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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 1978-79. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jim Bedard WSH · 30 GP, 0.863 Greg Millen PIT · 28 GP, 0.888 Glen Hanlon VAN · 31 GP, 0.898 Wayne Thomas NYR · 31 GP, 0.866 Jim Rutherford DET · 32 GP, 0.884

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

1978-79 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
29 26 1010700 805 705 100 3.73 0.876

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 5, 1979 @ BOS W 9-3 W 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Mar 31, 1979 @ NYI L 0-2 L 30 28 2 0.933 58:56
Mar 24, 1979 @ LAK W 3-2 W 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Mar 21, 1979 @ CLR W 3-2 W 19 17 2 0.895 60:00
Mar 17, 1979 @ PHI L 3-5 L 41 36 5 0.878 60:00
Mar 10, 1979 @ AFM T 5-5 T 26 21 5 0.808 60:00
Mar 4, 1979 vs PHI L 1-6 L 38 32 6 0.842 60:00
Mar 3, 1979 @ NYR T 2-2 T 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Feb 24, 1979 @ WSH W 6-4 W 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Feb 17, 1979 @ PIT L 3-6 L 32 26 6 0.813 60:00
Jan 28, 1979 vs MNS L 1-3 L 19 16 3 0.842 60:00
Jan 27, 1979 @ DET W 6-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Jan 14, 1979 vs PIT L 4-5 L 23 18 5 0.783 60:00
Jan 4, 1979 vs CHI T 3-3 T 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Dec 31, 1978 vs BOS L 3-7 11 11 0 1.000 20:00
Dec 28, 1978 @ VAN T 3-3 T 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Dec 20, 1978 @ NYR L 3-6 L 34 28 6 0.824 60:00
Dec 17, 1978 vs VAN W 6-3 W 19 16 3 0.842 40:00
Dec 16, 1978 @ MNS W 5-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Dec 14, 1978 vs CHI W 3-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Dec 13, 1978 @ CHI W 6-2 5 5 0 1.000 10:10
Dec 10, 1978 vs TOR W 5-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Dec 9, 1978 @ PIT T 4-4 T 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Dec 7, 1978 vs LAK T 3-3 T 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Dec 3, 1978 vs MTL L 1-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Dec 2, 1978 @ MTL L 1-8 L 26 19 7 0.731 40:00
Nov 30, 1978 vs BOS L 3-4 L 44 40 4 0.909 59:26
Nov 26, 1978 vs CLR W 4-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Oct 28, 1978 @ STL T 7-7 T 34 27 7 0.794 60:00