2000-01 Buffalo Sabres Roster and Statistics

Record: 46-30-5-1 (98 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Northeast Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Lindy Ruff (46-30-5-1)

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Primary Arena: HSBC Arena

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) to Pittsburgh Penguins
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-2) over Philadelphia Flyers

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +2200

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Recent Game Results

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	AvAge	GP	W	L	T	OL	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Buffalo Sabres	28.1	82	46	30	5	1	98	.598	218	184	0.35	-0.07	2.66	2.24	60	373	16.09	40	334	88.02	6	5	2204	9.9	2195	.916		13
League Average	27.8	82	36	32	10	4	86	.525	226	226					63	376	16.64	63	376	83.36	9	9	2272	9.9	2272	.901		6

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Buffalo Sabres
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Flag	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
61	Maxim Afinogenov	su	RW	21	6-0	190	L/-	1	September 4, 1979	14 G, 22 A, 36 P
52	Dave Andreychuk	ca	LW	37	6-4	220	R/-	18	September 29, 1963	20 G, 13 A, 33 P
28	Donald Audette	ca	RW	31	5-8	190	R/-	10	September 23, 1969	2 G, 6 A, 8 P
41	Stu Barnes	ca	C	30	5-11	182	R/-	9	December 25, 1970	19 G, 24 A, 43 P
43	Martin Biron	ca	G	23	6-2	186	-/L	3	August 15, 1977	7-7-1, 2.55 GAA
26	Eric Boulton	ca	LW	24	6-0	227	L/-	R	August 17, 1976	1 G, 2 A, 3 P
37	Curtis Brown	ca	C	24	6-0	200	L/-	6	February 12, 1976	10 G, 22 A, 32 P
51	Brian Campbell	ca	D	21	5-10	192	L/-	1	May 23, 1979	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
17	J.P. Dumont	ca	LW	22	6-1	205	L/-	2	April 1, 1978	23 G, 28 A, 51 P
93	Doug Gilmour	ca	LW	37	5-11	177	L/-	17	June 25, 1963	7 G, 31 A, 38 P
77	Chris Gratton	ca	C	25	6-4	226	L/-	7	July 5, 1975	19 G, 21 A, 40 P
55	Denis Hamel	ca	C	23	6-1	204	L/-	1	May 10, 1977	8 G, 3 A, 11 P
39	Dominik Hašek	cs	G	36	6-1	166	-/L	10	January 29, 1965	37-24-4, 2.11 GAA
57	Steve Heinze	us	RW	31	5-11	202	R/-	9	January 30, 1970	5 G, 7 A, 12 P
45	Dmitri Kalinin	su	D	20	6-3	210	L/-	1	July 22, 1980	4 G, 18 A, 22 P
74	Jay McKee	ca	D	23	6-4	203	L/-	5	September 8, 1977	1 G, 10 A, 11 P
35	Mika Noronen	fi	G	21	6-2	200	-/L	R	June 17, 1979	2-0-0, 2.77 GAA
3	James Patrick	ca	D	37	6-2	202	R/-	17	June 14, 1963	4 G, 9 A, 13 P
9	Erik Rasmussen	us	LW	23	6-1	215	L/-	3	March 28, 1977	12 G, 19 A, 31 P
32	Rob Ray	ca	RW	32	6-0	217	L/-	11	June 8, 1968	4 G, 6 A, 10 P
18-81	Miroslav Šatan	cs	RW	26	6-3	191	L/-	5	October 22, 1974	29 G, 33 A, 62 P
34	Pēteris Skudra	su	G	27	6-1	189	-/L	3	April 24, 1973	0-0-0, 0.00 GAA
42	Richard Šmehlík	cs	D	31	6-4	222	L/-	7	January 23, 1970	3 G, 12 A, 15 P
16	Chris Taylor	ca	C	28	6-2	192	L/-	5	March 6, 1972	0 G, 2 A, 2 P
29	Vladimir Tsyplakov	su	LW	31	6-1	197	L/-	5	April 18, 1969	7 G, 7 A, 14 P
25	Václav Varaďa	cs	RW	24	6-0	208	L/-	5	April 26, 1976	10 G, 21 A, 31 P
4	Rhett Warrener	ca	D	25	6-1	203	R/-	5	January 27, 1976	3 G, 16 A, 19 P
5	Jason Woolley	ca	D	31	6-0	203	L/-	9	July 27, 1969	5 G, 18 A, 23 P
44	Alexei Zhitnik	su	D	28	5-11	225	L/-	8	October 10, 1972	8 G, 29 A, 37 P

