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1996-97 Buffalo Sabres

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40-30-12 (92 points), Finished 1st in NHL Northeast Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 237 goals, Allowed 208 goals, SRS: 0.31 (7th of 26)
Coached by Ted Nolan (40-30-12)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Semi-Finals (4-1) to Philadelphia Flyers
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-3) over Ottawa Senators

1996-97 Statistics ▪ Games

Team Statistics

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Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
Buffalo Sabres 82 40 30 12 92 .561 237 208 0.31 5.43 43 326 13.19 59 364 83.79 16 4
League Average 82 35 35 11 82 .500 239 239 0.00 5.83 55 336 16.27 55 336 83.73 10 10

Player Statistics

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Skaters Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Derek Plante C 5-11 181 26 82 27 26 53 0.65 21 0.26 82 19 62 13 14 24 22 5 0 6 191 2.33 14.1
2 Brian Holzinger C 5-11 186 24 81 22 29 51 0.63 20 0.24 75 17 67 18 9 54 18 2 2 6 142 1.75 15.5
3 Donald Audette RW 5-8 190 27 73 28 22 50 0.68 21 0.28 65 20 51 0 -6 48 20 8 0 5 182 2.49 15.4
4 Michael Peca C 5-11 183 22 79 20 29 49 0.62 19 0.24 73 14 65 32 26 80 9 5 6 4 137 1.73 14.6
5 Jason Dawe RW 5-10 189 23 81 22 26 48 0.59 19 0.23 73 19 52 12 14 32 17 4 1 3 136 1.68 16.2
6 Dixon Ward RW 6-0 200 28 79 13 32 45 0.57 16 0.20 59 6 54 18 17 36 10 1 2 4 93 1.18 14.0
7 Matthew Barnaby RW 6-0 189 23 68 19 24 43 0.63 17 0.25 58 8 36 2 16 249 17 2 0 1 121 1.78 15.7
8 Garry Galley D 6-0 202 33 71 4 34 38 0.54 12 0.17 83 26 61 14 10 102 2 1 1 1 84 1.18 4.8
9 Michal Grosek LW 6-2 207 21 82 15 21 36 0.44 14 0.17 65 7 34 1 25 71 14 1 0 2 117 1.43 12.8
10 Alexei Zhitnik D 5-11 225 24 80 7 28 35 0.44 12 0.15 92 22 86 26 10 95 3 3 1 0 170 2.13 4.1
11 Randy Burridge LW 5-9 188 31 55 10 21 31 0.56 11 0.21 48 11 28 8 17 20 6 1 3 0 85 1.55 11.8
12 Richard Smehlik D 6-4 222 27 62 11 19 30 0.48 11 0.18 76 14 59 16 19 43 9 2 0 1 100 1.61 11.0
13 Darryl Shannon D 6-2 208 28 82 4 19 23 0.28 8 0.09 78 4 74 23 23 112 3 1 0 1 94 1.15 4.3
14 Mike Wilson D 6-6 229 21 77 2 9 11 0.14 4 0.05 54 0 68 27 13 51 2 0 0 1 57 0.74 3.5
15 Jay McKee D 6-4 203 19 43 1 9 10 0.23 3 0.07 35 7 28 3 3 35 1 0 0 0 29 0.67 3.4
16 Miroslav Satan LW 6-3 191 22 12 8 2 10 0.83 5 0.38 12 3 8 0 1 4 6 2 0 1 29 2.42 27.6
17 Rob Ray RW 6-0 217 28 82 7 3 10 0.12 4 0.05 18 0 16 1 3 286 7 0 0 1 45 0.55 15.6
18 Bob Boughner D 6-0 203 25 77 1 7 8 0.10 3 0.03 41 0 38 9 12 225 1 0 0 0 34 0.44 2.9
19 Pat LaFontaine C 5-10 182 31 13 2 6 8 0.62 3 0.22 11 6 13 0 -8 4 1 1 0 0 38 2.92 5.3
20 Barrie Moore LW 5-11 198 21 31 2 6 8 0.26 3 0.09 11 1 12 3 1 18 1 1 0 0 42 1.35 4.8
21 Brad May LW 6-1 218 25 42 3 4 7 0.17 3 0.06 14 6 16 0 -8 106 2 1 0 1 75 1.79 4.0
22 Curtis Brown C/LW 6-0 200 20 28 4 3 7 0.25 3 0.10 12 0 8 0 4 18 4 0 0 1 31 1.11 12.9
23 Anatoli Semenov C/LW 6-2 190 34 25 2 4 6 0.24 2 0.09 9 2 17 7 -3 2 1 1 0 1 21 0.84 9.5
24 Wayne Primeau C 6-4 225 20 45 2 4 6 0.13 2 0.05 7 1 8 0 -2 64 1 1 0 0 25 0.56 8.0
25 Ed Ronan RW 6-0 197 28 18 1 4 5 0.28 2 0.09 8 0 4 0 4 11 1 0 0 0 10 0.56 10.0
26 Rumun Ndur D 6-2 222 21 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
27 Charlie Huddy D 6-0 210 37 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
28 Vaclav Varada RW 6-0 208 20 5 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.40 0.0
Team Total 82 237 394 631 7.70 237 2.89 237 43 208 59 45 1828 178 43 16 40 2090 25.49 11.3

