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Don Edwards's 1980-1981 season

Wins
23
NHL#6
Save pct
.898
NHL#8
GAA
2.96
NHL#7
Shutouts
3
NHL#1
Games
45
56%
56% of 80

Goaltender Don Edwards was 25 years old when the 1980-1981 season began, his 5th in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres. He played 45 games and won 23 of them, at .898. In the playoffs he played 8 games and won 4.

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

1980-1981Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Don Edwards plays the 1980-1981 season for Buffalo Sabres

    BUFBuffalo Sabres

    Don was 25 years old when the 1980-1981 season began. It was his 5th season with the team. His 5th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      HFD3–3BUF
      game 2/80
      His night
      .833SV%
      15SV18SA3GA60:00TOI
      .833
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF4–2PIT
      W
      game 4/80
      His night
      .956SV%
      43SV45SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .956
      View the game
    • The game
      WIN4–7BUF
      W
      game 6/80
      His night
      .892SV%
      33SV37SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .892
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–5BUF
      W
      game 8/803
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .931
      View the game
    • November 1980
    • The game
      BUF4–2DET
      W
      game 10/801
      His night
      .941SV%
      32SV34SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .941
      View the game
    • The game
      CLR3–5BUF
      W
      game 12/80
      His night
      .870SV%
      20SV23SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .870
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–3BUF
      game 14/802
      His night
      .842SV%
      16SV19SA3GA60:00TOI
      .842
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF1–4NYI
      L
      game 16/803
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA59:02TOIL
      .880
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF2–5CHI
      L
      game 18/80
      His night
      .862SV%
      25SV29SA4GA59:31TOIL
      .862
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–6EDM
      L
      game 20/80
      His night
      .829SV%
      29SV35SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .829
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8010 of 20 started
      5
      wins
      NHL#12
      .891
      SV%
      NHL#9
      3.2
      GAA
      NHL#9
      BUF
      10-5-0W-L-OT25Points
      8th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CGY3–6BUF
      W
      game 22/801
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .880
      View the game
    • The game
      CLR1–4BUF
      W
      game 24/801
      His night
      .957SV%
      22SV23SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .957
      View the game
    • December 1980
    • The game
      BUF3–3MNS
      game 26/801
      His night
      .903SV%
      28SV31SA3GA59:19TOI
      .903
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF4–4CLR
      game 28/801
      His night
      .852SV%
      23SV27SA4GA60:00TOI
      .852
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF5–4TOR
      W
      game 30/801
      His night
      .920SV%
      46SV50SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .920
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF7–4LAK
      W
      game 32/80
      His night
      .810SV%
      17SV21SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .810
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI2–3BUF
      W
      game 34/80
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .923
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK5–2BUF
      L
      game 36/80
      His night
      .848SV%
      28SV33SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .848
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS2–2BUF
      game 38/801
      His night
      .882SV%
      15SV17SA2GA60:00TOI
      .882
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–3NYR
      game 40/802
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA60:00TOI
      .880
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8020 of 40 started
      10
      wins
      NHL#11
      .890
      SV%
      NHL#9
      3.2
      GAA
      NHL#8
      BUF
      19-9-0W-L-OT50Points
      6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MNS1–1BUF
      game 42/801
      His night
      .950SV%
      19SV20SA1GA60:00TOI
      .950
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR0–4BUF
      W
      game 44/802
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      30SV30SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF1–5BOS
      L
      game 45/80
      His night
      .839SV%
      26SV31SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .839
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF7–4WSH
      W
      game 47/802
      His night
      .833SV%
      20SV24SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .833
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI4–4BUF
      game 49/80
      His night
      .886SV%
      31SV35SA4GA60:00TOI
      .886
      View the game
    • February 1981
    • The game
      WIN0–4BUF
      W
      game 51/802
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      23SV23SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF4–0PHI
      W
      game 52/80
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      31SV31SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      DET3–7BUF
      W
      game 53/80
      His night
      .912SV%
      31SV34SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .912
      View the game
    • The game
      STL3–3BUF
      game 54/801
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA60:00TOI
      .880
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF4–4CGY
      game 56/802
      His night
      .879SV%
      29SV33SA4GA60:00TOI
      .879
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF2–2EDM
      game 57/80
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA60:00TOI
      .926
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF6–1PIT
      W
      game 59/80
      His night
      .969SV%
      31SV32SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .969
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–2BUF
      L
      game 60/80
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA59:26TOIL
      .880
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8033 of 60 started
      16
      wins
      NHL#8
      .901
      SV%
      NHL#2
      2.8
      GAA
      NHL#2
      3
      shutouts
      NHL#1
      BUF
      29-12-0W-L-OT77Points
      Playoff spot
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CHI1–6BUF
      W
      game 62/80
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .960
      View the game
    • March 1981
    • The game
      BUF4–6BOS
      L
      game 63/80
      His night
      .850SV%
      34SV40SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .850
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI4–8BUF
      W
      game 66/801
      His night
      .852SV%
      23SV27SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .852
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF5–2WIN
      W
      game 68/801
      His night
      .905SV%
      19SV21SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .905
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF1–2VAN
      L
      game 69/802
      His night
      .933SV%
      28SV30SA2GA59:54TOIL
      .933
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–1LAK
      W
      game 70/80
      His night
      .957SV%
      22SV23SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .957
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR4–14BUF
      W
      game 71/801
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF6–2TOR
      W
      game 72/801
      His night
      .943SV%
      33SV35SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .943
      View the game
    • The game
      STL6–5BUF
      L
      game 73/801
      His night
      .824SV%
      28SV34SA6GA58:31TOIL
      .824
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF4–7STL
      L
      game 76/801
      His night
      .838SV%
      31SV37SA6GA59:58TOIL
      .838
      View the game
    • April 1981
    • The game
      BUF2–2PHI
      game 78/801
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA60:00TOI
      .938
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF5–4DET
      W
      game 79/80
      His night
      .840SV%
      21SV25SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .840
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Don Edwards closes the 1980-1981 season with 23 wins

