1975–76 Round 1
Buffalo Sabres vs St. Louis Blues
The Sabres defeated the Blues 2-1.
Series Summary
Shot attempts were even in all situations; Buffalo won the series 2-1.
2-1
RECORD
7
GF
8
GA
-1
DIFF
- IN NET
- Buffalo Desjardins .896Buffalo Smith .500
- TOP SKATER
- Martin, 3.1 series Game Score (1G, 2A)
Game Log
| Game | Date | Score | Result | BUF SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game 1 | Apr 6 | STL 5 – 2 BUF | L | 39 |
| Game 2 | Apr 8 | BUF 3 – 2 STL | W | 57 |
| Game 3 | Apr 9 | BUF 2 – 1 STL | W | 34 |
Win Probability by Game
Buffalo's chance of winning, one game at a time.
Game 1, Apr 6, 1976: BUF 2 at STL 5. Game page
WIN PROBABILITY
Opened at 63%.
P3 20:00
BIGGEST SWINGS
- P1 08:28C. Lefley (1) 45% to 28%-17
- P1 04:14D. Sanderson (1) 60% to 45%-15
- P1 19:42L. Patey (1) 23% to 11%-12
- P1 06:42Tripping on Rick Smith, 2 min 45% to 49%+4
Dots are goals, diamonds penalties, squares a goalie pull; navy for Buffalo.
Win DNA
Winning traits, game by game. Definitions and season win rates are on Team Stats.
Wins (2)Losses (1)
3 games: a small sample.
Skaters
| Player | GP | Scoring | PP | Game Score | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | A | P ▾ | +/- | PIM | SOG | GS | |||||||
| Rick Martin | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 3.1 | ||||
| Craig Ramsay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.8 | ||||
| Danny Gare | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 2.6 | ||||
| Jocelyn Guevremont | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1.9 | ||||
| Jim Lorentz | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1.1 | ||||
| Jacques Richard | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1.1 | ||||
| Gilbert Perreault | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1.7 | ||||
| Rene Robert | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1.7 | ||||
| Fred Stanfield | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1.3 | ||||
| Don Luce | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1.5 | ||||
| Lee Fogolin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.6 | ||||
| Jim Schoenfeld | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1.6 | ||||
| Bill Hajt | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | ||||
| Peter McNab | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | ||||
| Brian Spencer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | ||||
| Paul McIntosh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Jerry Korab | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1.1 | ||||
| Derek Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
Goalies
| Goalie | GP ▾ | W-L | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI/G | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Desjardins | 3 | 2-1 | 7 | 2.22 | .896 | 0 | 63:00 | 0.8 |
| Al Smith | 1 | 0-0 | 1 | 3.49 | .500 | 0 | 17:11 | -0.6 |
A goalie is credited a game played for any appearance, relief included, so GP sums above the team's own games played by the number of relief outings.