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Record: 22-19-7 (51 points), Finished 4th in NHL Northeast Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: John Muckler (22-19-7)
Goals For: 130 (18th of 26), Goals Against: 119 (3rd of 26)
SRS: 0.20 (11th of 26), SOS: -0.03 (19th of 26)
Playoffs:
Lost Conference Quarter-Finals (4-1) versus Philadelphia Flyers
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| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | SOS | TG/G | PP | PPO | PP% | PPA | PPOA | PK% | SH | SHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 48 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 51 | .531 | 130 | 119 | 0.20 | -0.03 | 5.19 | 45 | 242 | 18.60 | 32 | 220 | 85.45 | 13 | 7 |
| League Average | 48 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 48 | .500 | 143 | 143 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.97 | 37 | 209 | 17.73 | 37 | 209 | 82.27 | 6 | 6 |
| No. | Player | Pos | Age | Ht | Wt | S/C | Exp | Birth Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Peter Ambroziak | LW | 23 | 6-0 | 206 | L/- | R | September 15, 1971 | 0 G, 1 A, 1 P |
| 33 | Mark Astley | D | 25 | 5-11 | 185 | L/- | 1 | March 30, 1969 | 2 G, 1 A, 3 P |
| 28 | Donald Audette | RW | 25 | 5-8 | 190 | R/- | 4 | September 23, 1969 | 24 G, 13 A, 37 P |
| 36 | Matthew Barnaby | LW | 21 | 6-0 | 189 | L/- | 2 | May 4, 1973 | 1 G, 1 A, 2 P |
| 8 | Doug Bodger | D | 28 | 6-2 | 210 | L/- | 10 | June 18, 1966 | 3 G, 17 A, 20 P |
| 4 | Philippe Boucher | D | 21 | 6-3 | 218 | R/- | 2 | March 24, 1973 | 1 G, 4 A, 5 P |
| 37 | Curtis Brown | C | 18 | 6-0 | 200 | L/- | R | February 12, 1976 | 1 G, 1 A, 2 P |
| 43 | Jason Dawe | LW | 21 | 5-10 | 189 | L/- | 1 | May 29, 1973 | 7 G, 4 A, 11 P |
| 31 | Grant Fuhr | G | 32 | 5-10 | 201 | -/R | 13 | September 28, 1962 | 1-2-0, 4.00 GAA |
| 3 | Garry Galley | D | 31 | 6-0 | 202 | L/- | 10 | April 16, 1963 | 1 G, 9 A, 10 P |
| 9 | Viktor Gordiouk | RW | 24 | 5-10 | 176 | R/- | 1 | April 11, 1970 | 0 G, 2 A, 2 P |
| 14 | Dave Hannan | C | 33 | 5-10 | 180 | L/- | 13 | November 26, 1961 | 4 G, 12 A, 16 P |
| 39 | Dominik Hasek | G | 30 | 6-1 | 166 | -/L | 4 | January 29, 1965 | 19-14-7, 2.11 GAA |
| 10 | Dale Hawerchuk | C | 31 | 5-11 | 190 | L/- | 13 | April 4, 1963 | 5 G, 11 A, 16 P |
| 19 | Brian Holzinger | C | 22 | 5-11 | 186 | R/- | R | October 10, 1972 | 0 G, 3 A, 3 P |
| 6 | Doug Houda | D | 28 | 6-2 | 208 | R/- | 8 | June 3, 1966 | 1 G, 2 A, 3 P |
| 22 | Charlie Huddy | D | 35 | 6-0 | 210 | L/- | 14 | June 2, 1959 | 2 G, 4 A, 6 P |
| 13 | Yuri Khmylev | LW | 30 | 6-1 | 189 | R/- | 2 | August 9, 1964 | 8 G, 17 A, 25 P |
| 16 | Pat LaFontaine | C | 29 | 5-10 | 182 | R/- | 11 | February 22, 1965 | 12 G, 15 A, 27 P |
| 44 | Doug MacDonald | LW | 25 | 6-0 | 192 | L/- | 2 | February 8, 1969 | 0 G, 0 A, 0 P |
| 27 | Brad May | LW | 23 | 6-1 | 213 | L/- | 3 | November 29, 1971 | 3 G, 3 A, 6 P |
| 3 | Dean Melanson | D | 21 | 5-11 | 190 | R/- | R | November 19, 1973 | 0 G, 0 A, 0 P |
| 89 | Alexander Mogilny | RW | 25 | 6-0 | 210 | L/- | 5 | February 18, 1969 | 19 G, 28 A, 47 P |
| 5 | Craig Muni | D | 32 | 6-3 | 208 | L/- | 12 | July 19, 1962 | 0 G, 6 A, 6 P |
| 29 | Scott Pearson | RW | 25 | 6-1 | 205 | L/- | 6 | December 19, 1969 | 2 G, 1 A, 3 P |
| 26 | Derek Plante | C | 24 | 5-11 | 181 | L/- | 1 | January 17, 1971 | 3 G, 19 A, 22 P |
| 18 | Wayne Presley | RW | 29 | 5-11 | 195 | R/- | 10 | March 23, 1965 | 14 G, 5 A, 19 P |
| 76 | Wayne Primeau | C | 18 | 6-4 | 225 | L/- | R | June 4, 1976 | 1 G, 0 A, 1 P |
| 32 | Rob Ray | LW | 26 | 6-0 | 217 | L/- | 5 | June 8, 1968 | 0 G, 3 A, 3 P |
| 17 | Craig Simpson | LW | 27 | 6-2 | 195 | R/- | 9 | February 15, 1967 | 4 G, 7 A, 11 P |
| 42 | Richard Smehlik | D | 25 | 6-4 | 222 | L/- | 2 | January 23, 1970 | 4 G, 7 A, 11 P |
| 35 | Robb Stauber | G | 27 | 5-11 | 180 | -/L | 3 | November 25, 1967 | 2-3-0, 3.79 GAA |
| 41 | Ken Sutton | D | 25 | 6-1 | 205 | L/- | 4 | November 5, 1969 | 1 G, 2 A, 3 P |
| 7 | Petr Svoboda | D | 28 | 6-1 | 198 | L/- | 10 | February 14, 1966 | 0 G, 5 A, 5 P |
| 20 | Bob Sweeney | C | 31 | 6-3 | 200 | R/- | 8 | January 25, 1964 | 5 G, 4 A, 9 P |
| 3 | Denis Tsygurov | D | 23 | 6-3 | 198 | L/- | 1 | February 26, 1971 | 0 G, 0 A, 0 P |
