Skip to content
Regular season and playoffsBUF

Don Edwards's 1977-1978 season

Wins
38
NHL#1
Save pct
.906
NHL#11
GAA
2.64
NHL#10
Shutouts
5
NHL#2
Games
72
90%
90% of 80

Goaltender Don Edwards was 22 years old when the 1977-1978 season began, his 2nd in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres. He played 72 games and won 38 of them, at .906. In the playoffs he played 8 games and won 3.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1977-1978Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Don Edwards plays the 1977-1978 season for Buffalo Sabres

    Don was 22 years old when the 1977-1978 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 2nd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYI2–3BUF
      W
      game 1/802
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .926
    • The game
      BUF5–2TOR
      W
      game 2/802
      His night
      .951SV%
      39SV41SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .951
    • The game
      BUF2–2CHI
      game 4/80
      His night
      .909SV%
      20SV22SA2GA60:00TOI
      .909
    • The game
      CLR5–7BUF
      W
      game 5/80
      His night
      .762SV%
      16SV21SA5GA60:00TOIW
      .762
    • The game
      MNS1–4BUF
      W
      game 6/803
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .964
    • The game
      BUF2–4NYI
      L
      game 7/801
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA59:49TOIL
      .880
    • The game
      BUF4–0MTL
      W
      game 8/80
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      34SV34SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • November 1977
    • The game
      BUF4–1BOS
      W
      game 9/80
      His night
      .962SV%
      25SV26SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .962
    • The game
      BUF3–1STL
      W
      game 10/801
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .960
    • The game
      STL4–7BUF
      W
      game 11/801
      His night
      .867SV%
      26SV30SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .867
    • The game
      BUF4–8NYR
      L
      game 12/80
      His night
      .684SV%
      13SV19SA6GA29:12TOIL
      .684
    • The game
      BUF3–2PHI
      W
      game 13/80
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .929
    • The game
      PIT3–3BUF
      game 14/80
      His night
      .813SV%
      13SV16SA3GA60:00TOI
      .813
    • The game
      BUF6–2AFM
      W
      game 15/80
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .923
    • The game
      TOR2–1BUF
      L
      game 16/801
      His night
      .857SV%
      12SV14SA2GA59:10TOIL
      .857
    • The game
      BUF7–6WSH
      W
      game 17/80
      His night
      .786SV%in relief
      11SV14SA3GA40:00TOIW
      in relief
    • The game
      WSH2–5BUF
      W
      game 18/80
      His night
      .909SV%
      20SV22SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .909
    • The game
      BOS2–0BUF
      L
      game 19/80
      His night
      .900SV%
      18SV20SA2GA60:00TOIL
      .900
    • The game
      BUF1–4MTL
      L
      game 20/80
      His night
      .879SV%
      29SV33SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .879
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8018 of 20 started
      12
      wins
      NHL#1
      .900
      SV%
      NHL#12
      2.6
      GAA
      NHL#10
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#7
      BUF
      12-6-0W-L-OT26Points
      2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR2–3BUF
      W
      game 21/80
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .926
    • The game
      BUF3–2CHI
      W
      game 22/80
      His night
      .900SV%
      18SV20SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .900
    • December 1977
    • The game
      MTL1–3BUF
      W
      game 23/80
      His night
      .971SV%
      34SV35SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .971
    • The game
      BUF4–4PIT
      game 24/80
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA60:00TOI
      .871
    • The game
      DET1–6BUF
      W
      game 25/80
      His night
      .966SV%
      28SV29SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .966
    • The game
      CLE2–5BUF
      W
      game 26/80
      His night
      .913SV%
      21SV23SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .913
    • The game
      BUF4–2MNS
      W
      game 27/803
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .931
    • The game
      VAN0–3BUF
      W
      game 28/80
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      19SV19SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      BUF1–4CLR
      L
      game 29/80
      His night
      .921SV%
      35SV38SA3GA59:22TOIL
      .921
    • The game
      BUF7–3LAK
      W
      game 30/80
      His night
      .921SV%
      35SV38SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .921
    • The game
      BUF5–5VAN
      game 31/80
      His night
      .848SV%
      28SV33SA5GA60:00TOI
      .848
    • The game
      BUF5–3DET
      W
      game 32/80
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .897
    • The game
      PIT3–3BUF
      game 33/80
      His night
      .800SV%
      12SV15SA3GA60:00TOI
      .800
    • The game
      DET3–3BUF
      game 34/80
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA60:00TOI
      .889
    • The game
      BUF2–2NYR
      game 35/80
      His night
      .944SV%
      34SV36SA2GA60:00TOI
      .944
    • The game
      AFM2–2BUF
      game 36/80
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA60:00TOI
      .920
    • The game
      CLR3–5BUF
      W
      game 37/80
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .893
    • The game
      BUF4–4WSH
      game 38/80
      His night
      .846SV%
      22SV26SA4GA60:00TOI
      .846
    • The game
      BOS3–5BUF
      W
      game 39/80
      His night
      .923SV%
      36SV39SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .923
    • The game
      LAK3–3BUF
      game 40/80
      His night
      .912SV%
      31SV34SA3GA60:00TOI
      .912
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8038 of 40 started
      23
      wins
      NHL#1
      .907
      SV%
      NHL#7
      2.6
      GAA
      NHL#7
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#7
      BUF
      23-7-0W-L-OT56Points
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF3–6CLE
      L
      game 41/80
      His night
      .800SV%
      24SV30SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .800
    • The game
      BUF2–6DET
      L
      game 42/80
      His night
      .786SV%
      22SV28SA6GA53:25TOIL
      .786
    • The game
      CLE2–9BUF
      W
      game 43/80
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .920
    • The game
      VAN2–2BUF
      game 45/80
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA60:00TOI
      .929
    • The game
      MNS2–1BUF
      L
      game 46/803
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA59:08TOIL
      .931
    • The game
      BUF3–3PIT
      game 47/80
      His night
      .927SV%
      38SV41SA3GA60:00TOI
      .927
    • The game
      NYI2–3BUF
      W
      game 48/802
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .923
    • February 1978
    • The game
      BUF2–2TOR
      game 49/801
      His night
      .950SV%
      38SV40SA2GA59:45TOI
      .950
    • The game
      BOS1–3BUF
      W
      game 50/80
      His night
      .967SV%
      29SV30SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .967
    • The game
      WSH1–4BUF
      W
      game 52/80
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA59:14TOIW
      .964
    • The game
      BUF5–2CLE
      W
      game 53/80
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .926
    • The game
      NYR0–2BUF
      W
      game 54/80
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      25SV25SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      TOR4–2BUF
      L
      game 55/801
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA59:10TOIL
      .880
    • The game
      LAK0–5BUF
      W
      game 56/80
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      29SV29SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      BUF2–4MTL
      L
      game 58/80
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .875
    • The game
      PHI0–4BUF
      W
      game 59/80
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      20SV20SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8054 of 60 started
      31
      wins
      NHL#1
      .912
      SV%
      NHL#5
      2.5
      GAA
      NHL#4
      5
      shutouts
      NHL#2
      BUF
      35-12-0W-L-OT83Points
      Playoff spot
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT4–4BUF
      game 61/80
      His night
      .800SV%
      16SV20SA4GA60:00TOI
      .800
    • March 1978
    • The game
      NYI3–6BUF
      W
      game 63/802
      His night
      .864SV%
      19SV22SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .864
    • The game
      BUF3–7BOS
      L
      game 64/80
      His night
      .800SV%
      24SV30SA6GA40:00TOIL
      .800
    • The game
      MTL1–2BUF
      W
      game 65/80
      His night
      .970SV%
      32SV33SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .970
    • The game
      LAK3–3BUF
      game 66/80
      His night
      .842SV%
      16SV19SA3GA60:00TOI
      .842
    • The game
      BUF2–4NYI
      L
      game 67/802
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .875
    • The game
      CHI2–5BUF
      W
      game 68/80
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .931
    • The game
      PHI1–3BUF
      W
      game 69/80
      His night
      .958SV%
      23SV24SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .958
    • The game
      BUF2–2PHI
      game 70/80
      His night
      .949SV%
      37SV39SA2GA60:00TOI
      .949
    • The game
      BUF6–2LAK
      W
      game 71/80
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .926
    • The game
      BUF2–2VAN
      game 72/80
      His night
      .909SV%
      20SV22SA2GA60:00TOI
      .909
    • The game
      BUF4–3CLR
      W
      game 73/80
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .893
    • The game
      BUF0–7DET
      L
      game 74/801
      His night
      .767SV%
      23SV30SA7GA60:00TOIL
      .767
    • April 1978
    • The game
      BUF2–3TOR
      L
      game 76/801
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .889
    • The game
      AFM4–2BUF
      L
      game 77/80
      His night
      .882SV%
      30SV34SA4GA59:43TOIL
      .882
    • The game
      BUF3–4WSH
      L
      game 78/80
      His night
      .800SV%
      12SV15SA3GA27:47TOI
      .800
    • The game
      TOR1–2BUF
      W
      game 80/801
      His night
      .958SV%
      23SV24SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .958
    The season in numbers

