1977-78 Buffalo Sabres Roster and Statistics

Record: 44-19-17 (105 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Adams Division (Schedule and Results)

Primary Arena: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Goals For: 288 (5th of 18), Goals Against: 215 (4th of 18)
SRS: 0.90 (5th of 18), SOS: -0.01 (12th of 18)

Playoffs:
Lost Quarter-Finals (4-1) to Philadelphia Flyers
Won Preliminary Round (2-1) over New York Rangers

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Buffalo Sabres	80	44	19	17	105	.656	288	215	0.90	-0.01	3.60	2.69	52	234	22.22	31	218	85.78	7	3	2479	11.6	2229	.904		5
League Average	80	33	33	15	80	.500	264	264					54	255	21.12	54	255	78.88	6	6	2343	11.3	2343	.887		4

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Buffalo Sabres
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
23	Larry Carriere	ca CA	D	26	6-1	190	L/-	5	January 30, 1952
30	Gerry Desjardins	ca CA	G	33	5-11	190	-/L	9	July 22, 1944
29	Richie Dunn	us US	D	20	6-0	200	L/-	R	May 12, 1957
1	Don Edwards	ca CA	G	22	5-9	160	-/L	1	September 28, 1955
5	Lee Fogolin	us US	D	22	6-0	200	R/-	3	February 7, 1955
18	Danny Gare (C)	ca CA	RW	23	5-9	175	R/-	3	May 14, 1954
22	Jocelyn Guevremont	ca CA	D	26	6-2	200	R/-	6	March 1, 1951
24	Bill Hajt	ca CA	D	26	6-3	215	L/-	4	November 18, 1951
4	Jerry Korab	ca CA	D	29	6-3	220	L/-	7	September 15, 1948
27	Joe Kowal	ca CA	LW	21	6-5	212	L/-	1	February 3, 1956
8	Jim Lorentz	ca CA	C	30	6-0	190	L/-	9	May 1, 1947
20	Don Luce	ca CA	C	29	6-2	185	L/-	8	October 2, 1948
7	Rick Martin	ca CA	LW	26	5-11	179	L/-	6	July 26, 1951
25	Terry Martin	ca CA	LW	22	5-11	195	L/-	2	October 25, 1955
15	Gary McAdam	ca CA	LW	22	5-11	175	L/-	2	December 31, 1955
11	Gilbert Perreault	ca CA	C	27	6-1	180	L/-	7	November 13, 1950
10	Craig Ramsay	ca CA	LW	26	5-10	175	L/-	6	March 17, 1951
32	Wayne Ramsey	ca CA	D	21	6-0	185	L/-	R	January 31, 1957
14	René Robert	ca CA	RW	29	5-10	184	R/-	7	December 31, 1948
28	Bob Sauvé	ca CA	G	22	5-8	175	-/L	1	June 17, 1955
12	André Savard	ca CA	C	24	6-1	185	L/-	4	February 9, 1953
21	Ron Schock	ca CA	C	34	5-11	180	L/-	14	December 19, 1943
6	Jim Schoenfeld	ca CA	D	25	6-2	200	L/-	5	September 4, 1952
16	Ric Seiling	ca CA	RW	20	6-1	180	R/-	R	December 15, 1957
19	Derek Smith	ca CA	C	23	5-11	180	L/-	1	July 31, 1954
17	Fred Stanfield	ca CA	C	33	5-10	185	L/-	13	May 4, 1944
3	Bill Stewart	ca CA	D	20	6-2	190	R/-	R	October 6, 1957
26	Alex Tidey	ca CA	RW	23	6-0	182	R/-	1	January 5, 1955

