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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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| 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 | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SPCT | TOI | ATOI | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miroslav Satan | LW | 6-3 | 191 | 28 | 79 | 26 | 49 | 75 | -3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 240 | 10.8 | 1690 | 21:23 | 97 | 39 | 83 | 22 |
| 2 | Chris Gratton | C | 6-4 | 226 | 27 | 66 | 15 | 29 | 44 | -5 | 86 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 187 | 8.0 | 1084 | 16:26 | 56 | 21 | 41 | 1 |
| 3 | Ales Kotalik | RW | 6-1 | 227 | 24 | 68 | 21 | 14 | 35 | -2 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 138 | 15.2 | 1037 | 15:15 | 56 | 19 | 40 | 1 |
| 4 | J.P. Dumont | RW | 6-1 | 219 | 24 | 76 | 14 | 21 | 35 | -14 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 135 | 10.4 | 1145 | 15:04 | 50 | 17 | 48 | 1 |
| 5 | Stu Barnes | C | 5-11 | 182 | 32 | 68 | 11 | 21 | 32 | -13 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 124 | 8.9 | 1257 | 18:29 | 48 | 15 | 63 | 17 |
| 6 | Curtis Brown | C/LW | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | 74 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 4 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 144 | 10.4 | 1249 | 16:53 | 48 | 16 | 48 | 20 |
| 7 | Taylor Pyatt | LW | 6-4 | 230 | 21 | 78 | 14 | 14 | 28 | -8 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 12.7 | 1099 | 14:06 | 47 | 8 | 51 | 4 |
| 8 | Jochen Hecht | LW | 6-1 | 199 | 25 | 49 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 4 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 145 | 6.9 | 878 | 17:55 | 39 | 11 | 33 | 9 |
| 9 | Tim Connolly | C | 6-1 | 190 | 21 | 80 | 12 | 13 | 25 | -28 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 159 | 7.5 | 1279 | 15:60 | 46 | 24 | 55 | 5 |
| 10 | Dmitri Kalinin | D | 6-3 | 210 | 22 | 65 | 8 | 13 | 21 | -7 | 57 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 9.6 | 1409 | 21:41 | 57 | 16 | 64 | 16 |
| 11 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 5-11 | 225 | 30 | 70 | 3 | 18 | 21 | -5 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 138 | 2.2 | 1858 | 26:33 | 79 | 22 | 82 | 20 |
| 12 | Brian Campbell | D | 6-0 | 188 | 23 | 65 | 2 | 17 | 19 | -8 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 2.2 | 1213 | 18:40 | 45 | 7 | 49 | 3 |
| 13 | Adam Mair | C | 6-1 | 208 | 23 | 79 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -4 | 146 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 83 | 7.2 | 839 | 10:37 | 25 | 0 | 36 | 7 |
| 14 | James Patrick | D | 6-2 | 202 | 39 | 69 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -3 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 6.3 | 1305 | 18:55 | 45 | 11 | 52 | 15 |
| 15 | Henrik Tallinder | D | 6-3 | 214 | 24 | 46 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 8.1 | 914 | 19:53 | 33 | 5 | 38 | 7 |
| 16 | Daniel Briere | C | 5-10 | 179 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 17.9 | 249 | 17:49 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 17 | Vaclav Varada | RW | 6-0 | 208 | 26 | 44 | 7 | 4 | 11 | -2 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 10.9 | 709 | 16:07 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 6 |
| 18 | Maxim Afinogenov | RW | 6-0 | 191 | 23 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -12 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 6.5 | 469 | 13:24 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 0 |
| 19 | Rhett Warrener | D | 6-1 | 203 | 27 | 50 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0.0 | 912 | 18:14 | 29 | 1 | 44 | 17 |
| 20 | Eric Boulton | LW | 6-1 | 225 | 26 | 58 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 178 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3.0 | 382 | 6:35 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 21 | Jason Botterill | LW | 6-4 | 220 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 | 184 | 10:48 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | Jay McKee | D | 6-4 | 203 | 25 | 59 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -16 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0.0 | 1106 | 18:45 | 24 | 0 | 61 | 21 |
| 23 | Rory Fitzpatrick | D | 6-2 | 208 | 28 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3.4 | 613 | 17:02 | 19 | 5 | 28 | 7 |
| 24 | Chris Taylor | C | 6-2 | 192 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 153 | 13:55 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 25 | Jason Woolley | D | 6-0 | 203 | 33 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0.0 | 224 | 15:59 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| 26 | Denis Hamel | LW | 6-1 | 201 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 4.9 | 317 | 12:40 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| 27 | Norm Milley | RW | 6-0 | 211 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 85 | 10:41 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | Milan Bartovic | RW | 5-11 | 200 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | 30 | 9:52 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Martin Biron | G | 6-3 | 180 | 25 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3170 | 58:42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | Paul Gaustad | C | 6-5 | 225 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5:48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | Radoslav Hecl | D | 6-1 | 196 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 140 | 10:01 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Doug Houda | D | 6-2 | 208 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 13 | 12:39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Doug Janik | D | 6-2 | 209 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 46 | 7:42 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Jaroslav Kristek | RW | 6-1 | 188 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 70 | 11:37 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | Sean McMorrow | LW | 6-4 | 235 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1:27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 36 | Ryan Miller | G | 6-2 | 170 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 912 | 60:49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | Mika Noronen | G | 6-2 | 200 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 891 | 55:43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | Rob Ray | RW | 6-0 | 217 | 34 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 | 180 | 4:24 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Total | 82 | 190 | 324 | 514 | -144 | 1246 | 131 | 51 | 8 | 27 | 2345 | 8.1 | 935 | 255 | 1026 | 203 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Biron | G | 6-3 | 180 | 25 | 54 | 3170 | 17 | 28 | 6 | 135 | 2.56 | 1468 | 1333 | .908 | 4 |
| 2 | Ryan Miller | G | 6-2 | 170 | 22 | 15 | 912 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 40 | 2.63 | 410 | 370 | .902 | 1 |
| 3 | Mika Noronen | G | 6-2 | 200 | 23 | 16 | 891 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 36 | 2.42 | 411 | 375 | .912 | 1 |
| Team Total | 82 | 4973 | 27 | 45 | 10 | 211 | 2.55 | 2289 | 2078 | .908 | 6 |