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Buffalo Sabres, 1978-79

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Adams Division, Prince of Wales Conference Made the playoffs

1978-79 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
7 80 36-28-16 88 0.550 280 263 +17 19-13-8 17-15-8

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Preliminary Round Pittsburgh Penguins Lost 1-2

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 79 27 58 85 12 20 172 0
Danny Gare R 71 27 40 67 17 90 260 0
Rene Robert R 68 22 40 62 -13 46 206 0
Don Luce C 79 26 35 61 20 14 149 0
Craig Ramsay L 80 26 31 57 21 10 113 0
Rick Martin L 73 32 21 53 -7 35 250 0
Jerry Korab D 78 11 40 51 8 104 204 0
Ric Seiling R 78 20 22 42 15 56 136 0
Andre Savard C 65 18 22 40 2 20 97 0
Derek Smith C 43 14 12 26 -5 8 85 0
Jacques Richard L 62 10 15 25 8 26 85 0
Jim Schoenfeld D 46 8 17 25 8 67 99 0
Lee Fogolin D 74 3 19 22 -3 103 70 0
Tony McKegney L 53 8 14 22 -1 10 67 0
Bill Stewart D 68 1 17 18 4 101 87 0
Terry Martin L 66 6 8 14 -17 33 38 0
Bill Hajt D 40 3 8 11 -5 20 53 0
Gary McAdam R 41 6 5 11 -6 13 39 0
Jocelyn Guevremont D 34 3 8 11 12 8 51 0
Rick Dudley L 24 5 6 11 11 2 36 0
Ken Breitenbach D 31 1 8 9 5 25 41 0
Dave Schultz L 29 2 3 5 -12 86 16 0
Larry Playfair D 30 0 3 3 1 60 12 0
Mike Boland D 22 1 2 3 5 29 17 0
Richie Dunn D 26 0 3 3 -2 14 18 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Don Edwards 54 2618902 1569 1410 159 3.02 0.899
Bob Sauve 29 1010700 805 705 100 3.73 0.876
Randy Ireland 2 00000 21 18 3 6.02 0.857

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 8, 1979 vs CLR T 5-5 31 37
Apr 7, 1979 @ TOR L 2-6 25 29
Apr 5, 1979 @ BOS W 9-3 27 35
Apr 1, 1979 vs TOR L 3-6 31 29
Mar 31, 1979 @ NYI L 0-2 32 30
Mar 28, 1979 vs BOS W 9-2 31 27
Mar 26, 1979 @ STL W 4-2 33 27
Mar 24, 1979 @ LAK W 3-2 27 37
Mar 23, 1979 @ VAN W 4-3 25 25
Mar 21, 1979 @ CLR W 3-2 30 19
Mar 18, 1979 vs WSH T 3-3 34 34
Mar 17, 1979 @ PHI L 3-5 19 41
Mar 15, 1979 vs VAN W 4-2 45 20
Mar 14, 1979 @ TOR W 4-1 23 26
Mar 11, 1979 vs AFM W 9-4 48 26
Mar 10, 1979 @ AFM T 5-5 30 26
Mar 8, 1979 vs LAK W 6-4 44 36
Mar 6, 1979 @ NYI W 3-2 33 34
Mar 4, 1979 vs PHI L 1-6 31 38
Mar 3, 1979 @ NYR T 2-2 25 23
Mar 1, 1979 vs MNS T 5-5 31 36
Feb 26, 1979 vs TOR W 3-1 37 26
Feb 24, 1979 @ WSH W 6-4 37 32
Feb 22, 1979 vs CHI L 2-4 34 29
Feb 21, 1979 @ CHI L 2-3 36 24
Feb 18, 1979 vs MTL L 2-5 35 38
Feb 17, 1979 @ PIT L 3-6 41 32
Feb 15, 1979 vs NYR W 4-3 30 30
Feb 14, 1979 vs NYI W 2-1 29 26
Feb 4, 1979 vs STL W 3-1 39 32
Feb 3, 1979 @ MNS W 2-1 25 45
Jan 31, 1979 vs AFM L 2-5 41 24
Jan 28, 1979 vs MNS L 1-3 26 19
Jan 27, 1979 @ DET W 6-3 34 24
Jan 25, 1979 vs NYR L 4-5 39 21
Jan 20, 1979 @ BOS W 2-1 15 27
Jan 18, 1979 @ PHI T 4-4 29 28
Jan 14, 1979 vs PIT L 4-5 30 23
Jan 13, 1979 @ MTL L 2-5 29 27
Jan 11, 1979 vs WSH W 6-2 27 27
Jan 9, 1979 @ AFM L 3-5 22 39
Jan 7, 1979 vs DET W 4-3 25 28
Jan 4, 1979 vs CHI T 3-3 40 23
Dec 31, 1978 vs BOS L 3-7 24 29
Dec 28, 1978 @ VAN T 3-3 24 27
Dec 27, 1978 @ CLR W 5-2 27 36
Dec 23, 1978 @ BOS L 4-6 24 28
Dec 21, 1978 vs AFM W 5-4 34 25
Dec 20, 1978 @ NYR L 3-6 28 34
Dec 17, 1978 vs VAN W 6-3 31 27
Dec 16, 1978 @ MNS W 5-2 26 27
Dec 14, 1978 vs CHI W 3-2 36 25
Dec 13, 1978 @ CHI W 6-2 30 31
Dec 10, 1978 vs TOR W 5-3 47 24
Dec 9, 1978 @ PIT T 4-4 37 34
Dec 7, 1978 vs LAK T 3-3 26 32
Dec 3, 1978 vs MTL L 1-4 25 31
Dec 2, 1978 @ MTL L 1-8 19 37
Nov 30, 1978 vs BOS L 3-4 27 44
Nov 26, 1978 vs CLR W 4-1 30 30
Nov 23, 1978 @ BOS L 2-5 21 29
Nov 22, 1978 vs PHI L 2-3 22 33
Nov 19, 1978 vs MNS W 9-2 34 21
Nov 18, 1978 @ DET W 3-1 22 39
Nov 16, 1978 vs STL W 6-2 31 33
Nov 15, 1978 @ TOR T 2-2 27 42
Nov 12, 1978 vs BOS T 4-4 20 33
Nov 11, 1978 @ WSH W 2-0 23 25
Nov 9, 1978 vs PIT T 4-4 34 36
Nov 5, 1978 vs MNS W 2-1 22 22
Nov 4, 1978 @ MNS L 1-2 32 32
Nov 2, 1978 @ PHI T 3-3 29 42
Oct 28, 1978 @ STL T 7-7 40 34
Oct 26, 1978 @ LAK L 0-6 18 24
Oct 22, 1978 @ VAN L 2-3 28 19
Oct 19, 1978 vs TOR W 1-0 33 19
Oct 18, 1978 @ TOR L 0-2 21 35
Oct 15, 1978 vs DET L 2-3 27 34
Oct 14, 1978 @ MNS W 5-2 33 44
Oct 12, 1978 vs NYI T 2-2 34 20