The Buffalo Sabres used 37 players in the 1981-82 season, with a 45-35-0 record. Gilbert Perreault led the team with 73 points (31 goals, 42 assists) in 62 games. Don Edwards played the most games in goal (62).
| # | 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 31 | 62 | 🔥 5 | 31 | 42 | 73 | 1.18 | 2 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 40 | — |
| 2 | John Van Boxmeer 🇨🇦 D 29 | 69 | 🔥 2 | 14 | 54 | 68 | 0.99 | 7 | 196 | 0 | 0 | 62 | — |
| 3 | Yvon Lambert 🇨🇦 LW 31 | 77 | 🔥 2 | 25 | 39 | 64 | 0.83 | 14 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 38 | — |
| 4 | Jean-Francois Sauve 🇨🇦 C 22 | 69 | 🔥 5 | 19 | 36 | 55 | 0.80 | 5 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 49 | — |
| 5 | Tony McKegney 🇨🇦 LW 24 | 73 | 🧊 2 | 23 | 29 | 52 | 0.71 | 8 | 187 | 0 | 0 | 41 | — |
| 6 | Mike Foligno 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 56 | 🔥 3 | 20 | 31 | 51 | 0.91 | 4 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 149 | — |
| 7 | Craig Ramsay 🇨🇦 LW 31 | 80 | 🧊 2 | 16 | 35 | 51 | 0.64 | 0 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 8 | Lindy Ruff 🇨🇦 LW 22 | 79 | 🔥 1 | 16 | 32 | 48 | 0.61 | 3 | 181 | 0 | 0 | 194 | — |
| 9 | Ric Seiling 🇨🇦 RW 24 | 57 | 🧊 2 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 0.82 | 7 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 58 | — |
| 10 | Dale McCourt 🇨🇦 C 25 | 52 | 🧊 2 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 0.81 | 4 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 11 | Alan Haworth 🇨🇦 C 21 | 57 | 🧊 1 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 0.68 | 3 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 30 | — |
| 12 | Andre Savard 🇨🇦 C 28 | 62 | 🔥 5 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 0.61 | 2 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 13 | Mike Ramsey 🇺🇸 D 21 | 80 | 🧊 2 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 0.38 | 2 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 56 | — |
| 14 | Richie Dunn 🇺🇸 D 24 | 72 | 🧊 1 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 0.36 | 0 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 73 | — |
| 15 | Danny Gare 🇨🇦 RW 27 | 22 | 🔥 4 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 0.95 | 2 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 25 | — |
| 16 | Steve Patrick 🇨🇦 RW 21 | 41 | 🧊 4 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 0.39 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 64 | — |
| 17 | Larry Playfair 🇨🇦 D 23 | 77 | 🧊 6 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 0.21 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 258 | — |
| 18 | Brent Peterson 🇨🇦 C 24 | 46 | 🧊 1 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 0.30 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 43 | — |
| 19 | Bill Hajt 🇨🇦 D 30 | 65 | 🧊 9 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0.17 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 44 | — |
| 20 | Robert Mongrain 🇨🇦 C 22 | 24 | 🔥 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0.42 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 21 | Gilles Hamel 🇨🇦 LW 22 | 16 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0.56 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 22 | Bob Hess 🇨🇦 D 26 | 33 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0.24 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 23 | Ron Fischer 🇨🇦 D 22 | 15 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0.47 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 24 | Randy Cunneyworth 🇨🇦 LW 20 | 20 | 🧊 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.30 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 47 | — |
| 25 | Jim Schoenfeld 🇨🇦 D 29 | 13 | 🧊 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.38 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 30 | — |
| 26 | Derek Smith 🇨🇦 C 27 | 12 | 🧊 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.33 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 27 | James Walsh 🇺🇸 D 25 | 4 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 28 | Sean Mckenna 🇨🇦 RW 20 | 3 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 29 | Hannu Virta 🇫🇮 D 19 | 3 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 30 | Val James 🇺🇸 LW 25 | 7 | 🧊 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — |
| 31 | Kai Suikkanen 🇫🇮 D 22 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 32 | Mike Moller 🇨🇦 RW 19 | 9 | 🧊 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 33 | Jeff Eatough 🇨🇦 RW 18 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 33 skaters | 80 | 307 | 507 | 814 | 10.18 | 63 | 2342 | 0 | 0 | 1401 |
| # | 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 26 | 62 | 34 | 3.31 | 0.000 | 0 | 205 | 56:19 | |
| 2 | Bob Sauve 🇨🇦 G 26 | 14 | 6 | 2.50 | 0.000 | 0 | 35 | 54:17 | |
| 3 | Jacques Cloutier 🇨🇦 G 22 | 7 | 5 | 1.86 | 0.000 | 0 | 13 | 44:17 | |
| 4 | Paul Harrison 🇨🇦 G 27 | 6 | 3 | 2.33 | 0.000 | 0 | 14 | 38:10 |
84% of this roster was born in Canada, against 81% across the league. Canadian-born players scored 93% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 31 |
|
+3 | 756 (93%) | Perreault, Van Boxmeer, Lambert, Sauve +27 |
| United States | 4 |
|
+1 | 57 (7%) | Ramsey, Dunn, Walsh, James |
| Finland | 2 |
|
+3 | 1 (0%) | Virta, Suikkanen |
Gilbert Perreault led the Buffalo Sabres in scoring in 1981-82 with 73 points — 31 goals and 42 assists in 62 games. Next came John Van Boxmeer (68) and Yvon Lambert (64).
Gilbert Perreault scored 31 goals for the Buffalo Sabres in 1981-82, 2 of them on the power play.
The Buffalo Sabres dressed 37 players in 1981-82: 33 skaters and 4 goalies. Together the skaters scored 307 goals.
Don Edwards played the most games in goal for the Buffalo Sabres in 1981-82: 62 games, 34 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.31 goals against average. Bob Sauve was the backup, in 14 games.
The average age was 24.3 years. Jeff Eatough was the youngest at 18, and Yvon Lambert the oldest at 31.
The Buffalo Sabres used 37 players in 1981-82 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 31 in Canada, 4 in the United States and 2 in Finland. League-wide that season, 81% of players were born in Canada, against 84% on this roster.