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1997-98 Buffalo Sabres Statistics

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36-29-17 (89 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Northeast Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 211 goals, Allowed 187 goals, SRS: 0.29 (9th of 26)
Coached by Lindy Ruff (36-29-17)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Finals (4-2) versus Washington Capitals
Won Conference Semi-Finals (4-0) versus Montreal Canadiens
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-1) versus Philadelphia Flyers

1997-98 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 36 29 17 89 .543 211 187 0.29 4.85 51 396 12.88 65 413 84.26 15 12
League Average 82 35 35 13 82 .500 216 216 0.00 5.28 57 380 15.08 57 380 84.92 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 Miroslav Satan LW 6-3 191 23 79 22 24 46 2 34 13 9 0 4 139 15.8 64 25 38 1
2 Alexei Zhitnik D 5-11 225 25 78 15 30 45 19 102 10 2 3 3 191 7.9 103 31 80 27
3 Donald Audette RW 5-8 190 28 75 24 20 44 10 59 14 10 0 5 198 12.1 68 26 33 1
4 Michael Peca C 5-11 183 23 61 18 22 40 12 57 7 6 5 1 132 13.6 63 22 49 20
5 Jason Dawe RW 5-10 189 24 68 19 17 36 10 36 14 4 1 3 115 16.5 51 16 44 19
6 Brian Holzinger C 5-11 186 25 69 14 21 35 -2 36 8 4 2 1 116 12.1 54 16 58 18
7 Jason Woolley D 6-0 203 28 71 9 26 35 8 35 6 3 0 2 129 7.0 72 34 30 0
8 Derek Plante C 5-11 181 27 72 13 21 34 8 26 8 5 0 1 150 8.7 51 16 52 25
9 Michal Grosek LW 6-2 207 22 67 10 20 30 9 60 8 2 0 1 114 8.8 41 8 24 0
10 Matthew Barnaby RW 6-0 189 24 72 5 20 25 8 289 5 0 0 2 96 5.2 36 4 26 2
11 Curtis Brown C/LW 6-0 200 21 63 12 12 24 11 34 10 1 1 2 91 13.2 41 8 29 7
12 Dixon Ward RW 6-0 200 29 71 10 13 23 9 42 8 0 2 3 99 10.1 40 1 47 17
13 Darryl Shannon D 6-2 208 29 76 3 19 22 26 56 2 1 0 1 85 3.5 71 14 57 26
14 Richard Smehlik D 6-4 222 28 72 3 17 20 11 62 2 0 1 0 90 3.3 68 12 75 30
15 Jay McKee D 6-4 203 20 56 1 13 14 -1 42 1 0 0 0 55 1.8 38 8 46 15
16 Wayne Primeau C 6-4 225 21 69 6 6 12 9 87 4 2 0 1 51 11.8 24 4 18 7
17 Vaclav Varada RW 6-0 208 21 27 5 6 11 0 15 5 0 0 1 27 18.5 13 0 13 0
18 Brad May LW 6-1 213 26 36 4 7 11 2 113 4 0 0 0 41 9.8 12 0 10 0
19 Randy Burridge LW 5-9 188 32 30 4 6 10 0 0 3 1 0 1 40 10.0 12 1 14 3
20 Geoff Sanderson LW 6-0 190 25 26 4 5 9 6 20 4 0 0 2 72 5.6 17 7 5 1
21 Mike Wilson D 6-6 229 22 66 4 4 8 13 48 4 0 0 1 52 7.7 37 0 45 21
22 Rob Ray RW 6-0 217 29 63 2 4 6 2 234 1 1 0 1 19 10.5 14 2 10 0
23 Erik Rasmussen LW/C 6-1 215 20 21 2 3 5 2 14 2 0 0 0 28 7.1 12 0 10 0
24 Bob Boughner D 6-0 203 26 69 1 3 4 5 165 1 0 0 0 26 3.8 29 0 35 11
25 Paul Kruse LW 6-1 215 27 12 1 1 2 1 49 1 0 0 0 8 12.5 2 0 1 0
26 Dominik Hasek G 6-1 166 33 72 0 2 2 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
27 Mike Hurlbut D 6-2 206 31 3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 0 0 2 1
28 Rumun Ndur D 6-2 222 22 1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
29 Scott Nichol C 5-9 180 23 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 0 0 0 0
30 Steve Shields G 6-3 215 25 16 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 82 211 342 553 178 1752 145 51 15 36 2172 9.7 1035 255 852 252

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 33 72 4220 33 23 13 147 2.09 2149 2002 .932 13
2 Steve Shields G 6-3 215 25 16 785 3 6 4 37 2.83 408 371 .909 0
Team Total 82 5005 36 29 17 184 2.21 2557 2373 .928 13

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 Matthew Barnaby RW 6-0 189 24 15 7 6 13 6 22 4 3 0 1 25 28.0
2 Donald Audette RW 5-8 190 28 15 5 8 13 -4 10 2 3 0 2 31 16.1
3 Brian Holzinger C 5-11 186 25 15 4 7 11 -2 18 2 1 1 0 24 16.7
4 Dixon Ward RW 6-0 200 29 15 3 8 11 8 6 3 0 0 0 29 10.3
5 Jason Woolley D 6-0 203 28 15 2 9 11 8 12 1 1 0 1 32 6.3
6 Michal Grosek LW 6-2 207 22 15 6 4 10 5 28 4 2 0 3 40 15.0
7 Miroslav Satan LW 6-3 191 23 14 5 4 9 -9 4 1 4 0 1 20 25.0
8 Vaclav Varada RW 6-0 208 21 15 3 4 7 3 18 3 0 0 0 24 12.5
9 Darryl Shannon D 6-2 208 29 15 2 4 6 0 8 1 0 1 0 15 13.3
10 Michael Peca C 5-11 183 23 13 3 2 5 4 8 3 0 0 1 24 12.5
11 Geoff Sanderson LW 6-0 190 25 14 3 1 4 0 4 2 1 0 1 25 12.0
12 Wayne Primeau C 6-4 225 21 14 1 3 4 -1 6 1 0 0 0 10 10.0
13 Bob Boughner D 6-0 203 26 14 0 4 4 9 15 0 0 0 0 7 0.0
14 Curtis Brown C/LW 6-0 200 21 13 1 2 3 6 10 0 1 0 0 23 4.3
15 Derek Plante C 5-11 181 27 11 0 3 3 1 10 0 0 0 0 13 0.0
16 Alexei Zhitnik D 5-11 225 25 15 0 3 3 1 36 0 0 0 0 24 0.0
17 Richard Smehlik D 6-4 222 28 15 0 2 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 12 0.0
18 Paul Kruse LW 6-1 215 27 1 1 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 50.0
19 Mike Wilson D 6-6 229 22 15 0 1 1 -4 13 0 0 0 0 16 0.0
20 Dominik Hasek G 6-1 166 33 15 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
21 Jay McKee D 6-4 203 20 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Rob Ray RW 6-0 217 29 10 0 0 0 -2 24 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
Team Total 15 46 75 121 32 266 28 16 2 10 398 11.6

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 Dominik Hasek G 6-1 166 33 15 948 10 5 32 2.03 514 482 .938 1
Team Total 15 948 10 5 32 2.03 514 482 .938 1