1996-97 Buffalo Sabres Roster and Statistics

Record: 40-30-12 (92 points), Finished 1st in NHL Northeast Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Ted Nolan (40-30-12)

Goals For: 237 (13th of 26), Goals Against: 208 (6th of 26)
SRS: 0.31 (7th of 26), SOS: -0.04 (25th of 26)

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

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +4000

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Buffalo Sabres	82	40	30	12	92	.561	237	208	0.31	-0.04	2.89	2.54	43	326	13.19	59	364	83.79	16	4	2090	11.3	2728	.924		5
League Average	82	35	35	11	82	.500	239	239					55	336	16.27	55	336	83.73	10	10	2444	9.8	2444	.902		5

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Buffalo Sabres
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Flag	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
28	Donald Audette	ca	RW	27	5-8	190	R/-	6	September 23, 1969	28 G, 22 A, 50 P
36	Matthew Barnaby	ca	RW	23	6-0	189	L/-	4	May 4, 1973	19 G, 24 A, 43 P
6-46	Bob Boughner	ca	D	25	6-0	203	R/-	1	March 8, 1971	1 G, 7 A, 8 P
37	Curtis Brown	ca	C	20	6-0	200	L/-	2	February 12, 1976	4 G, 3 A, 7 P
12	Randy Burridge	ca	LW	31	5-9	188	L/-	11	January 7, 1966	10 G, 21 A, 31 P
17-43	Jason Dawe	ca	RW	23	5-10	189	L/-	3	May 29, 1973	22 G, 26 A, 48 P
3	Garry Galley	ca	D	33	6-0	202	L/-	12	April 16, 1963	4 G, 34 A, 38 P
18	Michal Grošek	cs	LW	21	6-2	207	R/-	3	June 1, 1975	15 G, 21 A, 36 P
39	Dominik Hašek	cs	G	32	6-1	166	-/L	6	January 29, 1965	37-20-10, 2.27 GAA
19	Brian Holzinger	us	C	24	5-11	186	R/-	2	October 10, 1972	22 G, 29 A, 51 P
22	Charlie Huddy	ca	D	37	6-0	210	L/-	16	June 2, 1959	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
16	Pat LaFontaine (C)	us	C	31	5-10	182	R/-	13	February 22, 1965	2 G, 6 A, 8 P
10	Brad May	ca	LW	25	6-1	213	L/-	5	November 29, 1971	3 G, 4 A, 7 P
74	Jay McKee	ca	D	19	6-4	203	L/-	1	September 8, 1977	1 G, 9 A, 10 P
38	Barrie Moore	ca	LW	21	5-11	198	L/-	1	May 22, 1975	2 G, 6 A, 8 P
40	Rumun Ndur	ng	D	21	6-2	222	L/-	R	July 7, 1975	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
27	Michael Peca	ca	C	22	5-11	181	R/-	3	March 26, 1974	20 G, 29 A, 49 P
26	Derek Plante	us	C	26	5-11	181	L/-	3	January 17, 1971	27 G, 26 A, 53 P
76	Wayne Primeau	ca	C	20	6-4	225	L/-	2	June 4, 1976	2 G, 4 A, 6 P
32	Rob Ray	ca	LW	28	6-0	217	L/-	7	June 8, 1968	7 G, 3 A, 10 P
5	Ed Ronan	us	RW	28	6-0	197	R/-	5	March 21, 1968	1 G, 4 A, 5 P
81	Miroslav Šatan	cs	LW	22	6-3	191	L/-	1	October 22, 1974	8 G, 2 A, 10 P
93	Anatoli Semenov	su	C	34	6-2	190	L/-	6	March 5, 1962	2 G, 4 A, 6 P
8	Darryl Shannon	ca	D	28	6-2	208	L/-	8	June 21, 1968	4 G, 19 A, 23 P
31	Steve Shields	ca	G	24	6-3	215	-/L	1	July 19, 1972	3-8-2, 2.96 GAA
42	Richard Šmehlík	cs	D	27	6-4	222	L/-	3	January 23, 1970	11 G, 19 A, 30 P
30	Andrei Trefilov	su	G	27	6-0	190	-/L	4	August 31, 1969	0-2-0, 3.78 GAA
25	Václav Varaďa	cs	LW	20	6-0	208	L/-	1	April 26, 1976	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
15	Dixon Ward	ca	RW	28	6-0	200	R/-	4	September 23, 1968	13 G, 32 A, 45 P
4	Mike Wilson	ca	D	21	6-6	229	L/-	1	February 26, 1975	2 G, 9 A, 11 P
44	Alexei Zhitnik	su	D	24	5-11	225	L/-	4	October 10, 1972	7 G, 28 A, 35 P

