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1980-81 Buffalo Sabres Roster and Statistics

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Record: 39-20-21 (99 points), Finished 1st in NHL Adams Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Roger Neilson (39-20-21)

Captain: Danny Gare

Primary Arena: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Goals For: 327 (7th of 21), Goals Against: 250 (3rd of 21)
SRS: 0.92 (3rd of 21), SOS: -0.05 (19th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost Quarter-Finals (4-1) to Minnesota North Stars
Won Preliminary Round (3-0) over Vancouver Canucks

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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	39	20	21	99	.619	327	250	0.92	-0.05	4.09	3.13	73	310	23.55	44	268	83.58	9	10	2480	13.2	2235	.888		5
League Average	80	32	32	16	80	.500	307	307					77	340	22.54	77	340	77.46	10	10	2441	12.6	2441	.874		2

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	Summary
23	Randy Cunneyworth	ca CA	C	19	6-0	198	L/-	R	May 10, 1961	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
9	Rick Dudley	ca CA	LW	32	6-0	190	L/-	5	January 31, 1949	10 G, 13 A, 23 P
3	Richie Dunn	us US	D	23	6-0	200	L/-	3	May 12, 1957	7 G, 42 A, 49 P
1	Don Edwards	ca CA	G	25	5-9	160	-/L	4	September 28, 1955	23-10-12, 2.96 GAA
18	Danny Gare (C)	ca CA	RW	26	5-9	175	R/-	6	May 14, 1954	46 G, 39 A, 85 P
24	Bill Hajt	ca CA	D	29	6-3	215	L/-	7	November 18, 1951	2 G, 19 A, 21 P
17	Gilles Hamel	ca CA	LW	20	6-3	183	L/-	R	March 18, 1960	10 G, 9 A, 19 P
14	Alan Haworth	ca CA	C	20	5-10	190	R/-	R	September 1, 1960	16 G, 20 A, 36 P
23	Bob Hess	ca CA	D	25	5-11	180	L/-	5	May 19, 1955	1 G, 0 A, 1 P
20	Don Luce	ca CA	C	32	6-2	185	L/-	11	October 2, 1948	15 G, 13 A, 28 P
7	Rick Martin	ca CA	LW	29	5-11	179	L/-	9	July 26, 1951	7 G, 14 A, 21 P
15	Rob McClanahan	us US	C	23	5-10	180	R/-	1	January 9, 1958	3 G, 12 A, 15 P
8	Tony McKegney	ca CA	LW	22	6-0	200	L/-	2	February 15, 1958	37 G, 32 A, 69 P
29	Mike Moller	ca CA	RW	18	6-0	194	R/-	R	June 16, 1962	2 G, 2 A, 4 P
25	Bob Mongrain	ca CA	C	21	5-10	165	L/-	1	August 31, 1959	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
26	Steve Patrick	ca CA	RW	19	6-4	206	R/-	R	February 4, 1961	1 G, 7 A, 8 P
11	Gilbert Perreault	ca CA	C	30	6-1	180	L/-	10	November 13, 1950	20 G, 39 A, 59 P
27	Larry Playfair	ca CA	D	22	6-4	205	L/-	2	June 23, 1958	3 G, 9 A, 12 P
10	Craig Ramsay	ca CA	LW	29	5-10	175	L/-	9	March 17, 1951	24 G, 35 A, 59 P
5	Mike Ramsey	us US	D	20	6-3	195	L/-	1	December 3, 1960	3 G, 14 A, 17 P
22	Lindy Ruff	ca CA	RW	20	6-2	201	L/-	1	February 17, 1960	8 G, 18 A, 26 P
28	Bob Sauvé	ca CA	G	25	5-8	175	-/L	4	June 17, 1955	16-10-9, 3.18 GAA
9	J.F. Sauvé	ca CA	C	21	5-6	175	L/-	R	January 23, 1960	5 G, 9 A, 14 P
12	André Savard	ca CA	C	27	6-1	185	L/-	7	February 9, 1953	31 G, 43 A, 74 P
6	Jim Schoenfeld	ca CA	D	28	6-2	200	L/-	8	September 4, 1952	8 G, 25 A, 33 P
16	Ric Seiling	ca CA	RW	23	6-1	180	R/-	3	December 15, 1957	30 G, 27 A, 57 P
19	Derek Smith	ca CA	LW	26	5-11	180	L/-	4	July 31, 1954	21 G, 43 A, 64 P
4	John Van Boxmeer	ca CA	D	28	6-0	190	R/-	7	November 20, 1952	18 G, 51 A, 69 P

