1981-1982 Buffalo Sabres: 39-26-15
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Home record: 23-8-9 (179 goals scored, 128 allowed)
Road record: 16-18-6 (128 goals scored, 145 allowed)
Head Coaches: Jimmy Roberts (21-16-8), Scotty Bowman (18-10-7)
Power Play: 63/301 (20.9%)
Penalty Killing: 224/281 (79.7%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 4-10
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 240-206
307 goals scored (16th of 21 teams), 273 goals allowed (3rd), 1425 PIM (13th)
NHL Averages: 4.01 goals/game (321.0 goals/team), 1592.7 PIM/team
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
C 11 Gilbert Perreault 6'1 180 31 62 31 42 73 40 2 0 103 22 71 9 155 20.0 +19
D 4 John Van Boxmeer 6'0 190 29 69 14 54 68 62 3 0 82 32 34 4 120 11.7 +20
LW 15 Yvon Lambert 6'2 200 31 77 25 39 64 38 14 0 102 31 49 0 108 23.1 +22
C 21 J.F. Sauve 5'6 175 21 69 19 36 55 49 5 0 85 31 47 0 119 16.0 +7
LW 8 Tony McKegney 6'1 200 23 73 23 29 52 41 8 0 71 21 62 0 187 12.3 -12
RW 17 Mike Foligno 6'2 195 22 56 20 31 51 149 4 0 78 17 40 0 124 16.1 +21
LW 10 Craig Ramsay 5'10 175 30 80 16 35 51 8 0 1 68 4 83 33 109 14.7 +14
D/LW 22 Lindy Ruff 6'2 201 21 79 16 32 48 194 3 0 101 25 87 12 183 8.7 +1
RW/C 16 Ric Seiling 6'1 180 24 57 22 25 47 58 7 1 69 21 54 13 112 19.6 +7
C 7 Dale McCourt 5'10 180 24 52 20 22 42 12 4 1 71 19 62 9 122 16.4 -1
C 14 Alan Haworth 5'10 190 21 57 21 18 39 30 3 0 62 9 47 0 114 18.4 +6
C 12 Andre Savard 6'1 185 28 62 18 20 38 24 2 1 50 4 60 19 118 15.3 +5
D 5 Mike Ramsey 6'3 195 21 80 7 23 30 56 2 0 102 8 96 20 94 7.4 +18
D 3 Richie Dunn 6'0 200 24 72 7 19 26 73 0 0 96 17 103 30 122 5.7 +6
RW 18 Danny Gare 5'9 175 27 22 7 14 21 25 2 0 30 10 21 1 71 9.9 0
RW 26 Steve Patrick 6'4 206 20 41 8 8 16 64 0 0 23 1 23 4 52 15.4 +3
D 27 Larry Playfair 6'4 205 23 77 6 10 16 258 0 0 62 0 79 12 68 8.8 -5
C 20 Brent Peterson 6'0 190 23 46 9 5 14 43 0 0 25 7 29 8 41 22.0 -3
D 24 Bill Hajt 6'3 215 30 65 2 9 11 44 0 0 61 1 80 31 58 3.4 +11
C 25 Bob Mongrain 5'10 165 22 24 6 4 10 6 0 0 16 2 23 6 29 20.7 -3
LW 9 Gilles Hamel 6'3 183 21 16 2 7 9 2 0 0 9 0 10 0 17 11.8 -1
D 23 Bob Hess 5'11 180 26 33 0 8 8 14 0 0 40 10 28 4 33 0.0 +6
D 6 Ron Fischer 6'2 195 22 15 0 7 7 6 0 0 18 1 22 2 16 0.0 -3
LW 19 Randy Cunneyworth 6'0 198 20 20 2 4 6 47 0 0 10 0 13 0 33 6.1 -3
D 6 Jim Schoenfeld 6'2 200 29 13 3 2 5 30 0 0 14 0 11 2 21 14.3 +5
C/LW 19 Derek Smith 5'11 180 27 12 3 1 4 2 0 0 9 2 8 1 15 20.0 0
G 1 Don Edwards 5'9 160 26 62 0 2 2 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
RW 19 Sean McKenna 6'0 190 19 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 6 0.0 +3
D 23 Hannu Virta 5'11 183 18 3 0 1 1 4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
D 28 Jim Walsh 6'1 185 25 4 0 1 1 4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
D 20 Kai Suikkanen 6'2 205 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 --- -1
RW 19 Jeff Eatough 5'9 168 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 --- -1
G 30 Paul Harrison 6'1 168 26 6 0 0 0 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
LW 30 Val James 6'2 205 24 7 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0.0 -1
G 29 Jacques Cloutier 5'7 168 21 7 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
RW 9 Mike Moller 6'0 194 19 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 0 2 0.0 -7
G 28 Bob Sauve 5'8 175 26 14 0 0 0 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
Skater data: GP: Games played; G: Goals scored; A: Assists; Pts: Total points; PIM: Penalties in minutes; PP: Power play goals; SH: Shorthanded goals;
TGF: Total goals on ice for; PGF: Power play goals on ice for; TGA: Total goals on ice against; PGA: Power play goals on ice against; S: Shots taken; S%: Shooting percentage
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Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 29 Jacques Cloutier 21 7 311 13 2.51 5 1 0 158 .918 1 0
G 28 Bob Sauve 26 14 760 35 2.76 6 1 5 326 .893 1 0
G 1 Don Edwards 26 62 3500 205 3.51 26 23 9 1740 .882 3 0
G 30 Paul Harrison 26 6 229 14 3.67 2 1 1 90 .844 1 0
Goalie data: GP: Games played; Min: Minutes played; GA: Goals allowed; GAA: Goals allowed per 60 minutes; W: Wins; L: Losses; T: Ties;
Sht: Shots faced; Pct: Save percentage; EN: Empty net goals allowed; SO: Shutouts
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1981 Draft:
NHL WHA
Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games Games Team
1 17 RW Jiri Dudacek Kladno (Czechoslovakia)
2 38 D Hannu Virta 245 TPS Turku (Finland)
3 59 D Jim Aldred Kingston Canadians (OHL)
