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Record: 46-30-5-1 (98 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Northeast Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Lindy Ruff (46-30-5-1)
Goals For: 218 (16th of 30), Goals Against: 184 (1st of 30)
SRS: 0.35 (8th of 30), SOS: -0.07 (24th of 30)
Playoffs:
Lost Conference Semi-Finals (4-3) versus Pittsburgh Penguins
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-2) versus Philadelphia Flyers
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| Team | GP | W | L | T | OL | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | SOS | TG/G | PP | PPO | PP% | PPA | PPOA | PK% | SH | SHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 46 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 98 | .598 | 218 | 184 | 0.35 | -0.07 | 4.90 | 60 | 373 | 16.09 | 40 | 334 | 88.02 | 6 | 5 |
| League Average | 82 | 36 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 86 | .525 | 226 | 226 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.51 | 63 | 376 | 16.64 | 63 | 376 | 83.36 | 9 | 9 |
| No. | Player | Pos | Age | Ht | Wt | S/C | Exp | Birth Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Maxim Afinogenov | RW | 21 | 6-0 | 190 | L/- | 1 | September 4, 1979 | 14 G, 22 A, 36 P |
| 52 | Dave Andreychuk | LW | 37 | 6-4 | 220 | R/- | 18 | September 29, 1963 | 20 G, 13 A, 33 P |
| 28 | Donald Audette | RW | 31 | 5-8 | 190 | R/- | 10 | September 23, 1969 | 2 G, 6 A, 8 P |
| 41 | Stu Barnes | C | 30 | 5-11 | 182 | R/- | 9 | December 25, 1970 | 19 G, 24 A, 43 P |
| 43 | Martin Biron | G | 23 | 6-2 | 173 | -/L | 3 | August 15, 1977 | 7-7-1, 2.55 GAA |
| 26 | Eric Boulton | LW | 24 | 6-1 | 225 | L/- | R | August 17, 1976 | 1 G, 2 A, 3 P |
| 37 | Curtis Brown | C | 24 | 6-0 | 200 | L/- | 6 | February 12, 1976 | 10 G, 22 A, 32 P |
| 51 | Brian Campbell | D | 21 | 5-10 | 190 | L/- | 1 | May 23, 1979 | 0 G, 0 A, 0 P |
| 17 | J.P. Dumont | LW | 22 | 6-1 | 205 | L/- | 2 | April 1, 1978 | 23 G, 28 A, 51 P |
| 93 | Doug Gilmour | LW | 37 | 5-11 | 177 | L/- | 17 | June 25, 1963 | 7 G, 31 A, 38 P |
| 77 | Chris Gratton | C | 25 | 6-4 | 226 | L/- | 7 | July 5, 1975 | 19 G, 21 A, 40 P |
| 55 | Denis Hamel | C | 23 | 6-1 | 201 | L/- | 1 | May 10, 1977 | 8 G, 3 A, 11 P |
| 39 | Dominik Hasek | G | 36 | 6-1 | 166 | -/L | 10 | January 29, 1965 | 37-24-4, 2.11 GAA |
| 57 | Steve Heinze | RW | 31 | 5-11 | 202 | R/- | 9 | January 30, 1970 | 5 G, 7 A, 12 P |
| 45 | Dmitri Kalinin | D | 20 | 6-3 | 210 | L/- | 1 | July 22, 1980 | 4 G, 18 A, 22 P |
| 74 | Jay McKee | D | 23 | 6-4 | 203 | L/- | 5 | September 8, 1977 | 1 G, 10 A, 11 P |
| 35 | Mika Noronen | G | 21 | 6-2 | 200 | -/L | R | June 17, 1979 | 2-0-0, 2.78 GAA |
| 3 | James Patrick | D | 37 | 6-2 | 202 | R/- | 17 | June 14, 1963 | 4 G, 9 A, 13 P |
| 9 | Erik Rasmussen | LW | 23 | 6-1 | 215 | L/- | 3 | March 28, 1977 | 12 G, 19 A, 31 P |
| 32 | Rob Ray | RW | 32 | 6-0 | 217 | L/- | 11 | June 8, 1968 | 4 G, 6 A, 10 P |
| 18-81 | Miroslav Satan | RW | 26 | 6-3 | 191 | L/- | 5 | October 22, 1974 | 29 G, 33 A, 62 P |
| 34 | Peter Skudra | G | 27 | 6-1 | 189 | -/L | 3 | April 24, 1973 | 0-0-0, 0.00 GAA |
| 42 | Richard Smehlik | D | 31 | 6-4 | 222 | L/- | 7 | January 23, 1970 | 3 G, 12 A, 15 P |
| 16 | Chris Taylor | C | 28 | 6-2 | 192 | L/- | 5 | March 6, 1972 | 0 G, 2 A, 2 P |
| 29 | Vladimir Tsyplakov | LW | 31 | 6-1 | 197 | L/- | 5 | April 18, 1969 | 7 G, 7 A, 14 P |
| 25 | Vaclav Varada | RW | 24 | 6-0 | 208 | L/- | 5 | April 26, 1976 | 10 G, 21 A, 31 P |
| 4 | Rhett Warrener | D | 25 | 6-1 | 203 | R/- | 5 | January 27, 1976 | 3 G, 16 A, 19 P |
| 5 | Jason Woolley | D | 31 | 6-0 | 203 | L/- | 9 | July 27, 1969 | 5 G, 18 A, 23 P |
| 44 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 28 | 5-11 | 225 | L/- | 8 | October 10, 1972 | 8 G, 29 A, 37 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 | RW | 26 | 82 | 29 | 33 | 62 | 24 | 5 | 36 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 12 | 206 | 14.1 | 1635 | 19:56 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 7.1 |
| 2 | J.P. Dumont | LW | 22 | 79 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 20 | 1 | 54 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 156 | 14.7 | 1186 | 15:01 | 4.2 | 1.6 | 5.8 |
| 3 | Stu Barnes | C | 30 | 75 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 17 | -2 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 160 | 11.9 | 1433 | 19:06 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 4.1 |
