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 1985-86. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.
Jim Kyte
WIN ·
4 P in 71 GP
Bob Lorimer
NJD ·
4 P in 46 GP
Thomas Eriksson
PHI ·
4 P in 43 GP
Gord Donnelly
QUE ·
4 P in 36 GP
Rik Wilson
CGY ·
4 P in 34 GP
Career
Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.
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 |
1985-86 season totals
| GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | Hits | P/GP | Shooting % | Avg TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -22 | 128 | 40 | 0 | 0.07 | 2.5 | 0:00 |
Game log
| Date | Opponent | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 1986 | vs MTL | L 4-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Feb 27, 1986 | vs CHI | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Feb 24, 1986 | @ PIT | L 5-6 (OT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Feb 22, 1986 | @ NJD | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Feb 20, 1986 | @ PHI | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Feb 18, 1986 | @ QUE | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Feb 17, 1986 | @ MTL | W 3-2 (OT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Feb 15, 1986 | vs WSH | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Feb 12, 1986 | vs QUE | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Feb 9, 1986 | vs CGY | L 3-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Feb 8, 1986 | vs NYI | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Feb 6, 1986 | @ CGY | L 2-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Feb 2, 1986 | @ WIN | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Feb 1, 1986 | @ WIN | W 9-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Jan 27, 1986 | @ MTL | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Jan 25, 1986 | @ QUE | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Jan 24, 1986 | vs CHI | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Jan 22, 1986 | vs WIN | W 6-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Jan 19, 1986 | @ NJD | W 6-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Jan 17, 1986 | vs MTL | W 5-4 (OT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Jan 15, 1986 | @ CHI | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Jan 10, 1986 | vs TOR | W 9-7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Jan 5, 1986 | vs LAK | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Jan 4, 1986 | @ BOS | L 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Jan 2, 1986 | @ DET | T 2-2 (OT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Dec 31, 1985 | vs BOS | T 6-6 (OT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Dec 29, 1985 | vs NYI | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Dec 26, 1985 | vs NYR | W 6-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Dec 22, 1985 | vs BOS | W 5-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Dec 21, 1985 | @ MTL | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Dec 18, 1985 | @ NYR | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Dec 17, 1985 | @ NYI | L 3-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Dec 15, 1985 | vs QUE | W 6-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Dec 13, 1985 | vs HFD | L 4-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Dec 10, 1985 | @ QUE | L 3-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Dec 8, 1985 | @ BOS | T 3-3 (OT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Dec 6, 1985 | vs PIT | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Dec 4, 1985 | @ STL | W 6-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Nov 30, 1985 | @ TOR | L 2-3 (OT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Nov 29, 1985 | vs MTL | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Nov 25, 1985 | vs MNS | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Nov 22, 1985 | vs QUE | W 7-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Nov 19, 1985 | @ HFD | W 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Nov 17, 1985 | vs TOR | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Nov 16, 1985 | @ QUE | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Nov 13, 1985 | vs BOS | W 6-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Nov 10, 1985 | vs CGY | W 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Nov 8, 1985 | vs STL | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Nov 6, 1985 | vs WIN | W 7-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Nov 2, 1985 | @ VAN | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Nov 1, 1985 | @ EDM | W 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Oct 30, 1985 | @ CGY | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Oct 27, 1985 | vs MNS | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Oct 25, 1985 | vs VAN | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Oct 23, 1985 | vs MTL | L 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Oct 19, 1985 | @ WSH | T 2-2 (OT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Oct 18, 1985 | vs WSH | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Oct 16, 1985 | @ MTL | W 6-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Oct 14, 1985 | vs DET | W 6-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Oct 12, 1985 | @ MNS | W 6-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Oct 10, 1985 | vs HFD | L 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |