1981-82 Buffalo Sabres Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 39-26-15 - 93 points
in the NHL's Adams Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Jimmy Roberts (21-16-8)
Coach: Scotty Bowman (18-10-7)
1981-82 Buffalo Sabres RosterTeam Record: 39-26-15 - 93 points
in the NHL's Adams Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Jimmy Roberts (21-16-8)
Coach: Scotty Bowman (18-10-7)
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 in the NHL's Adams Division.
The team netted 307 goals and surrendered 273. Gilbert Perreault scored 31 goals for the squad, while John Van Boxmeer accounted for 54 assists. Don Edwards earned 26 wins in front of the net for the team and a team-best 3.51 goals against average, leading regular goalies.
Jimmy Roberts and Scotty Bowman coached the team. The 1981-82 Buffalo Sabres lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Perreault | C | 62 | 31 | 42 | 73 | 40 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 155 | 20.0 |
| John Van Boxmeer | D | 69 | 14 | 54 | 68 | 62 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 196 | 7.1 |
| Yvon Lambert | L | 77 | 25 | 39 | 64 | 38 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 108 | 23.1 |
| Jean-Francois Sauve | C | 69 | 19 | 36 | 55 | 49 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 119 | 16.0 |
| Tony McKegney | L | 73 | 23 | 29 | 52 | 41 | -12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 187 | 12.3 |
| Mike Foligno | R | 56 | 20 | 31 | 51 | 149 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 124 | 16.1 |
| Craig Ramsay | L | 80 | 16 | 35 | 51 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 109 | 14.7 |
| Lindy Ruff | L | 79 | 16 | 32 | 48 | 194 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 183 | 8.7 |
| Ric Seiling | R | 57 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 58 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 112 | 19.6 |
| Dale McCourt | C | 52 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 12 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 122 | 16.4 |
| Alan Haworth | C | 57 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 114 | 18.4 |
| Andre Savard | C | 62 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 118 | 15.3 |
| Mike Ramsey | D | 80 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 56 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 7.4 |
| Richie Dunn | D | 72 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 73 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 122 | 5.7 |
| Danny Gare | R | 22 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 9.9 |
| Steve Patrick | R | 41 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 15.4 |
| Larry Playfair | D | 77 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 258 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 8.8 |
| Brent Peterson | C | 46 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 43 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 22.0 |
| Bill Hajt | D | 65 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 3.4 |
| Bob Mongrain | C | 24 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 20.7 |
| Gilles Hamel | L | 16 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 11.8 |
| Bob Hess | D | 33 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0.0 |
| Ron Fischer | D | 15 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Randy Cunneyworth | L | 20 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 47 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6.1 |
| Jim Schoenfeld | D | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 14.3 |
| Derek Smith | C | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 20.0 |
| Don Edwards | G | 62 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hannu Virta | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jim Walsh | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Sean McKenna | R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Eatough | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Moller | R | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Kai Suikkanen | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Val James | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jacques Cloutier | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Harrison | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Sauve | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1526 | 307 | 509 | 816 | 1425 | 140 | 63 | 4 | 39 | 15 | 2341 | 13.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Sauve | 14 | 760 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2.76 | |||
| Jacques Cloutier | 7 | 311 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2.51 | 151 | 138 | .914 |
| Don Edwards | 62 | 3500 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 205 | 3.51 | 1738 | 1533 | .882 |
| Paul Harrison | 6 | 229 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3.67 | |||
| Totals | 89 | 4800 | 39 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 267 | 3.34 | 1938 | 1671 | .862 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Perreault | C | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Van Boxmeer | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Yvon Lambert | L | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jean-Francois Sauve | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony McKegney | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Foligno | R | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Ramsay | L | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lindy Ruff | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ric Seiling | R | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dale McCourt | C | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alan Haworth | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andre Savard | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Ramsey | D | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richie Dunn | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Playfair | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brent Peterson | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Hajt | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Mongrain | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Edwards | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hannu Virta | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Val James | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Harrison | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 76 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 104 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Edwards | 4 | 214 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4.49 | 120 | 104 | .867 |
| Paul Harrison | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.31 | 10 | 9 | .900 |
| Totals | 5 | 240 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4.25 | 130 | 113 | .869 |
