1978-79 Buffalo Sabres Roster and Statistics

Record: 36-28-16 (88 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Adams Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Marcel Pronovost (8-10-6), Billy Inglis (28-18-10)

Primary Arena: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Goals For: 280 (9th of 17), Goals Against: 263 (5th of 17)
SRS: 0.22 (7th of 17), SOS: 0.00 (10th of 17)

Playoffs:
Lost Preliminary Round (2-1) to Pittsburgh Penguins

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Recent Game Results

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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	36	28	16	88	.550	280	263	0.22	0.00	3.50	3.29	55	267	20.60	55	258	78.68	9	4	2401	11.7	2396	.890		2
League Average	80	33	33	13	80	.500	280	280					61	271	22.70	61	271	77.30	7	7	2351	11.9	2351	.881		3

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%
Buffalo Sabres
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
15	Mike Boland	ca CA	D	24	6-0	190	R/-	1	October 29, 1954
23-26	Ken Breitenbach	ca CA	D	24	6-1	190	L/-	2	January 9, 1955
17	Rick Dudley	ca CA	LW	30	6-0	190	L/-	3	January 31, 1949
29	Richie Dunn	us US	D	21	6-0	200	L/-	1	May 12, 1957
1	Don Edwards	ca CA	G	23	5-9	160	-/L	2	September 28, 1955
5	Lee Fogolin	us US	D	23	6-0	200	R/-	4	February 7, 1955
18	Danny Gare (C)	ca CA	RW	24	5-9	175	R/-	4	May 14, 1954
22	Jocelyn Guevremont	ca CA	D	27	6-2	200	R/-	7	March 1, 1951
24	Bill Hajt	ca CA	D	27	6-3	215	L/-	5	November 18, 1951
30	Randy Ireland	ca CA	G	21	6-0	165	-/L	R	April 5, 1957
4	Jerry Korab	ca CA	D	30	6-3	220	L/-	8	September 15, 1948
20	Don Luce	ca CA	C	30	6-2	185	L/-	9	October 2, 1948
7	Rick Martin	ca CA	LW	27	5-11	179	L/-	7	July 26, 1951
25	Terry Martin	ca CA	LW	23	5-11	195	L/-	3	October 25, 1955
15	Gary McAdam	ca CA	LW	23	5-11	175	L/-	3	December 31, 1955
8	Tony McKegney	ca CA	LW	20	6-0	200	L/-	R	February 15, 1958
11	Gilbert Perreault	ca CA	C	28	6-1	180	L/-	8	November 13, 1950
27	Larry Playfair	ca CA	D	20	6-4	205	L/-	R	June 23, 1958
10	Craig Ramsay	ca CA	LW	27	5-10	175	L/-	7	March 17, 1951
9	Jacques Richard	ca CA	C	26	5-11	180	L/-	5	October 7, 1952
14	René Robert	ca CA	RW	30	5-10	184	R/-	8	December 31, 1948
28	Bob Sauvé	ca CA	G	23	5-8	175	-/L	2	June 17, 1955
12	André Savard	ca CA	C	25	6-1	185	L/-	5	February 9, 1953
6	Jim Schoenfeld	ca CA	D	26	6-2	200	L/-	6	September 4, 1952
21	Dave Schultz	ca CA	LW	29	6-1	190	L/-	7	October 14, 1949
16	Ric Seiling	ca CA	RW	21	6-1	180	R/-	1	December 15, 1957
17-19	Derek Smith	ca CA	C	24	5-11	180	L/-	2	July 31, 1954
3	Bill Stewart	ca CA	D	21	6-2	190	R/-	1	October 6, 1957

