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37-28-17 (91 points), Finished 4th in NHL Northeast Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 207 goals, Allowed 175 goals, SRS: 0.41 (7th of 27)
Coached by Lindy Ruff (37-28-17)
Playoffs:
Lost Stanley Cup Finals (4-2) to Dallas Stars
Won Conference Finals (4-1) over Toronto Maple Leafs
Won Conference Semi-Finals (4-2) over Boston Bruins
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-0) over Ottawa Senators
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1998-99 Statistics ▪ Games
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 37 | 28 | 17 | 91 | .555 | 207 | 175 | 0.41 | 4.66 | 49 | 363 | 13.50 | 55 | 399 | 86.22 | 6 | 7 |
| League Average | 82 | 35 | 35 | 12 | 82 | .500 | 216 | 216 | 0.00 | 5.27 | 57 | 359 | 15.81 | 57 | 359 | 84.19 | 8 | 8 |
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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 | Miroslav Satan | LW | 6-3 | 191 | 24 | 81 | 40 | 26 | 66 | 0.81 | 28 | 0.34 | 88 | 29 | 44 | 9 | 24 | 44 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 208 | 2.57 | 19.2 | 1686 | 20:49 |
| 2 | Michael Peca | C | 5-11 | 183 | 24 | 82 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 0.68 | 22 | 0.27 | 79 | 28 | 73 | 29 | 7 | 81 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 199 | 2.43 | 13.6 | 1700 | 20:44 |
| 3 | Michal Grosek | LW | 6-2 | 207 | 23 | 76 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 0.66 | 19 | 0.25 | 75 | 24 | 30 | 0 | 21 | 102 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 140 | 1.84 | 14.3 | 1310 | 17:14 |
| 4 | Curtis Brown | C/LW | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | 78 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 0.60 | 17 | 0.22 | 65 | 14 | 37 | 9 | 23 | 56 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 128 | 1.64 | 12.5 | 1365 | 17:30 |
| 5 | Dixon Ward | RW | 6-0 | 200 | 30 | 78 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 0.56 | 17 | 0.22 | 55 | 10 | 59 | 24 | 10 | 44 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 101 | 1.29 | 19.8 | 1231 | 15:47 |
| 6 | Jason Woolley | D | 6-0 | 203 | 29 | 80 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 0.54 | 15 | 0.19 | 91 | 37 | 38 | 0 | 16 | 62 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 154 | 1.93 | 6.5 | 1497 | 18:43 |
| 7 | Brian Holzinger | C | 5-11 | 186 | 26 | 81 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 0.42 | 14 | 0.17 | 49 | 14 | 51 | 18 | 2 | 45 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 143 | 1.77 | 11.9 | 1338 | 16:31 |
| 8 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 5-11 | 225 | 26 | 81 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 0.41 | 11 | 0.14 | 76 | 28 | 79 | 25 | -6 | 96 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 185 | 2.28 | 3.8 | 2078 | 25:39 |
| 9 | Vaclav Varada | RW | 6-0 | 208 | 22 | 72 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 0.43 | 11 | 0.15 | 52 | 8 | 36 | 3 | 11 | 61 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 123 | 1.71 | 5.7 | 1044 | 14:30 |
| 10 | Geoff Sanderson | LW | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | 75 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 0.40 | 11 | 0.15 | 46 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 155 | 2.07 | 7.7 | 969 | 12:55 |
| 11 | Matthew Barnaby | RW | 6-0 | 189 | 25 | 44 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 0.41 | 6 | 0.14 | 24 | 10 | 16 | 0 | -2 | 143 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 1.18 | 7.7 | 613 | 13:56 |
| 12 | Derek Plante | C | 5-11 | 181 | 28 | 41 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0.37 | 5 | 0.13 | 24 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 1.61 | 6.1 | 636 | 15:31 |
| 13 | Darryl Shannon | D | 6-2 | 208 | 30 | 71 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 0.21 | 5 | 0.07 | 67 | 6 | 50 | 17 | 28 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 1.13 | 3.8 | 1432 | 20:10 |
| 14 | Richard Smehlik | D | 6-4 | 222 | 29 | 72 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0.19 | 5 | 0.07 | 38 | 4 | 70 | 27 | -9 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0.85 | 4.9 | 1572 | 21:50 |
| 15 | Wayne Primeau | C | 6-4 | 225 | 22 | 67 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0.19 | 5 | 0.07 | 23 | 4 | 26 | 1 | -6 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0.82 | 9.1 | 691 | 10:19 |
| 16 | Erik Rasmussen | LW/C | 6-1 | 215 | 21 | 42 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0.24 | 4 | 0.09 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0.95 | 7.5 | 519 | 12:22 |
| 17 | James Patrick | D | 6-2 | 202 | 35 | 45 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0.18 | 3 | 0.06 | 25 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0.69 | 3.2 | 664 | 14:45 |
| 18 | Jay McKee | D | 6-4 | 203 | 21 | 72 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.08 | 2 | 0.02 | 52 | 4 | 45 | 17 | 20 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0.79 | 0.0 | 1474 | 20:28 |
| 19 | Stu Barnes | C | 5-11 | 182 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.24 | 1 | 0.07 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1.47 | 0.0 | 312 | 18:20 |
| 20 | Randy Cunneyworth | LW | 6-0 | 198 | 37 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.29 | 2 | 0.11 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0.86 | 16.7 | 126 | 8:58 |
| 21 | Rob Ray | RW | 6-0 | 217 | 30 | 76 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.05 | 1 | 0.02 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | -2 | 261 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0.30 | 0.0 | 394 | 5:11 |
| 22 | Mike Wilson | D | 6-6 | 229 | 23 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.10 | 1 | 0.04 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 1.33 | 2.5 | 500 | 16:40 |
| 23 | Paul Kruse | LW | 6-1 | 215 | 28 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.07 | 2 | 0.03 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0.77 | 9.1 | 275 | 6:24 |
| 24 | Joe Juneau | C | 6-0 | 195 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.22 | 1 | 0.09 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.89 | 12.5 | 155 | 17:11 |
