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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 1983-84. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Richard Sevigny MTL · 40 GP, 0.869 Don Edwards CGY · 41 GP, 0.871 Pat Riggin WSH · 41 GP, 0.889 Billy Smith NYI · 42 GP, 0.896 Rick Wamsley MTL · 42 GP, 0.853

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

1983-84 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
40 39 2213400 1049 911 138 3.49 0.868

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 31, 1984 @ QUE L 1-4 L 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Mar 25, 1984 vs NYI L 3-5 L 28 23 5 0.821 60:00
Mar 21, 1984 vs MTL W 4-2 W 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Mar 17, 1984 @ VAN W 5-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Mar 11, 1984 vs HFD W 4-3 (OT) W 27 24 3 0.889 61:53
Mar 4, 1984 vs QUE T 1-1 (OT) T 20 19 1 0.950 65:00
Feb 29, 1984 @ CHI L 3-4 L 35 31 4 0.886 59:26
Feb 25, 1984 @ MNS L 1-5 L 23 18 5 0.783 60:00
Feb 21, 1984 @ PHI W 5-4 (OT) W 24 20 4 0.833 64:09
Feb 17, 1984 vs MNS W 5-4 (OT) W 19 15 4 0.789 61:31
Feb 11, 1984 @ MTL W 4-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Feb 8, 1984 @ PIT W 6-5 (OT) W 23 18 5 0.783 60:31
Feb 3, 1984 vs MNS L 1-4 L 21 17 4 0.810 60:00
Jan 29, 1984 vs PIT W 7-3 W 21 18 3 0.857 60:00
Jan 25, 1984 vs WSH T 2-2 (OT) T 23 21 2 0.913 65:00
Jan 21, 1984 @ STL W 2-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Jan 17, 1984 @ VAN W 5-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 59:48
Jan 13, 1984 vs EDM W 3-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Jan 8, 1984 vs MTL W 4-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Jan 4, 1984 vs WIN W 9-4 W 21 17 4 0.810 60:00
Dec 29, 1983 vs QUE W 8-5 W 28 23 5 0.821 60:00
Dec 26, 1983 vs BOS L 1-2 L 32 30 2 0.938 59:34
Dec 18, 1983 vs VAN W 3-2 W 19 17 2 0.895 60:00
Dec 14, 1983 vs NJD T 3-3 (OT) T 26 23 3 0.885 65:00
Dec 10, 1983 @ BOS W 4-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Dec 7, 1983 @ CHI L 2-4 1 1 0 1.000 01:27
Dec 6, 1983 @ STL L 2-8 L 38 30 8 0.789 58:41
Dec 2, 1983 vs STL W 7-6 W 27 21 6 0.778 60:00
Nov 26, 1983 @ QUE L 2-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 59:50
Nov 23, 1983 @ NYR W 6-4 W 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Nov 18, 1983 @ EDM L 0-7 L 34 27 7 0.794 60:00
Nov 13, 1983 vs CGY W 11-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Nov 9, 1983 vs BOS W 3-1 W 16 15 1 0.938 60:00
Nov 5, 1983 @ NYI L 0-4 L 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Oct 30, 1983 vs MTL W 5-4 W 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Oct 26, 1983 @ DET L 5-6 (OT) L 24 18 6 0.750 64:19
Oct 22, 1983 @ HFD W 5-2 W 42 40 2 0.952 60:00
Oct 16, 1983 vs NYI L 2-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 59:12
Oct 12, 1983 @ TOR T 4-4 (OT) T 29 25 4 0.862 65:00
Oct 8, 1983 @ QUE L 2-9 L 26 17 9 0.654 60:00