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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 1987-88. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dave Manson CHI · 7 P in 54 GP Greg Smith WSH · 7 P in 54 GP Marc Bergevin CHI · 7 P in 58 GP Greg Smyth PHI · 7 P in 49 GP Gord Donnelly QUE · 7 P in 63 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

1987-88 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
54 0 7 7 -13 197 20 0 0.13 0.0 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 23, 1988 vs NYI L 2-6 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1988 vs DET W 7-4 0 1 1 0 16 0 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1988 @ VAN L 3-5 0 1 1 0 4 2 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1988 vs VAN T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1988 vs STL W 7-6 0 0 0 -2 5 0 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1988 @ BOS T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1988 @ HFD L 4-5 0 0 0 -2 4 0 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1988 vs MTL L 6-7 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1988 @ EDM L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1988 @ VAN W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1988 vs PHI L 6-8 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1988 vs WSH W 4-3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1988 vs TOR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1988 vs DET L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1988 vs PIT L 5-7 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1988 vs QUE W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1988 vs CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1988 vs EDM W 7-2 0 0 0 -1 15 0 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1988 @ VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1988 vs MNS W 5-0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1988 @ TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1988 @ QUE L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1988 @ WIN W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1988 @ WIN L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1988 @ CGY W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1988 vs NYR W 6-3 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1988 vs HFD L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1988 vs WSH L 3-8 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1988 @ MNS W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1988 @ CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1988 @ PIT T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1988 @ NJD W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1988 vs MTL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1987 vs WIN W 6-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1987 vs WIN L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1987 vs VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 6 0 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1987 @ VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1987 @ EDM L 2-5 0 1 1 0 17 0 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1987 @ CGY W 6-3 0 0 0 3 4 1 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1987 vs CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1987 vs EDM W 7-5 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1987 @ HFD L 2-3 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1987 @ BOS L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 7 0 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1987 @ NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1987 @ WSH L 3-10 0 0 0 -2 11 0 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1987 @ MTL L 4-6 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1987 vs WIN L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1987 vs WIN L 6-7 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1987 vs NJD T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1987 vs CGY L 4-8 0 0 0 -4 7 0 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1987 vs CHI W 6-4 0 0 0 0 37 0 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1987 @ BUF W 8-5 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1987 @ TOR T 6-6 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1987 @ PHI L 5-7 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00