Standard Stats

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	Danny Gare	26	RW	73	46	39	85	12	109	31	15	0	7	26	13	0	249	18.5			ASG,ASnhl-6,Hart-10
2	André Savard	27	C	79	31	43	74	33	63	27	2	2	4	32	9	2	149	20.8
3	John Van Boxmeer	28	D	80	18	51	69	-2	69	11	6	1	2	23	28	0	258	7.0			ASnhl-17,Norris-18
4	Tony McKegney	22	LW	80	37	32	69	11	24	28	9	0	4	26	6	0	236	15.7			ASnhl-13,Byng-12
5	Derek Smith	26	LW	69	21	43	64	14	12	10	11	0	2	28	15	0	166	12.7
6	Craig Ramsay	29	LW	80	24	35	59	40	12	22	1	1	3	31	1	3	110	21.8			Byng-8,Selke-2
7	Gilbert Perreault	30	C	56	20	39	59	2	56	15	5	0	3	25	14	0	150	13.3
8	Ric Seiling	23	RW	74	30	27	57	21	80	27	2	1	4	23	3	1	140	21.4			Selke-27
9	Richie Dunn	23	D	79	7	42	49	21	34	3	4	0	1	21	21	0	174	4.0			ASnhl-22
10	Alan Haworth	20	C	49	16	20	36	-7	34	12	4	0	1	15	5	0	72	22.2
11	Jim Schoenfeld	28	D	71	8	25	33	27	110	5	3	0	0	23	1	1	101	7.9			ASnhl-10,Norris-12
12	Don Luce	32	C	61	15	13	28	14	19	11	0	4	2	12	0	1	94	16.0
13	Lindy Ruff	20	RW	65	8	18	26	2	121	7	1	0	2	12	6	0	97	8.2
14	Rick Dudley	32	LW	38	10	13	23	7	10	8	2	0	0	12	1	0	49	20.4
15	Rick Martin	29	LW	23	7	14	21	4	20	5	2	0	1	12	2	0	57	12.3
16	Bill Hajt	29	D	68	2	19	21	36	42	2	0	0	0	18	0	1	58	3.4			ASnhl-17,Norris-15
17	Gilles Hamel	20	LW	51	10	9	19	-8	53	8	2	0	0	9	0	0	56	17.9
18	Mike Ramsey	20	D	72	3	14	17	3	56	3	0	0	1	12	2	0	72	4.2			ASnhl-29
19	Rob McClanahan	23	C	53	3	12	15	-19	38	2	1	0	1	9	3	0	67	4.5
20	J.F. Sauvé	21	C	20	5	9	14	-2	12	2	3	0	0	8	1	0	26	19.2
21	Larry Playfair	22	D	75	3	9	12	5	169	3	0	0	1	9	0	0	54	5.6
22	Steve Patrick	19	RW	30	1	7	8	1	25	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	35	2.9
23	Mike Moller	18	RW	5	2	2	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	28.6
24	Don Edwards	25	G	45	0	2	2	0	0				0	2			0		2695:41		ASnhl-3,Hart-14
25	Bob Sauvé	25	G	35	0	1	1	0	0				0	1			0		2097:32
26	Bob Mongrain	21	C	4	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
27	Randy Cunneyworth	19	C	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
	Team Totals			80	327	538	865	216	1172	245	73	9	39	398	131	9	2480	13.2	4793:13

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	30	C	8	2	10	12	-7	2	2	0	0	0	3	7	0	21	9.5
2	John Van Boxmeer	28	D	8	1	8	9	1	7	1	0	0	0	3	5	0	39	2.6
3	Alan Haworth	20	C	7	4	4	8	-3	2	1	3	0	1	3	1	0	21	19.0
4	Tony McKegney	22	LW	8	5	3	8	-5	2	4	1	0	0	1	2	0	43	11.6
5	André Savard	27	C	8	4	2	6	3	17	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	19	21.1
6	Craig Ramsay	29	LW	8	2	4	6	4	4	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	14	14.3
7	Richie Dunn	23	D	8	0	5	5	-7	6	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	7	0.0
8	Derek Smith	26	C	8	1	4	5	-3	2	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	10	10.0
9	Ric Seiling	23	RW	8	2	2	4	-2	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	15	13.3
10	Lindy Ruff	20	D	6	3	1	4	2	23	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	9	33.3
11	Danny Gare	26	RW	3	3	0	3	2	8	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	8	37.5
12	Mike Ramsey	20	D	8	0	3	3	1	20	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	0.0
13	Bill Hajt	29	D	8	0	2	2	-7	17	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	13	0.0
14	J.F. Sauvé	21	C	5	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	33.3
15	Steve Patrick	19	RW	5	0	1	1	-1	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0.0
16	Mike Moller	18	RW	3	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0.0
17	Rob McClanahan	23	C	5	0	1	1	-3	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0.0
18	Bob Hess	25	D	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
19	Gilles Hamel	20	LW	5	0	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
20	Larry Playfair	22	D	8	0	0	0	-1	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
21	Don Edwards	25	G	8	0	0	0		0				0	0			0		497:13
22	Jim Schoenfeld	28	D	8	0	0	0	-2	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0.0
	Team Totals			8	30	52	82	-25	175	20	10	0	4	32	20	0	259	11.6	497:13

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Goalie Stats

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	25	45	23	10	12	133	1303	1170	.898	2.96	3	2695:41	82	28.4	2.34	10.1	0	2	2	0	ASnhl-3,Hart-14
2	Bob Sauvé	25	35	16	10	9	111	926	815	.880	3.18	2	2097:32	97	3.7	2.52	7.3	0	1	1	0
	Team Totals		80	39	20	21	244	2229	1985	.891	3.05	5	4793:13	88	32.1	2.42	17.4	0	3	3	0

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	25	8	4	4	0	28	249	221	.888	3.38	0	497:13	91	2.8	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals		8	4	4	0	28	249	221	.888	3.38	0	497:13	91	2.8	0	0	0	0

Hat Tricks (9)

* - postseason

Miscellaneous Stats

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	Danny Gare	26	RW	73	35	30	65	27.3	130	52	67	1	12	6.3	1.3	7.7	ASG,ASnhl-6,Hart-10
2	André Savard	27	C	79	24	33	57	22.1	111	24	65	11	33	4.2	2.0	6.2
3	John Van Boxmeer	28	D	80	14	40	54	18.6	139	52	96	7	-2	4.5	4.6	9.1	ASnhl-17,Norris-18
4	Tony McKegney	22	LW	80	28	25	53	22.1	97	24	63	1	11	4.3	1.4	5.7	ASnhl-13,Byng-12
5	Derek Smith	26	LW	69	16	33	49	17.7	99	41	44	0	14	3.2	1.3	4.5
6	Craig Ramsay	29	LW	80	18	27	45	17.2	88	3	69	24	40	2.6	2.2	4.8	Byng-8,Selke-2
7	Gilbert Perreault	30	C	56	15	30	45	16.4	91	34	59	4	2	3.3	0.8	4.2
8	Ric Seiling	23	RW	74	23	21	44	18.3	81	11	65	16	21	3.2	1.6	4.7	Selke-27
9	Richie Dunn	23	D	79	5	33	38	11.7	137	46	90	20	21	2.3	5.8	8.1	ASnhl-22
10	Alan Haworth	20	C	49	12	15	27	10.6	46	10	43	0	-7	1.7	0.5	2.2
11	Jim Schoenfeld	28	D	71	6	19	25	8.5	114	7	111	31	27	1.4	5.6	7.1	ASnhl-10,Norris-12
12	Don Luce	32	C	61	11	10	21	8.7	38	0	47	23	14	0.6	1.2	1.8
13	Lindy Ruff	20	RW	65	6	14	20	7.1	69	14	54	1	2	-0.3	0.9	0.7
14	Rick Dudley	32	LW	38	8	10	18	7.1	30	5	18	0	7	0.8	0.7	1.5
15	Rick Martin	29	LW	23	5	11	16	5.7	29	7	18	0	4	1.0	0.4	1.5
16	Bill Hajt	29	D	68	2	15	17	5.2	93	2	78	23	36	0.2	5.9	6.1	ASnhl-17,Norris-15
17	Gilles Hamel	20	LW	51	8	7	15	6.3	27	5	30	0	-8	0.0	0.5	0.5
18	Mike Ramsey	20	D	72	2	11	13	4.1	61	8	55	5	3	-0.1	4.4	4.3	ASnhl-29
19	Rob McClanahan	23	C	53	2	9	11	3.6	26	7	42	4	-19	-0.9	0.2	-0.7
20	J.F. Sauvé	21	C	20	4	7	11	4.1	20	8	14	0	-2	0.5	0.2	0.8
21	Larry Playfair	22	D	75	2	7	9	3.0	59	0	55	1	5	-0.5	4.7	4.2
22	Steve Patrick	19	RW	30	1	5	6	1.9	16	1	14	0	1	-0.6	0.4	-0.2
23	Mike Moller	18	RW	5	2	2	4	1.6	6	0	3	0	3	0.2	0.1	0.4
24	Bob Mongrain	21	C	4	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	3	1	-2	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
25	Randy Cunneyworth	19	C	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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