3 60 D Colin Chisholm 1 Calgary Wranglers (WHL) [pick acquired from LA]
4 80 RW Jeff Eatough 1 Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
4 83 LW Anders Wikberg Timra Jrs. (Sweden) [pick acquired from STL]
5 101 C Mauri Eivola TPS Turku (Finland)
6 122 D Ali Butorac Ottawa 67's (OHL)
7 143 D Heikki Leime TPS Turku (Finland)
8 164 C Gates Orlando 98 Providence College (NCAA)
9 185 D Venci Sebek Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
10 206 RW Warren Harper Prince Albert Saints (SJHL)
Traded draft picks:
Transactions
06-01-1981 | signed Kai Suikkanen as a free agent |
06-30-1981 | signed Dave Gorman as a free agent |
07-22-1981 | signed Val James as a free agent |
09-02-1981 | signed Mal Davis as a free agent |
09-09-1981 | signed Dean Turner as a free agent |
10-05-1981 | claimed Yvon Lambert from Canadiens in waiver draft |
10-06-1981 | Whalers claimed Rob McClanahan in waiver draft |
12-02-1981 | traded Bob Sauve to Red Wings for a conditional draft pick (not exercised) |
12-02-1981 | traded Danny Gare, Jim Schoenfeld and Derek Smith to Red Wings for Dale McCourt, Mike Foligno and Brent Peterson |
02-08-1982 | claimed Paul Harrison on waivers from Penguins |
06-02-1982 | signed Bob Sauve as a free agent |
06-09-1982 | traded Alan Haworth and Buffalo's #3 pick in the 1982 draft to Capitals for Washington's #2 and #4 picks in the 1982 draft |
06-09-1982 | traded Don Edwards, Richie Dunn, Buffalo's #2 pick in the 1982 draft and #1 pick in the 1983 draft to Flames for Calgary's #1 and #2 picks in the 1982 draft, and #1 and #2 picks in the 1983 draft |
09-09-1982 | sold Dean Turner to Kings |
09-11-1982 | signed Jere Gillis as a free agent |
09-11-1982 | signed Phil Myre as a free agent |
09-17-1982 | signed Gary McAdam as a free agent |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary.
Date Opponent Result
Round 1
04/07/1982 at Boston Bruins L 1-3
04/08/1982 at Boston Bruins L 3-7
04/10/1982 vs Boston Bruins W 5-2
04/11/1982 vs Boston Bruins L 2-5
Playoff Stats:
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
C 11 Gilbert Perreault 6'1 180 31 4 0 7 7 0 0 0
C 7 Dale McCourt 5'10 180 24 4 2 3 5 0 1 0
LW 15 Yvon Lambert 6'2 200 31 4 3 0 3 2 1 0
C 21 J.F. Sauve 5'6 175 21 2 0 2 2 0 0 0
RW 17 Mike Foligno 6'2 195 22 4 2 0 2 9 2 0
LW 10 Craig Ramsay 5'10 175 30 4 1 1 2 0 0 0
D 5 Mike Ramsey 6'3 195 21 4 1 1 2 14 0 0
RW/C 16 Ric Seiling 6'1 180 24 4 1 1 2 2 1 0
C 14 Alan Haworth 5'10 190 21 3 0 1 1 2 0 0
D 3 Richie Dunn 6'0 200 24 4 0 1 1 0 0 0
C 20 Brent Peterson 6'0 190 23 4 1 0 1 12 1 0
C 12 Andre Savard 6'1 185 28 4 0 1 1 5 0 0
D 4 John Van Boxmeer 6'0 190 29 4 0 1 1 6 0 0
D 23 Hannu Virta 5'11 183 18 4 0 1 1 0 0 0
G 30 Paul Harrison 6'1 168 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
C 25 Bob Mongrain 5'10 165 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 24 Bill Hajt 6'3 215 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
LW 30 Val James 6'2 205 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
G 1 Don Edwards 5'9 160 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
LW 8 Tony McKegney 6'1 200 23 4 0 0 0 2 0 0
D 27 Larry Playfair 6'4 205 23 4 0 0 0 22 0 0
D/LW 22 Lindy Ruff 6'2 201 21 4 0 0 0 28 0 0
G 29 Jacques Cloutier 5'7 168 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
LW 19 Randy Cunneyworth 6'0 198 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
RW 19 Jeff Eatough 5'9 168 18 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 6 Ron Fischer 6'2 195 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
RW 18 Danny Gare 5'9 175 27 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
LW 9 Gilles Hamel 6'3 183 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 23 Bob Hess 5'11 180 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
RW 19 Sean McKenna 6'0 190 19 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
RW 9 Mike Moller 6'0 194 19 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
RW 26 Steve Patrick 6'4 206 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
G 28 Bob Sauve 5'8 175 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 6 Jim Schoenfeld 6'2 200 29 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
C/LW 19 Derek Smith 5'11 180 27 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 20 Kai Suikkanen 6'2 205 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 28 Jim Walsh 6'1 185 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 1 Don Edwards 26 4 214 16 4.49 1 3 104 .846 0 0
G 30 Paul Harrison 26 1 26 1 2.31 0 0 9 .889 0 0
Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.
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