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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 1979-80. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Gilles Gilbert BOS · 33 GP, 0.891 Denis Herron MTL · 34 GP, 0.907 Eddie Mio EDM · 34 GP, 0.868 Rob Holland PIT · 34 GP, 0.864 Al Smith HFD · 30 GP, 0.876

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

1979-80 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
32 31 208404 751 677 74 2.36 0.901

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 5, 1980 @ PIT W 9-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Apr 1, 1980 @ AFM W 5-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Mar 27, 1980 vs DET W 10-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Mar 23, 1980 vs NYI T 1-1 T 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Mar 19, 1980 @ VAN T 3-3 T 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Mar 9, 1980 vs STL W 9-4 W 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Mar 5, 1980 @ NYR L 2-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 60:00
Feb 29, 1980 @ EDM W 4-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Feb 24, 1980 @ CHI L 1-3 L 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Feb 19, 1980 @ QUE W 3-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Feb 16, 1980 @ DET W 4-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Feb 11, 1980 vs STL W 4-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Feb 3, 1980 vs VAN W 3-0 W, SO 22 22 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 27, 1980 vs LAK W 9-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Dec 29, 1979 @ MTL L 3-6 L 29 24 5 0.828 58:45
Dec 23, 1979 vs QUE L 1-3 L 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Dec 20, 1979 vs LAK W 5-3 W 19 16 3 0.842 60:00
Dec 16, 1979 vs BOS L 1-5 L 25 20 5 0.800 60:00
Dec 13, 1979 vs CHI W 5-2 W 16 14 2 0.875 60:00
Dec 7, 1979 @ CLR W 5-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Dec 2, 1979 vs WSH W 2-0 W, SO 20 20 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 27, 1979 @ BOS W 5-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Nov 24, 1979 @ WSH W 6-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Nov 18, 1979 vs EDM W 9-7 W 23 16 7 0.696 60:00
Nov 15, 1979 vs AFM W 5-1 W 16 15 1 0.938 60:00
Nov 10, 1979 @ WSH W 5-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Nov 4, 1979 @ PHI L 1-3 L 35 32 3 0.914 59:56
Oct 31, 1979 @ CHI T 0-0 T, SO 20 20 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 27, 1979 @ QUE W 3-0 W, SO 19 19 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 25, 1979 @ DET L 0-4 L 23 19 4 0.826 60:00
Oct 21, 1979 vs VAN T 3-3 T 22 19 3 0.864 60:00
Oct 14, 1979 vs MNS L 4-5 L 7 6 1 0.857 19:32