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Buffalo Sabres, 1971-72

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East Division

1971-72 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
12 78 16-43-19 51 0.327 203 289 -86 11-19-9 5-24-10

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Gilbert Perreault C 76 26 48 74 -41 24 218 0
Rick Martin L 74 44 30 74 -39 36 266 0
Gerry Meehan C 77 19 27 46 -28 12 164 0
Al Hamilton D 77 4 30 34 -12 105 91 0
Eddie Shack L 56 11 14 25 -11 34 92 0
Chris Evans D 61 6 18 24 -20 98 99 0
Jim Lorentz C 35 10 14 24 -12 12 85 0
Phil Goyette C 37 3 21 24 -9 14 33 0
Steve Atkinson R 70 14 10 24 -23 26 122 0
Don Luce C 78 11 8 19 -18 38 126 0
Craig Ramsay L 57 6 10 16 5 0 43 0
Danny Lawson R 78 10 6 16 -22 15 176 0
Mike Byers R 46 9 7 16 -20 12 69 0
Kevin O'Shea R 54 6 9 15 -19 44 56 0
Larry Hillman D 43 1 11 12 -21 58 78 0
Mike Robitaille D 32 2 10 12 -13 22 62 0
Tracy Pratt D 28 0 10 10 -1 52 31 0
Rene Robert R 12 6 3 9 -5 2 42 0
Jim Watson D 72 2 6 8 -33 101 78 0
Doug Barrie D 27 2 5 7 -21 45 24 0
Randy Wyrozub C 40 3 4 7 -1 0 36 0
Dick Duff L 10 2 2 4 -2 0 5 0
Ron Anderson R 43 0 4 4 -10 19 35 0
Ray Mckay D 42 0 3 3 -12 18 18 0
Rod Zaine C 25 2 1 3 -14 4 23 0
Butch Deadmarsh L 12 1 1 2 -10 4 10 0
Larry Keenan L 14 2 0 2 -3 2 15 0
Floyd Smith R 6 0 1 1 -3 2 1 0
John Gould R 2 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0
Larry Mickey R 4 0 1 1 -1 0 5 0
Terry Ball D 10 0 1 1 -7 6 8 0
Paul Terbenche D 9 0 0 0 -13 2 7 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Roger Crozier 63 13341402 2197 1983 214 3.52 0.903
Dave Dryden 20 39500 594 526 68 3.98 0.886

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 2, 1972 vs PHI W 3-2 27 38
Mar 30, 1972 @ PHI L 1-3 29 41
Mar 26, 1972 vs PIT T 2-2 27 36
Mar 23, 1972 vs MNS T 4-4 35 32
Mar 22, 1972 @ PIT W 4-3 30 37
Mar 19, 1972 @ CHI T 3-3 34 33
Mar 17, 1972 vs VAN L 2-6 28 42
Mar 16, 1972 @ PHI T 3-3 38 36
Mar 14, 1972 @ MNS W 4-3 28 35
Mar 11, 1972 @ LAK L 3-5 36 38
Mar 10, 1972 @ VAN L 2-3 22 35
Mar 8, 1972 @ CGS L 3-6 31 29
Mar 5, 1972 vs STL L 2-6 31 33
Mar 2, 1972 vs NYR L 3-4 27 30
Mar 1, 1972 @ MTL L 1-4 32 34
Feb 27, 1972 vs CGS T 4-4 31 44
Feb 24, 1972 vs CHI W 5-3 31 40
Feb 23, 1972 @ CHI W 2-1 29 31
Feb 20, 1972 vs MTL L 0-4 32 32
Feb 19, 1972 @ TOR L 1-4 33 43
Feb 17, 1972 vs PIT L 0-2 23 28
Feb 13, 1972 vs PHI T 4-4 34 34
Feb 12, 1972 @ BOS L 1-5 28 55
Feb 10, 1972 @ DET L 2-4 20 32
Feb 6, 1972 vs BOS W 8-2 37 31
Feb 5, 1972 @ MNS T 3-3 26 41
Feb 3, 1972 vs NYR L 2-4 20 36
Jan 30, 1972 vs LAK T 2-2 33 33
Jan 27, 1972 vs DET L 1-3 22 27
Jan 26, 1972 @ NYR L 1-5 17 41
Jan 23, 1972 @ BOS T 3-3 26 47
Jan 22, 1972 @ DET L 2-3 19 44
Jan 20, 1972 vs VAN W 1-0 37 29
Jan 16, 1972 vs MTL W 4-2 27 30
Jan 15, 1972 @ MTL L 2-6 38 39
Jan 13, 1972 vs NYR L 2-5 25 37
Jan 9, 1972 vs TOR L 1-2 18 26
Jan 6, 1972 vs BOS L 2-5 20 40
Jan 2, 1972 vs CGS T 4-4 23 31
Dec 31, 1971 @ PIT T 3-3 32 37
Dec 29, 1971 vs DET L 3-7 32 34
Dec 26, 1971 vs STL W 6-3 20 37
Dec 25, 1971 @ STL T 4-4 23 41
Dec 23, 1971 vs BOS T 4-4 28 39
Dec 19, 1971 vs VAN W 5-1 35 36
Dec 18, 1971 @ TOR L 1-8 30 41
Dec 16, 1971 @ PHI L 0-5 35 42
Dec 15, 1971 @ CHI L 1-2 19 19
Dec 12, 1971 vs TOR L 2-4 20 30
Dec 11, 1971 @ PIT T 3-3 26 35
Dec 9, 1971 vs CHI L 1-3 25 25
Dec 5, 1971 vs MNS W 3-1 17 29
Dec 4, 1971 @ STL L 1-5 27 43
Dec 2, 1971 vs LAK W 2-0 32 31
Dec 1, 1971 @ NYR L 2-7 26 42
Nov 28, 1971 @ CGS L 3-5 24 42
Nov 27, 1971 @ VAN L 2-5 25 40
Nov 24, 1971 @ LAK L 3-5 30 44
Nov 21, 1971 vs TOR L 3-4 33 39
Nov 18, 1971 vs CGS L 5-7 31 38
Nov 14, 1971 vs MTL T 2-2 33 34
Nov 13, 1971 @ NYR L 2-5 21 46
Nov 11, 1971 vs LAK L 2-4 33 27
Nov 7, 1971 vs DET T 3-3 21 43
Nov 5, 1971 vs PHI W 5-2 32 29
Nov 4, 1971 @ DET T 4-4 24 34
Oct 31, 1971 @ CGS T 2-2 25 37
Oct 30, 1971 @ VAN T 4-4 16 37
Oct 27, 1971 @ LAK W 3-2 22 33
Oct 24, 1971 vs STL L 2-3 23 30
Oct 23, 1971 @ MNS L 1-5 22 29
Oct 21, 1971 vs CHI L 2-5 21 34
Oct 20, 1971 @ TOR W 7-2 35 30
Oct 17, 1971 vs MNS L 2-3 31 27
Oct 16, 1971 @ MTL L 3-9 19 54
Oct 14, 1971 @ BOS L 2-6 16 37
Oct 12, 1971 @ STL L 1-4 17 37
Oct 10, 1971 vs PIT W 2-1 35 35