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Record: 37-28-17 (91 points), Finished 4th in NHL Northeast Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Lindy Ruff (37-28-17)
Goals For: 207 (17th of 27), Goals Against: 175 (2nd of 27)
SRS: 0.41 (7th of 27), SOS: 0.02 (7th of 27)
Playoffs:
Lost Stanley Cup Finals (4-2) versus Dallas Stars
Won Conference Finals (4-1) versus Toronto Maple Leafs
Won Conference Semi-Finals (4-2) versus Boston Bruins
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-0) versus Ottawa Senators
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| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | SOS | TG/G | PP | PPO | PP% | PPA | PPOA | PK% | SH | SHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 37 | 28 | 17 | 91 | .555 | 207 | 175 | 0.41 | 0.02 | 4.66 | 49 | 363 | 13.50 | 55 | 399 | 86.22 | 6 | 7 |
| League Average | 82 | 35 | 35 | 12 | 82 | .500 | 216 | 216 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.27 | 57 | 359 | 15.81 | 57 | 359 | 84.19 | 8 | 8 |
| No. | Player | Pos | Age | Ht | Wt | S/C | Exp | Birth Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | Matthew Barnaby | RW | 25 | 6-0 | 189 | L/- | 6 | May 4, 1973 | 4 G, 14 A, 18 P |
| 41 | Stu Barnes | C | 28 | 5-11 | 182 | R/- | 7 | December 25, 1970 | 0 G, 4 A, 4 P |
| 43 | Martin Biron | G | 21 | 6-2 | 173 | -/L | 1 | August 15, 1977 | 1-2-1, 2.14 GAA |
| 37 | Curtis Brown | C | 22 | 6-0 | 200 | L/- | 4 | February 12, 1976 | 16 G, 31 A, 47 P |
| 17 | Randy Cunneyworth | LW | 37 | 6-0 | 198 | L/- | 15 | May 10, 1961 | 2 G, 2 A, 4 P |
| 34 | Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre | D | 21 | 6-3 | 225 | R/- | R | February 2, 1977 | 0 G, 1 A, 1 P |
| 18 | Michal Grosek | LW | 23 | 6-2 | 207 | R/- | 5 | June 1, 1975 | 20 G, 30 A, 50 P |
| 39 | Dominik Hasek | G | 34 | 6-1 | 166 | -/L | 8 | January 29, 1965 | 30-18-14, 1.87 GAA |
| 29 | Jason Holland | D | 22 | 6-3 | 219 | R/- | 2 | April 30, 1976 | 0 G, 0 A, 0 P |
| 19 | Brian Holzinger | C | 26 | 5-11 | 186 | R/- | 4 | October 10, 1972 | 17 G, 17 A, 34 P |
| 21 | Mike Hurlbut | D | 32 | 6-2 | 206 | L/- | 3 | October 7, 1966 | 0 G, 0 A, 0 P |
| 90 | Joe Juneau | C | 31 | 6-0 | 195 | L/- | 7 | January 5, 1968 | 1 G, 1 A, 2 P |
| 24 | Paul Kruse | LW | 28 | 6-1 | 215 | L/- | 8 | March 15, 1970 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 P |
| 74 | Jay McKee | D | 21 | 6-4 | 203 | L/- | 3 | September 8, 1977 | 0 G, 6 A, 6 P |
| 40 | Rumun Ndur | D | 23 | 6-2 | 222 | L/- | 2 | July 7, 1975 | 0 G, 0 A, 0 P |
| 3 | James Patrick | D | 35 | 6-2 | 202 | R/- | 15 | June 14, 1963 | 1 G, 7 A, 8 P |
| 27 | Michael Peca | C | 24 | 5-11 | 183 | R/- | 5 | March 26, 1974 | 27 G, 29 A, 56 P |
| 83 | Domenic Pittis | C | 24 | 5-11 | 190 | L/- | 1 | October 1, 1974 | 0 G, 0 A, 0 P |
| 26 | Derek Plante | C | 28 | 5-11 | 181 | L/- | 5 | January 17, 1971 | 4 G, 11 A, 15 P |
| 22 | Wayne Primeau | C | 22 | 6-4 | 225 | L/- | 4 | June 4, 1976 | 5 G, 8 A, 13 P |
| 9 | Erik Rasmussen | C | 21 | 6-1 | 215 | L/- | 1 | March 28, 1977 | 3 G, 7 A, 10 P |
| 32 | Rob Ray | RW | 30 | 6-0 | 217 | L/- | 9 | June 8, 1968 | 0 G, 4 A, 4 P |
| 30 | Dwayne Roloson | G | 29 | 6-1 | 170 | -/L | 2 | October 12, 1969 | 6-8-2, 2.77 GAA |
| 80 | Geoff Sanderson | LW | 26 | 6-0 | 190 | L/- | 8 | February 1, 1972 | 12 G, 18 A, 30 P |
| 6 | Cory Sarich | D | 20 | 6-4 | 207 | R/- | R | August 16, 1978 | 0 G, 0 A, 0 P |
| 81 | Miroslav Satan | LW | 24 | 6-3 | 191 | L/- | 3 | October 22, 1974 | 40 G, 26 A, 66 P |
| 8 | Darryl Shannon | D | 30 | 6-2 | 208 | L/- | 10 | June 21, 1968 | 3 G, 12 A, 15 P |
| 42 | Richard Smehlik | D | 29 | 6-4 | 222 | L/- | 5 | January 23, 1970 | 3 G, 11 A, 14 P |
| 46 | Dean Sylvester | RW | 26 | 6-2 | 210 | R/- | R | December 30, 1972 | 0 G, 0 A, 0 P |
| 25 | Vaclav Varada | RW | 22 | 6-0 | 208 | L/- | 3 | April 26, 1976 | 7 G, 24 A, 31 P |
| 15-17 | Dixon Ward | RW | 30 | 6-0 | 200 | R/- | 6 | September 23, 1968 | 20 G, 24 A, 44 P |
| 4 | Rhett Warrener | D | 23 | 6-1 | 203 | R/- | 3 | January 27, 1976 | 1 G, 0 A, 1 P |
| 4 | Mike Wilson | D | 23 | 6-6 | 229 | L/- | 3 | February 26, 1975 | 1 G, 2 A, 3 P |
| 5 | Jason Woolley | D | 29 | 6-0 | 203 | L/- | 7 | July 27, 1969 | 10 G, 33 A, 43 P |
| 44 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 26 | 5-11 | 225 | L/- | 6 | October 10, 1972 | 7 G, 26 A, 33 P |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | SH | PP | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miroslav Satan | LW | 24 | 81 | 40 | 26 | 66 | 29 | 24 | 44 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 208 | 19.2 | 1686 | 20:49 | 6.5 | 2.6 | 9.1 |
| 2 | Michael Peca | C | 24 | 82 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 23 | 7 | 81 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 199 | 13.6 | 1700 | 20:44 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 6.1 |
| 3 | Michal Grosek | LW | 23 | 76 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 19 | 21 | 102 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 140 | 14.3 | 1310 | 17:14 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 5.9 |
