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46-30-5-1 (98 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Northeast Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 218 goals, Allowed 184 goals, SRS: 0.35 (8th of 30)
Coached by Lindy Ruff (46-30-5-1)
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 | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 46 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 98 | .598 | 218 | 184 | 0.35 | 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 | 5.51 | 63 | 376 | 16.64 | 63 | 376 | 83.36 | 9 | 9 |
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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 | 26 | 82 | 29 | 33 | 62 | 5 | 36 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 206 | 14.1 | 1635 | 19:56 | 82 | 30 | 61 | 14 |
| 2 | J.P. Dumont | RW | 6-1 | 205 | 22 | 79 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 1 | 54 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 156 | 14.7 | 1186 | 15:01 | 67 | 21 | 48 | 3 |
| 3 | Stu Barnes | C | 5-11 | 182 | 30 | 75 | 19 | 24 | 43 | -2 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 160 | 11.9 | 1433 | 19:06 | 67 | 23 | 62 | 16 |
| 4 | Chris Gratton | C | 6-4 | 226 | 25 | 82 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 0 | 102 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 156 | 12.2 | 1199 | 14:37 | 59 | 23 | 36 | 0 |
| 5 | Doug Gilmour | C | 5-11 | 177 | 37 | 71 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 3 | 70 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 7.7 | 1281 | 18:02 | 59 | 29 | 32 | 5 |
| 6 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 5-11 | 225 | 28 | 78 | 8 | 29 | 37 | -3 | 75 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 149 | 5.4 | 1892 | 24:15 | 89 | 32 | 75 | 15 |
| 7 | Maxim Afinogenov | RW | 6-0 | 191 | 21 | 78 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 1 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 190 | 7.4 | 1134 | 14:32 | 50 | 18 | 31 | 0 |
| 8 | Dave Andreychuk | LW | 6-4 | 220 | 37 | 74 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 119 | 16.8 | 887 | 11:60 | 45 | 20 | 27 | 2 |
| 9 | Curtis Brown | C/LW | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | 70 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 15 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 105 | 9.5 | 1160 | 16:34 | 55 | 8 | 45 | 13 |
| 10 | Erik Rasmussen | LW/C | 6-1 | 215 | 23 | 82 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 0 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 95 | 12.6 | 1130 | 13:47 | 40 | 3 | 46 | 9 |
| 11 | Vaclav Varada | RW | 6-0 | 208 | 24 | 75 | 10 | 21 | 31 | -2 | 81 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 112 | 8.9 | 1196 | 15:57 | 50 | 8 | 51 | 7 |
| 12 | Jason Woolley | D | 6-0 | 203 | 31 | 67 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 92 | 5.4 | 1164 | 17:22 | 60 | 32 | 28 | 0 |
| 13 | Dmitri Kalinin | D | 6-3 | 210 | 20 | 79 | 4 | 18 | 22 | -2 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 4.5 | 1566 | 19:50 | 74 | 21 | 64 | 9 |
| 14 | Rhett Warrener | D | 6-1 | 203 | 25 | 77 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 103 | 2.9 | 1570 | 20:24 | 62 | 3 | 69 | 20 |
| 15 | Richard Smehlik | D | 6-4 | 222 | 31 | 56 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 7.5 | 1087 | 19:25 | 44 | 5 | 42 | 9 |
| 16 | Vladimir Tsyplakov | LW | 6-1 | 197 | 31 | 36 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 17.9 | 407 | 11:18 | 18 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 17 | James Patrick | D | 6-2 | 202 | 37 | 54 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 8.3 | 932 | 17:16 | 41 | 12 | 28 | 8 |
| 18 | Steve Heinze | RW | 5-11 | 202 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 26.3 | 215 | 15:24 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 19 | Denis Hamel | LW | 6-1 | 201 | 23 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 11 | -2 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 55 | 14.5 | 450 | 10:58 | 16 | 1 | 20 | 3 |
| 20 | Jay McKee | D | 6-4 | 203 | 23 | 74 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 1.6 | 1435 | 19:24 | 50 | 0 | 59 | 18 |
