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Buffalo Sabres, 1976-77

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Adams Division, Prince of Wales Conference Made the playoffs

1976-77 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
5 80 48-24-8 104 0.650 301 220 +81 27-8-5 21-16-3

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Preliminary Round Minnesota North Stars Won 2-0
Quarterfinals New York Islanders Lost 0-4

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 80 39 56 95 9 30 195 0
Rene Robert R 80 33 40 73 27 46 250 0
Don Luce C 80 26 43 69 38 16 204 0
Rick Martin L 66 36 29 65 10 58 222 0
Craig Ramsay L 80 20 41 61 37 20 145 0
Andre Savard C 80 25 35 60 11 30 160 0
Jim Lorentz C 79 23 33 56 3 8 156 0
Jerry Korab D 77 14 33 47 22 120 185 0
Jocelyn Guevremont D 80 9 29 38 26 46 210 0
Jim Schoenfeld D 65 7 25 32 28 97 179 0
Brian Spencer L 79 14 15 29 0 55 81 0
Gary McAdam R 77 13 16 29 17 17 86 0
Bill Hajt D 79 6 20 26 39 56 106 0
Danny Gare R 36 11 15 26 7 73 91 0
Fred Stanfield L 79 9 14 23 -2 6 69 0
Terry Martin L 66 11 12 23 6 8 72 0
Lee Fogolin D 72 3 15 18 9 100 77 0
Joe Kowal L 18 0 5 5 3 6 6 0
Ken Breitenbach D 35 0 5 5 -2 18 11 0
Jacques Richard L 22 2 0 2 -3 16 20 0
Alex Tidey R 3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0
Derek Smith C 11 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Gerry Desjardins 49 3112603 1258 1132 126 2.64 0.900
Don Edwards 25 167202 616 554 62 2.52 0.899
Al Smith 7 03000 116 97 19 4.33 0.836
Bob Sauve 4 12000 71 60 11 3.62 0.845

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 3, 1977 vs STL W 7-3 33 25
Apr 2, 1977 @ TOR T 1-1 26 29
Mar 30, 1977 vs BOS L 3-4 23 29
Mar 26, 1977 @ LAK L 4-6 28 40
Mar 25, 1977 @ CLR T 2-2 52 23
Mar 23, 1977 vs CLE W 4-2 33 19
Mar 22, 1977 @ AFM W 6-3 22 34
Mar 20, 1977 @ WSH W 6-2 33 22
Mar 17, 1977 @ BOS L 2-4 22 26
Mar 16, 1977 @ CLE W 6-2 33 23
Mar 13, 1977 vs TOR W 6-1 38 30
Mar 12, 1977 @ PIT L 2-3 43 26
Mar 9, 1977 vs DET W 6-3 33 19
Mar 6, 1977 vs MTL W 4-1 34 22
Mar 5, 1977 @ BOS L 1-3 16 29
Mar 3, 1977 vs LAK W 7-2 38 15
Mar 2, 1977 vs CHI W 6-3 41 26
Feb 27, 1977 vs LAK L 1-5 33 23
Feb 26, 1977 @ TOR W 6-5 40 34
Feb 24, 1977 vs PHI W 2-0 21 25
Feb 23, 1977 @ CLE W 5-3 36 21
Feb 20, 1977 @ PHI L 2-4 19 26
Feb 19, 1977 @ DET W 2-1 32 20
Feb 16, 1977 vs CHI W 3-0 38 23
Feb 14, 1977 vs TOR W 7-2 29 36
Feb 13, 1977 vs MNS W 6-2 32 17
Feb 10, 1977 vs BOS W 4-3 17 26
Feb 9, 1977 @ NYR W 2-1 27 26
Feb 5, 1977 @ STL L 5-6 34 31
Feb 3, 1977 @ CLR W 6-4 37 19
Feb 1, 1977 @ NYI L 3-6 35 32
Jan 29, 1977 @ MTL T 3-3 27 19
Jan 27, 1977 vs AFM T 1-1 30 16
Jan 23, 1977 vs CLE L 0-3 26 21
Jan 22, 1977 @ MNS L 3-4 31 40
Jan 19, 1977 vs WSH L 2-4 34 19
Jan 16, 1977 vs CLR W 3-0 35 21
Jan 15, 1977 @ PIT L 2-5 24 28
Jan 13, 1977 vs NYR W 7-5 36 29
Jan 9, 1977 vs CLE W 7-4 25 19
Jan 8, 1977 @ TOR W 4-2 39 27
Jan 6, 1977 vs MTL L 2-9 26 38
Jan 5, 1977 @ CHI L 1-2 34 30
Jan 2, 1977 vs NYI T 3-3 27 16
Jan 1, 1977 @ PIT L 3-6 29 20
Dec 29, 1976 @ AFM W 6-3 32 32
Dec 26, 1976 vs WSH W 5-2 44 25
Dec 23, 1976 vs TOR W 4-2 39 18
Dec 22, 1976 @ CHI W 4-2 32 23
Dec 19, 1976 vs DET W 6-1 34 23
Dec 18, 1976 @ NYI W 4-2 34 26
Dec 16, 1976 vs NYR W 7-2 40 14
Dec 14, 1976 @ VAN W 6-3 26 19
Dec 11, 1976 @ LAK W 4-2 36 22
Dec 9, 1976 vs PIT L 1-2 30 18
Dec 8, 1976 @ CLE W 5-1 36 31
Dec 5, 1976 vs CLR W 5-3 34 18
Dec 4, 1976 @ NYI L 0-3 33 30
Nov 30, 1976 @ BOS W 6-2 22 28
Nov 28, 1976 vs DET W 3-1 35 19
Nov 27, 1976 @ STL L 2-3 22 31
Nov 24, 1976 vs VAN T 4-4 41 24
Nov 20, 1976 @ LAK W 4-3 24 24
Nov 17, 1976 @ VAN W 3-2 24 33
Nov 14, 1976 vs MNS T 4-4 44 26
Nov 13, 1976 @ NYR W 6-2 26 40
Nov 10, 1976 vs STL W 5-0 36 25
Nov 7, 1976 vs PHI W 5-3 35 28
Nov 5, 1976 @ WSH W 3-2 24 29
Nov 1, 1976 @ MTL L 2-3 24 37
Oct 31, 1976 vs BOS W 4-1 30 21
Oct 27, 1976 vs PIT T 4-4 50 22
Oct 24, 1976 vs WSH W 2-1 35 34
Oct 23, 1976 @ PHI L 2-3 20 37
Oct 20, 1976 vs VAN W 4-0 33 32
Oct 17, 1976 vs AFM L 5-6 46 16
Oct 16, 1976 @ MNS W 2-1 32 33
Oct 13, 1976 vs NYI L 3-4 30 14
Oct 10, 1976 vs MTL W 3-1 24 41
Oct 9, 1976 @ DET L 0-4 20 31