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Miroslav Šatan	26	RW	82	29	33	62	5	36	19	8	2	4	18	12	3	206	14.1	1635	19:56	4.7	2.4	7.1
2	J.P. Dumont	22	LW	79	23	28	51	1	54	14	9	0	5	23	5	0	156	14.7	1186	15:01	4.2	1.6	5.8
3	Stu Barnes	30	C	75	19	24	43	-2	26	14	3	2	5	16	8	0	160	11.9	1433	19:06	2.3	1.8	4.1
4	Chris Gratton	25	C	82	19	21	40	0	102	14	5	0	5	12	9	0	156	12.2	1199	14:37	2.6	1.6	4.2
5	Doug Gilmour*	37	LW	71	7	31	38	3	70	3	4	0	0	20	11	0	91	7.7	1281	18:02	1.0	1.8	2.8
6	Alexei Zhitnik	28	D	78	8	29	37	-3	75	3	5	0	1	12	17	0	149	5.4	1892	24:15	2.6	4.7	7.3
7	Maxim Afinogenov	21	RW	78	14	22	36	1	40	11	3	0	5	15	7	0	190	7.4	1134	14:32	1.9	1.6	3.5
8	Dave Andreychuk*	37	LW	74	20	13	33	0	32	12	8	0	4	6	7	0	119	16.8	887	12:00	2.9	1.2	4.1
9	Curtis Brown	24	C	70	10	22	32	15	34	7	2	1	0	19	2	1	105	9.5	1160	16:34	1.0	2.1	3.2
10	Erik Rasmussen	23	LW	82	12	19	31	0	51	11	1	0	3	18	1	0	95	12.6	1130	13:47	1.2	1.5	2.7
11	Václav Varaďa	24	RW	75	10	21	31	-2	81	8	2	0	2	19	2	0	112	8.9	1196	15:57	0.8	1.5	2.4
12	Jason Woolley	31	D	67	5	18	23	0	46	1	4	0	3	6	12	0	92	5.4	1164	17:22	1.6	3.1	4.7
13	Dmitri Kalinin	20	D	79	4	18	22	-2	38	2	2	0	0	12	6	0	88	4.5	1566	19:50	1.0	4.0	4.9
14	Rhett Warrener	25	D	77	3	16	19	10	78	3	0	0	2	12	3	1	103	2.9	1570	20:24	0.6	4.9	5.5
15	Richard Šmehlík	31	D	56	3	12	15	6	4	3	0	0	1	8	2	2	40	7.5	1087	19:25	0.7	3.3	4.0
16	Vladimir Tsyplakov	31	LW	36	7	7	14	2	10	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	39	17.9	407	11:18	1.0	0.6	1.6
17	James Patrick	37	D	54	4	9	13	9	12	3	1	0	0	4	5	0	48	8.3	932	17:16	0.7	3.1	3.9
18	Steve Heinze	31	RW	14	5	7	12	6	8	4	1	0	1	4	3	0	19	26.3	215	15:24	1.1	0.5	1.6
19	Denis Hamel	23	C	41	8	3	11	-2	22	6	1	1	3	3	0	0	55	14.5	450	10:58	0.7	0.5	1.2
20	Jay McKee	23	D	74	1	10	11	9	76	1	0	0	0	8	0	2	62	1.6	1435	19:24	-0.3	4.5	4.2
21	Rob Ray	32	RW	63	4	6	10	2	210	4	0	0	1	6	0	0	33	12.1	355	5:38	0.4	0.6	1.0
22	Donald Audette	31	RW	12	2	6	8	1	12	1	1	0	1	3	3	0	38	5.3	209	17:25	0.4	0.3	0.8
23	Eric Boulton	24	LW	35	1	2	3	-1	94	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	20	5.0	199	5:42	-0.1	0.2	0.1
24	Dominik Hašek*	36	G	67	0	3	3	0	22	0	0	0	0				0		3904	58:16	0.0	0.0	13.9
25	Chris Taylor	28	C	14	0	2	2	1	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	21	0.0	156	11:08	-0.2	0.2	0.0
26	Martin Biron	23	G	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		918	51:00	0.0	0.0	2.9
27	Brian Campbell	21	D	8	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	21	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		108	54:11	0.0	0.0	0.1
29	Pēteris Skudra	27	G	1	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	255	115	9	2204	9.9			32.6	48.0	97.5

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Dominik Hašek*	36	67		37	24	4	137	1726	1589	.921	2.11	11	3904				82	30.0	2.37	13.9
2	Martin Biron	23	18		7	7	1	39	427	388	.909	2.55	2	918				94	2.3	2.88	2.9
3	Mika Noronen	21	2		2	0	0	5	39	34	.872	2.77	0	108						3.32	0.1
4	Pēteris Skudra	27	1		0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0	1						0.00	0.0
	Team Total				46	31	5	181	2192	2011	.917	2.20	13	4931				85	31.0	2.48	16.8