1980-81 Buffalo Sabres Schedule and Results

Record: 39-20-21 (99 points), Finished 1st in NHL Adams Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Roger Neilson (39-20-21)

Primary Arena: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Goals For: 327 (7th of 21), Goals Against: 250 (3rd of 21)
SRS: 0.92 (3rd of 21), SOS: -0.05 (19th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost Quarter-Finals (4-1) to Minnesota North Stars
Won Preliminary Round (3-0) over Vancouver Canucks

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA		W	L	T	Streak
1	1980-10-09	@	Chicago Black Hawks	3	4	L	0	1	0	L 1
2	1980-10-12		Hartford Whalers	3	3	T	0	1	1	T 1
3	1980-10-15		Edmonton Oilers	2	0	W	1	1	1	W 1
4	1980-10-18	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	4	2	W	2	1	1	W 2
5	1980-10-19		Toronto Maple Leafs	2	4	L	2	2	1	L 1
6	1980-10-22		Winnipeg Jets	7	4	W	3	2	1	W 1
7	1980-10-25	@	Montreal Canadiens	5	2	W	4	2	1	W 2
8	1980-10-26		New York Islanders	5	2	W	5	2	1	W 3
9	1980-10-29		Pittsburgh Penguins	1	1	T	5	2	2	T 1
10	1980-11-01	@	Detroit Red Wings	4	2	W	6	2	2	W 1
11	1980-11-02		Vancouver Canucks	4	3	W	7	2	2	W 2
12	1980-11-05		Colorado Rockies	5	3	W	8	2	2	W 3
13	1980-11-08	@	Washington Capitals	3	3	T	8	2	3	T 1
14	1980-11-09		Washington Capitals	3	3	T	8	2	4	T 2
15	1980-11-12		Detroit Red Wings	4	4	T	8	2	5	T 3
16	1980-11-15	@	New York Islanders	1	4	L	8	3	5	L 1
17	1980-11-16		Quebec Nordiques	8	1	W	9	3	5	W 1
18	1980-11-19	@	Chicago Black Hawks	2	5	L	9	4	5	L 1
19	1980-11-21	@	Winnipeg Jets	4	2	W	10	4	5	W 1
20	1980-11-23	@	Edmonton Oilers	3	6	L	10	5	5	L 1
21	1980-11-25	@	St. Louis Blues	3	5	L	10	6	5	L 2
22	1980-11-27		Calgary Flames	6	3	W	11	6	5	W 1
23	1980-11-29	@	Hartford Whalers	5	2	W	12	6	5	W 2
24	1980-11-30		Colorado Rockies	4	1	W	13	6	5	W 3
25	1980-12-03		Montreal Canadiens	5	6	L	13	7	5	L 1
26	1980-12-06	@	Minnesota North Stars	3	3	T	13	7	6	T 1
27	1980-12-07		Pittsburgh Penguins	10	1	W	14	7	6	W 1
28	1980-12-09	@	Colorado Rockies	4	4	T	14	7	7	T 1
29	1980-12-11	@	Calgary Flames	4	8	L	14	8	7	L 1
30	1980-12-13	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	5	4	W	15	8	7	W 1
31	1980-12-14		Vancouver Canucks	2	2	T	15	8	8	T 1
32	1980-12-20	@	Los Angeles Kings	7	4	W	16	8	8	W 1
33	1980-12-21	@	Vancouver Canucks	3	3	T	16	8	9	T 1
34	1980-12-26		Chicago Black Hawks	3	2	W	17	8	9	W 1
35	1980-12-28		Boston Bruins	5	2	W	18	8	9	W 2
36	1980-12-31		Los Angeles Kings	2	5	L	18	9	9	L 1
37	1981-01-03	@	Quebec Nordiques	3	3	T	18	9	10	T 1
38	1981-01-04		Minnesota North Stars	2	2	T	18	9	11	T 2
39	1981-01-07		Quebec Nordiques	5	1	W	19	9	11	W 1
40	1981-01-09	@	New York Rangers	3	3	T	19	9	12	T 1
