1979–80 Buffalo Sabres season

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1979–80 Buffalo Sabres
Prince of Wales Trophy Winners
Prince of Wales Conference Champions
Adams Division Champions
Division	1st Adams
Conference	1st Prince of Wales
1979–80 record	47–17–16
Goals for	318
Goals against	201
General Manager	Scotty Bowman
Coach	Scotty Bowman
Team leaders
Goals	Danny Gare (56)
Assists	Gilbert Perreault (66)
Points	Gilbert Perreault (106)
Penalties in minutes	Larry Playfair (145)
Wins	Don Edwards (27)
Goals against average	Bob Sauve (2.36)

The Buffalo Sabres entered their 10th season in the National Hockey League.

Contents:	Regular season – Playoffs – Player stats – Awards and records - Transactions Draft picks – Farm teams – See also – References

[edit] Offseason

[edit] NHL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	11.	Mike Ramsey (D)	United States	U.S. National Team

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

Adams Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Buffalo Sabres	80	47	17	16	110	318	201	967
Boston Bruins	80	46	21	13	105	310	234	1460
Minnesota North Stars	80	36	28	16	88	311	253	1064
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	35	40	5	75	304	327	1158
Quebec Nordiques	80	25	44	11	61	248	313	1062

The last win in the Philadelphia Flyers 35 game unbeaten streak was a 4–2 win over Buffalo January 6, 1980.

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Forwards

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player	GP	G	AST	PTS	PIM

[edit] Defencemen

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player	GP	G	AST	PTS	PIM

[edit] Goaltending

Note: GP= Games played; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against

Player	GP	W	L	T	SO	GAA

[edit] Playoffs

First Round
- No. 2 seed Buffalo over No. 15 seed Vancouver (3 games to 1)

Second Round
- No. 2 seed Buffalo over No. 7 seed Chicago (4 games to 0)

Third Round
- No. 5 seed New York Islanders over No. 2 seed Buffalo (4 games to 2)

[edit] Awards and records

Prince of Wales Trophy
NHL Plus/Minus Award: || Jim Schoenfeld, Buffalo Sabres
Bob Sauve and Don Edwards, Vezina Trophy
Danny Gare, NHL Goals Leader
Don Edwards, Goaltender, NHL Second Team All-Star
Danny Gare, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
Jim Schoenfeld, Defenceman, NHL Second Team All-Star

[edit] References

Sabres on Hockey Database

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Imlach • Crozier • Smith • Pronovost • Inglis • Bowman • Neilson • Bowman • Schoenfeld • Bowman • Ramsay • Sator • Dudley • Muckler • Nolan • Ruff

v • d • e 1979–80 NHL season by team

Patrick	Atlanta • NY Islanders • NY Rangers • Philadelphia • Washington

Adams	Boston • Buffalo • Minnesota • Quebec • Toronto

Norris	Detroit • Hartford • Los Angeles • Montreal • Pittsburgh

Smythe	Chicago • Colorado • Edmonton • St. Louis • Vancouver • Winnipeg

See also	1979 NHL Expansion Draft• 1979 NHL Entry Draft • All-Star Game • 1980 Stanley Cup Finals

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