1978-79 Buffalo Sabres Team Gamelog

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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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
							Team					Opponent
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA		S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
1	1978-10-12		New York Islanders	2	2	T	34	12	0		0	20	10	1		0
2	1978-10-14	@	Minnesota North Stars	5	2	W	33	12	1		0	44	6	0		0
3	1978-10-15		Detroit Red Wings	2	3	L	27	8	0		0	34	12	2		0
4	1978-10-18	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	0	2	L	21	16	0		0	35	16	0		0
5	1978-10-19		Toronto Maple Leafs	1	0	W	33	20	0		0	19	36	0		0
6	1978-10-22	@	Vancouver Canucks	2	3	L	28	6	0		0	19	4	0		0
7	1978-10-26	@	Los Angeles Kings	0	6	L	18	2	0		0	24	10	0		0
8	1978-10-28	@	St. Louis Blues	7	7	T	40	20	2		0	34	18	1		0
9	1978-11-02	@	Philadelphia Flyers	3	3	T	29	10	2		0	42	14	1		1
10	1978-11-04	@	Minnesota North Stars	1	2	L	32	6	0		0	32	4	0		0
11	1978-11-05		Minnesota North Stars	2	1	W	22	10	0		1	22	8	0		0
12	1978-11-09		Pittsburgh Penguins	4	4	T	34	2	1		1	36	4	0		0
13	1978-11-11	@	Washington Capitals	2	0	W	23	8	1		1	25	6	0		0
14	1978-11-12		Boston Bruins	4	4	T	20	17	3		0	33	15	0		1
15	1978-11-15	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	2	2	T	27	12	1		0	42	12	0		0
16	1978-11-16		St. Louis Blues	6	2	W	31	13	1		1	33	8	0		0
17	1978-11-18	@	Detroit Red Wings	3	1	W	22	8	0		0	39	2	0		0
18	1978-11-19		Minnesota North Stars	9	2	W	34	42	4		1	21	87	1		0
19	1978-11-22		Philadelphia Flyers	2	3	L	22	14	0		0	33	14	0		0
20	1978-11-23	@	Boston Bruins	2	5	L	21	4	0		0	29	2	0		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA		S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
21	1978-11-26		Colorado Rockies	4	1	W	30	8	0		0	30	4	1		0
22	1978-11-30		Boston Bruins	3	4	L	27	4	1		0	44	6	0		0
23	1978-12-02	@	Montreal Canadiens	1	8	L	19	2	0		0	37	2	1		0
24	1978-12-03		Montreal Canadiens	1	4	L	25	9	1		0	31	11	1		0
25	1978-12-07		Los Angeles Kings	3	3	T	26	8	1		0	32	8	2		0
26	1978-12-09	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	4	4	T	37	10	1		0	34	8	0		0
27	1978-12-10		Toronto Maple Leafs	5	3	W	47	60	2		0	24	69	0		0
28	1978-12-13	@	Chicago Black Hawks	6	2	W	30	10	0		0	31	4	0		0
29	1978-12-14		Chicago Black Hawks	3	2	W	36	4	0		0	25	8	1		0
30	1978-12-16	@	Minnesota North Stars	5	2	W	26	8	3		0	27	12	1		0
31	1978-12-17		Vancouver Canucks	6	3	W	31	11	1		0	27	9	1		0
32	1978-12-20	@	New York Rangers	3	6	L	28	21	1		0	34	21	3		0
33	1978-12-21		Atlanta Flames	5	4	W	34	2	1		0	25	8	1		0
34	1978-12-23	@	Boston Bruins	4	6	L	24	2	0		0	28	4	0		0
35	1978-12-27	@	Colorado Rockies	5	2	W	27	10	1		0	36	2	0		0
36	1978-12-28	@	Vancouver Canucks	3	3	T	24	12	1		0	27	13	2		0
37	1978-12-31		Boston Bruins	3	7	L	24	10	1		0	29	4	3		0
38	1979-01-04		Chicago Black Hawks	3	3	T	40	12	2		0	23	12	0		0
39	1979-01-07		Detroit Red Wings	4	3	W	25	8	1		0	28	10	0		0
40	1979-01-09	@	Atlanta Flames	3	5	L	22	6	0		0	39	4	1		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA		S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
