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Larry Playfair

#27 · Defence · Buffalo Sabres

Born Jun 23, 1958 in Fort St. James, British Columbia, CAN · 6'3", 216 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 13th overall in 1978 by BUF (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 1980-81. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jean Hamel DET · 12 P in 72 GP Fred Barrett MNS · 12 P in 63 GP Gord Lane NYI · 12 P in 61 GP Bob Lorimer NYI · 13 P in 73 GP Brad Marsh CGY · 13 P in 80 GP

Career

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

0510151978-79: 3 points378-791979-80: 12 points1279-801980-81: 12 points1280-811981-82: 16 points1681-821982-83: 17 points1782-831983-84: 16 points1683-841984-85: 17 points1784-851985-86: 4 points485-861986-87: 9 points986-871987-88: 7 points787-881988-89: 6 points688-891989-90: 1 points189-90

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1978-79 BUF 30 0 3 3 1 60 12 0 0.10
1979-80 BUF 79 2 10 12 13 145 32 0 0.15
1980-81 BUF 76 3 9 12 5 169 54 0 0.16
1981-82 BUF 77 6 10 16 -5 258 68 0 0.21
1982-83 BUF 79 4 13 17 7 180 75 0 0.22
1983-84 BUF 76 5 11 16 4 211 67 0 0.21
1984-85 BUF 72 3 14 17 -3 157 64 0 0.24
1985-86 BUF 47 1 2 3 -8 100 34 0 0.06
1985-86 LAK 14 0 1 1 -14 28 6 0 0.07
1986-87 LAK 37 2 7 9 0 181 20 0 0.24
1987-88 LAK 54 0 7 7 -13 197 20 0 0.13
1988-89 LAK 6 0 3 3 3 16 4 0 0.50
1988-89 BUF 42 0 3 3 -10 110 6 0 0.07
1989-90 BUF 4 0 1 1 -2 2 0 0 0.25
12 seasons Career 693 26 94 120 -22 1814 462 0 0.17

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1979-80 BUF 14 0 2 2 0 29 15 0 0.14
1980-81 BUF 8 0 0 0 -1 26 1 0 0.00
1981-82 BUF 4 0 0 0 -3 22 4 0 0.00
1982-83 BUF 5 0 1 1 5 11 3 0 0.20
1983-84 BUF 3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0.00
1984-85 BUF 5 0 3 3 3 9 2 0 0.60
1987-88 LAK 3 0 0 0 1 14 1 0 0.00
1988-89 BUF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
8 seasons Playoffs 43 0 6 6 4 111 26 0 0.14

1980-81 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
76 3 9 12 5 169 54 0 0.16 5.6 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 5, 1981 vs NYI L 3-7 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 00:00
Apr 4, 1981 @ DET W 5-4 0 0 0 0 17 3 0 00:00
Apr 2, 1981 @ PHI T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1981 vs BOS T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1981 @ STL L 4-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1981 @ CLR W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1981 vs NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1981 vs STL L 5-6 0 0 0 -4 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1981 @ TOR W 6-2 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1981 vs TOR W 14-4 0 3 3 2 4 1 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1981 @ LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1981 @ VAN L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1981 @ WIN W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1981 @ MNS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1981 vs PHI W 8-4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1981 vs HFD L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1981 vs CGY W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1981 @ BOS L 4-6 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1981 vs CHI W 6-1 1 0 1 1 4 2 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1981 @ NYR L 3-6 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1981 vs MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1981 @ PIT W 6-1 0 0 0 1 10 4 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1981 @ MTL L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1981 @ EDM T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1981 @ CGY T 4-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1981 vs WSH W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1981 vs STL T 3-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1981 vs DET W 7-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1981 @ PHI W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1981 vs WIN W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1981 @ HFD W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1981 vs PHI T 4-4 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1981 @ NYI W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1981 @ WSH W 7-4 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1981 @ QUE W 6-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1981 @ BOS L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1981 vs NYR W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1981 vs EDM T 5-5 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1981 vs MNS T 1-1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1981 vs LAK T 4-4 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1981 @ NYR T 3-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1981 vs QUE W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1981 vs MNS T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1981 @ QUE T 3-3 0 0 0 1 24 1 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1980 vs LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1980 vs BOS W 5-2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1980 vs CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 7 0 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1980 @ VAN T 3-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1980 @ LAK W 7-4 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1980 vs VAN T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1980 @ TOR W 5-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1980 @ CGY L 4-8 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1980 @ CLR T 4-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1980 vs PIT W 10-1 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1980 @ MNS T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1980 vs MTL L 5-6 0 0 0 -1 6 0 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1980 vs CLR W 4-1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1980 @ HFD W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1980 vs CGY W 6-3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1980 @ STL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1980 @ EDM L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 5 0 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1980 @ WIN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1980 @ CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 4 4 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1980 vs QUE W 8-1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1980 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1980 vs DET T 4-4 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1980 vs WSH T 3-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1980 @ WSH T 3-3 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1980 vs CLR W 5-3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1980 vs VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1980 @ DET W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1980 vs PIT T 1-1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1980 vs NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1980 @ MTL W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1980 vs WIN W 7-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1980 @ CHI L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00