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Derek Plante	26	C	82	27	26	53	14	24	22	5	0	6	20	5	1	191	14.1			4.3	1.3	5.6
2	Brian Holzinger	24	C	81	22	29	51	9	54	18	2	2	6	23	5	1	142	15.5			3.7	1.1	4.8
3	Donald Audette	27	RW	73	28	22	50	-6	48	20	8	0	5	16	6	0	182	15.4			4.5	0.5	5.0
4	Michael Peca	22	C	79	20	29	49	26	80	9	5	6	4	22	4	3	137	14.6			3.4	1.7	5.1
5	Jason Dawe	23	RW	81	22	26	48	14	32	17	4	1	3	17	8	1	136	16.2			3.4	1.3	4.7
6	Dixon Ward	28	RW	79	13	32	45	17	36	10	1	2	4	27	3	2	93	14.0			2.4	1.4	3.8
7	Matthew Barnaby	23	RW	68	19	24	43	16	249	17	2	0	1	22	2	0	121	15.7			3.2	1.2	4.4
8	Garry Galley	33	D	71	4	34	38	10	102	2	1	1	1	21	13	0	84	4.8			2.5	3.9	6.4
9	Michal Grošek	21	LW	82	15	21	36	25	71	14	1	0	2	17	4	0	117	12.8			1.6	1.7	3.3
10	Alexei Zhitnik	24	D	80	7	28	35	10	95	3	3	1	0	15	11	2	170	4.1			2.4	4.3	6.7
11	Randy Burridge	31	LW	55	10	21	31	17	20	6	1	3	0	16	4	1	85	11.8			1.7	1.1	2.9
12	Richard Šmehlík	27	D	62	11	19	30	19	43	9	2	0	1	15	4	0	100	11.0			2.6	4.1	6.7
13	Darryl Shannon	28	D	82	4	19	23	23	112	3	1	0	1	16	2	1	94	4.3			0.9	5.3	6.2
14	Mike Wilson	21	D	77	2	9	11	13	51	2	0	0	1	9	0	0	57	3.5			-0.3	4.4	4.1
15	Miroslav Šatan	22	LW	12	8	2	10	1	4	6	2	0	1	2	0	0	29	27.6			1.2	0.2	1.4
16	Rob Ray	28	LW	82	7	3	10	3	286	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	45	15.6			-1.6	0.9	-0.7
17	Jay McKee	19	D	43	1	9	10	3	35	1	0	0	0	6	3	0	29	3.4			0.2	2.1	2.3
18	Pat LaFontaine*	31	C	13	2	6	8	-8	4	1	1	0	0	1	5	0	38	5.3			0.4	-0.1	0.3
19	Barrie Moore	21	LW	31	2	6	8	1	18	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	42	4.8			-0.3	0.3	0.1
20	Bob Boughner	25	D	77	1	7	8	12	225	1	0	0	0	6	0	1	34	2.9			-0.7	4.3	3.6
21	Curtis Brown	20	C	28	4	3	7	4	18	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	31	12.9			-0.1	0.4	0.4
22	Brad May	25	LW	42	3	4	7	-8	106	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	75	4.0			-0.7	0.1	-0.6
23	Wayne Primeau	20	C	45	2	4	6	-2	64	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	25	8.0			-1.0	0.4	-0.6
24	Anatoli Semenov	34	C	25	2	4	6	-3	2	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	21	9.5			-0.2	0.1	-0.1
25	Ed Ronan	28	RW	18	1	4	5	4	11	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	10	10.0			-0.1	0.3	0.2
26	Dominik Hašek*	32	G	67	0	3	3	0	30	0	0	0	0				0		4037	60:15	0.0	0.0	17.2
27	Charlie Huddy	37	D	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
28	Rumun Ndur	21	D	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.2	0.1
29	Steve Shields	24	G	13	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0				0		789	60:43	0.0	0.0	2.8
30	Andrei Trefilov	27	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		159	52:53	0.0	0.0	0.5
31	Václav Varaďa	20	LW	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0			-0.2	0.1	-0.1
	Team Total			82	237	394	631	214	1828	178	43	16	40	297	81	13	2090	11.3			33.2	42.8	96.5

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Dominik Hašek*	32	67		37	20	10	153	2177	2024	.930	2.27	5	4037				74	54.4	2.42	17.2
2	Steve Shields	24	13		3	8	2	39	447	408	.913	2.96	0	789				92	3.6	3.19	2.8
3	Andrei Trefilov	27	3		0	2	0	10	98	88	.898	3.78	0	159						4.16	0.5
	Team Total				40	30	12	202	2722	2520	.926	2.43	5	4985				78	57.3	2.60	20.4