| 4 | Chris Gratton | C | 25 | 82 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 16 | 0 | 102 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 156 | 12.2 | 1199 | 14:37 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 4.2 |
| 5 | Doug Gilmour | LW | 37 | 71 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 70 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 91 | 7.7 | 1281 | 18:02 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 2.8 |
| 6 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 28 | 78 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 12 | -3 | 75 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 149 | 5.4 | 1892 | 24:15 | 2.6 | 4.7 | 7.3 |
| 7 | Maxim Afinogenov | RW | 21 | 78 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 13 | 1 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 190 | 7.4 | 1134 | 14:32 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 3.5 |
| 8 | Dave Andreychuk | LW | 37 | 74 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 14 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 119 | 16.8 | 887 | 11:60 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 4.1 |
| 9 | Curtis Brown | C | 24 | 70 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 15 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 105 | 9.5 | 1160 | 16:34 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 3.2 |
| 10 | Erik Rasmussen | LW | 23 | 82 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 11 | 0 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 95 | 12.6 | 1130 | 13:47 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.7 |
| 11 | Vaclav Varada | RW | 24 | 75 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 11 | -2 | 81 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 112 | 8.9 | 1196 | 15:57 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.3 |
| 12 | Jason Woolley | D | 31 | 67 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 92 | 5.4 | 1164 | 17:22 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 4.7 |
| 13 | Dmitri Kalinin | D | 20 | 79 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 7 | -2 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 88 | 4.5 | 1566 | 19:50 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.9 |
| 14 | Rhett Warrener | D | 25 | 77 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 103 | 2.9 | 1570 | 20:24 | 0.6 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
| 15 | Richard Smehlik | D | 31 | 56 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 7.5 | 1087 | 19:25 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 |
| 16 | Vladimir Tsyplakov | LW | 31 | 36 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 17.9 | 407 | 11:18 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.6 |
| 17 | James Patrick | D | 37 | 54 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 8.3 | 932 | 17:16 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 18 | Steve Heinze | RW | 31 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 26.3 | 215 | 15:24 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1.6 |
| 19 | Denis Hamel | C | 23 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 5 | -2 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 14.5 | 450 | 10:58 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.2 |
| 20 | Jay McKee | D | 23 | 74 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 1.6 | 1435 | 19:24 | -0.3 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 21 | Rob Ray | RW | 32 | 63 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 210 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 12.1 | 355 | 5:38 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
| 22 | Donald Audette | RW | 31 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 5.3 | 209 | 17:25 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| 23 | Eric Boulton | LW | 24 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 94 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 | 199 | 5:42 | -0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 24 | Dominik Hasek | G | 36 | 67 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3904 | 58:16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.9 | ||||