| 4 | Curtis Brown | C | 22 | 78 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 17 | 23 | 56 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 128 | 12.5 | 1365 | 17:30 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 5.2 |
| 5 | Dixon Ward | RW | 30 | 78 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 17 | 10 | 44 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 101 | 19.8 | 1231 | 15:47 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 5.0 |
| 6 | Jason Woolley | D | 29 | 80 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 14 | 16 | 62 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 154 | 6.5 | 1497 | 18:43 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 8.2 |
| 7 | Brian Holzinger | C | 26 | 81 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 45 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 143 | 11.9 | 1338 | 16:31 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 3.1 |
| 8 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 26 | 81 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 11 | -6 | 96 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 185 | 3.8 | 2078 | 25:39 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 5.7 |
| 9 | Vaclav Varada | RW | 22 | 72 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 11 | 61 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 123 | 5.7 | 1044 | 14:30 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.6 |
| 10 | Geoff Sanderson | LW | 26 | 75 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 155 | 7.7 | 969 | 12:55 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 3.1 |
| 11 | Matthew Barnaby | RW | 25 | 44 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 6 | -2 | 143 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 52 | 7.7 | 613 | 13:56 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.2 |
| 12 | Derek Plante | C | 28 | 41 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 66 | 6.1 | 636 | 15:31 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| 13 | Darryl Shannon | D | 30 | 71 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 28 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 80 | 3.8 | 1432 | 20:10 | 0.4 | 5.0 | 5.4 |
| 14 | Richard Smehlik | D | 29 | 72 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 5 | -9 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 4.9 | 1572 | 21:50 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| 15 | Wayne Primeau | C | 22 | 67 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | -6 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 9.1 | 691 | 10:19 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 16 | Erik Rasmussen | C | 21 | 42 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 7.5 | 519 | 12:22 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| 17 | James Patrick | D | 35 | 45 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3.2 | 664 | 14:45 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| 18 | Jay McKee | D | 21 | 72 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 0.0 | 1474 | 20:28 | -0.9 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| 19 | Randy Cunneyworth | LW | 37 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 | 126 | 8:58 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| 20 | Stu Barnes | C | 28 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0.0 | 312 | 18:20 | -0.4 | 0.4 | -0.1 |
| 21 | Rob Ray | RW | 30 | 76 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | -2 | 261 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0.0 | 394 | 5:11 | -0.6 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| 22 | Paul Kruse | LW | 28 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 114 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 9.1 | 275 | 6:24 | -0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| 23 | Mike Wilson | D | 23 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2.5 | 500 | 16:40 | -0.1 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 24 | Joe Juneau | C | 31 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12.5 | 155 | 17:11 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Rhett Warrener | D | 23 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | 237 | 18:13 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| 26 | Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre | D | 21 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | 218 | 13:36 | -0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| 27 | Martin Biron | G | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 281 | 46:47 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | ||||
| 28 | Dominik Hasek | G | 34 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3817 | 59:38 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.8 | ||||