41	1979-01-11		Washington Capitals	6	2	W	27	2	1		0	27	16	0		0
42	1979-01-13	@	Montreal Canadiens	2	5	L	29	8	2		0	27	12	1		1
43	1979-01-14		Pittsburgh Penguins	4	5	L	30	5	0		0	23	11	0		0
44	1979-01-18	@	Philadelphia Flyers	4	4	T	29	4	1		0	28	8	0		0
45	1979-01-20	@	Boston Bruins	2	1	W	15	22	0		0	27	18	1		0
46	1979-01-25		New York Rangers	4	5	L	39	4	1		0	21	6	0		0
47	1979-01-27	@	Detroit Red Wings	6	3	W	34	6	1		1	24	6	1		0
48	1979-01-28		Minnesota North Stars	1	3	L	26	13	0		0	19	11	1		0
49	1979-01-31		Atlanta Flames	2	5	L	41	4	0		0	24	8	0		0
50	1979-02-03	@	Minnesota North Stars	2	1	W	25	40	0		0	45	26	0		0
51	1979-02-04		St. Louis Blues	3	1	W	39	6	0		0	32	12	1		0
52	1979-02-14		New York Islanders	2	1	W	29	6	0		0	26	11	1		0
53	1979-02-15		New York Rangers	4	3	W	30	8	1		0	30	6	2		0
54	1979-02-17	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	3	6	L	41	39	0		0	32	41	2		0
55	1979-02-18		Montreal Canadiens	2	5	L	35	10	1		0	38	10	1		0
56	1979-02-21	@	Chicago Black Hawks	2	3	L	36	43	1		0	24	23	0		0
57	1979-02-22		Chicago Black Hawks	2	4	L	34	13	1		0	29	19	0		1
58	1979-02-24	@	Washington Capitals	6	4	W	37	22	1		0	32	8	2		0
59	1979-02-26		Toronto Maple Leafs	3	1	W	37	24	0		0	26	24	0		0
60	1979-03-01		Minnesota North Stars	5	5	T	31	9	0		0	36	9	1		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA		S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
61	1979-03-03	@	New York Rangers	2	2	T	25	20	1		1	23	20	1		0
62	1979-03-04		Philadelphia Flyers	1	6	L	31	10	0		0	38	14	1		0
63	1979-03-06	@	New York Islanders	3	2	W	33	18	0		0	34	12	1		0
64	1979-03-08		Los Angeles Kings	6	4	W	44	26	1		0	36	16	1		0
65	1979-03-10	@	Atlanta Flames	5	5	T	30	2	1		0	26	2	1		0
66	1979-03-11		Atlanta Flames	9	4	W	48	6	1		1	26	10	1		0
67	1979-03-14	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	4	1	W	23	21	1		0	26	13	1		0
68	1979-03-15		Vancouver Canucks	4	2	W	45	11	0		0	20	13	0		0
69	1979-03-17	@	Philadelphia Flyers	3	5	L	19	8	1		0	41	6	0		0
70	1979-03-18		Washington Capitals	3	3	T	34	4	0		0	34	4	0		0
71	1979-03-21	@	Colorado Rockies	3	2	W	30	10	0		0	19	6	1		0
72	1979-03-23	@	Vancouver Canucks	4	3	W	25	8	0		0	25	4	2		0
73	1979-03-24	@	Los Angeles Kings	3	2	W	27	8	0		1	37	6	0		0
74	1979-03-26	@	St. Louis Blues	4	2	W	33	10	0		0	27	2	0		0
75	1979-03-28		Boston Bruins	9	2	W	31	13	1		0	27	15	0		0
76	1979-03-31	@	New York Islanders	0	2	L	32	22	0		0	30	24	0		0
77	1979-04-01		Toronto Maple Leafs	3	6	L	31	8	2		0	29	16	2		0
78	1979-04-05	@	Boston Bruins	9	3	W	27	33	1		0	35	31	1		0
79	1979-04-07	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	2	6	L	25	10	0		0	29	12	1		0
80	1979-04-08		Colorado Rockies	5	5	T	31	15	0		0	37	9	3		0

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
								Team					Opponent
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
1	1979-04-10		Pittsburgh Penguins	3	4	L		31	6	0		0	22	8	0		0
2	1979-04-12	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	3	1	W		30	21	0		0	31	13	0		0
3	1979-04-14		Pittsburgh Penguins	3	4	L	OT	41	14	1		0	24	10	0		0

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