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Record: 37-34-7-4 (85 points), Finished 5th in NHL Northeast Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Lindy Ruff (37-34-7-4)
Goals For: 220 (10th of 30), Goals Against: 221 (22nd of 30)
SRS: 0.02 (17th of 30), SOS: 0.04 (5th of 30)
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| Team | GP | W | L | T | OL | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | SOS | TG/G | PP | PPO | PP% | PPA | PPOA | PK% | SH | SHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 37 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 85 | .518 | 220 | 221 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 5.38 | 58 | 367 | 15.80 | 53 | 348 | 84.77 | 7 | 9 |
| League Average | 82 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 87 | .529 | 211 | 211 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.14 | 57 | 348 | 16.46 | 57 | 348 | 83.54 | 8 | 8 |
| No. | Player | Pos | Age | Ht | Wt | S/C | Exp | Birth Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Maxim Afinogenov | RW | 24 | 6-0 | 190 | L/- | 4 | September 4, 1979 | 17 G, 14 A, 31 P |
| 15 | Milan Bartovic | RW | 22 | 5-11 | 200 | L/- | 1 | April 9, 1981 | 1 G, 8 A, 9 P |
| 43 | Martin Biron | G | 26 | 6-2 | 173 | -/L | 6 | August 15, 1977 | 26-18-5, 2.52 GAA |
| 28 | Jason Botterill | LW | 27 | 6-4 | 220 | L/- | 5 | May 19, 1976 | 2 G, 1 A, 3 P |
| 26 | Eric Boulton | LW | 27 | 6-1 | 225 | L/- | 3 | August 17, 1976 | 1 G, 2 A, 3 P |
| 48 | Danny Briere | C | 26 | 5-10 | 179 | R/- | 6 | October 6, 1977 | 28 G, 37 A, 65 P |
| 4 | Brad Brown | D | 28 | 6-4 | 220 | R/- | 6 | December 27, 1975 | 0 G, 2 A, 2 P |
| 37 | Curtis Brown | C | 27 | 6-0 | 200 | L/- | 9 | February 12, 1976 | 9 G, 12 A, 21 P |
| 51 | Brian Campbell | D | 24 | 5-10 | 190 | L/- | 4 | May 23, 1979 | 3 G, 8 A, 11 P |
| 5 | Andy Delmore | D | 27 | 6-1 | 200 | R/- | 5 | December 26, 1976 | 2 G, 5 A, 7 P |
| 23 | Chris Drury | C | 27 | 5-10 | 191 | R/- | 5 | August 20, 1976 | 18 G, 35 A, 53 P |
| 17 | J.P. Dumont | RW | 25 | 6-1 | 205 | L/- | 5 | April 1, 1978 | 22 G, 31 A, 53 P |
| 8 | Rory Fitzpatrick | D | 29 | 6-2 | 208 | R/- | 6 | January 11, 1975 | 4 G, 7 A, 11 P |
| 25 | Mike Grier | RW | 29 | 6-1 | 224 | R/- | 7 | January 5, 1975 | 1 G, 8 A, 9 P |
| 55 | Jochen Hecht | LW | 26 | 6-1 | 198 | L/- | 5 | June 21, 1977 | 15 G, 37 A, 52 P |
| 33 | Doug Janik | D | 23 | 6-2 | 211 | L/- | 1 | March 26, 1980 | 0 G, 0 A, 0 P |
| 5-34 | Jeff Jillson | D | 23 | 6-3 | 215 | R/- | 2 | July 24, 1980 | 0 G, 3 A, 3 P |
| 45 | Dmitri Kalinin | D | 23 | 6-3 | 210 | L/- | 4 | July 22, 1980 | 10 G, 24 A, 34 P |
| 12 | Ales Kotalik | LW | 25 | 6-1 | 225 | R/- | 2 | December 23, 1978 | 15 G, 11 A, 26 P |
| 22 | Adam Mair | RW | 24 | 6-1 | 208 | R/- | 4 | February 15, 1979 | 6 G, 14 A, 20 P |
| 74 | Jay McKee | D | 26 | 6-4 | 203 | L/- | 8 | September 8, 1977 | 2 G, 3 A, 5 P |
| 30 | Ryan Miller | G | 23 | 6-2 | 175 | -/L | 1 | July 17, 1980 | 0-3-0, 5.06 GAA |
| 19 | Norm Milley | RW | 23 | 6-0 | 211 | R/- | 2 | February 14, 1980 | 0 G, 0 A, 0 P |
| 35 | Mika Noronen | G | 24 | 6-2 | 200 | -/L | 3 | June 17, 1979 | 11-17-2, 2.57 GAA |
| 3 | James Patrick | D | 40 | 6-2 | 202 | R/- | 20 | June 14, 1963 | 4 G, 7 A, 11 P |
| 76 | Andrew Peters | LW | 23 | 6-4 | 240 | L/- | R | May 5, 1980 | 2 G, 0 A, 2 P |
| 38 | Domenic Pittis | C | 29 | 5-11 | 190 | L/- | 6 | October 1, 1974 | 0 G, 0 A, 0 P |
| 29 | Jason Pominville | RW | 21 | 6-0 | 185 | R/- | R | November 30, 1982 | 0 G, 0 A, 0 P |
| 24 | Taylor Pyatt | LW | 22 | 6-4 | 226 | L/- | 3 | August 19, 1981 | 8 G, 12 A, 20 P |
| 9 | Derek Roy | C | 20 | 5-9 | 184 | L/- | R | May 4, 1983 | 9 G, 10 A, 19 P |
| 81 | Miroslav Satan | RW | 29 | 6-3 | 191 | L/- | 8 | October 22, 1974 | 29 G, 28 A, 57 P |
| 10 | Henrik Tallinder | D | 25 | 6-4 | 210 | L/- | 2 | January 10, 1979 | 1 G, 9 A, 10 P |
| 16 | Chris Taylor | C | 31 | 6-2 | 192 | L/- | 7 | March 6, 1972 | 6 G, 6 A, 12 P |
| 44 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 31 | 5-11 | 225 | L/- | 11 | October 10, 1972 | 4 G, 24 A, 28 P |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | SH | PP | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danny Briere | C | 26 | 82 | 28 | 37 | 65 | 26 | -7 | 70 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 194 | 14.4 | 1503 | 18:20 | 6.4 | 1.3 | 7.7 |
| 2 | Miroslav Satan | RW | 29 | 82 | 29 | 28 | 57 | 24 | -15 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 206 | 14.1 | 1643 | 20:02 | 5.2 | 1.1 | 6.3 |
| 3 | J.P. Dumont | RW | 25 | 77 | 22 | 31 | 53 | 21 | -9 | 40 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 156 | 14.1 | 1310 | 17:00 | 4.9 | 1.0 | 5.9 |
| 4 | Chris Drury | C | 27 | 76 | 18 | 35 | 53 | 20 | 8 | 68 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 11 | 152 | 11.8 | 1373 | 18:04 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 6.1 |
| 5 | Jochen Hecht | LW | 26 | 64 | 15 | 37 | 52 | 18 | 17 | 49 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 13 | 174 | 8.6 | 1216 | 18:60 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 6.2 |
| 6 | Dmitri Kalinin | D | 23 | 77 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 12 | 0 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 118 | 8.5 | 1778 | 23:06 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 6.6 |
| 7 | Maxim Afinogenov | RW | 24 | 73 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 13 | -4 | 57 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 148 | 11.5 | 1004 | 13:46 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 3.6 |
