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35-32-11-4 (85 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Northeast Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 213 goals, Allowed 204 goals, SRS: 0.01 (17th of 28)
Coached by Lindy Ruff (35-32-11-4)
Playoffs:
Lost Conference Quarter-Finals (4-1) versus Philadelphia Flyers
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| Team | GP | W | L | T | OL | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 35 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 85 | .518 | 213 | 204 | 0.01 | 5.09 | 37 | 351 | 10.54 | 54 | 361 | 85.04 | 8 | 10 |
| League Average | 82 | 36 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 86 | .525 | 225 | 225 | 0.00 | 5.49 | 53 | 331 | 16.15 | 53 | 331 | 83.85 | 8 | 8 |
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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 | 25 | 81 | 33 | 34 | 67 | 16 | 32 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 265 | 12.5 | 1667 | 20:35 | 98 | 27 | 69 | 14 |
| 2 | Curtis Brown | C/LW | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | 74 | 22 | 29 | 51 | 19 | 42 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 149 | 14.8 | 1345 | 18:11 | 77 | 15 | 58 | 15 |
| 3 | Stu Barnes | C | 5-11 | 182 | 29 | 82 | 20 | 25 | 45 | -3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 137 | 14.6 | 1426 | 17:23 | 58 | 22 | 57 | 18 |
| 4 | Michael Peca | C | 5-11 | 183 | 25 | 73 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 6 | 67 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 144 | 13.9 | 1456 | 19:57 | 55 | 12 | 57 | 20 |
| 5 | Vaclav Varada | RW | 6-0 | 208 | 23 | 76 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 12 | 62 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 7.1 | 1137 | 14:58 | 48 | 6 | 33 | 3 |
| 6 | Maxim Afinogenov | RW | 6-0 | 191 | 20 | 65 | 16 | 18 | 34 | -4 | 41 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 128 | 12.5 | 854 | 13:09 | 38 | 8 | 34 | 0 |
| 7 | Michal Grosek | LW | 6-2 | 207 | 24 | 61 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 96 | 11.5 | 993 | 16:17 | 52 | 9 | 31 | 0 |
| 8 | Jason Woolley | D | 6-0 | 203 | 30 | 74 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 14 | 52 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 113 | 7.1 | 1321 | 17:51 | 81 | 30 | 39 | 2 |
| 9 | Geoff Sanderson | LW | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | 67 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 136 | 9.6 | 865 | 12:54 | 38 | 7 | 29 | 2 |
| 10 | Brian Holzinger | C | 5-11 | 186 | 27 | 59 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 4 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 81 | 8.6 | 863 | 14:38 | 33 | 3 | 42 | 16 |
| 11 | Dixon Ward | RW | 6-0 | 200 | 31 | 71 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 101 | 10.9 | 992 | 13:58 | 32 | 3 | 39 | 11 |
| 12 | Vladimir Tsyplakov | LW | 6-1 | 197 | 30 | 34 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 13.0 | 465 | 13:41 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | Jay McKee | D | 6-4 | 203 | 22 | 78 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 6.0 | 1635 | 20:58 | 57 | 1 | 83 | 32 |
| 14 | Doug Gilmour | C | 5-11 | 177 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 23.1 | 209 | 18:58 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 3 |
| 15 | Erik Rasmussen | LW/C | 6-1 | 215 | 22 | 67 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 76 | 10.5 | 767 | 11:27 | 26 | 2 | 24 | 1 |
| 16 | James Patrick | D | 6-2 | 202 | 36 | 66 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 12.5 | 1055 | 15:59 | 38 | 0 | 43 | 13 |
| 17 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 5-11 | 225 | 27 | 74 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -6 | 95 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 1.4 | 1835 | 24:48 | 67 | 14 | 75 | 16 |
| 18 | Wayne Primeau | C | 6-4 | 225 | 23 | 41 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 12.5 | 453 | 11:03 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 0 |
| 19 | Richard Smehlik | D | 6-4 | 222 | 30 | 64 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 3.0 | 1349 | 21:04 | 55 | 2 | 54 | 14 |
| 20 | Chris Gratton | C | 6-4 | 226 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2.9 | 233 | 16:40 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| 21 | Brian Campbell | D | 6-0 | 189 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 190 | 15:48 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| 22 | Rob Ray | RW | 6-0 | 217 | 31 | 69 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 158 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 | 290 | 4:13 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 23 | Cory Sarich | D | 6-4 | 207 | 21 | 42 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0.0 | 743 | 17:42 | 28 | 1 | 30 | 5 |
| 24 | Rhett Warrener | D | 6-1 | 203 | 24 | 61 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0.0 | 1211 | 19:51 | 44 | 0 | 49 | 23 |
