1982-83 Buffalo Sabres Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 38-29-13 - 89 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 6-4
Lost NHL division finals
Division Semi-Finals - Defeated Montreal Canadiens 3-0
Division Finals - Lost to Boston Bruins 4-3
Coach: Scotty Bowman (38-29-13)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1982-83 Buffalo Sabres RosterTeam Record: 38-29-13 - 89 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 6-4
Lost NHL division finals
Division Semi-Finals - Defeated Montreal Canadiens 3-0
Division Finals - Lost to Boston Bruins 4-3
Coach: Scotty Bowman (38-29-13)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1982-83 Buffalo Sabres Results
The Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ended the 1982-83 season with a record of 38 wins and 29 losses and 13 ties for 89 points, finishing third in the NHL's Adams Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 6-4.
The Sabres netted 318 goals and yielded 285. Tony McKegney scored 36 goals for Buffalo, and Gilbert Perreault tallied 30 or more also. Phil Housley contributed 47 assists. Bob Sauve earned 25 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.45 goals against average, leading regular goalies.
Scotty Bowman coached the team. The 1982-83 Buffalo Sabres lost in the NHL division finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Perreault | C | 77 | 30 | 46 | 76 | 34 | -10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 192 | 15.6 |
| Tony McKegney | L | 78 | 36 | 37 | 73 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 20.0 |
| Phil Housley | D | 77 | 19 | 47 | 66 | 39 | -4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 183 | 10.4 |
| Dale McCourt | C | 62 | 20 | 32 | 52 | 10 | -12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 117 | 17.1 |
| Mike Foligno | R | 66 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 135 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 130 | 16.9 |
| Gilles Hamel | L | 66 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 120 | 18.3 |
| Ric Seiling | R | 75 | 19 | 22 | 41 | 41 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 127 | 15.0 |
| Andre Savard | C | 68 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 122 | 13.1 |
| Mike Ramsey | D | 77 | 8 | 30 | 38 | 55 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 116 | 6.9 |
| Dave Andreychuk | L | 43 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 21.2 |
| Brent Peterson | C | 75 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 13.3 |
| Hannu Virta | D | 74 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 169 | 7.7 |
| Lindy Ruff | L | 60 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 130 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 110 | 10.9 |
| Craig Ramsay | L | 64 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 87 | 12.6 |
| Paul Cyr | L | 36 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 59 | -6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 65 | 23.1 |
| John Van Boxmeer | D | 65 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 53 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 144 | 4.2 |
| Sean McKenna | R | 46 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 4 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 14.5 |
| Steve Patrick | R | 56 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 14.3 |
| Mal Davis | R | 24 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 0 | -6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 25.0 |
| Mike Moller | R | 49 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 14.0 |
| Larry Playfair | D | 79 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 180 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 5.3 |
| Bill Hajt | D | 72 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 5.8 |
| David Fenyves | D | 24 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Jean-Francois Sauve | C | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Geordie Robertson | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Gary McAdam | L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Bob Sauve | G | 54 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Fischer | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Phil Myre | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jere Gillis | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Kai Suikkanen | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jacques Cloutier | G | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1522 | 318 | 514 | 832 | 997 | 62 | 67 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 38 | 12 | 2413 | 13.2 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Sauve | 54 | 3110 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 179 | 3.45 | 1393 | 1214 | .872 |
| Jacques Cloutier | 25 | 1390 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 3.50 | 572 | 491 | .858 |
| Phil Myre | 5 | 300 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4.20 | 152 | 131 | .862 |
| Totals | 84 | 4800 | 38 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 281 | 3.51 | 2398 | 2117 | .883 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Perreault | C | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony McKegney | L | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phil Housley | D | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dale McCourt | C | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Foligno | R | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gilles Hamel | L | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ric Seiling | R | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andre Savard | C | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Ramsey | D | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Andreychuk | L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brent Peterson | C | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hannu Virta | D | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lindy Ruff | L | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Craig Ramsay | L | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Cyr | L | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Van Boxmeer | D | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Patrick | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mal Davis | R | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Playfair | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Hajt | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Fenyves | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Sauve | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Myre | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Wiemer | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 191 | 31 | 43 | 74 | 206 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Sauve | 10 | 545 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 3.08 | 0 | ||
| Phil Myre | 1 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.37 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 11 | 602 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 3.49 | 0 |