    BUFBuffalo Sabres
    Wins
    23
    Games
    45of 80
    56%
    Shutouts
    3
    SV%
    .898
    GAA
    2.96
    Starts
    45
    Events
    5 i rad
    straight wins
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    Buffalo Sabres meet Vancouver Canucks

    BUFvsVAN
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Vancouver Canucks
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      VAN2–3BUF
      W
      2
      His night
      .895SV%
      17SV19SA2GA63:27TOIW
      .895
      View the game
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstVancouver Canucks
    • Game 2
      VAN2–5BUF
      W
      2
      His night
      .909SV%
      20SV22SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .909
      View the game
    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–0againstVancouver Canucks
    • Game 3
      BUF5–3VAN
      W
      2
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .885
      View the game
    Preliminary round

    Buffalo Sabres knock Vancouver Canucks out 3–0

    BUF3–0VAN
    Advance
    3Games3Wins.896SV%2.3GAA
    5 days later
    Quarterfinal

    Buffalo Sabres meet Minnesota North Stars

    BUFvsMNS
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Minnesota North Stars
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      MNS4–3BUF
      L
      1
      His night
      .846SV%
      22SV26SA4GA60:22TOIL
      .846
      View the game
    • Minnesota North Starslead1–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 2
      MNS5–2BUF
      L
      1
      His night
      .840SV%
      21SV25SA4GA58:26TOIL
      .840
      View the game
    • Minnesota North Starslead2–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 3
      BUF4–6MNS
      L
      1
      His night
      .896SV%
      43SV48SA5GA59:01TOIL
      .896
      View the game
    • Minnesota North Starslead3–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 4
      BUF5–4MNS
      W
      1
      His night
      .920SV%
      46SV50SA4GA76:32TOIW
      .920
      View the game
    • Minnesota North Starslead3–1againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 5
      MNS4–3BUF
      L
      1
      His night
      .879SV%
      29SV33SA4GA59:25TOIL
      .879
      View the game
    Quarterfinal

    Minnesota North Stars knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–1

    BUF1–4MNS
    Eliminated
    5Games1Wins.885SV%4.0GAA
    The run in numbers

    Don Edwards ends the 1980-1981 playoffs with 4 wins

    BUFBuffalo Sabres
    Wins
    4
    Games
    8
    Shutouts
    0
    SV%
    .888
    GAA
    3.38
    Starts
    8
    Events
    25
    playoff games
    10
    playoff wins
    VAN3–0→MNS1–4