    Don Edwards closes the 1977-1978 season with 38 wins

    Wins
    38
    Games
    72of 80
    90%
    Shutouts
    5
    SV%
    .906
    GAA
    2.64
    Starts
    71
    Events
    38
    career best in wins
    5
    career best in shutouts
    50
    career wins
    4 i rad
    straight wins
    2 days later
    Playoffs

    Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    Buffalo Sabres meet New York Rangers

    BUFvsNYR
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      NYR1–4BUF
      W
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .960
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      BUF3–4NYR
      L
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA61:37TOIL
      .875
    • Buffalo Sabresare1–1withNew York Rangers
    • Game 3
      NYR1–4BUF
      W
      His night
      .941SV%
      16SV17SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .941
    Preliminary round

    Buffalo Sabres knock New York Rangers out 2–1

    BUF2–1NYR
    Advance
    3Games2Wins.919SV%2.0GAA
    2 days later
    Quarterfinal

    Buffalo Sabres meet Philadelphia Flyers

    BUFvsPHI
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      BUF1–4PHI
      L
      His night
      .857SV%
      24SV28SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .857
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead1–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 2
      BUF2–3PHI
      L
      His night
      .912SV%
      31SV34SA3GA59:51TOIL
      .912
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead2–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 3
      PHI1–4BUF
      W
      His night
      .952SV%
      20SV21SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .952
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead2–1againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 4
      PHI4–2BUF
      L
      His night
      .852SV%
      23SV27SA4GA58:54TOIL
      .852
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead3–1againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 5
      BUF2–4PHI
      L
      His night
      .846SV%
      22SV26SA4GA57:56TOIL
      .846
    Quarterfinal

    Philadelphia Flyers knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–1

    BUF1–4PHI
    Eliminated
    5Games1Wins.882SV%3.2GAA
    The run in numbers

    Don Edwards ends the 1977-1978 playoffs with 3 wins

    Wins
    3
    Games
    8
    Shutouts
    0
    SV%
    .895
    GAA
    2.76
    Starts
    8
    NYR2–1→PHI1–4