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Buffalo Sabres, 1980-81

Be the GM of the Buffalo Sabres Take over the 2026-27 team: trade, manage the cap and simulate the season.

Adams Division, Prince of Wales Conference Won the Adams Division Made the playoffs

1980-81 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
5 80 39-20-21 99 0.619 327 250 +77 21-7-12 18-13-9

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Preliminary Round Vancouver Canucks Won 3-0
Quarterfinals Minnesota North Stars 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
Danny Gare R 73 46 39 85 12 109 249 0
Andre Savard C 79 31 43 74 33 63 149 0
John Van Boxmeer D 80 18 51 69 -2 69 258 0
Tony McKegney L 80 37 32 69 11 24 236 0
Derek Smith C 69 21 43 64 14 12 166 0
Craig Ramsay L 80 24 35 59 40 12 110 0
Gilbert Perreault C 56 20 39 59 2 56 150 0
Ric Seiling R 74 30 27 57 21 80 140 0
Richie Dunn D 79 7 42 49 21 34 174 0
Alan Haworth C 49 16 20 36 -7 34 72 0
Jim Schoenfeld D 72 8 25 33 27 110 101 0
Don Luce C 61 15 13 28 14 19 94 0
Lindy Ruff L 65 8 18 26 2 121 97 0
Rick Dudley L 38 10 13 23 7 10 49 0
Bill Hajt D 68 2 19 21 36 42 58 0
Rick Martin L 23 7 14 21 4 20 57 0
Gilles Hamel L 52 10 9 19 -8 53 56 0
Mike Ramsey D 72 3 14 17 3 56 72 0
Rob McClanahan C 53 3 12 15 -19 38 67 0
Jean-Francois Sauve C 21 5 9 14 -2 12 26 0
Larry Playfair D 76 3 9 12 5 169 54 0
Steve Patrick R 30 1 7 8 1 25 35 0
Mike Moller R 5 2 2 4 3 0 7 0
Randy Cunneyworth L 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
Robert Mongrain C 4 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Don Edwards 45 23101203 1303 1170 133 2.96 0.898
Bob Sauve 35 1610902 926 815 111 3.18 0.880

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 5, 1981 vs NYI L 3-7 24 26
Apr 4, 1981 @ DET W 5-4 30 25
Apr 2, 1981 @ PHI T 2-2 19 32
Mar 30, 1981 vs BOS T 2-2 33 20
Mar 28, 1981 @ STL L 4-7 30 38
Mar 27, 1981 @ CLR W 5-3 26 26
Mar 25, 1981 vs NYR W 4-2 29 22
Mar 22, 1981 vs STL L 5-6 26 34
Mar 21, 1981 @ TOR W 6-2 42 35
Mar 19, 1981 vs TOR W 14-4 49 32
Mar 17, 1981 @ LAK W 3-1 23 23
Mar 14, 1981 @ VAN L 1-2 40 30
Mar 13, 1981 @ WIN W 5-2 29 21
Mar 11, 1981 @ MNS L 1-3 23 43
Mar 8, 1981 vs PHI W 8-4 34 27
Mar 6, 1981 vs HFD L 3-5 47 25
Mar 4, 1981 vs CGY W 4-0 41 24
Mar 1, 1981 @ BOS L 4-6 22 40
Feb 27, 1981 vs CHI W 6-1 26 25
Feb 25, 1981 @ NYR L 3-6 35 28
Feb 22, 1981 vs MTL L 2-4 35 26
Feb 21, 1981 @ PIT W 6-1 31 32
Feb 19, 1981 @ MTL L 2-5 26 26
Feb 15, 1981 @ EDM T 2-2 23 27
Feb 14, 1981 @ CGY T 4-4 37 33
Feb 12, 1981 vs WSH W 6-3 41 20
Feb 8, 1981 vs STL T 3-3 17 25
Feb 6, 1981 vs DET W 7-3 34 34
Feb 5, 1981 @ PHI W 4-0 29 31
Feb 1, 1981 vs WIN W 4-0 28 23
Jan 31, 1981 @ HFD W 5-3 44 19
Jan 28, 1981 vs PHI T 4-4 33 35
Jan 26, 1981 @ NYI W 5-3 33 25
Jan 24, 1981 @ WSH W 7-4 41 24
Jan 21, 1981 @ QUE W 6-5 30 30
Jan 19, 1981 @ BOS L 1-5 16 31
Jan 18, 1981 vs NYR W 4-0 31 30
Jan 16, 1981 vs EDM T 5-5 33 21
Jan 14, 1981 vs MNS T 1-1 30 20
Jan 11, 1981 vs LAK T 4-4 31 33
Jan 9, 1981 @ NYR T 3-3 27 25
Jan 7, 1981 vs QUE W 5-1 28 17
Jan 4, 1981 vs MNS T 2-2 29 17
Jan 3, 1981 @ QUE T 3-3 29 25
Dec 31, 1980 vs LAK L 2-5 34 33
Dec 28, 1980 vs BOS W 5-2 32 29
Dec 26, 1980 vs CHI W 3-2 35 26
Dec 21, 1980 @ VAN T 3-3 25 21
Dec 20, 1980 @ LAK W 7-4 26 21
Dec 14, 1980 vs VAN T 2-2 33 23
Dec 13, 1980 @ TOR W 5-4 40 50
Dec 11, 1980 @ CGY L 4-8 42 25
Dec 9, 1980 @ CLR T 4-4 33 27
Dec 7, 1980 vs PIT W 10-1 39 25
Dec 6, 1980 @ MNS T 3-3 23 31
Dec 3, 1980 vs MTL L 5-6 24 30
Nov 30, 1980 vs CLR W 4-1 34 23
Nov 29, 1980 @ HFD W 5-2 39 33
Nov 27, 1980 vs CGY W 6-3 30 25
Nov 25, 1980 @ STL L 3-5 33 31
Nov 23, 1980 @ EDM L 3-6 20 35
Nov 21, 1980 @ WIN W 4-2 28 33
Nov 19, 1980 @ CHI L 2-5 43 30
Nov 16, 1980 vs QUE W 8-1 38 23
Nov 15, 1980 @ NYI L 1-4 29 26
Nov 12, 1980 vs DET T 4-4 25 23
Nov 9, 1980 vs WSH T 3-3 25 19
Nov 8, 1980 @ WSH T 3-3 28 34
Nov 5, 1980 vs CLR W 5-3 23 23
Nov 2, 1980 vs VAN W 4-3 40 26
Nov 1, 1980 @ DET W 4-2 28 34
Oct 29, 1980 vs PIT T 1-1 23 27
Oct 26, 1980 vs NYI W 5-2 32 29
Oct 25, 1980 @ MTL W 5-2 24 40
Oct 22, 1980 vs WIN W 7-4 34 37
Oct 19, 1980 vs TOR L 2-4 34 19
Oct 18, 1980 @ PIT W 4-2 24 45
Oct 15, 1980 vs EDM W 2-0 30 15
Oct 12, 1980 vs HFD T 3-3 34 18
Oct 9, 1980 @ CHI L 3-4 32 41