The Buffalo Sabres used 27 players in the 1980-81 season, with a 48-32-0 record. Danny Gare led the team with 85 points (46 goals, 39 assists) in 73 games. Don Edwards played the most games in goal (45).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danny Gare 🇨🇦 RW 26 | 73 | 🔥 3 | 46 | 39 | 85 | 1.16 | 15 | 249 | 0 | 0 | 109 | — |
| 2 | Andre Savard 🇨🇦 C 27 | 79 | 🔥 2 | 31 | 43 | 74 | 0.94 | 2 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 63 | — |
| 3 | Tony McKegney 🇨🇦 LW 23 | 80 | 🧊 1 | 37 | 32 | 69 | 0.86 | 9 | 236 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 4 | Derek Smith 🇨🇦 C 26 | 69 | 🧊 1 | 21 | 43 | 64 | 0.93 | 11 | 166 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 5 | Craig Ramsay 🇨🇦 LW 30 | 80 | 🧊 1 | 24 | 35 | 59 | 0.74 | 1 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 6 | Gilbert Perreault 🇨🇦 C 30 | 56 | 🔥 1 | 20 | 39 | 59 | 1.05 | 5 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 56 | — |
| 7 | Ric Seiling 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 74 | 🔥 1 | 30 | 27 | 57 | 0.77 | 2 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 80 | — |
| 8 | Alan Haworth 🇨🇦 C 20 | 49 | 🧊 5 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 0.73 | 4 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 34 | — |
| 9 | Don Luce 🇨🇦 C 32 | 61 | 🧊 9 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 0.46 | 0 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 19 | — |
| 10 | Lindy Ruff 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 65 | 🔥 3 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 0.40 | 1 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 121 | — |
| 11 | Rick Dudley 🇨🇦 LW 32 | 38 | 🧊 4 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 0.61 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 12 | Rick Martin 🇨🇦 LW 29 | 23 | 🔥 2 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 0.91 | 2 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — |
| 13 | Gilles Hamel 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 52 | 🔥 1 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 0.37 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 53 | — |
| 14 | Rob McClanahan 🇺🇸 C 23 | 53 | 🧊 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 0.28 | 1 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 38 | — |
| 15 | Jean-Francois Sauve 🇨🇦 C 21 | 21 | 🧊 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0.67 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 16 | Steve Patrick 🇨🇦 RW 20 | 30 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0.27 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 25 | — |
| 17 | Mike Moller 🇨🇦 RW 18 | 5 | 🔥 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.80 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 18 | Randy Cunneyworth 🇨🇦 LW 19 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 19 | Robert Mongrain 🇨🇦 C 21 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| Team totals · 19 skaters | 80 | 286 | 375 | 661 | 8.26 | 60 | 1763 | 0 | 0 | 692 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ⇅ | GAA — sort by goals against average ⇅ | SV% — sort by save percentage ⇅ | SV — sort by saves ▼ | GA — sort by goals against ⇅ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don Edwards 🇨🇦 G 25 | 45 | 29 | 2.96 | 0.000 | 0 | 133 | 59:54 | |
| 2 | Bob Sauve 🇨🇦 G 25 | 35 | 19 | 3.17 | 0.000 | 0 | 111 | 59:55 |
89% of this roster was born in Canada, against 82% across the league. Canadian-born players scored 91% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 24 |
|
+7 | 781 (91%) | Gare, Savard, McKegney, Van Boxmeer +20 |
| United States | 3 |
|
even | 81 (9%) | Dunn, Ramsey, McClanahan |
Danny Gare led the Buffalo Sabres in scoring in 1980-81 with 85 points — 46 goals and 39 assists in 73 games. Next came Andre Savard (74) and Tony McKegney (69).
Danny Gare scored 46 goals for the Buffalo Sabres in 1980-81, 15 of them on the power play.
The Buffalo Sabres dressed 27 players in 1980-81: 25 skaters and 2 goalies. Together the skaters scored 327 goals.
Don Edwards played the most games in goal for the Buffalo Sabres in 1980-81: 45 games, 29 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.96 goals against average. Bob Sauve was the backup, in 35 games.
The average age was 24.5 years. Mike Moller was the youngest at 18, and Rick Dudley the oldest at 32.
The Buffalo Sabres used 27 players in 1980-81 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 24 in Canada and 3 in the United States. League-wide that season, 82% of players were born in Canada, against 89% on this roster.