41	1981-01-11		Los Angeles Kings	4	4	T	19	9	13	T 2
42	1981-01-14		Minnesota North Stars	1	1	T	19	9	14	T 3
43	1981-01-16		Edmonton Oilers	5	5	T	19	9	15	T 4
44	1981-01-18		New York Rangers	4	0	W	20	9	15	W 1
45	1981-01-19	@	Boston Bruins	1	5	L	20	10	15	L 1
46	1981-01-21	@	Quebec Nordiques	6	5	W	21	10	15	W 1
47	1981-01-24	@	Washington Capitals	7	4	W	22	10	15	W 2
48	1981-01-26	@	New York Islanders	5	3	W	23	10	15	W 3
49	1981-01-28		Philadelphia Flyers	4	4	T	23	10	16	T 1
50	1981-01-31	@	Hartford Whalers	5	3	W	24	10	16	W 1
51	1981-02-01		Winnipeg Jets	4	0	W	25	10	16	W 2
52	1981-02-05	@	Philadelphia Flyers	4	0	W	26	10	16	W 3
53	1981-02-06		Detroit Red Wings	7	3	W	27	10	16	W 4
54	1981-02-08		St. Louis Blues	3	3	T	27	10	17	T 1
55	1981-02-12		Washington Capitals	6	3	W	28	10	17	W 1
56	1981-02-14	@	Calgary Flames	4	4	T	28	10	18	T 1
57	1981-02-15	@	Edmonton Oilers	2	2	T	28	10	19	T 2
58	1981-02-19	@	Montreal Canadiens	2	5	L	28	11	19	L 1
59	1981-02-21	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	6	1	W	29	11	19	W 1
60	1981-02-22		Montreal Canadiens	2	4	L	29	12	19	L 1
61	1981-02-25	@	New York Rangers	3	6	L	29	13	19	L 2
62	1981-02-27		Chicago Black Hawks	6	1	W	30	13	19	W 1
63	1981-03-01	@	Boston Bruins	4	6	L	30	14	19	L 1
64	1981-03-04		Calgary Flames	4	0	W	31	14	19	W 1
65	1981-03-06		Hartford Whalers	3	5	L	31	15	19	L 1
66	1981-03-08		Philadelphia Flyers	8	4	W	32	15	19	W 1
67	1981-03-11	@	Minnesota North Stars	1	3	L	32	16	19	L 1
68	1981-03-13	@	Winnipeg Jets	5	2	W	33	16	19	W 1
69	1981-03-14	@	Vancouver Canucks	1	2	L	33	17	19	L 1
70	1981-03-17	@	Los Angeles Kings	3	1	W	34	17	19	W 1
71	1981-03-19		Toronto Maple Leafs	14	4	W	35	17	19	W 2
72	1981-03-21	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	6	2	W	36	17	19	W 3
73	1981-03-22		St. Louis Blues	5	6	L	36	18	19	L 1
74	1981-03-25		New York Rangers	4	2	W	37	18	19	W 1
75	1981-03-27	@	Colorado Rockies	5	3	W	38	18	19	W 2
76	1981-03-28	@	St. Louis Blues	4	7	L	38	19	19	L 1
77	1981-03-30		Boston Bruins	2	2	T	38	19	20	T 1
78	1981-04-02	@	Philadelphia Flyers	2	2	T	38	19	21	T 2
79	1981-04-04	@	Detroit Red Wings	5	4	W	39	19	21	W 1
80	1981-04-05		New York Islanders	3	7	L	39	20	21	L 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			W	L	Streak
1	1981-04-08		Vancouver Canucks	3	2	W	OT	1	0	W 1
2	1981-04-09		Vancouver Canucks	5	2	W		2	0	W 2
3	1981-04-11	@	Vancouver Canucks	5	3	W		3	0	W 3
4	1981-04-16		Minnesota North Stars	3	4	L	OT	3	1	L 1
5	1981-04-17		Minnesota North Stars	2	5	L		3	2	L 2
6	1981-04-19	@	Minnesota North Stars	4	6	L		3	3	L 3
7	1981-04-20	@	Minnesota North Stars	5	4	W	OT	4	3	W 1
8	1981-04-22		Minnesota North Stars	3	4	L		4	4	L 1

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