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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 1980-81. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Al Smith CLR · 36 GP, 0.836 Michel Larocque TOR · 36 GP, 0.873 Michel Plasse QUE · 33 GP, 0.876 Richard Sevigny MTL · 33 GP, 0.908 Gilles Meloche MNS · 38 GP, 0.888

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

1980-81 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
35 35 1610902 926 815 111 3.18 0.880

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 5, 1981 vs NYI L 3-7 L 26 19 7 0.731 60:00
Mar 30, 1981 vs BOS T 2-2 T 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Mar 27, 1981 @ CLR W 5-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Mar 25, 1981 vs NYR W 4-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Mar 11, 1981 @ MNS L 1-3 L 43 40 3 0.930 59:46
Mar 6, 1981 vs HFD L 3-5 L 24 20 4 0.833 59:12
Mar 4, 1981 vs CGY W 4-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 25, 1981 @ NYR L 3-6 L 28 22 6 0.786 60:00
Feb 19, 1981 @ MTL L 2-5 L 26 21 5 0.808 60:00
Feb 12, 1981 vs WSH W 6-3 W 20 17 3 0.850 60:00
Jan 31, 1981 @ HFD W 5-3 W 19 16 3 0.842 60:00
Jan 26, 1981 @ NYI W 5-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Jan 21, 1981 @ QUE W 6-5 W 30 25 5 0.833 60:00
Jan 16, 1981 vs EDM T 5-5 T 21 16 5 0.762 60:00
Jan 11, 1981 vs LAK T 4-4 T 33 29 4 0.879 60:00
Jan 7, 1981 vs QUE W 5-1 W 17 16 1 0.941 60:00
Jan 3, 1981 @ QUE T 3-3 T 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Dec 28, 1980 vs BOS W 5-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Dec 21, 1980 @ VAN T 3-3 T 21 18 3 0.857 60:00
Dec 14, 1980 vs VAN T 2-2 T 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Dec 11, 1980 @ CGY L 4-8 L 25 17 8 0.680 60:00
Dec 7, 1980 vs PIT W 10-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Dec 3, 1980 vs MTL L 5-6 L 30 24 6 0.800 60:00
Nov 29, 1980 @ HFD W 5-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Nov 25, 1980 @ STL L 3-5 L 30 26 4 0.867 59:18
Nov 21, 1980 @ WIN W 4-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Nov 16, 1980 vs QUE W 8-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Nov 12, 1980 vs DET T 4-4 T 23 19 4 0.826 60:00
Nov 8, 1980 @ WSH T 3-3 T 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Nov 2, 1980 vs VAN W 4-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Oct 29, 1980 vs PIT T 1-1 T 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Oct 25, 1980 @ MTL W 5-2 W 40 38 2 0.950 60:00
Oct 19, 1980 vs TOR L 2-4 L 19 15 4 0.789 59:16
Oct 15, 1980 vs EDM W 2-0 W, SO 15 15 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 9, 1980 @ CHI L 3-4 L 41 37 4 0.902 60:00