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 Dominik Hasek G 6-1 166 32 67 4037 37 20 10 84 .627 5 153 2.27 2177 2024 .930 0 3 3 30
2 Steve Shields G 6-3 215 24 13 789 3 8 2 8 .308 0 39 2.97 447 408 .913 0 0 0 4
3 Andrei Trefilov G 6-0 190 27 3 159 0 2 0 0 .000 0 10 3.77 98 88 .898 0 0 0 0
Team Total 82 4985 40 30 12 5 202 2.43 2722 2520 .926

Skaters Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Derek Plante C 5-11 181 26 12 4 6 10 0.83 4 4 3 1 0 2 26 2.17 15.4
2 Donald Audette RW 5-8 190 27 11 4 5 9 0.82 -3 6 1 3 0 0 33 3.00 12.1
3 Brian Holzinger C 5-11 186 24 12 2 5 7 0.58 -3 8 1 0 1 0 20 1.67 10.0
4 Michal Grosek LW 6-2 207 21 12 3 3 6 0.50 3 8 3 0 0 0 18 1.50 16.7
5 Randy Burridge LW 5-9 188 31 12 5 1 6 0.50 -5 2 2 3 0 0 26 2.17 19.2
6 Garry Galley D 6-0 202 33 12 0 6 6 0.50 2 14 0 0 0 0 22 1.83 0.0
7 Dixon Ward RW 6-0 200 28 12 2 3 5 0.42 2 6 2 0 0 1 23 1.92 8.7
8 Darryl Shannon D 6-2 208 28 12 2 3 5 0.42 -1 8 1 1 0 0 8 0.67 25.0
9 Matthew Barnaby RW 6-0 189 23 8 0 4 4 0.50 2 36 0 0 0 0 12 1.50 0.0
10 Jason Dawe RW 5-10 189 23 11 2 1 3 0.27 -2 6 2 0 0 0 19 1.73 10.5
11 Brad May LW 6-1 218 25 10 1 1 2 0.20 -2 32 1 0 0 0 7 0.70 14.3
12 Richard Smehlik D 6-4 222 27 12 0 2 2 0.17 0 4 0 0 0 0 17 1.42 0.0
13 Michael Peca C 5-11 183 22 10 0 2 2 0.20 -3 8 0 0 0 0 20 2.00 0.0
14 Rob Ray RW 6-0 217 28 12 0 1 1 0.08 -3 28 0 0 0 0 4 0.33 0.0
15 Alexei Zhitnik D 5-11 225 24 12 1 0 1 0.08 -9 16 1 0 0 0 16 1.33 6.3
16 Bob Boughner D 6-0 203 25 11 0 1 1 0.09 0 9 0 0 0 0 1 0.09 0.0
17 Mike Wilson D 6-6 229 21 10 0 1 1 0.10 3 2 0 0 0 0 8 0.80 0.0
18 Ed Ronan RW 6-0 197 28 6 1 0 1 0.17 -1 6 1 0 0 1 6 1.00 16.7
19 Miroslav Satan LW 6-3 191 22 7 0 0 0 0.00 -1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.71 0.0
20 Wayne Primeau C 6-4 225 20 9 0 0 0 0.00 -2 6 0 0 0 0 4 0.44 0.0
21 Jay McKee D 6-4 203 19 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.33 0.0
Team Total 12 27 45 72 6.00 220 18 8 1 4 296 24.67 9.1

Goalies Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 Steve Shields G 6-3 215 24 10 570 4 6 8 .400 1 26 2.74 334 308 .922 0 0 0 9
2 Dominik Hasek G 6-1 166 32 3 153 1 1 2 .500 0 5 1.96 68 63 .926 0 0 0 2
3 Andrei Trefilov G 6-0 190 27 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4 4 1.000 0 0 0 0
Team Total 82 728 5 7 1 31 2.55 406 375 .924