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27-37-10-8 (72 points), Finished 5th in NHL Northeast Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 190 goals, Allowed 219 goals, SRS: -0.40 (25th of 30)
Coached by Lindy Ruff (27-37-10-8)
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2002-03 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 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 8 | 72 | .439 | 190 | 219 | -0.40 | 4.99 | 51 | 354 | 14.41 | 53 | 363 | 85.40 | 8 | 11 |
| League Average | 82 | 36 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 87 | .532 | 218 | 218 | 0.00 | 5.31 | 60 | 363 | 16.43 | 60 | 363 | 83.57 | 8 | 8 |
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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 | 28 | 79 | 26 | 49 | 75 | 0.95 | 27 | 0.35 | 97 | 39 | 83 | 22 | -3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 240 | 3.04 | 10.8 | 1690 | 21:23 |
| 2 | Chris Gratton | C | 6-4 | 226 | 27 | 66 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 0.67 | 16 | 0.24 | 56 | 21 | 41 | 1 | -5 | 86 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 187 | 2.83 | 8.0 | 1084 | 16:26 |
| 3 | Ales Kotalik | RW | 6-1 | 227 | 24 | 68 | 21 | 14 | 35 | 0.51 | 15 | 0.21 | 56 | 19 | 40 | 1 | -2 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 138 | 2.03 | 15.2 | 1037 | 15:15 |
| 4 | J.P. Dumont | RW | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | 76 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 0.46 | 13 | 0.17 | 50 | 17 | 48 | 1 | -14 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 135 | 1.78 | 10.4 | 1145 | 15:04 |
| 5 | Stu Barnes | C | 5-11 | 182 | 32 | 68 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 0.47 | 12 | 0.17 | 48 | 15 | 63 | 17 | -13 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 124 | 1.82 | 8.9 | 1257 | 18:29 |
| 6 | Curtis Brown | C/LW | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | 74 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 0.42 | 12 | 0.16 | 48 | 16 | 48 | 20 | 4 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 144 | 1.95 | 10.4 | 1249 | 16:53 |
| 7 | Taylor Pyatt | LW | 6-4 | 230 | 21 | 78 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 0.36 | 11 | 0.14 | 47 | 8 | 51 | 4 | -8 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 1.41 | 12.7 | 1099 | 14:06 |
| 8 | Jochen Hecht | LW | 6-1 | 191 | 25 | 49 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 0.53 | 10 | 0.20 | 39 | 11 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 145 | 2.96 | 6.9 | 878 | 17:55 |
| 9 | Tim Connolly | C | 6-1 | 190 | 21 | 80 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 0.31 | 10 | 0.12 | 46 | 24 | 55 | 5 | -28 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 159 | 1.99 | 7.5 | 1279 | 15:60 |
| 10 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 5-11 | 225 | 30 | 70 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 0.30 | 7 | 0.10 | 79 | 22 | 82 | 20 | -5 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 138 | 1.97 | 2.2 | 1858 | 26:33 |
| 11 | Dmitri Kalinin | D | 6-3 | 206 | 22 | 65 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 0.32 | 8 | 0.12 | 57 | 16 | 64 | 16 | -7 | 57 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 1.28 | 9.6 | 1409 | 21:41 |
| 12 | Brian Campbell | D | 6-0 | 191 | 23 | 65 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 0.29 | 6 | 0.09 | 45 | 7 | 49 | 3 | -8 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 1.38 | 2.2 | 1213 | 18:40 |
| 13 | Adam Mair | C | 6-1 | 208 | 23 | 79 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 0.22 | 6 | 0.08 | 25 | 0 | 36 | 7 | -4 | 146 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 83 | 1.05 | 7.2 | 839 | 10:37 |
| 14 | James Patrick | D | 6-2 | 202 | 39 | 69 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 0.23 | 6 | 0.08 | 45 | 11 | 52 | 15 | -3 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 0.91 | 6.3 | 1305 | 18:55 |
| 15 | Henrik Tallinder | D | 6-3 | 214 | 24 | 46 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0.28 | 4 | 0.10 | 33 | 5 | 38 | 7 | -3 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0.80 | 8.1 | 914 | 19:53 |
| 16 | Daniel Briere | C | 5-10 | 179 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0.86 | 5 | 0.36 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 2.79 | 17.9 | 249 | 17:49 |
