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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)

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The defencemen closest to him in points in 1981-82. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Don Spring WIN · 16 P in 78 GP Ed Kea STL · 16 P in 78 GP Fred Barrett MNS · 16 P in 69 GP Andre Dupont QUE · 16 P in 61 GP Ron Greschner NYR · 16 P in 29 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

1981-82 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
77 6 10 16 -5 258 68 0 0.21 8.8 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 30, 1982 @ QUE W 6-4 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1982 vs BOS W 9-5 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1982 vs NYR L 5-8 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1982 @ BOS L 1-5 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1982 vs MTL W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1982 @ BOS L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 5 0 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1982 @ HFD L 1-4 1 0 1 -2 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1982 vs BOS T 3-3 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1982 @ CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1982 @ EDM W 3-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1982 @ VAN W 7-4 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1982 vs MTL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 17 1 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1982 @ HFD T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1982 vs HFD T 3-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1982 @ MNS T 5-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1982 @ WIN T 4-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1982 vs EDM L 3-6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1982 vs CLR W 6-2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1982 @ MTL T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1982 @ CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 20 1 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1982 @ STL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1982 @ PHI L 4-6 0 1 1 0 27 0 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1982 vs WIN W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1982 vs NYI L 3-7 0 0 0 -2 4 3 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1982 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 15 1 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1982 vs BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1982 @ CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1982 @ EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1982 @ VAN L 3-4 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1982 @ QUE W 3-2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1982 vs QUE W 5-3 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1982 @ MTL T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 4 2 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1982 vs HFD W 7-1 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1982 vs TOR W 8-2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1982 vs CHI W 6-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1982 vs LAK W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1982 @ HFD W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1982 vs DET W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1982 vs MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1982 @ QUE L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1981 vs MNS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1981 vs WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1981 @ PIT W 7-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1981 @ STL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1981 vs HFD W 8-2 2 1 3 4 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1981 @ QUE L 3-7 0 0 0 -3 5 2 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1981 @ PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1981 vs LAK L 3-4 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1981 vs QUE T 4-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1981 @ DET W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1981 vs CLR W 7-1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1981 vs PIT W 7-4 0 0 0 -1 10 2 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1981 @ HFD W 4-2 0 1 1 1 7 2 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1981 @ BOS L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 12 0 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1981 vs NYI W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1981 @ TOR T 4-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1981 @ DET W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1981 @ LAK W 7-1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1981 @ CLR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1981 @ CHI L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1981 vs BOS W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1981 vs NYR T 3-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1981 @ NYR L 3-7 0 1 1 -1 4 0 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1981 vs HFD T 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1981 @ NYI W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1981 vs CGY T 3-3 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1981 vs PHI W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 31, 1981 @ PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 8 0 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1981 vs STL W 6-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1981 vs MNS L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1981 vs TOR W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1981 vs WIN T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1981 vs MTL T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1981 @ WSH W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1981 vs QUE W 4-2 0 0 0 1 10 1 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1981 vs VAN T 2-2 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1981 @ MTL L 0-9 0 0 0 -2 4 0 0 00:00