1980–81 Buffalo Sabres season

1980-81 Buffalo Sabres
Adams Division Champions
Division 1st Adams
1980-81 record 36–28–16
Home record 21-7-12
Road record 18-13-9
Goals for 327
Goals against 250
Team information
General Manager Scotty Bowman
Coach Roger Neilson
Captain Danny Gare
Alternate captains None
Arena Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Average attendance 16,408
Team leaders
Goals Danny Gare (46)
Assists John Van Boxmeer (51)
Points Danny Gare (85)
Penalties in minutes Larry Playfair (169)
Wins Don Edwards (23)
Goals against average Don Edward (2.96)
<1979–80 1981–82>

The 1980–81 Buffalo Sabres season was the Sabres' eleventh season of operation for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.[1] The team won their second consecutive Adams Division regular season championship. As of 2012 this is the only time the Buffalo Sabres have won consecutive division titles.

Regular season

Final standings

Adams Division
  GP W L T GF GA PIM PTS
Buffalo Sabres 80 39 20 21 327 250 1194 99
Boston Bruins 80 37 30 13 316 272 1836 87
Minnesota North Stars 8035 28 17 291 263 1624 87
Quebec Nordiques 80 30 32 18 314 318 1524 78
Toronto Maple Leafs 80 28 37 15 322 367 1830 71

[2]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.

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 9, 19803–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 0–1–0
2TOctober 12, 19803–3 Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 0–1–1
3WOctober 15, 19802–0 Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 1–1–1
4WOctober 18, 19804–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 2–1–1
5LOctober 19, 19802–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 2–2–1
6WOctober 22, 19807–4 Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 3–2–1
7WOctober 25, 19805–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 4–2–1
8WOctober 26, 19805–2 New York Islanders (1980–81) 5–2–1
9TOctober 29, 19801–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 5–2–2
10WNovember 1, 19804–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 6–2–2
11WNovember 2, 19804–3 Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 7–2–2
12WNovember 5, 19805–3 Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 8–2–2
13TNovember 8, 19803–3 @ Washington Capitals (1980–81) 8–2–3
14TNovember 9, 19803–3 Washington Capitals (1980–81) 8–2–4
15TNovember 12, 19804–4 Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 8–2–5
16LNovember 15, 19801–4 @ New York Islanders (1980–81) 8–3–5
17WNovember 16, 19808–1 Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 9–3–5
18LNovember 19, 19802–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 9–4–5
19WNovember 21, 19804–2 @ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 10–4–5
20LNovember 23, 19803–6 @ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 10–5–5
21LNovember 25, 19803–5 @ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 10–6–5
22WNovember 27, 19806–3 Calgary Flames (1980–81) 11–6–5
23WNovember 29, 19805–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 12–6–5
24WNovember 30, 19804–1 Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 13–6–5
25LDecember 3, 19805–6 Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 13–7–5
26TDecember 6, 19803–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 13–7–6
27WDecember 7, 198010–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 14–7–6
28TDecember 9, 19804–4 @ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 14–7–7
29LDecember 11, 19804–8 @ Calgary Flames (1980–81) 14–8–7
30WDecember 13, 19805–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 15–8–7
31TDecember 14, 19802–2 Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 15–8–8
32WDecember 20, 19807–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 16–8–8
33TDecember 21, 19803–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 16–8–9
34WDecember 26, 19803–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 17–8–9
35WDecember 28, 19805–2 Boston Bruins (1980–81) 18–8–9
36LDecember 31, 19802–5 Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 18–9–9
37TJanuary 3, 19813–3 @ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 18–9–10
38TJanuary 4, 19812–2 Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 18–9–11
39WJanuary 7, 19815–1 Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 19–9–11
40TJanuary 9, 19813–3 @ New York Rangers (1980–81) 19–9–12
41TJanuary 11, 19814–4 Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 19–9–13
42TJanuary 14, 19811–1 Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 19–9–14
43TJanuary 16, 19815–5 Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 19–9–15
44WJanuary 18, 19814–0 New York Rangers (1980–81) 20–9–15
45LJanuary 19, 19811–5 @ Boston Bruins (1980–81) 20–10–15
46WJanuary 21, 19816–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 21–10–15
47WJanuary 24, 19817–4 @ Washington Capitals (1980–81) 22–10–15
48WJanuary 26, 19815–3 @ New York Islanders (1980–81) 23–10–15
49TJanuary 28, 19814–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 23–10–16
50WJanuary 31, 19815–3 @ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 24–10–16
51WFebruary 1, 19814–0 Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 25–10–16
52WFebruary 5, 19814–0 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 26–10–16
53WFebruary 6, 19817–3 Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 27–10–16
54TFebruary 8, 19813–3 St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 27–10–17
55WFebruary 12, 19816–3 Washington Capitals (1980–81) 28–10–17
56TFebruary 14, 19814–4 @ Calgary Flames (1980–81) 28–10–18
57TFebruary 15, 19812–2 @ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 28–10–19
58LFebruary 19, 19812–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 28–11–19
59WFebruary 21, 19816–1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 29–11–19
60LFebruary 22, 19812–4 Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 29–12–19
61LFebruary 25, 19813–6 @ New York Rangers (1980–81) 29–13–19
62WFebruary 27, 19816–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 30–13–19
63LMarch 1, 19814–6 @ Boston Bruins (1980–81) 30–14–19
64WMarch 4, 19814–0 Calgary Flames (1980–81) 31–14–19
65LMarch 6, 19813–5 Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 31–15–19
66WMarch 8, 19818–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 32–15–19
67LMarch 11, 19811–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 32–16–19
68WMarch 13, 19815–2 @ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 33–16–19
69LMarch 14, 19811–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 33–17–19
70WMarch 17, 19813–1 @ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 34–17–19
71WMarch 19, 198114–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 35–17–19
72WMarch 21, 19816–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 36–17–19
73LMarch 22, 19815–6 St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 36–18–19
74WMarch 25, 19814–2 New York Rangers (1980–81) 37–18–19
75WMarch 27, 19815–3 @ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 38–18–19
76LMarch 28, 19814–7 @ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 38–19–19
77TMarch 30, 19812–2 Boston Bruins (1980–81) 38–19–20
78TApril 2, 19812–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 38–19–21
79WApril 4, 19815–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 39–19–21
80LApril 5, 19813–7 New York Islanders (1980–81) 39–20–21

See also

References

  1. ↑ National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4.
  2. ↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
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