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Gilbert Perreault*	27	C	79	41	48	89	18	20	34	7	0	7	31	17	0	192	21.4			7.6	1.6	9.2
2	Danny Gare	23	RW	69	39	38	77	32	95	30	9	0	2	29	9	0	265	14.7			6.8	1.9	8.7
3	René Robert	29	RW	67	25	48	73	18	25	18	7	0	4	35	13	0	209	12.0			5.4	1.4	6.9
4	Craig Ramsay	26	LW	80	28	43	71	38	18	21	2	5	3	36	5	2	159	17.6			5.0	2.2	7.2
5	Rick Martin	26	LW	65	28	35	63	16	16	21	7	0	6	27	8	0	220	12.7			4.9	1.4	6.3
6	Don Luce	29	C	78	26	35	61	32	24	19	5	2	3	29	4	2	170	15.3			4.0	2.0	6.1
7	Gary McAdam	22	LW	79	19	22	41	5	44	17	2	0	5	19	3	0	160	11.9			1.7	1.2	2.9
8	Jerry Korab	29	D	77	7	34	41	16	119	4	3	0	2	22	10	2	200	3.5			2.4	5.4	7.7
9	André Savard	24	C	80	19	20	39	1	40	17	2	0	0	19	1	0	126	15.1			1.5	1.1	2.6
10	Ric Seiling	20	RW	80	19	19	38	12	33	17	2	0	4	18	1	0	115	16.5			1.4	1.4	2.9
11	Jocelyn Guevremont	26	D	66	7	28	35	25	46	7	0	0	1	14	12	2	162	4.3			2.1	5.3	7.4
12	Jim Lorentz	30	C	70	9	15	24	-4	12	3	6	0	2	13	2	0	86	10.5			-0.1	0.8	0.7
13	Lee Fogolin	22	D	76	0	23	23	8	98	0	0	0	0	22	0	1	77	0.0			0.3	4.8	5.1
14	Bill Hajt	26	D	76	4	18	22	36	30	4	0	0	0	18	0	0	78	5.1			0.5	6.5	7.1
15	Jim Schoenfeld	25	D	60	2	20	22	24	89	2	0	0	0	17	3	0	113	1.8			0.7	4.9	5.6
16	Fred Stanfield	33	C	57	3	8	11	-8	2	3	0	0	0	3	5	0	38	7.9			-1.2	0.5	-0.7
17	Ron Schock	34	C	40	4	4	8	-5	0	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	19	21.1			-0.7	0.4	-0.3
18	Derek Smith	23	C	36	3	3	6	-3	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	25	12.0			-0.7	0.4	-0.4
19	Terry Martin	22	LW	21	3	2	5	-1	9	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	17	17.6			-0.2	0.2	0.0
20	Richie Dunn	20	D	25	0	3	3	-3	16	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	23	0.0			-0.3	1.2	0.9
21	Don Edwards	22	G	72	0	3	3	0	12				0	3			0		4206	58:25	0.0	0.0	15.3
22	Bill Stewart	20	D	13	2	0	2	1	15	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	16	12.5			0.1	0.8	0.9
23	Bob Sauvé	22	G	11	0	1	1	0	0				0	1			0		479	43:32	0.0	0.0	1.8
24	Larry Carriere	26	D	9	0	0	0	-1	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0			-0.2	0.4	0.3
25	Gerry Desjardins	33	G	3	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		111	36:56	0.0	0.0	0.2
26	Joe Kowal	21	LW	6	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0			-0.2	0.1	-0.2
27	Wayne Ramsey	21	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.1	0.1
28	Alex Tidey	23	RW	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0			0.0	0.0	-0.1
	Team Total			80	288	470	758	256	788	229	52	7	44	368	93	9	2479	11.6			40.8	46.1	104.2

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Don Edwards	22	72		38	16	17	185	1970	1785	.906	2.64	5	4206				84	34.0	2.41	15.3
2	Bob Sauvé	22	11		6	2	0	20	224	204	.911	2.51	0	479						2.25	1.8
3	Gerry Desjardins	33	3		0	1	0	7	32	25	.781	3.79	0	111						3.25	0.2
	Team Total				44	19	17	212	2226	2014	.905	2.65	5	4796				86	35.4	2.41	17.3