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Gilbert Perreault

#11 · Centre · Buffalo Sabres · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Nov 13, 1950 in Victoriaville, Quebec, CAN · 6'1", 180 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 1st overall in 1970 by BUF (round 1)

Trophy case

Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Sportsmanship and Gentlemanly Conduct 1972-73
Calder Memorial Trophy Rookie of the Year 1970-71

Compare with a similar player

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

Lanny McDonald TOR · 85 P in 79 GP Rick Middleton BOS · 86 P in 72 GP Butch Goring LAK · 87 P in 80 GP Eric Vail AFM · 83 P in 80 GP Darryl Sittler TOR · 87 P in 70 GP

Career

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

0501001970-71: 72 points7270-711971-72: 74 points741972-73: 88 points8872-731973-74: 51 points511974-75: 96 points9674-751975-76: 113 points1131976-77: 95 points9576-771977-78: 89 points891978-79: 85 points8578-791979-80: 106 points1061980-81: 59 points5980-811981-82: 73 points731982-83: 76 points7682-831983-84: 90 points901984-85: 83 points8384-851985-86: 60 points601986-87: 16 points1686-87

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1970-71 BUF 78 38 34 72 -38 19 210 0 0.92
1971-72 BUF 76 26 48 74 -41 24 218 0 0.97
1972-73 BUF 78 28 60 88 11 10 234 0 1.13
1973-74 BUF 55 18 33 51 -8 10 163 0 0.93
1974-75 BUF 68 39 57 96 1 36 243 0 1.41
1975-76 BUF 80 44 69 113 17 36 237 0 1.41
1976-77 BUF 80 39 56 95 9 30 195 0 1.19
1977-78 BUF 80 41 48 89 18 20 192 0 1.11
1978-79 BUF 79 27 58 85 12 20 172 0 1.08
1979-80 BUF 80 40 66 106 33 57 180 0 1.33
1980-81 BUF 56 20 39 59 2 56 150 0 1.05
1981-82 BUF 62 31 42 73 19 40 155 0 1.18
1982-83 BUF 77 30 46 76 -9 34 192 0 0.99
1983-84 BUF 73 31 59 90 19 32 165 0 1.23
1984-85 BUF 78 30 53 83 8 42 172 0 1.06
1985-86 BUF 72 21 39 60 -10 28 164 0 0.83
1986-87 BUF 20 9 7 16 -2 6 35 0 0.80
17 seasons Career 1192 512 814 1326 41 500 3077 0 1.11

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1972-73 BUF 6 3 7 10 2 2 22 0 1.67
1974-75 BUF 17 6 9 15 -3 10 66 0 0.88
1975-76 BUF 9 4 4 8 -2 4 24 0 0.89
1976-77 BUF 6 1 8 9 -4 4 18 0 1.50
1977-78 BUF 8 3 2 5 -1 0 23 0 0.63
1978-79 BUF 3 1 0 1 -2 2 11 0 0.33
1979-80 BUF 14 10 11 21 3 8 48 0 1.50
1980-81 BUF 8 2 10 12 -7 2 21 0 1.50
1981-82 BUF 4 0 7 7 -1 0 10 0 1.75
1982-83 BUF 10 0 7 7 -7 8 19 0 0.70
1984-85 BUF 5 3 5 8 1 4 10 0 1.60
11 seasons Playoffs 90 33 70 103 -21 44 272 0 1.14

1978-79 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
79 27 58 85 12 20 172 0 1.08 15.7 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 8, 1979 vs CLR T 5-5 0 2 2 2 0 4 0 00:00
Apr 7, 1979 @ TOR L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Apr 5, 1979 @ BOS W 9-3 1 4 5 4 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1979 vs TOR L 3-6 2 0 2 -1 0 10 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1979 @ NYI L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1979 vs BOS W 9-2 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1979 @ STL W 4-2 1 1 2 2 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1979 @ LAK W 3-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1979 @ VAN W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1979 @ CLR W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1979 @ PHI L 3-5 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1979 vs VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1979 @ TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1979 vs AFM W 9-4 1 2 3 1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1979 @ AFM T 5-5 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1979 vs LAK W 6-4 0 3 3 2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1979 @ NYI W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1979 vs PHI L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1979 @ NYR T 2-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1979 vs MNS T 5-5 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1979 vs TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1979 @ WSH W 6-4 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1979 vs CHI L 2-4 1 0 1 -2 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1979 @ CHI L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1979 vs MTL L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1979 @ PIT L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1979 vs NYR W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1979 vs NYI W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1979 vs STL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1979 @ MNS W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1979 vs AFM L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1979 vs MNS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1979 @ DET W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1979 vs NYR L 4-5 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1979 @ BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1979 @ PHI T 4-4 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1979 vs PIT L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1979 @ MTL L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1979 vs WSH W 6-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1979 @ AFM L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1979 vs DET W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1979 vs CHI T 3-3 1 1 2 -2 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1978 vs BOS L 3-7 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1978 @ VAN T 3-3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1978 @ CLR W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1978 @ BOS L 4-6 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1978 vs AFM W 5-4 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1978 @ NYR L 3-6 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1978 vs VAN W 6-3 1 1 2 2 0 6 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1978 @ MNS W 5-2 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1978 vs CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1978 @ CHI W 6-2 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1978 vs TOR W 5-3 1 3 4 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1978 @ PIT T 4-4 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1978 vs LAK T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1978 vs MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1978 @ MTL L 1-8 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1978 vs BOS L 3-4 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1978 vs CLR W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1978 @ BOS L 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1978 vs PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1978 vs MNS W 9-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1978 @ DET W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1978 vs STL W 6-2 2 1 3 2 2 4 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1978 @ TOR T 2-2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1978 vs BOS T 4-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1978 @ WSH W 2-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1978 vs PIT T 4-4 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1978 vs MNS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1978 @ MNS L 1-2 0 1 1 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1978 @ PHI T 3-3 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1978 @ STL T 7-7 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1978 @ LAK L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1978 @ VAN L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1978 vs TOR W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1978 @ TOR L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1978 vs DET L 2-3 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1978 @ MNS W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1978 vs NYI T 2-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00