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Buffalo Sabres, 1977-78

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Adams Division, Prince of Wales Conference Made the playoffs

1977-78 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
5 80 44-19-17 105 0.656 288 215 +73 25-7-8 19-12-9

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Preliminary Round New York Rangers Won 2-1
Quarterfinals Philadelphia Flyers Lost 1-4

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 41 48 89 18 20 192 0
Danny Gare R 69 39 38 77 32 95 265 0
Rene Robert R 67 25 48 73 18 25 209 0
Craig Ramsay L 80 28 43 71 38 18 159 0
Rick Martin L 65 28 35 63 16 16 220 0
Don Luce C 78 26 35 61 32 24 170 0
Gary McAdam R 79 19 22 41 5 44 160 0
Jerry Korab D 77 7 34 41 16 119 200 0
Andre Savard C 80 19 20 39 1 40 126 0
Ric Seiling R 80 19 19 38 12 33 115 0
Jocelyn Guevremont D 66 7 28 35 25 46 162 0
Jim Lorentz C 74 9 15 24 -4 12 86 0
Lee Fogolin D 78 0 23 23 8 98 77 0
Bill Hajt D 76 4 18 22 36 30 78 0
Jim Schoenfeld D 60 2 20 22 24 89 113 0
Fred Stanfield L 64 3 8 11 -8 2 38 0
Ron Schock C 54 4 4 8 -5 0 19 0
Derek Smith C 47 3 3 6 -3 0 25 0
Terry Martin L 22 3 2 5 -1 9 17 0
Richie Dunn D 28 0 3 3 -3 16 23 0
Bill Stewart D 16 2 0 2 1 15 16 0
Alex Tidey R 1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0
Joe Kowal L 6 0 0 0 0 7 3 0
Larry Carriere D 10 0 0 0 -1 18 4 0
Wayne Ramsey D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Don Edwards 72 38161705 1970 1785 185 2.64 0.906
Bob Sauve 11 62000 224 204 20 2.51 0.911
Gerry Desjardins 3 01000 32 25 7 3.79 0.781

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 9, 1978 vs TOR W 2-1 27 24
Apr 6, 1978 @ BOS W 5-2 27 29
Apr 4, 1978 @ WSH L 3-4 20 25
Apr 2, 1978 vs AFM L 2-4 26 34
Apr 1, 1978 @ TOR L 2-3 39 27
Mar 30, 1978 vs CLE L 3-5 37 26
Mar 28, 1978 @ DET L 0-7 25 30
Mar 25, 1978 @ CLR W 4-3 29 28
Mar 24, 1978 @ VAN T 2-2 21 22
Mar 21, 1978 @ LAK W 6-2 32 27
Mar 18, 1978 @ PHI T 2-2 33 39
Mar 16, 1978 vs PHI W 3-1 33 24
Mar 12, 1978 vs CHI W 5-2 26 29
Mar 11, 1978 @ NYI L 2-4 27 32
Mar 9, 1978 vs LAK T 3-3 37 19
Mar 6, 1978 vs MTL W 2-1 33 33
Mar 4, 1978 @ BOS L 3-7 22 34
Mar 2, 1978 vs NYI W 6-3 28 22
Mar 1, 1978 @ AFM W 4-3 30 40
Feb 26, 1978 vs PIT T 4-4 49 20
Feb 25, 1978 @ CLE W 13-3 50 26
Feb 23, 1978 vs PHI W 4-0 37 20
Feb 20, 1978 @ MTL L 2-4 19 32
Feb 19, 1978 vs STL W 6-2 36 29
Feb 16, 1978 vs LAK W 5-0 30 29
Feb 13, 1978 vs TOR L 2-4 22 26
Feb 9, 1978 vs NYR W 2-0 37 25
Feb 8, 1978 @ CLE W 5-2 30 27
Feb 5, 1978 vs WSH W 4-1 32 28
Feb 4, 1978 @ MNS W 4-2 36 30
Feb 2, 1978 vs BOS W 3-1 30 30
Feb 1, 1978 @ TOR T 2-2 36 40
Jan 30, 1978 vs NYI W 3-2 24 26
Jan 28, 1978 @ PIT T 3-3 26 41
Jan 26, 1978 vs MNS L 1-2 35 29
Jan 22, 1978 vs VAN T 2-2 32 28
Jan 21, 1978 @ STL W 3-1 21 28
Jan 19, 1978 vs CLE W 9-2 48 25
Jan 14, 1978 @ DET L 2-6 22 30
Jan 12, 1978 @ CLE L 3-6 28 30
Jan 11, 1978 vs LAK T 3-3 20 34
Jan 8, 1978 vs BOS W 5-3 18 39
Jan 7, 1978 @ WSH T 4-4 28 26
Jan 5, 1978 vs CLR W 5-3 44 28
Jan 1, 1978 vs AFM T 2-2 26 25
Dec 31, 1977 @ NYR T 2-2 35 36
Dec 29, 1977 vs DET T 3-3 28 27
Dec 22, 1977 vs PIT T 3-3 36 15
Dec 21, 1977 @ DET W 5-3 30 29
Dec 17, 1977 @ VAN T 5-5 21 33
Dec 15, 1977 @ LAK W 7-3 30 38
Dec 13, 1977 @ CLR L 1-4 38 39
Dec 11, 1977 vs VAN W 3-0 44 19
Dec 10, 1977 @ MNS W 4-2 25 29
Dec 8, 1977 vs CLE W 5-2 41 23
Dec 4, 1977 vs DET W 6-1 41 29
Dec 3, 1977 @ PIT T 4-4 33 31
Dec 1, 1977 vs MTL W 3-1 30 35
Nov 30, 1977 @ CHI W 3-2 31 20
Nov 27, 1977 vs NYR W 3-2 31 27
Nov 24, 1977 @ MTL L 1-4 22 33
Nov 23, 1977 vs BOS L 0-2 21 20
Nov 20, 1977 vs WSH W 5-2 41 22
Nov 19, 1977 @ WSH W 7-6 33 22
Nov 17, 1977 vs TOR L 1-2 31 14
Nov 16, 1977 @ AFM W 6-2 25 26
Nov 13, 1977 vs PIT T 3-3 44 16
Nov 10, 1977 @ PHI W 3-2 16 28
Nov 9, 1977 @ NYR L 4-8 44 26
Nov 6, 1977 vs STL W 7-4 37 30
Nov 5, 1977 @ STL W 3-1 28 25
Nov 3, 1977 @ BOS W 4-1 25 26
Oct 30, 1977 @ MTL W 4-0 29 34
Oct 29, 1977 @ NYI L 2-4 29 26
Oct 23, 1977 vs MNS W 4-1 22 28
Oct 20, 1977 vs CLR W 7-5 38 21
Oct 19, 1977 @ CHI T 2-2 39 22
Oct 16, 1977 vs CHI L 0-2 34 17
Oct 15, 1977 @ TOR W 5-2 30 41
Oct 13, 1977 vs NYI W 3-2 30 27