| 29 | Jason Holland | D | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 33 | 10:58 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Mike Hurlbut | D | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 18 | 17:53 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| 31 | Rumun Ndur | D | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 88 | 10:58 | -0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| 32 | Domenic Pittis | C | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 26 | 8:35 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Dwayne Roloson | G | 29 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 911 | 50:36 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | ||||
| 34 | Cory Sarich | D | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 53 | 13:11 | -0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 35 | Dean Sylvester | RW | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 15 | 14:31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Team Total | 82 | 207 | 348 | 555 | 184 | 1545 | 152 | 49 | 6 | 37 | 2150 | 9.6 | 30.6 | 44.2 | 95.2 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Age | GP | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | GPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominik Hasek | G | 34 | 64 | 30 | 18 | 14 | 119 | 1877 | 1758 | .937 | 1.87 | 9 | 3817 | 16.8 |
| 2 | Dwayne Roloson | G | 29 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 42 | 460 | 418 | .909 | 2.77 | 1 | 911 | 2.7 |
| 3 | Martin Biron | G | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 120 | 110 | .917 | 2.14 | 0 | 281 | 0.8 |
| Team Total | 82 | 37 | 28 | 17 | 171 | 2457 | 2286 | .930 | 2.05 | 10 | 5009 | 20.4 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | SH | PP | S | S% | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Woolley | D | 29 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 9.3 | 376 | 17:54 | |||
| 2 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 26 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | -6 | 52 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 6.9 | 570 | 27:07 | |||
| 3 | Curtis Brown | C | 22 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 20.6 | 396 | 18:51 | |||
| 4 | Michael Peca | C | 24 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 13.5 | 472 | 22:28 | |||
| 5 | Dixon Ward | RW | 30 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 18.4 | 339 | 16:07 | |||
| 6 | Joe Juneau | C | 31 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | -2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 10.3 | 337 | 16:51 | |||
| 7 | Stu Barnes | C | 28 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 5 | -1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 23.3 | 308 | 14:40 | |||
| 8 | Geoff Sanderson | LW | 26 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 7.5 | 263 | 13:52 | |||
| 9 | Vaclav Varada | RW | 22 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 13.2 | 347 | 16:31 | |||
| 10 | Brian Holzinger | C | 26 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 9.4 | 333 | 15:50 | |||
| 11 | Miroslav Satan | LW | 24 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 12.0 | 256 | 21:18 | |||
| 12 | Wayne Primeau | C | 22 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13.6 | 256 | 13:29 | |||
| 13 | Erik Rasmussen | C | 21 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 8.7 | 270 | 12:51 | |||
| 14 | Rhett Warrener | D | 23 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 | 443 | 22:08 | |||
| 15 | Michal Grosek | LW | 23 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 | 154 | 11:51 | |||
| 16 | Jay McKee | D | 21 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | 473 | 22:31 | |||
| 17 | Richard Smehlik | D | 29 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | -4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 | 506 | 24:04 | |||
| 18 | Rob Ray | RW | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 16 | 3:11 | |||
| 19 | Dominik Hasek | G | 34 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1217 | 64:04 | ||||
| 20 | James Patrick | D | 35 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | 279 | 13:57 | |||
| 21 | Randy Cunneyworth | LW | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 50 | 16:43 | |||
| 22 | Paul Kruse | LW | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 4:21 | ||||
| 23 | Dwayne Roloson | G | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 34:50 | ||||
| 24 | Darryl Shannon | D | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 44 | 22:08 | |||
| 25 | Dean Sylvester | RW | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 29 | 7:21 | |||
| Team Total | 21 | 59 | 95 | 154 | 40 | 343 | 36 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 559 | 10.6 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Age | GP | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominik Hasek | G | 34 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 587 | 551 | .939 | 1.77 | 2 | 1217 |
| 2 | Dwayne Roloson | G | 29 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 67 | 57 | .851 | 4.32 | 0 | 139 | |
| Team Total | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 46 | 654 | 608 | .930 | 2.04 | 2 | 1356 |