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Gilbert Perreault*	28	C	79	27	58	85	12	20	21	6	0	4	41	17	0	172	15.7			5.6	1.4	7.0
2	Danny Gare	24	RW	71	27	40	67	17	90	20	7	0	3	28	11	1	260	10.4			4.5	1.4	5.9
3	René Robert	30	RW	68	22	40	62	-13	46	21	1	0	6	18	22	0	206	10.7			3.8	0.5	4.3
4	Don Luce	30	C	79	26	35	61	20	14	18	6	2	7	27	4	4	149	17.4			3.6	1.6	5.2
5	Craig Ramsay	27	LW	80	26	31	57	21	10	19	4	3	3	22	7	2	113	23.0			3.2	1.7	4.9
6	Rick Martin	27	LW	73	32	21	53	-7	35	24	8	0	3	14	7	0	250	12.8			3.7	0.8	4.4
7	Jerry Korab	30	D	78	11	40	51	8	104	2	8	1	0	22	16	2	204	5.4			3.2	4.7	7.9
8	Ric Seiling	21	RW	78	20	22	42	15	56	18	2	0	4	22	0	0	136	14.7			1.7	1.5	3.1
9	André Savard	25	C	65	18	22	40	2	20	14	2	2	1	20	1	1	97	18.6			1.9	0.9	2.8
10	Derek Smith	24	C	43	14	12	26	-5	8	11	3	0	0	8	4	0	85	16.5			1.4	0.4	1.8
11	Jacques Richard	26	C	61	10	15	25	8	26	10	0	0	1	13	2	0	85	11.8			0.2	1.0	1.3
12	Jim Schoenfeld	26	D	46	8	17	25	8	67	2	6	0	0	13	2	2	99	8.1			1.6	3.0	4.6
13	Tony McKegney	20	LW	52	8	14	22	-1	10	8	0	0	1	12	2	0	67	11.9			0.2	0.7	0.9
14	Lee Fogolin	23	D	74	3	19	22	-3	103	3	0	0	0	19	0	0	70	4.3			0.4	3.8	4.2
15	Bill Stewart	21	D	68	1	17	18	4	101	1	0	0	0	17	0	0	87	1.1			0.0	3.9	3.9
16	Terry Martin	23	LW	64	6	8	14	-17	33	5	1	0	0	8	0	0	38	15.8			-1.1	0.4	-0.7
17	Gary McAdam	23	LW	40	6	5	11	-6	13	5	1	0	1	4	1	0	39	15.4			-0.3	0.4	0.0
18	Rick Dudley	30	LW	24	5	6	11	11	2	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	36	13.9			0.3	0.6	0.9
19	Jocelyn Guevremont	27	D	34	3	8	11	12	8	3	0	0	0	4	3	1	51	5.9			0.4	2.5	2.9
20	Bill Hajt	27	D	40	3	8	11	-5	20	2	0	1	1	7	1	0	53	5.7			0.2	1.9	2.1
21	Ken Breitenbach	24	D	30	1	8	9	5	25	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	41	2.4			0.1	1.9	2.1
22	Dave Schultz	29	LW	28	2	3	5	-12	86	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	16	12.5			-0.6	0.0	-0.6
23	Mike Boland	24	D	22	1	2	3	5	29	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	17	5.9			-0.2	1.5	1.3
24	Richie Dunn	21	D	24	0	3	3	-2	14	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	18	0.0			-0.3	1.2	0.9
25	Larry Playfair	20	D	26	0	3	3	1	60	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	12	0.0			-0.3	1.5	1.1
26	Don Edwards	23	G	54	0	2	2	0	8				0	2			0		3158	58:28	0.0	0.0	10.5
27	Randy Ireland	21	G	2	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		30	14:57	0.0	0.0	0.0
28	Bob Sauvé	23	G	29	0	0	0	0	2				0	0			0		1609	55:28	0.0	0.0	3.8
	Team Total			80	280	459	739	78	1010	216	55	9	36	343	103	13	2401	11.7			33.2	39.2	86.7

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Don Edwards	23	54		26	18	9	159	1569	1410	.899	3.02	2	3158				86	25.3	2.62	10.5
2	Bob Sauvé	23	29		10	10	7	100	805	705	.876	3.73	0	1609				106	-5.5	3.25	3.8
3	Randy Ireland	21	2		0	0	0	3	21	18	.857	6.02	0	30						6.02	0.0
	Team Total				36	28	16	262	2395	2133	.891	3.28	2	4797				93	19.2	2.85	14.3