| 44 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 22 | 5-11 | 225 | L/- | 2 | October 10, 1972 | 2 G, 5 A, 7 P |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | SH | PP | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander Mogilny | RW | 25 | 44 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 18 | 0 | 36 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 148 | 12.8 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 2 | Donald Audette | RW | 25 | 46 | 24 | 13 | 37 | 17 | -3 | 27 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 124 | 19.4 | 3.9 | 0.7 | 4.5 | ||
| 3 | Pat LaFontaine | C | 29 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 54 | 22.2 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 3.2 | ||
| 4 | Yuri Khmylev | LW | 30 | 48 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 11.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 2.3 | ||
| 5 | Derek Plante | C | 24 | 47 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 7 | -4 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 94 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.2 | ||
| 6 | Doug Bodger | D | 28 | 44 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 6 | -3 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 87 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 3.8 | ||
| 7 | Wayne Presley | RW | 29 | 46 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 15.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 2.2 | ||
| 8 | Dale Hawerchuk | C | 31 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | -2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 56 | 8.9 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.4 | ||
| 9 | Dave Hannan | C | 33 | 42 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 11.1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | ||
| 10 | Jason Dawe | LW | 21 | 42 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 5 | -6 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 13.7 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||
| 11 | Craig Simpson | LW | 27 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | -5 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 20.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 | ||
| 12 | Richard Smehlik | D | 25 | 39 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 8.2 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 3.4 | ||
| 13 | Garry Galley | D | 31 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 14 | Bob Sweeney | C | 31 | 45 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | -6 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 10.6 | -0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | ||
| 15 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 22 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | -3 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 6.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.5 | ||
| 16 | Brad May | LW | 23 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 87 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 7.1 | -0.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | ||
| 17 | Charlie Huddy | D | 35 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | -1 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 5.0 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 2.1 | ||
| 18 | Craig Muni | D | 32 | 40 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | -4 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0.0 | -0.3 | 2.3 | 2.0 | ||
| 19 | Philippe Boucher | D | 21 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6.7 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | ||
| 20 | Petr Svoboda | D | 28 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | -5 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | ||
| 21 | Mark Astley | D | 25 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 9.5 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.9 | ||
| 22 | Scott Pearson | RW | 25 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -3 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||
| 23 | Doug Houda | D | 28 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 | -0.2 | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 24 | Ken Sutton | D | 25 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | ||
| 25 | Brian Holzinger | C | 22 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | ||