| 25 | Chris Taylor | C | 6-2 | 192 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 | 120 | 10:54 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 26 | Denis Hamel | LW | 6-1 | 201 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 29 | 9:45 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | Domenic Pittis | C | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | 80 | 11:27 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Dominik Hasek | G | 6-1 | 166 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2066 | 59:02 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | Jason Holland | D | 6-3 | 219 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 140 | 15:31 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | Martin Biron | G | 6-3 | 180 | 22 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2229 | 54:22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre | D | 6-3 | 225 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | 167 | 15:11 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 |
| 32 | Doug Houda | D | 6-2 | 208 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9:10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 33 | Mike Hurlbut | D | 6-2 | 206 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 12 | 12:25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Dmitri Kalinin | D | 6-3 | 210 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 68 | 16:53 | ||||
| 35 | Paul Kruse | LW | 6-1 | 215 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 69 | 6:15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | David Moravec | RW | 6-0 | 180 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 15 | 15:15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Dwayne Roloson | G | 6-1 | 180 | 30 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 677 | 48:22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 82 | 213 | 345 | 558 | 128 | 1163 | 168 | 37 | 8 | 35 | 2229 | 9.6 | 1045 | 193 | 936 | 213 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Biron | G | 6-3 | 180 | 22 | 41 | 2229 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 90 | 2.42 | 988 | 898 | .909 | 5 |
| 2 | Dominik Hasek | G | 6-1 | 166 | 35 | 35 | 2066 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 76 | 2.21 | 937 | 861 | .919 | 3 |
| 3 | Dwayne Roloson | G | 6-1 | 180 | 30 | 14 | 677 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 2.84 | 277 | 245 | .884 | 0 |
| Team Total | 82 | 4972 | 35 | 36 | 11 | 198 | 2.39 | 2202 | 2004 | .910 | 8 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miroslav Satan | LW | 6-3 | 191 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 27.3 | 99 | 19:52 |
| 2 | Curtis Brown | C/LW | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 86 | 17:11 |
| 3 | Stu Barnes | C | 5-11 | 182 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 27.3 | 85 | 17:02 |
| 4 | Geoff Sanderson | LW | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | 61 | 12:16 |
| 5 | Jason Woolley | D | 6-0 | 203 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | 91 | 18:06 |
| 6 | Richard Smehlik | D | 6-4 | 222 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | 102 | 20:20 |
| 7 | Maxim Afinogenov | RW | 6-0 | 191 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | 64 | 12:53 |
| 8 | Doug Gilmour | C | 5-11 | 177 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 68 | 13:38 |
| 9 | Chris Gratton | C | 6-4 | 226 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 75 | 14:56 |
| 10 | James Patrick | D | 6-2 | 202 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 77 | 15:23 |
| 11 | Michael Peca | C | 5-11 | 183 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 93 | 18:42 |
| 12 | Vladimir Tsyplakov | LW | 6-1 | 197 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 58 | 11:30 |
| 13 | Dixon Ward | RW | 6-0 | 200 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 74 | 14:43 |
| 14 | Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre | D | 6-3 | 225 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 70 | 17:34 |
| 15 | Dominik Hasek | G | 6-1 | 166 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 301 | 60:15 | |
| 16 | Jason Holland | D | 6-3 | 219 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 16 | 15:41 |
| 17 | Jay McKee | D | 6-4 | 203 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 17:57 | |
| 18 | Erik Rasmussen | LW/C | 6-1 | 215 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 27 | 8:59 |
| 19 | Chris Taylor | C | 6-2 | 192 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 21 | 10:32 |
| 20 | Vaclav Varada | RW | 6-0 | 208 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 72 | 14:19 |
| 21 | Rhett Warrener | D | 6-1 | 203 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 108 | 21:42 |
| 22 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 5-11 | 225 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 103 | 25:50 |
| Team Total | 5 | 8 | 16 | 24 | -1 | 66 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 124 | 6.5 |
| 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 | 35 | 5 | 301 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 2.39 | 147 | 135 | .918 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 5 | 301 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 2.39 | 147 | 135 | .918 | 0 |