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35-35-11-1 (82 points), Finished 5th in NHL Northeast Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 213 goals, Allowed 200 goals, SRS: 0.09 (16th of 30)
Coached by Lindy Ruff (35-35-11-1)
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2001-02 Statistics ▪ Games
| 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 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 82 | .500 | 213 | 200 | 0.09 | 5.04 | 50 | 375 | 13.33 | 41 | 304 | 86.51 | 7 | 6 |
| League Average | 82 | 36 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 86 | .525 | 215 | 215 | 0.00 | 5.24 | 53 | 338 | 15.77 | 53 | 338 | 84.23 | 7 | 7 |
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| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | GC | GC/G | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miroslav Satan | LW | 6-3 | 191 | 27 | 82 | 37 | 36 | 73 | 0.89 | 30 | 0.36 | 101 | 31 | 70 | 14 | 14 | 33 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 267 | 3.26 | 13.9 | 1735 | 21:10 |
| 2 | Stu Barnes | C | 5-11 | 182 | 31 | 68 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 0.71 | 18 | 0.26 | 72 | 22 | 62 | 18 | 6 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 127 | 1.87 | 13.4 | 1263 | 18:35 |
| 3 | Tim Connolly | C | 6-1 | 193 | 20 | 82 | 10 | 35 | 45 | 0.55 | 16 | 0.19 | 72 | 28 | 46 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 126 | 1.54 | 7.9 | 1391 | 16:58 |
| 4 | J.P. Dumont | RW | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | 76 | 23 | 21 | 44 | 0.58 | 18 | 0.24 | 57 | 17 | 50 | 0 | -10 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 154 | 2.03 | 14.9 | 1157 | 15:14 |
| 5 | Maxim Afinogenov | RW | 6-0 | 192 | 22 | 81 | 21 | 19 | 40 | 0.49 | 16 | 0.20 | 55 | 15 | 51 | 2 | -9 | 69 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 234 | 2.89 | 9.0 | 1245 | 15:22 |
| 6 | Chris Gratton | C | 6-4 | 226 | 26 | 82 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 0.48 | 15 | 0.18 | 62 | 20 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 139 | 1.70 | 10.8 | 1226 | 14:57 |
| 7 | Curtis Brown | C/LW | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | 82 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 0.45 | 15 | 0.19 | 56 | 12 | 63 | 15 | -4 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 171 | 2.09 | 11.7 | 1460 | 17:48 |
| 8 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 5-11 | 225 | 29 | 82 | 1 | 33 | 34 | 0.41 | 11 | 0.13 | 98 | 34 | 86 | 21 | -1 | 80 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 1.83 | 0.7 | 2100 | 25:36 |
| 9 | Jason Woolley | D | 6-0 | 203 | 32 | 59 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 0.47 | 10 | 0.17 | 54 | 26 | 35 | 1 | -6 | 34 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 90 | 1.53 | 8.9 | 1014 | 17:11 |
| 10 | Vaclav Varada | RW | 6-0 | 208 | 25 | 76 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 0.30 | 8 | 0.11 | 38 | 7 | 53 | 15 | -7 | 82 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 138 | 1.82 | 5.1 | 1257 | 16:33 |
| 11 | Vyacheslav Kozlov | LW | 5-10 | 190 | 29 | 38 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 0.58 | 8 | 0.22 | 31 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 1.79 | 13.2 | 628 | 16:31 |
| 12 | Taylor Pyatt | LW | 6-4 | 230 | 20 | 48 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 0.42 | 8 | 0.17 | 33 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 1.27 | 16.4 | 648 | 13:30 |
| 13 | Erik Rasmussen | LW/C | 6-1 | 215 | 24 | 69 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 0.28 | 7 | 0.11 | 32 | 4 | 30 | 1 | -1 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 1.29 | 9.0 | 900 | 13:03 |
| 14 | Jay McKee | D | 6-4 | 203 | 24 | 81 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0.16 | 4 | 0.05 | 64 | 1 | 62 | 17 | 18 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 0.62 | 4.0 | 1574 | 19:26 |
| 15 | James Patrick | D | 6-2 | 202 | 38 | 56 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0.23 | 5 | 0.09 | 30 | 4 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0.80 | 11.1 | 921 | 16:27 |
| 16 | Dmitri Kalinin | D | 6-3 | 215 | 21 | 58 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0.22 | 4 | 0.08 | 36 | 6 | 39 | 3 | -6 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 1.16 | 3.0 | 1047 | 18:03 |
| 17 | Rhett Warrener | D | 6-1 | 203 | 26 | 65 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.15 | 4 | 0.06 | 49 | 1 | 49 | 16 | 15 | 113 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 1.02 | 7.6 | 1277 | 19:39 |
| 18 | Richard Smehlik | D | 6-4 | 222 | 32 | 60 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0.15 | 3 | 0.06 | 47 | 2 | 71 | 17 | -9 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 0.87 | 5.8 | 1222 | 20:22 |
| 19 | Denis Hamel | LW | 6-1 | 201 | 24 | 61 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.13 | 3 | 0.05 | 15 | 2 | 23 | 9 | -1 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 1.31 | 2.5 | 671 | 10:60 |
| 20 | Brian Campbell | D | 6-0 | 191 | 22 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.21 | 2 | 0.08 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1.03 | 10.0 | 444 | 15:18 |
| 21 | Eric Boulton | LW | 6-1 | 225 | 25 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.14 | 2 | 0.05 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 | -1 | 129 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0.60 | 9.5 | 215 | 6:08 |
| 22 | Rob Ray | RW | 6-0 | 217 | 33 | 71 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.07 | 2 | 0.03 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0 | -3 | 200 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0.32 | 8.7 | 364 | 5:08 |
| 23 | Ales Kotalik | RW | 6-2 | 227 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.31 | 1 | 0.11 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1.62 | 4.8 | 164 | 12:35 |
| 24 | Bob Corkum | C | 6-2 | 225 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.10 | 0 | 0.03 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.00 | 0.0 | 107 | 10:44 |
| 25 | Norm Milley | RW | 6-0 | 211 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 0.06 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.00 | 0.0 | 66 | 13:12 |
| 26 | Rory Fitzpatrick | D | 6-2 | 208 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.40 | 0.0 | 60 | 11:54 |
| 27 | Henrik Tallinder | D | 6-3 | 214 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.00 | 0.0 | 36 | 18:10 |
| Team Total | 82 | 213 | 348 | 561 | 6.84 | 213 | 2.60 | 213 | 50 | 200 | 41 | 4 | 1201 | 156 | 50 | 7 | 35 | 2295 | 27.99 | 9.3 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Biron | G | 6-3 | 163 | 24 | 72 | 4085 | 31 | 28 | 10 | 72 | .522 | 4 | 151 | 2.22 | 1781 | 1630 | .915 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | Mika Noronen | G | 6-2 | 200 | 22 | 10 | 518 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | .563 | 0 | 23 | 2.66 | 217 | 194 | .894 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Bob Essensa | G | 6-0 | 190 | 37 | 9 | 350 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 17 | 2.91 | 113 | 96 | .850 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Total | 82 | 4953 | 35 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 191 | 2.31 | 2111 | 1920 | .910 |