| 25 | Chris Taylor | C | 28 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 | 156 | 11:08 | -0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Martin Biron | G | 23 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 918 | 51:00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | ||||
| 27 | Brian Campbell | D | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 125 | 15:40 | -0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Mika Noronen | G | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 54:11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | ||||
| 29 | Peter Skudra | G | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Team Total | 82 | 218 | 382 | 600 | 57 | 1241 | 152 | 60 | 6 | 46 | 2204 | 9.9 | 32.6 | 48.0 | 97.5 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Age | GP | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | GPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominik Hasek | G | 36 | 67 | 37 | 24 | 4 | 137 | 1726 | 1589 | .921 | 2.11 | 11 | 3904 | 13.9 |
| 2 | Martin Biron | G | 23 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 39 | 427 | 388 | .909 | 2.55 | 2 | 918 | 2.9 |
| 3 | Mika Noronen | G | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 34 | .872 | 2.78 | 0 | 108 | 0.1 |
| 4 | Peter Skudra | G | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Team Total | 82 | 46 | 31 | 5 | 181 | 2192 | 2011 | .917 | 2.20 | 13 | 4931 | 16.8 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | SH | PP | S | S% | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miroslav Satan | RW | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 7.5 | 277 | 21:18 | |||
| 2 | Chris Gratton | C | 25 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 27.3 | 163 | 12:33 | |||
| 3 | Donald Audette | RW | 31 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | -1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 9.4 | 222 | 17:06 | |||
| 4 | Stu Barnes | C | 30 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 19.0 | 241 | 18:30 | |||
| 5 | J.P. Dumont | LW | 22 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17.4 | 189 | 14:32 | |||
| 6 | Steve Heinze | RW | 31 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14.3 | 176 | 13:34 | |||
| 7 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 28 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | -3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 | 333 | 25:38 | |||
| 8 | Doug Gilmour | LW | 37 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | -1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 11.8 | 231 | 17:47 | |||
| 9 | Jason Woolley | D | 31 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 148 | 18:30 | |||
| 10 | Curtis Brown | C | 24 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 17.2 | 237 | 18:14 | |||
| 11 | Maxim Afinogenov | RW | 21 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 | 120 | 10:56 | |||
| 12 | Vaclav Varada | RW | 24 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.0 | 236 | 18:08 | |||
| 13 | Dave Andreychuk | LW | 37 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 | 144 | 11:04 | |||
| 14 | James Patrick | D | 37 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 | 262 | 20:10 | |||
| 15 | Dmitri Kalinin | D | 20 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 | 261 | 20:05 | |||
| 16 | Rhett Warrener | D | 25 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | 294 | 22:37 | |||
| 17 | Jay McKee | D | 23 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | 155 | 19:23 | |||
| 18 | Vladimir Tsyplakov | LW | 31 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 129 | 14:21 | |||
| 19 | Erik Rasmussen | LW | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 49 | 16:26 | |||
| 20 | Richard Smehlik | D | 31 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 198 | 19:45 | |||
| 21 | Dominik Hasek | G | 36 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 833 | 64:05 | ||||
| 22 | Rob Ray | RW | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1:05 | ||||
| Team Total | 13 | 38 | 63 | 101 | 30 | 136 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 365 | 10.4 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Age | GP | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominik Hasek | G | 36 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 347 | 318 | .916 | 2.09 | 1 | 833 |
| Team Total | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 347 | 318 | .916 | 2.09 | 1 | 833 |