| 21 | Rob Ray | RW | 6-0 | 217 | 32 | 63 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 210 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 12.1 | 355 | 5:38 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 22 | Donald Audette | RW | 5-8 | 190 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 5.3 | 209 | 17:25 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | Eric Boulton | LW | 6-1 | 225 | 24 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 94 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 | 199 | 5:42 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | Dominik Hasek | G | 6-1 | 166 | 36 | 67 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3904 | 58:16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | Chris Taylor | C | 6-2 | 192 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 | 156 | 11:08 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 26 | Martin Biron | G | 6-3 | 180 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 918 | 51:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | Brian Campbell | D | 6-0 | 189 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 125 | 15:40 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Mika Noronen | G | 6-2 | 200 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 54:11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | Peter Skudra | G | 6-1 | 189 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 82 | 218 | 382 | 600 | 57 | 1241 | 152 | 60 | 6 | 46 | 2204 | 9.9 | 1080 | 302 | 874 | 155 |
| 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 | 36 | 67 | 3904 | 37 | 24 | 4 | 137 | 2.11 | 1726 | 1589 | .921 | 11 |
| 2 | Martin Biron | G | 6-3 | 180 | 23 | 18 | 918 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 39 | 2.55 | 427 | 388 | .909 | 2 |
| 3 | Mika Noronen | G | 6-2 | 200 | 21 | 2 | 108 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.78 | 39 | 34 | .872 | 0 |
| 4 | Peter Skudra | G | 6-1 | 189 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 82 | 4931 | 46 | 31 | 5 | 181 | 2.20 | 2192 | 2011 | .917 | 13 |
| 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 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 7.5 | 277 | 21:18 |
| 2 | Chris Gratton | C | 6-4 | 226 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 27.3 | 163 | 12:33 |
| 3 | Donald Audette | RW | 5-8 | 190 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 9.4 | 222 | 17:06 |
| 4 | Stu Barnes | C | 5-11 | 182 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 19.0 | 241 | 18:30 |
| 5 | J.P. Dumont | RW | 6-1 | 205 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17.4 | 189 | 14:32 |
| 6 | Steve Heinze | RW | 5-11 | 202 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14.3 | 176 | 13:34 |
| 7 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 5-11 | 225 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 | 333 | 25:38 |
| 8 | Doug Gilmour | C | 5-11 | 177 | 37 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 11.8 | 231 | 17:47 |
| 9 | Jason Woolley | D | 6-0 | 203 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 148 | 18:30 |
| 10 | Curtis Brown | C/LW | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 17.2 | 237 | 18:14 |
| 11 | Maxim Afinogenov | RW | 6-0 | 191 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 | 120 | 10:56 |
| 12 | Vaclav Varada | RW | 6-0 | 208 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.0 | 236 | 18:08 |
| 13 | Dave Andreychuk | LW | 6-4 | 220 | 37 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 | 144 | 11:04 |
| 14 | James Patrick | D | 6-2 | 202 | 37 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 | 262 | 20:10 |
| 15 | Dmitri Kalinin | D | 6-3 | 210 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 | 261 | 20:05 |
| 16 | Rhett Warrener | D | 6-1 | 203 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | 294 | 22:37 |
| 17 | Jay McKee | D | 6-4 | 203 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | 155 | 19:23 |
| 18 | Vladimir Tsyplakov | LW | 6-1 | 197 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 129 | 14:21 |
| 19 | Erik Rasmussen | LW/C | 6-1 | 215 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 49 | 16:26 |
| 20 | Richard Smehlik | D | 6-4 | 222 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 198 | 19:45 |
| 21 | Dominik Hasek | G | 6-1 | 166 | 36 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 833 | 64:05 | |
| 22 | Rob Ray | RW | 6-0 | 217 | 32 | 3 | 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 | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominik Hasek | G | 6-1 | 166 | 36 | 13 | 833 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 2.09 | 347 | 318 | .916 | 1 | |
| Team Total | 13 | 833 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 2.09 | 347 | 318 | .916 | 1 |