1981-82 Buffalo Sabres Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 39-26-15 - 93 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 1-3
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Boston Bruins 3-1
Coach: Scotty Bowman (14-5-7)
Coach: Jimmy Roberts (21-16-8)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1981-82 Buffalo Sabres RosterTeam Record: 39-26-15 - 93 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 1-3
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Boston Bruins 3-1
Coach: Scotty Bowman (14-5-7)
Coach: Jimmy Roberts (21-16-8)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1981-82 Buffalo Sabres Results
The Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ended the 1981-82 season with a record of 39 wins and 26 losses and 15 ties for 93 points, finishing third in the NHL's Adams Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-3.
The Sabres netted 307 goals and surrendered 273. Gilbert Perreault scored 31 goals for Buffalo, while John Van Boxmeer accounted for 54 assists. Don Edwards earned 26 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.51 goals against average, leading regular goalies.
Scotty Bowman and Jimmy Roberts coached the team. The 1981-82 Buffalo Sabres lost in the NHL division semi-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Perreault | C | 62 | 31 | 42 | 73 | 40 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 155 | 20.0 |
| John Van Boxmeer | D | 69 | 14 | 54 | 68 | 62 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 196 | 7.1 |
| Yvon Lambert | L | 77 | 25 | 39 | 64 | 38 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 108 | 23.1 |
| Jean-Francois Sauve | C | 69 | 19 | 36 | 55 | 49 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 119 | 16.0 |
| Tony McKegney | L | 73 | 23 | 29 | 52 | 41 | -12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 187 | 12.3 |
| Mike Foligno | R | 56 | 20 | 31 | 51 | 149 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 124 | 16.1 |
| Craig Ramsay | L | 80 | 16 | 35 | 51 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 109 | 14.7 |
| Lindy Ruff | L | 79 | 16 | 32 | 48 | 194 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 183 | 8.7 |
| Ric Seiling | R | 57 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 58 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 112 | 19.6 |
| Dale McCourt | C | 52 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 12 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 122 | 16.4 |
| Alan Haworth | C | 57 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 114 | 18.4 |
| Andre Savard | C | 62 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 118 | 15.3 |
| Mike Ramsey | D | 80 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 56 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 7.4 |
| Richie Dunn | D | 72 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 73 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 122 | 5.7 |
| Danny Gare | R | 22 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 9.9 |
| Steve Patrick | R | 41 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 15.4 |
| Larry Playfair | D | 77 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 258 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 8.8 |
| Brent Peterson | C | 46 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 43 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 22.0 |
| Bill Hajt | D | 65 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 3.4 |
| Bob Mongrain | C | 24 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 20.7 |
| Gilles Hamel | L | 16 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 11.8 |
| Bob Hess | D | 33 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0.0 |
| Ron Fischer | D | 15 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Randy Cunneyworth | L | 20 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 47 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6.1 |
| Jim Schoenfeld | D | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 14.3 |
| Derek Smith | C | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 20.0 |
| Don Edwards | G | 62 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hannu Virta | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jim Walsh | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Sean McKenna | R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Val James | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Eatough | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Sauve | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Moller | R | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Paul Harrison | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jacques Cloutier | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kai Suikkanen | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1446 | 307 | 509 | 816 | 1407 | 140 | 63 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 15 | 2341 | 13.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Edwards | 62 | 3500 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 205 | 3.51 | 0 | ||
| Bob Sauve | 14 | 760 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 2.76 | 0 | ||
| Jacques Cloutier | 7 | 311 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2.51 | 0 | ||
| Paul Harrison | 6 | 229 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3.67 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 89 | 4800 | 39 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 267 | 3.34 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Perreault | C | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Van Boxmeer | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Yvon Lambert | L | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jean-Francois Sauve | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony McKegney | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Foligno | R | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Ramsay | L | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lindy Ruff | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ric Seiling | R | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dale McCourt | C | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alan Haworth | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andre Savard | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Ramsey | D | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richie Dunn | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Playfair | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brent Peterson | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Hajt | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Mongrain | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Edwards | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hannu Virta | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Val James | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Harrison | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 76 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 104 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Edwards | 4 | 214 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4.49 | 0 | ||
| Paul Harrison | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.31 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 240 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4.25 | 0 |
