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Bob Sauve

#28 · Goalie · New Jersey Devils

Born Jun 17, 1955 in Ste-Genevieve, Quebec, CAN · 5'8", 175 lb · Catches left · Drafted 17th overall in 1975 by BUF (round 1)

Trophy case

William M. Jennings Trophy Goaltender(s) on Team with Fewest Goals Against 1984-85
Vezina Trophy Top Goaltender 1979-80

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 1988-89. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Frank Pietrangelo PIT · 15 GP, 0.890 Billy Smith NYI · 17 GP, 0.851 Mark Laforest PHI · 17 GP, 0.871 Jeff Hackett NYI · 13 GP, 0.881 Don Beaupre WSH · 12 GP, 0.894

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

020401976-77: 4 games476-771977-78: 11 games1177-781978-79: 29 games2978-791979-80: 32 games3279-801980-81: 35 games3580-811981-82: 55 games5581-821982-83: 54 games5482-831983-84: 40 games4083-841984-85: 27 games2784-851985-86: 38 games3885-861986-87: 46 games4686-871987-88: 34 games3487-881988-89: 15 games1588-89

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1976-77 BUF 4 12000 71 60 11 3.62 0.845
1977-78 BUF 11 62000 224 204 20 2.51 0.911
1978-79 BUF 29 1010700 805 705 100 3.73 0.876
1979-80 BUF 32 208404 751 677 74 2.36 0.901
1980-81 BUF 35 1610902 926 815 111 3.18 0.880
1981-82 BUF 14 61500 330 295 35 2.76 0.894
1981-82 DET 41 1125400 1069 904 165 4.19 0.846
1982-83 BUF 54 2520701 1390 1211 179 3.46 0.871
1983-84 BUF 40 2213400 1049 911 138 3.49 0.868
1984-85 BUF 27 1310300 580 496 84 3.23 0.855
1985-86 CHI 38 1913200 1206 1068 138 3.96 0.886
1986-87 CHI 46 1919501 1497 1338 159 3.60 0.894
1987-88 NJD 34 1016300 821 714 107 3.57 0.870
1988-89 NJD 15 45100 331 275 56 4.66 0.831
13 seasons Career 420 1821545408 11050 9673 1377 3.49 0.875

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1978-79 BUF 3 1200 77 68 9 3.00 0.883
1979-80 BUF 8 6202 231 214 17 2.04 0.926
1982-83 BUF 10 6402 234 206 28 3.08 0.880
1983-84 BUF 2 0100 14 9 5 7.36 0.643
1985-86 CHI 2 0200 60 52 8 4.95 0.867
1986-87 CHI 4 0400 136 121 15 3.73 0.890
1987-88 NJD 5 2100 118 105 13 3.30 0.890
7 seasons Playoffs 34 151604 870 775 95 3.10 0.891

1988-89 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
15 13 45100 331 275 56 4.66 0.831

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 2, 1989 vs WSH W 7-4 W 33 29 4 0.879 60:00
Mar 25, 1989 @ PIT L 4-5 18 16 2 0.889 23:54
Jan 19, 1989 vs QUE L 4-5 L 24 19 5 0.792 58:50
Jan 6, 1989 vs BUF W 5-4 W 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Dec 31, 1988 @ PIT L 6-8 10 5 5 0.500 27:39
Dec 29, 1988 vs BOS L 2-6 L 23 17 6 0.739 59:45
Dec 27, 1988 vs NYR L 5-7 6 3 3 0.500 10:01
Dec 26, 1988 @ NYR L 1-5 19 18 1 0.947 37:31
Dec 18, 1988 @ CHI W 5-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Dec 4, 1988 @ PHI L 2-6 L 26 20 6 0.769 60:00
Nov 19, 1988 vs WSH L 2-3 L 36 33 3 0.917 59:34
Nov 11, 1988 vs NYI T 3-3 (OT) T 22 19 3 0.864 65:00
Oct 28, 1988 vs HFD W 5-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Oct 25, 1988 vs BUF L 4-7 5 4 1 0.800 19:31
Oct 15, 1988 @ WSH L 5-8 L 30 23 7 0.767 59:00