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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) versus Philadelphia Flyers
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-3) versus Ottawa Senators
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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 |
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| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SPCT | TOI | ATOI | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derek Plante | C | 5-11 | 181 | 26 | 82 | 27 | 26 | 53 | 14 | 24 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 191 | 14.1 | 82 | 19 | 62 | 13 | ||
| 2 | Brian Holzinger | C | 5-11 | 186 | 24 | 81 | 22 | 29 | 51 | 9 | 54 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 142 | 15.5 | 75 | 17 | 67 | 18 | ||
| 3 | Donald Audette | RW | 5-8 | 190 | 27 | 73 | 28 | 22 | 50 | -6 | 48 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 182 | 15.4 | 65 | 20 | 51 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Michael Peca | C | 5-11 | 183 | 22 | 79 | 20 | 29 | 49 | 26 | 80 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 137 | 14.6 | 73 | 14 | 65 | 32 | ||
| 5 | Jason Dawe | RW | 5-10 | 189 | 23 | 81 | 22 | 26 | 48 | 14 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 136 | 16.2 | 73 | 19 | 52 | 12 | ||
| 6 | Dixon Ward | RW | 6-0 | 200 | 28 | 79 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 17 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 93 | 14.0 | 59 | 6 | 54 | 18 | ||
| 7 | Matthew Barnaby | RW | 6-0 | 189 | 23 | 68 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 16 | 249 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 121 | 15.7 | 58 | 8 | 36 | 2 | ||
| 8 | Garry Galley | D | 6-0 | 202 | 33 | 71 | 4 | 34 | 38 | 10 | 102 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 84 | 4.8 | 83 | 26 | 61 | 14 | ||
| 9 | Michal Grosek | LW | 6-2 | 207 | 21 | 82 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 25 | 71 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 117 | 12.8 | 65 | 7 | 34 | 1 | ||
| 10 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 5-11 | 225 | 24 | 80 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 10 | 95 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 170 | 4.1 | 92 | 22 | 86 | 26 | ||
| 11 | Randy Burridge | LW | 5-9 | 188 | 31 | 55 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 85 | 11.8 | 48 | 11 | 28 | 8 | ||
| 12 | Richard Smehlik | D | 6-4 | 222 | 27 | 62 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 19 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 11.0 | 76 | 14 | 59 | 16 | ||
| 13 | Darryl Shannon | D | 6-2 | 208 | 28 | 82 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 112 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 4.3 | 78 | 4 | 74 | 23 | ||
| 14 | Mike Wilson | D | 6-6 | 229 | 21 | 77 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 3.5 | 54 | 0 | 68 | 27 | ||
| 15 | Miroslav Satan | LW | 6-3 | 191 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 27.6 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 16 | Rob Ray | RW | 6-0 | 217 | 28 | 82 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 286 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 15.6 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
| 17 | Jay McKee | D | 6-4 | 203 | 19 | 43 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3.4 | 35 | 7 | 28 | 3 | ||
| 18 | Pat LaFontaine | C | 5-10 | 182 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 5.3 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 19 | Barrie Moore | LW | 5-11 | 198 | 21 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 4.8 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 3 | ||
| 20 | Bob Boughner | D | 6-0 | 203 | 25 | 77 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 225 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2.9 | 41 | 0 | 38 | 9 | ||
| 21 | Curtis Brown | C/LW | 6-0 | 200 | 20 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 12.9 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 22 | Brad May | LW | 6-1 | 213 | 25 | 42 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 106 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 4.0 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 23 | Wayne Primeau | C | 6-4 | 225 | 20 | 45 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8.0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 24 | Anatoli Semenov | C/LW | 6-2 | 190 | 34 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 9.5 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 7 | ||
| 25 | Ed Ronan | RW | 6-0 | 197 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 26 | Dominik Hasek | G | 6-1 | 166 | 32 | 67 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 27 | Charlie Huddy | D | 6-0 | 210 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 28 | Rumun Ndur | D | 6-2 | 222 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 29 | Steve Shields | G | 6-3 | 215 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 30 | Andrei Trefilov | G | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 31 | Vaclav Varada | RW | 6-0 | 208 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 82 | 237 | 394 | 631 | 214 | 1828 | 178 | 43 | 16 | 40 | 2090 | 11.3 | 1160 | 213 | 966 | 233 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominik Hasek | G | 6-1 | 166 | 32 | 67 | 4037 | 37 | 20 | 10 | 153 | 2.27 | 2177 | 2024 | .930 | 5 |
| 2 | Steve Shields | G | 6-3 | 215 | 24 | 13 | 789 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 39 | 2.97 | 447 | 408 | .913 | 0 |
| 3 | Andrei Trefilov | G | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | 3 | 159 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3.77 | 98 | 88 | .898 | 0 |
| Team Total | 82 | 4985 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 202 | 2.43 | 2722 | 2520 | .926 | 5 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derek Plante | C | 5-11 | 181 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 15.4 | ||
| 2 | Donald Audette | RW | 5-8 | 190 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 12.1 | ||
| 3 | Brian Holzinger | C | 5-11 | 186 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | ||
| 4 | Randy Burridge | LW | 5-9 | 188 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 19.2 | ||
| 5 | Michal Grosek | LW | 6-2 | 207 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 16.7 | ||
| 6 | Garry Galley | D | 6-0 | 202 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.0 | ||
| 7 | Darryl Shannon | D | 6-2 | 208 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 | ||
| 8 | Dixon Ward | RW | 6-0 | 200 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 8.7 | ||
| 9 | Matthew Barnaby | RW | 6-0 | 189 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | ||
| 10 | Jason Dawe | RW | 5-10 | 189 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 | ||
| 11 | Brad May | LW | 6-1 | 213 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | ||
| 12 | Michael Peca | C | 5-11 | 183 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 | ||
| 13 | Richard Smehlik | D | 6-4 | 222 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 | ||
| 14 | Ed Ronan | RW | 6-0 | 197 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 16.7 | ||
| 15 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 5-11 | 225 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 | ||
| 16 | Bob Boughner | D | 6-0 | 203 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 17 | Rob Ray | RW | 6-0 | 217 | 28 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||
| 18 | Mike Wilson | D | 6-6 | 229 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | ||
| 19 | Dominik Hasek | G | 6-1 | 166 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 20 | Jay McKee | D | 6-4 | 203 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 21 | Wayne Primeau | C | 6-4 | 225 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||
| 22 | Miroslav Satan | LW | 6-3 | 191 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||
| 23 | Steve Shields | G | 6-3 | 215 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 24 | Andrei Trefilov | G | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Total | 12 | 27 | 45 | 72 | -19 | 220 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 296 | 9.1 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Shields | G | 6-3 | 215 | 24 | 10 | 570 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 2.74 | 334 | 308 | .922 | 1 | |
| 2 | Dominik Hasek | G | 6-1 | 166 | 32 | 3 | 153 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1.96 | 68 | 63 | .926 | 0 | |
| 3 | Andrei Trefilov | G | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 12 | 728 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 2.55 | 406 | 375 | .924 | 1 |