Larry Playfair#27
D with Buffalo, 1978–79 to 1985–86, 1988–89 to 1989–90
No. 27Shoots LHeight 6'3"Weight 216 lbsBorn June 23, 1958Hometown Fort St. James, BC, CAN
Career With Buffalo
577 games, 10 seasons
24
G
134th all-time
76
A
93rd all-time
100
PTS
107th all-time
1392
PIM
3rd all-time
All-time is the rank among the 529 skaters with a regular-season game for Buffalo since 1970–71. Ties share a rank.
Season by Season
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The dashed line is a league-typical aging curve for a defenseman, scaled to this player's own level. Above it means producing more than a typical player that age; the line falling away faster than the curve means declining faster than the aging curve alone would explain.
| Season ▴ | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PP | SH | GWG | SOG | S% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978–79 | 20 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0% |
| 1979–80 | 21 | 79 | 2 | 10 | 12 | +13 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 6.3% |
| 1980–81 | 22 | 75 | 3 | 9 | 12 | +5 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 5.6% |
| 1981–82 | 23 | 77 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 258 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 8.8% |
| 1982–83 | 24 | 79 | 4 | 13 | 17 | +7 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 5.3% |
| 1983–84 | 25 | 76 | 5 | 11 | 16 | +4 | 211 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 7.5% |
| 1984–85 | 26 | 72 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 4.7% |
| 1985–86 | 27 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -8 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2.9% |
| 1988–89 | 30 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -10 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0% |
| 1989–90 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Total | 577 | 24 | 76 | 100 | +2 | 1392 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 412 | 5.8% |