| 8 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 31 | 68 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 9 | -13 | 102 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 134 | 3.0 | 1701 | 25:01 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 4.1 |
| 9 | Ales Kotalik | LW | 25 | 62 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 11 | -1 | 41 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 142 | 10.6 | 941 | 15:11 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| 10 | Curtis Brown | C | 27 | 68 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 117 | 7.7 | 1129 | 16:36 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| 11 | Taylor Pyatt | LW | 22 | 63 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 8 | -7 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 8.2 | 983 | 15:36 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 |
| 12 | Adam Mair | RW | 24 | 81 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 7 | -3 | 146 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 7.3 | 780 | 9:38 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.5 |
| 13 | Derek Roy | C | 20 | 49 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 8 | -8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 12.7 | 750 | 15:19 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.6 |
| 14 | Chris Taylor | C | 31 | 54 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 5 | -2 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 12.0 | 549 | 10:10 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 15 | Rory Fitzpatrick | D | 29 | 60 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | -5 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 78 | 5.1 | 1142 | 19:02 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 2.3 |
| 16 | James Patrick | D | 40 | 55 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 9.1 | 1044 | 18:59 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.6 |
| 17 | Brian Campbell | D | 24 | 53 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | -8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 6.7 | 850 | 16:02 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.7 |
| 18 | Henrik Tallinder | D | 25 | 72 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 1.6 | 1323 | 18:23 | -0.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| 19 | Milan Bartovic | RW | 22 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3.3 | 296 | 12:53 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| 20 | Mike Grier | RW | 29 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5.6 | 245 | 17:29 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
| 21 | Andy Delmore | D | 27 | 37 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | -5 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 5.0 | 562 | 15:11 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
| 22 | Jay McKee | D | 26 | 43 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 6.9 | 763 | 17:44 | -0.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| 23 | Jason Botterill | LW | 27 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 10.0 | 217 | 11:24 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| 24 | Eric Boulton | LW | 27 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 110 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 | 214 | 4:52 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Jeff Jillson | D | 23 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | -3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0.0 | 257 | 18:21 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 26 | Andrew Peters | LW | 23 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 151 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 | 175 | 4:10 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Martin Biron | G | 26 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2972 | 57:09 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.2 | ||||
| 28 | Brad Brown | D | 28 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 215 | 16:33 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| 29 | Mika Noronen | G | 24 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 1796 | 51:19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.6 | |||
| 30 | Doug Janik | D | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 34 | 8:26 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Ryan Miller | G | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.6 | ||||||
| 32 | Norm Milley | RW | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 17 | 8:20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Domenic Pittis | C | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 46 | 11:37 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| 34 | Jason Pominville | RW | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 14 | 14:22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Team Total | 82 | 220 | 360 | 580 | -33 | 1261 | 155 | 58 | 7 | 37 | 2301 | 9.6 | 39.9 | 32.8 | 85.9 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Age | GP | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | GPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Biron | G | 26 | 52 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 125 | 1442 | 1317 | .913 | 2.52 | 2 | 2972 | 9.2 |
| 2 | Mika Noronen | G | 24 | 35 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 77 | 821 | 744 | .906 | 2.57 | 2 | 1796 | 4.6 |
| 3 | Ryan Miller | G | 23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 73 | 58 | .795 | 5.06 | 0 | 178 | -0.6 |
| Team Total | 82 | 37 | 38 | 7 | 217 | 2336 | 2119 | .907 | 2.63 | 4 | 4946 | 13.2 |