1983–84 Buffalo Sabres season

The 1983–84 Buffalo Sabres season was the Sabres' 14th season. Tom Barrasso was drafted by the Sabres with the 5th overall pick in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft, becoming the highest drafted goalie ever until Roberto Luongo was taken 4th overall in 1997. Skipping a college career, he went straight from high school to the NHL where he exceeded all expectations. Barrasso won the Calder Memorial Trophy and Vezina Trophy in his first season, becoming just the third player to win both awards in the same year.

1983–84 Buffalo Sabres
Division	2nd Adams
Conference	3rd Wales
1983–84 record	48–25–7
Goals for	315
Goals against	257
Team information
General manager	Scotty Bowman
Coach	Scotty Bowman
Captain	Gilbert Perreault
Alternate captains	None
Team leaders
Goals	Dave Andreychuk (38)
Assists	Gilbert Perreault (59)
Points	Gilbert Perreault (90)
Penalty minutes	Larry Playfair (209)

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	5	Tom Barrasso	United States	Acton-Boxboro H.S. (USHS-MA)
1	10	Normand Lacombe	Canada	University of New Hampshire (Hockey East)
1	11	Adam Creighton	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
2	31	John Tucker	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
2	34	Richard Hajdu	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
4	74	Daren Puppa	Canada	Kirkland Lake Midget All-Stars (USHS-MN)
5	94	Jason Meyer	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
6	114	Jim Hofford	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
7	134	Christian Ruuttu	Finland	Pori (Finland)
8	154	Donald McSween	United States	Redford Royals (NAJHL)
9	174	Tim Hoover	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
10	194	Mark Ferner	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
11	214	Uwe Krupp	West Germany	Cologne (West Germany)
12	234	Marc Hemelin	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
12	235	Kermit Salfi	United States	Northwood School (USHS-NY)

Regular season

Season standings

Adams Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	PTS
Boston Bruins	80	49	25	6	336	261	1606	104
Buffalo Sabres	80	48	25	7	315	257	1190	103
Quebec Nordiques	80	42	28	10	360	278	1600	94
Montreal Canadiens	80	35	40	5	286	295	1371	75
Hartford Whalers	80	28	42	10	288	320	1184	66

[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 5, 1983	5–3	Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	1–0–0
2	L	October 8, 1983	2–9	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	1–1–0
3	W	October 9, 1983	5–2	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	2–1–0
4	T	October 12, 1983	4–4 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	2–1–1
5	L	October 15, 1983	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84)	2–2–1
6	L	October 16, 1983	2–3	New York Islanders (1983–84)	2–3–1
7	W	October 18, 1983	3–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	3–3–1
8	W	October 22, 1983	5–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	4–3–1
9	W	October 23, 1983	5–2	Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	5–3–1
10	L	October 26, 1983	5–6 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	5–4–1
11	T	October 28, 1983	3–3 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	5–4–2
12	W	October 30, 1983	5–4	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	6–4–2
13	T	November 2, 1983	3–3 OT	New York Rangers (1983–84)	6–4–3
14	L	November 5, 1983	0–4	@ New York Islanders (1983–84)	6–5–3
15	L	November 6, 1983	1–7	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	6–6–3
16	W	November 9, 1983	3–1	Boston Bruins (1983–84)	7–6–3
17	W	November 11, 1983	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	8–6–3
18	W	November 13, 1983	11–2	Calgary Flames (1983–84)	9–6–3
19	W	November 16, 1983	6–5 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	10–6–3
20	L	November 18, 1983	0–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	10–7–3
21	W	November 19, 1983	5–2	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84)	11–7–3
22	W	November 23, 1983	6–4	@ New York Rangers (1983–84)	12–7–3
23	W	November 25, 1983	5–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	13–7–3
24	L	November 26, 1983	2–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	13–8–3
25	W	November 29, 1983	5–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	14–8–3
26	W	December 2, 1983	7–6	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	15–8–3
27	W	December 4, 1983	6–2	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	16–8–3
28	L	December 6, 1983	2–8	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	16–9–3
29	L	December 7, 1983	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	16–10–3
30	W	December 10, 1983	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84)	17–10–3
31	W	December 11, 1983	6–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	18–10–3
32	T	December 14, 1983	3–3 OT	New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	18–10–4
33	W	December 17, 1983	4–1	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	19–10–4
34	W	December 18, 1983	3–2	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	20–10–4
35	L	December 21, 1983	3–6	Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	20–11–4
36	L	December 26, 1983	1–2	Boston Bruins (1983–84)	20–12–4
37	W	December 27, 1983	7–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	21–12–4
38	W	December 29, 1983	8–5	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	22–12–4
39	L	December 31, 1983	2–3	New York Rangers (1983–84)	22–13–4
40	W	January 4, 1984	9–4	Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	23–13–4
41	W	January 7, 1984	4–2	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)	24–13–4
42	W	January 8, 1984	4–3	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	25–13–4
43	W	January 11, 1984	6–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	26–13–4
44	W	January 13, 1984	3–1	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	27–13–4
45	W	January 14, 1984	2–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	28–13–4
46	W	January 17, 1984	5–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	29–13–4
47	W	January 18, 1984	4–0	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	30–13–4
48	W	January 21, 1984	2–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	31–13–4
49	W	January 23, 1984	5–3	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84)	32–13–4
50	T	January 25, 1984	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	32–13–5
51	T	January 27, 1984	2–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	32–13–6
52	W	January 29, 1984	7–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	33–13–6
53	L	February 2, 1984	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84)	33–14–6
54	L	February 3, 1984	1–4	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	33–15–6
55	L	February 5, 1984	1–2	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	33–16–6
56	W	February 8, 1984	6–5 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	34–16–6
57	W	February 9, 1984	8–5	New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	35–16–6
58	W	February 11, 1984	4–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	36–16–6
59	W	February 15, 1984	7–4	Boston Bruins (1983–84)	37–16–6
60	W	February 17, 1984	5–4 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	38–16–6
61	W	February 19, 1984	5–2	Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	39–16–6
62	W	February 21, 1984	5–4 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	40–16–6
63	L	February 23, 1984	2–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	40–17–6
64	L	February 25, 1984	1–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	40–18–6
65	L	February 27, 1984	1–3	Boston Bruins (1983–84)	40–19–6
66	L	February 29, 1984	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	40–20–6
67	L	March 3, 1984	2–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	40–21–6
68	T	March 4, 1984	1–1 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	40–21–7
69	W	March 6, 1984	8–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	41–21–7
70	W	March 9, 1984	7–3	Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	42–21–7
71	W	March 11, 1984	4–3 OT	Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	43–21–7
72	W	March 14, 1984	4–2	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84)	44–21–7
73	W	March 17, 1984	5–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	45–21–7
74	L	March 18, 1984	3–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	45–22–7
75	W	March 21, 1984	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	46–22–7
76	W	March 24, 1984	6–0	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	47–22–7
77	L	March 25, 1984	3–5	New York Islanders (1983–84)	47–23–7
78	L	March 27, 1984	1–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	47–24–7
79	L	March 31, 1984	1–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	47–25–7
80	W	April 1, 1984	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	48–25–7

Player statistics

Forwards

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM

Defencemen

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Player	GP	W	L	T	SO	GAA

Playoffs

The Sabres qualified for the playoffs and lost to the Quebec Nordiques 3 games to 0, in the Adams Division Semi-finals.

Awards and records

• Tom Barrasso, Calder Memorial Trophy
• Tom Barrasso, Vezina Trophy
• Tom Barrasso, Goaltender, NHL First Team All-Star

References

• Sabres on Hockey Database

1. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.