| 26 | Rob Ray | LW | 26 | 47 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | -4 | 173 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | -1.5 | 0.6 | -0.9 | ||
| 27 | Matthew Barnaby | LW | 21 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 116 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 | -0.6 | 0.3 | -0.3 | ||
| 28 | Curtis Brown | C | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | ||
| 29 | Viktor Gordiouk | RW | 24 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0.0 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.1 | ||
| 30 | Wayne Primeau | C | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0.1 | -0.1 | 0.1 | ||
| 31 | Peter Ambroziak | LW | 23 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | -0.4 | 0.2 | -0.2 | ||
| 32 | Grant Fuhr | G | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | ||||||
| 33 | Dominik Hasek | G | 30 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.3 | ||||||
| 34 | Doug MacDonald | LW | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.1 | |||
| 35 | Dean Melanson | D | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | ||
| 36 | Robb Stauber | G | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | ||||||
| 37 | Denis Tsygurov | D | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||
| Team Total | 48 | 130 | 212 | 342 | -21 | 1018 | 72 | 45 | 13 | 22 | 1276 | 10.2 | 15.5 | 27.3 | 53.5 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Age | GP | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | GPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominik Hasek | G | 30 | 41 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 85 | 1221 | 1136 | .930 | 2.11 | 5 | 2416 | 10.3 |
| 2 | Robb Stauber | G | 27 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 150 | 130 | .867 | 3.79 | 0 | 317 | 0.3 |
| 3 | Grant Fuhr | G | 32 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 85 | 73 | .859 | 4.00 | 0 | 180 | 0.1 |
| Team Total | 48 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 117 | 1456 | 1339 | .920 | 2.41 | 5 | 2913 | 10.7 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | SH | PP | S | S% | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander Mogilny | RW | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | -6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 16.7 | |||||
| 2 | Wayne Presley | RW | 29 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 21.4 | |||||
| 3 | Pat LaFontaine | C | 29 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18.2 | |||||
| 4 | Doug Bodger | D | 28 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | |||||
| 5 | Jason Dawe | LW | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 | |||||
| 6 | Brian Holzinger | C | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33.3 | |||||
| 7 | Garry Galley | D | 31 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | |||||
| 8 | Donald Audette | RW | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 | |||||
| 9 | Dave Hannan | C | 33 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||
| 10 | Yuri Khmylev | LW | 30 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||
| 11 | Craig Muni | D | 32 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||
| 12 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | |||||
| 13 | Mark Astley | D | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | Dominik Hasek | G | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 15 | Dale Hawerchuk | C | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||
| 16 | Charlie Huddy | D | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||
| 17 | Brad May | LW | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||
| 18 | Scott Pearson | RW | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||
| 19 | Rob Ray | LW | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 20 | Richard Smehlik | D | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||
| 21 | Bob Sweeney | C | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Total | 5 | 13 | 20 | 33 | -25 | 80 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 147 | 8.8 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Age | GP | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominik Hasek | G | 30 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 131 | 113 | .863 | 3.50 | 0 | 309 |
| Team Total | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 131 | 113 | .863 | 3.50 | 0 | 309 |