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1979–80 Buffalo Sabres season

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Division
  
1st Adams

1979–80 record
  
47–17–16

Road record
  
20-12-8

Conference
  
1st Wales

Home record
  
27-5-8

Goals for
  
318

The 1979–80 Buffalo Sabres season was the Sabres' tenth season of operation for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970. The team was awarded the Prince of Wales Trophy for finishing with the best regular season record in the Prince of Wales Conference.

Contents

Season standings

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Forwards

Note: GP = Games played; G= Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Defencemen

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Goaltending

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

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)

    • Awards and records

  • Prince of Wales Trophy
  • NHL Plus/Minus Award Jim Schoenfeld
  • 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
  • Bob Sauve, posted league's lowest goals against average.

    • References

    1979–80 Buffalo Sabres season Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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