The Buffalo Sabres used 21 players in the 1979-80 playoffs, with a 9-4-1 record. Gilbert Perreault led the team with 21 points (10 goals, 11 assists) in 14 games. Bob Sauve played the most games in goal (8).
| # | 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 | Gilbert Perreault 🇨🇦 C 29 | 14 | 🔥 1 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 1.50 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 2 | Derek Smith 🇨🇦 C 25 | 13 | 🧊 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0.92 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 3 | Danny Gare 🇨🇦 RW 25 | 14 | 🧊 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0.79 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 35 | — |
| 4 | Rick Martin 🇨🇦 LW 28 | 14 | 🧊 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0.71 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 5 | Richie Dunn 🇺🇸 D 22 | 14 | 🔥 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.71 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 6 | Ric Seiling 🇨🇦 RW 22 | 14 | 🧊 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0.64 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 7 | John Van Boxmeer 🇨🇦 D 27 | 14 | 🔥 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.57 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 8 | Tony McKegney 🇨🇦 LW 22 | 14 | 🧊 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.50 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 9 | Don Luce 🇨🇦 C 31 | 14 | 🧊 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.43 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 11 | — |
| 10 | Craig Ramsay 🇨🇦 LW 29 | 10 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.60 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 11 | Bill Hajt 🇨🇦 D 28 | 14 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.36 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 12 | Rick Dudley 🇨🇦 LW 31 | 12 | 🧊 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.25 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 41 | — |
| 13 | Robert Mongrain 🇨🇦 C 20 | 9 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.33 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 14 | Mike Ramsey 🇺🇸 D 19 | 13 | 🧊 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.23 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 15 | Jim Schoenfeld 🇨🇦 D 27 | 14 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.21 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — |
| 16 | Andre Savard 🇨🇦 C 26 | 8 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.25 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 17 | Lindy Ruff 🇨🇦 LW 20 | 8 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.25 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 19 | — |
| 18 | Larry Playfair 🇨🇦 D 21 | 14 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.14 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 29 | — |
| 19 | Rob McClanahan 🇺🇸 C 22 | 11 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| Team totals · 19 skaters | 14 | 48 | 76 | 124 | 8.86 | 17 | 408 | 0 | 0 | 229 |
| # | 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 | Bob Sauve 🇨🇦 G 24 | 8 | 6 | 2.13 | 0.000 | 0 | 17 | 62:24 | |
| 2 | Don Edwards 🇨🇦 G 24 | 6 | 3 | 2.83 | 0.000 | 0 | 17 | 59:49 |
86% of this roster was born in Canada, against 83% across the league. The team leans on United States: 14% of its players, against 10% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 89% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 18 |
|
+3 | 110 (89%) | Perreault, Smith, Gare, Martin +14 |
| United States | 3 |
|
+4 | 14 (11%) | Dunn, Ramsey, McClanahan |
Gilbert Perreault led the Buffalo Sabres in scoring in the 1979-80 playoffs with 21 points — 10 goals and 11 assists in 14 games. Next came Derek Smith (12) and Danny Gare (11).
Gilbert Perreault scored 10 goals for the Buffalo Sabres in the 1979-80 playoffs, 3 of them on the power play.
The Buffalo Sabres dressed 21 players in the 1979-80 playoffs: 19 skaters and 2 goalies. Together the skaters scored 48 goals.
Bob Sauve played the most games in goal for the Buffalo Sabres in the 1979-80 playoffs: 8 games, 6 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.12 goals against average. Don Edwards was the backup, in 6 games.
The average age was 24.9 years. Mike Ramsey was the youngest at 19, and Rick Dudley the oldest at 31.
The Buffalo Sabres used 21 players in the 1979-80 playoffs with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 18 in Canada and 3 in the United States. League-wide that season, 83% of players were born in Canada, against 86% on this roster.