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1996-97 Buffalo Sabres Statistics

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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

1996-97 Buffalo Sabres:

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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Scoring Regular Season

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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

Goalies Regular Season

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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

Scoring Playoffs

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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

Goalies Playoffs

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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