1974–75 Buffalo Sabres season
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Wales Conference champions
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Adams Division champions
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| Division | 1st Adams |
| Conference | 1st Wales |
| 1974–75 record | 49–16–15 |
| Home record | 28–6–6 |
| Road record | 21–10–9 |
| Goals for | 354 |
| Goals against | 240 |
| Team information | |
| General Manager | Punch Imlach |
| Coach | Floyd Smith |
| Captain | Jim Schoenfeld |
| Arena | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium |
| Average attendance | 15,668 |
| Team leaders | |
| Goals | Rick Martin (52) |
| Assists | Rene Robert (60) |
| Points | Rene Robert (100) |
| Penalties in minutes | Jerry Korab and Jim Schoenfeld (184) |
| Wins | Gary Bromley (26) |
| Goals against average | Roger Crozier (2.62) |
The 1974–75 Buffalo Sabres season was the Sabres' fifth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Sabres finished in a tie for the best record in the NHL in the 1974–75 regular season after a disappointing 1974 that saw the 1973–74 team fail to return to the NHL playoffs as they had the year before. Buffalo advanced to the Stanley Cup finals for the first time in team history to play against the rough Philadelphia Flyers (who had been recently nicknamed the "Broad Street Bullies"), a series which included the legendary Fog Game (game three of the series). The Sabres lost the series 4–2.
The season marked the Sabres' second NHL playoffs appearance. The season was the first under the tenure of Floyd Smith and the team's first in the newly created Adams Division in the NHL's Prince of Wales Conference.
Sabres players earned numerous accolades. Don Luce won the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy. Rick Martin, Rene Robert, Jerry Korab and Luce were all selected to the 1975 NHL All-Star Game. Martin was a first team NHL All-Star Team selection at left wing, while Robert was a second team selection at right wing. The French Connection (Martin, Robert and Gilbert Perreault) were all among the league leaders in important scoring statistics.
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