| 17 | Vaclav Varada | RW | 6-0 | 208 | 26 | 44 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 0.25 | 5 | 0.11 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 6 | -2 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 1.45 | 10.9 | 709 | 16:07 |
| 18 | Maxim Afinogenov | RW | 6-0 | 191 | 23 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0.31 | 4 | 0.12 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 0 | -12 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 2.20 | 6.5 | 469 | 13:24 |
| 19 | Rhett Warrener | D | 6-1 | 203 | 27 | 50 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0.18 | 3 | 0.05 | 29 | 1 | 44 | 17 | 1 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0.94 | 0.0 | 912 | 18:14 |
| 20 | Eric Boulton | LW | 6-1 | 225 | 26 | 58 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.10 | 2 | 0.03 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 178 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0.57 | 3.0 | 382 | 6:35 |
| 21 | Jason Botterill | LW | 6-4 | 220 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.29 | 2 | 0.10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1.18 | 5.0 | 184 | 10:48 |
| 22 | Jay McKee | D | 6-4 | 203 | 25 | 59 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.08 | 1 | 0.02 | 24 | 0 | 61 | 21 | -16 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0.75 | 0.0 | 1106 | 18:45 |
| 23 | Chris Taylor | C | 6-2 | 192 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.36 | 1 | 0.13 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.91 | 10.0 | 153 | 13:55 |
| 24 | Rory Fitzpatrick | D | 6-2 | 208 | 28 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.11 | 1 | 0.04 | 19 | 5 | 28 | 7 | -7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0.81 | 3.4 | 613 | 17:02 |
| 25 | Jason Woolley | D | 6-0 | 203 | 33 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.21 | 1 | 0.06 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 0 | -1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2.07 | 0.0 | 224 | 15:59 |
| 26 | Denis Hamel | LW | 6-1 | 201 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.08 | 1 | 0.04 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 3 | -4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 1.64 | 4.9 | 317 | 12:40 |
| 27 | Norm Milley | RW | 6-0 | 211 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.25 | 1 | 0.07 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.00 | 0.0 | 85 | 10:41 |
| 28 | Milan Bartovic | RW | 5-11 | 200 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 1 | 0.17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.67 | 20.0 | 30 | 9:52 |
| 29 | Rob Ray | RW | 6-0 | 217 | 34 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -5 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.34 | 0.0 | 180 | 4:24 |
| 30 | Doug Houda | D | 6-2 | 208 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0.0 | 13 | 12:39 |
| 31 | Sean McMorrow | LW | 6-4 | 235 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1:27 | |
| 32 | Jaroslav Kristek | RW | 6-1 | 188 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.67 | 0.0 | 70 | 11:37 |
| 33 | Paul Gaustad | C | 6-5 | 225 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 5:48 | |
| 34 | Radoslav Hecl | D | 6-1 | 196 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.21 | 0.0 | 140 | 10:01 |
| 35 | Doug Janik | D | 6-2 | 209 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | 0.0 | 46 | 7:42 |
| Team Total | 82 | 190 | 324 | 514 | 6.27 | 190 | 2.32 | 190 | 51 | 219 | 53 | -27 | 1246 | 131 | 51 | 8 | 27 | 2345 | 28.60 | 8.1 |
| 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 | 25 | 54 | 3170 | 17 | 28 | 6 | 40 | .392 | 4 | 135 | 2.56 | 1468 | 1333 | .908 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | Ryan Miller | G | 6-2 | 166 | 22 | 15 | 912 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 13 | .433 | 1 | 40 | 2.63 | 410 | 370 | .902 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Mika Noronen | G | 6-2 | 200 | 23 | 16 | 891 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 11 | .344 | 1 | 36 | 2.42 | 411 | 375 | .912 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Total | 82 | 4973 | 27 | 45 | 10 | 6 | 211 | 2.55 | 2289 | 2078 | .908 |