| 25 | Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre | D | 6-3 | 225 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.06 | 0 | 0.02 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.69 | 0.0 | 218 | 13:36 |
| 26 | Rhett Warrener | D | 6-1 | 203 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 | 1 | 0.04 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.85 | 9.1 | 237 | 18:13 |
| 27 | Cory Sarich | D | 6-4 | 207 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.50 | 0.0 | 53 | 13:11 |
| 28 | Mike Hurlbut | D | 6-2 | 206 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | 0.0 | 18 | 17:53 |
| 29 | Jason Holland | D | 6-3 | 219 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.67 | 0.0 | 33 | 10:58 |
| 30 | Domenic Pittis | C | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 0.0 | 26 | 8:35 |
| 31 | Dean Sylvester | RW | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0.0 | 15 | 14:31 |
| 32 | Rumun Ndur | D | 6-2 | 222 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.13 | 0.0 | 88 | 10:58 |
| Team Total | 82 | 207 | 348 | 555 | 6.77 | 207 | 2.52 | 207 | 49 | 175 | 55 | 38 | 1545 | 152 | 49 | 6 | 37 | 2150 | 26.22 | 9.6 |
| 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 | 34 | 64 | 3817 | 30 | 18 | 14 | 74 | .597 | 9 | 119 | 1.87 | 1877 | 1758 | .937 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Dwayne Roloson | G | 6-1 | 180 | 29 | 18 | 911 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 14 | .438 | 1 | 42 | 2.77 | 460 | 418 | .909 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Martin Biron | G | 6-3 | 163 | 21 | 6 | 281 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .375 | 0 | 10 | 2.14 | 120 | 110 | .917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Total | 82 | 5009 | 37 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 171 | 2.05 | 2457 | 2286 | .930 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 5-11 | 225 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0.71 | -6 | 52 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 2.76 | 6.9 | 570 | 27:07 |
| 2 | Jason Woolley | D | 6-0 | 203 | 29 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0.71 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 2.05 | 9.3 | 376 | 17:54 |
| 3 | Michael Peca | C | 5-11 | 183 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0.62 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 1.76 | 13.5 | 472 | 22:28 |
| 4 | Curtis Brown | C/LW | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 0.62 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 1.62 | 20.6 | 396 | 18:51 |
| 5 | Dixon Ward | RW | 6-0 | 200 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0.57 | 6 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 1.81 | 18.4 | 339 | 16:07 |
| 6 | Joe Juneau | C | 6-0 | 195 | 31 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0.55 | -2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 1.45 | 10.3 | 337 | 16:51 |
| 7 | Stu Barnes | C | 5-11 | 182 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0.48 | -1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 1.43 | 23.3 | 308 | 14:40 |
| 8 | Geoff Sanderson | LW | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0.53 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 2.79 | 7.5 | 263 | 13:52 |
| 9 | Vaclav Varada | RW | 6-0 | 208 | 22 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0.43 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1.81 | 13.2 | 347 | 16:31 |
| 10 | Miroslav Satan | LW | 6-3 | 191 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.67 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 2.08 | 12.0 | 256 | 21:18 |
| 11 | Brian Holzinger | C | 5-11 | 186 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.38 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1.52 | 9.4 | 333 | 15:50 |
| 12 | Wayne Primeau | C | 6-4 | 225 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.37 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1.16 | 13.6 | 256 | 13:29 |
| 13 | Erik Rasmussen | LW/C | 6-1 | 215 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.29 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 1.10 | 8.7 | 270 | 12:51 |
| 14 | Rhett Warrener | D | 6-1 | 203 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.20 | 12 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1.05 | 4.8 | 443 | 22:08 |
| 15 | Michal Grosek | LW | 6-2 | 207 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.31 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1.54 | 0.0 | 154 | 11:51 |
| 16 | Richard Smehlik | D | 6-4 | 222 | 29 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.14 | -4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.95 | 0.0 | 506 | 24:04 |
| 17 | Jay McKee | D | 6-4 | 203 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.14 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.62 | 0.0 | 473 | 22:31 |
| 18 | James Patrick | D | 6-2 | 202 | 35 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.05 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.55 | 0.0 | 279 | 13:57 |
| 19 | Rob Ray | RW | 6-0 | 217 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | 100.0 | 16 | 3:11 |
| 20 | Darryl Shannon | D | 6-2 | 208 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3.50 | 0.0 | 44 | 22:08 |
| 21 | Dean Sylvester | RW | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.50 | 0.0 | 29 | 7:21 |
| 22 | Paul Kruse | LW | 6-1 | 215 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 43 | 4:21 | |
| 23 | Randy Cunneyworth | LW | 6-0 | 198 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.67 | 0.0 | 50 | 16:43 |
| Team Total | 21 | 59 | 95 | 154 | 7.33 | 343 | 36 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 559 | 26.62 | 10.6 |
| 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 | 34 | 19 | 1217 | 13 | 6 | 26 | .684 | 2 | 36 | 1.77 | 587 | 551 | .939 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 2 | Dwayne Roloson | G | 6-1 | 180 | 29 | 4 | 139 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 10 | 4.32 | 67 | 57 | .851 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 82 | 1356 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 46 | 2.04 | 654 | 608 | .930 |