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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 1988-89. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Allen Pedersen BOS · 6 P in 51 GP Rod Buskas PIT · 6 P in 52 GP Chris Dahlquist PIT · 6 P in 43 GP Wayne Mcbean NYI · 6 P in 53 GP Dave Richter STL · 6 P in 66 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

1988-89 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
48 0 6 6 -7 126 10 0 0.13 0.0 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 2, 1989 vs QUE W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1989 @ NYI W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1989 @ QUE L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1989 vs VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1989 @ MNS L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 9 0 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1989 @ BOS T 6-6 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 5 0 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1989 vs QUE L 2-8 0 0 0 -1 12 0 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1989 @ MTL L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1989 vs WIN W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1989 vs NYI W 7-5 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1989 vs NJD W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1989 @ MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 1 10 0 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1989 vs BOS W 6-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1989 vs MNS T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1989 vs CGY W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1989 @ QUE T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1989 vs CHI W 6-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1989 @ TOR W 6-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1989 @ NJD L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1988 vs PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1988 @ WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1988 vs WSH L 4-6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1988 @ BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1988 @ HFD L 0-9 0 0 0 -2 4 1 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1988 @ MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1988 vs HFD L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1988 vs QUE W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1988 vs PHI W 7-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1988 vs CHI W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1988 @ VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1988 @ LAK L 4-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1988 @ CHI L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1988 vs EDM L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1988 @ NYI W 3-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1988 vs CGY W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1988 @ CGY L 0-9 0 0 0 -3 4 0 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1988 vs NYR W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1988 vs BOS T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1988 @ BOS T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 6 1 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1988 vs HFD L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 7 0 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1988 @ NJD W 7-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1988 @ MTL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1988 @ CGY L 4-11 0 0 0 -2 4 0 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1988 vs PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1988 vs BOS W 6-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1988 vs NYI W 6-5 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 8, 1988 vs CGY W 6-5 (OT) 0 1 1 1 12 0 0 00:00
Oct 6, 1988 vs DET W 8-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00