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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 1986-87. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Greg Smith WSH · 9 P in 46 GP Joe Reekie BUF · 9 P in 56 GP Dave Manson CHI · 9 P in 63 GP Joel Quenneville HFD · 10 P in 37 GP Gordon Mark NJD · 8 P in 36 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

1986-87 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
37 2 7 9 0 181 20 0 0.24 10.0 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Jan 31, 1987 @ MTL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1987 vs NJD W 6-2 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1986 vs PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1986 vs BOS W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1986 vs PIT W 3-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1986 vs EDM L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1986 vs CGY L 3-6 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1986 @ NYR L 4-5 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1986 @ NYI W 7-2 0 1 1 2 32 0 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1986 vs CHI W 7-2 1 1 2 2 14 3 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1986 vs TOR W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1986 vs DET W 5-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1986 vs NJD W 9-6 0 0 0 2 14 1 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1986 vs VAN L 3-5 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1986 @ VAN L 5-11 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1986 @ WIN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1986 @ WIN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1986 @ CHI T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1986 @ WSH W 6-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1986 vs CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1986 vs WIN L 5-6 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1986 vs WIN W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1986 vs HFD W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 6 0 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1986 vs MTL L 4-6 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1986 @ CGY L 2-4 0 1 1 1 10 1 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1986 @ EDM T 5-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1986 @ QUE L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 15 0 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1986 @ MTL L 5-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1986 @ NYI L 3-4 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1986 @ NJD L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1986 @ NYR L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 4 0 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1986 vs EDM W 7-6 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1986 vs BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1986 @ DET W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1986 @ PIT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1986 vs NYI W 5-4 0 0 0 2 9 2 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1986 vs STL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00