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Don Lever

#8 · Centre · Buffalo Sabres

Born Nov 14, 1952 in South Porcupine, Ontario, CAN · 5'10", 185 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 3rd overall in 1972 by VAN (round 1)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 1978-79. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Darcy Rota AFM · 44 P in 77 GP Rod Schutt PIT · 45 P in 74 GP Willi Plett AFM · 43 P in 74 GP Mike Murphy LAK · 45 P in 64 GP John Marks CHI · 45 P in 80 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

02040601972-73: 38 points3872-731973-74: 47 points471974-75: 68 points6874-751975-76: 65 points651976-77: 57 points5776-771977-78: 49 points491978-79: 44 points4478-791979-80: 68 points681980-81: 57 points5780-811981-82: 69 points691982-83: 53 points5382-831983-84: 33 points331984-85: 18 points1884-851985-86: 8 points81986-87: 5 points586-87

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1972-73 VAN 78 12 26 38 -27 49 138 0 0.49
1973-74 VAN 77 23 24 47 -14 28 169 0 0.61
1974-75 VAN 80 38 30 68 -13 49 213 0 0.85
1975-76 VAN 80 25 40 65 -3 93 166 0 0.81
1976-77 VAN 80 27 30 57 -8 28 198 0 0.71
1977-78 VAN 75 17 32 49 -29 58 168 0 0.65
1978-79 VAN 71 23 21 44 -43 17 170 0 0.62
1979-80 VAN 51 21 17 38 -13 32 134 0 0.75
1979-80 AFM 28 14 16 30 5 4 74 0 1.07
1980-81 CGY 62 26 31 57 20 56 157 0 0.92
1981-82 CGY 23 8 11 19 -14 6 55 0 0.83
1981-82 CLR 59 22 28 50 -10 20 136 0 0.85
1982-83 NJD 79 23 30 53 -36 68 140 0 0.67
1983-84 NJD 70 14 19 33 -23 44 109 0 0.47
1984-85 NJD 67 10 8 18 -30 31 83 0 0.27
1985-86 BUF 29 7 1 8 -5 6 31 0 0.28
1986-87 BUF 10 3 2 5 -3 4 8 0 0.50
15 seasons Career 1019 313 366 679 -246 593 2149 0 0.67

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1974-75 VAN 5 0 1 1 -6 4 14 0 0.20
1975-76 VAN 2 0 0 0 -4 0 4 0 0.00
1978-79 VAN 3 2 1 3 -1 2 8 0 1.00
1979-80 AFM 4 1 1 2 -5 0 3 0 0.50
1980-81 CGY 16 4 7 11 1 20 51 0 0.69
5 seasons Playoffs 30 7 10 17 -15 26 80 0 0.57

1978-79 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
71 23 21 44 -43 17 170 0 0.62 13.5 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 6, 1979 vs MNS T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Apr 3, 1979 vs CLR W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1979 @ CHI T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1979 @ PHI L 0-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1979 vs DET W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1979 vs MNS W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1979 vs BUF L 3-4 0 1 1 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1979 vs STL T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1979 vs AFM W 2-1 1 0 1 2 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1979 @ CLR W 4-1 1 1 2 3 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1979 @ BUF L 2-4 1 0 1 -2 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1979 vs PIT L 3-9 1 0 1 -4 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1979 vs CLR L 1-3 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1979 @ MTL L 1-11 0 0 0 -5 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1979 @ TOR L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1979 vs LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1979 vs WSH L 2-6 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1979 vs CHI T 4-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1979 @ LAK L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1979 vs BOS L 3-4 1 0 1 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1979 vs CLR W 3-0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1979 vs PHI T 3-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1979 vs NYI L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1979 @ MNS L 1-8 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1979 @ STL T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1979 vs MTL T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1979 @ WSH L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1979 @ STL T 3-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1979 vs STL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1979 @ TOR W 5-1 2 0 2 2 0 6 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1979 @ MTL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1979 @ NYR L 4-6 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1979 @ PIT W 5-3 2 1 3 2 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1979 @ NYI L 0-9 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1978 @ LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1978 vs BUF T 3-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1978 vs LAK W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1978 @ DET L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1978 @ MNS L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1978 @ BUF L 3-6 0 2 2 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1978 @ PIT L 5-6 1 2 3 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1978 @ TOR L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1978 @ BOS L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1978 vs WSH L 5-7 1 0 1 -2 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1978 vs CHI W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1978 vs AFM W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1978 vs DET W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1978 @ CHI T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1978 @ STL W 6-3 1 1 2 1 2 6 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1978 vs NYI L 2-5 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1978 @ CLR W 7-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1978 vs CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1978 vs MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1978 vs PIT L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1978 vs PHI L 0-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 10, 1978 vs MNS L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1978 @ DET W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1978 @ AFM L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1978 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1978 vs TOR L 1-3 1 0 1 0 5 4 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1978 @ CHI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1978 @ PHI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1978 @ NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1978 @ NYR L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1978 vs BUF W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1978 vs BOS L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1978 @ MNS L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1978 @ STL L 6-8 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1978 @ CHI T 3-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1978 vs STL W 8-4 2 2 4 1 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1978 vs CLR W 8-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00