	0	92	12.0
15	Terry Martin	21	LW	62	11	12	23	6	8	10	1	0	0	12	0	0	72	15.3
16	Fred Stanfield	32	C	79	9	14	23	-2	6	7	2	0	2	5	9	0	69	13.0
17	Lee Fogolin	21	D	71	3	15	18	9	100	2	1	0	2	14	1	0	77	3.9
18	Joe Kowal	20	LW	16	0	5	5	3	6	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	6	0.0
19	Ken Breitenbach	22	D	31	0	5	5	-2	18	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	11	0.0
20	Jacques Richard	24	LW	21	2	0	2	-3	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	10.0
21	Don Edwards	21	G	25	0	1	1	0	2				0	1			0		1476:09
22	Alex Tidey	22	RW	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
23	Derek Smith	22	C	5	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Al Smith	31	G	7	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		263:32
25	Bob Sauvé	21	G	4	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		182:11
26	Gerry Desjardins	32	G	49	0	0	0	0	2				0	0			0		2867:03		ASG
	Team Totals			80	301	482	783	283	830	235	60	6	48	363	115	4	2529	11.9	4788:55

Standard Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists			Shots		Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	EV	PP	SH	SOG	SPCT	TOI	ATOI	Awards
1	Gilbert Perreault	26	C	6	1	8	9	-4	4	1	0	0	0	5	3	0	18	5.6
2	René Robert	28	RW	6	5	2	7	0	20	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	21	23.8
3	Jocelyn Guevremont	25	D	6	3	4	7	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	2	0	17	17.6
4	Jerry Korab	28	D	6	2	4	6	-4	8	1	1	0	1	1	3	0	20	10.0
5	Craig Ramsay	25	LW	6	0	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	7	0.0
6	Jim Lorentz	29	C	6	4	0	4	1	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	36.4
7	Don Luce	28	C	6	3	1	4	1	2	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	20	15.0
8	Rick Martin	25	LW	6	2	1	3	-1	9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	19	10.5
9	Terry Martin	21	LW	3	0	2	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	0.0
10	André Savard	23	C	6	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13	0.0
11	Gary McAdam	21	LW	6	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	9.1
12	Bill Hajt	25	D	6	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0.0
13	Jim Schoenfeld	24	D	6	0	0	0	-3	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	0.0
14	Brian Spencer	27	LW	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
15	Fred Stanfield	32	C	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
16	Ken Breitenbach	22	D	4	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
17	Alex Tidey	22	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
18	Danny Gare	22	RW	4	0	0	0	-4	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0
19	Lee Fogolin	21	D	4	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Don Edwards	21	G	5	0	0	0		0				0	0			0		298:01
21	Gerry Desjardins	32	G	1	0	0	0		2				0	0			0		58:42
	Team Totals			6	21	28	49	-10	96	15	6	0	2	17	11	0	206	10.2	356:43

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Goalie Stats

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Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats															Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	Shots	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	GA%-	GSAA	GAA/A	GPS	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Don Edwards	21	25	16	7	2	62	616	554	.899	2.52	2	1476:09	92	5.4	2.32	5.7	0	1	1	2
2	Gerry Desjardins	32	49	31	12	6	126	1258	1132	.900	2.64	3	2867:03	92	11.6	2.41	10.5	0	0	0	2	ASG
3	Al Smith	31	7	0	3	0	19	116	97	.836	4.33	0	263:32	150	-6.3	3.87	0.3	0	0	0	0
4	Bob Sauvé	21	4	1	2	0	11	71	60	.845	3.62	0	182:11	142	-3.2	3.29	0.4	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals		80	48	24	8	218	2061	1843	.894	2.73	5	4788:55	97	7.4	2.49	16.9	0	1	1	4

Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats													Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	Shots	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	GA%-	GSAA	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Don Edwards	21	5	2	3	0	15	123	108	.878	3.02	0	298:01	112	-1.5	0	0	0	0
2	Gerry Desjardins	32	1	0	1	0	4	21	17	.810	4.09	0	58:42	174	-1.7	0	0	0	2
	Team Totals		6	2	4	0	19	144	125	.868	3.20	0	356:43	121	-3.3	0	0	0	2

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Miscellaneous Stats

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Miscellaneous Stats Table
					Adjusted				Plus/Minus					Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	OPS	DPS	PS	Awards
1	Gilbert Perreault	26	C	80	34	50	84	32.2	120	42	76	7	9	7.9	1.3	9.2	ASG,ASnhl-2,Hart-7
2	René Robert	28	RW	80	29	36	65	25.6	120	41	52	0	27	5.5	1.8	7.4	ASnhl-8
3	Don Luce	28	C	80	23	39	62	23.2	96	14	68	24	38	4.6	2.2	6.8
4	Rick Martin	25	LW	66	32	26	58	24.6	99	32	57	0	10	5.7	1.1	6.8	ASG,ASnhl-2
5	Craig Ramsay	25	LW	80	18	37	55	19.9	92	15	68	28	37	3.4	2.1	5.6	ASnhl-7
6	André Savard	23	C	80	22	31	53	20.5	90	17	68	6	11	3.8	1.3	5.1
7	Jim Lorentz	29	RW	79	20	30	50	19.1	81	16	62	0	3	3.3	1.1	4.4
8	Jerry Korab	28	D	77	12	30	42	14.7	140	40	96	18	22	3.5	5.4	8.9	ASnhl-16
9	Jocelyn Guevremont	25	D	80	8	26	34	11.5	111	16	86	17	26	2.3	5.8	8.1
10	Jim Schoenfeld	24	D	65	6	22	28	9.3	115	17	88	18	28	1.9	5.2	7.1	ASG,ASnhl-9
11	Brian Spencer	27	LW	77	12	13	25	10.1	44	4	40	0	0	0.4	1.0	1.4
12	Gary McAdam	21	RW	73	11	14	25	9.8	42	1	24	0	17	0.5	1.4	1.9
13	Bill Hajt	25	D	79	5	18	23	7.6	123	8	94	18	39	1.0	6.6	7.6
14	Danny Gare	22	RW	35	10	13	23	9.0	40	10	25	2	7	1.6	0.7	2.3
15	Terry Martin	21	LW	62	10	11	21	8.5	40	1	33	0	6	0.3	1.0	1.2
16	Fred Stanfield	32	C	79	8	13	21	7.9	37	19	20	0	-2	-0.6	0.9	0.3
17	Lee Fogolin	21	D	71	3	13	16	5.2	71	7	58	3	9	0.3	4.3	4.6
18	Joe Kowal	20	LW	16	0	4	4	1.1	11	0	8	0	3	-0.2	0.3	0.0
19	Ken Breitenbach	22	D	31	0	4	4	1.1	10	0	14	2	-2	-0.2	1.5	1.3
20	Jacques Richard	24	LW	21	2	0	2	1.1	6	0	9	0	-3	-0.5	0.2	-0.4
21	Derek Smith	22	C	5	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
22	Alex Tidey	22	RW	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1

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