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52-24-6 (110 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Northeast Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 281 goals, Allowed 239 goals, SRS: 0.50 (4th of 30)
Coached by Lindy Ruff (52-24-6)
Playoffs:
Lost Conference Finals (4-0) to Carolina Hurricanes
Won Conference Semi-Finals (4-1) over Ottawa Senators
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-2) over Philadelphia Flyers
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2005-06 Statistics / Games
| Team | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 52 | 24 | 6 | 110 | .671 | 281 | 239 | 0.50 | 6.34 | 101 | 477 | 21.17 | 59 | 439 | 86.56 | 10 | 17 |
| League Average | 82 | 41 | 32 | 9 | 91 | .557 | 253 | 253 | 0.00 | 6.17 | 85 | 480 | 17.68 | 85 | 480 | 82.32 | 11 | 11 |
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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 | Maxim Afinogenov | RW | 6-0 | 191 | 26 | 77 | 22 | 51 | 73 | 0.95 | 25 | 0.33 | 102 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 6 | 84 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 241 | 3.13 | 9.1 | 1258 | 16:20 |
| 2 | Chris Drury | C | 5-10 | 190 | 29 | 81 | 30 | 37 | 67 | 0.83 | 25 | 0.31 | 93 | 56 | 79 | 31 | -11 | 32 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 172 | 2.12 | 17.4 | 1466 | 18:06 |
| 3 | Ales Kotalik | RW | 6-1 | 227 | 27 | 82 | 25 | 37 | 62 | 0.76 | 23 | 0.28 | 86 | 42 | 48 | 1 | -3 | 62 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 261 | 3.18 | 9.6 | 1276 | 15:34 |
| 4 | Daniel Briere | C | 5-10 | 179 | 28 | 48 | 25 | 33 | 58 | 1.21 | 22 | 0.46 | 72 | 38 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 147 | 3.06 | 17.0 | 915 | 19:04 |
| 5 | Tim Connolly | C | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | 63 | 16 | 39 | 55 | 0.87 | 19 | 0.30 | 68 | 34 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 99 | 1.57 | 16.2 | 1134 | 18:00 |
| 6 | Thomas Vanek | LW | 6-2 | 208 | 22 | 81 | 25 | 23 | 48 | 0.59 | 19 | 0.23 | 74 | 37 | 48 | 0 | -11 | 72 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 204 | 2.52 | 12.3 | 1193 | 14:44 |
| 7 | Derek Roy | C | 5-9 | 188 | 22 | 70 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 0.66 | 17 | 0.24 | 71 | 26 | 53 | 9 | 1 | 57 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 151 | 2.16 | 11.9 | 1192 | 17:02 |
| 8 | Brian Campbell | D | 6-0 | 191 | 26 | 79 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 0.56 | 15 | 0.19 | 91 | 53 | 52 | 0 | -14 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 105 | 1.33 | 11.4 | 1399 | 17:43 |
| 9 | Jochen Hecht | LW | 6-1 | 191 | 28 | 64 | 18 | 24 | 42 | 0.66 | 16 | 0.25 | 69 | 22 | 49 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 179 | 2.80 | 10.1 | 1160 | 18:07 |
| 10 | Teppo Numminen | D | 6-2 | 198 | 37 | 75 | 2 | 38 | 40 | 0.53 | 12 | 0.16 | 89 | 37 | 60 | 14 | 6 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0.80 | 3.3 | 1463 | 19:30 |
| 11 | J.P. Dumont | RW | 6-1 | 205 | 27 | 54 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 0.74 | 16 | 0.29 | 65 | 32 | 35 | 1 | -1 | 38 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 116 | 2.15 | 17.2 | 864 | 16:00 |
| 12 | Jason Pominville | RW | 6-0 | 186 | 23 | 57 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 0.53 | 12 | 0.22 | 50 | 29 | 29 | 4 | -4 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 124 | 2.18 | 14.5 | 805 | 14:07 |
| 13 | Paul Gaustad | C | 6-5 | 225 | 23 | 78 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 0.31 | 9 | 0.11 | 45 | 7 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 65 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 1.45 | 8.0 | 946 | 12:08 |
| 14 | Mike Grier | RW | 6-1 | 225 | 31 | 81 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 0.28 | 8 | 0.10 | 39 | 0 | 69 | 23 | -7 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 109 | 1.35 | 6.4 | 1164 | 14:22 |
| 15 | Henrik Tallinder | D | 6-3 | 214 | 27 | 82 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 0.26 | 7 | 0.09 | 73 | 4 | 86 | 27 | 10 | 74 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 79 | 0.96 | 7.6 | 1668 | 20:21 |
| 16 | Dmitri Kalinin | D | 6-3 | 206 | 25 | 55 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 0.33 | 6 | 0.10 | 57 | 10 | 39 | 6 | 14 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0.85 | 4.3 | 922 | 16:45 |
| 17 | Toni Lydman | D | 6-1 | 204 | 28 | 75 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 0.23 | 5 | 0.07 | 64 | 6 | 76 | 27 | 9 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0.91 | 1.5 | 1623 | 21:38 |
| 18 | Jay McKee | D | 6-4 | 203 | 28 | 75 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0.21 | 6 | 0.07 | 48 | 1 | 74 | 27 | 0 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 0.67 | 10.0 | 1354 | 18:03 |
| 19 | Taylor Pyatt | LW | 6-4 | 230 | 24 | 41 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0.29 | 5 | 0.11 | 26 | 4 | 25 | 2 | -1 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 1.51 | 9.7 | 461 | 11:14 |
| 20 | Rory Fitzpatrick | D | 6-2 | 208 | 31 | 56 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.16 | 3 | 0.06 | 43 | 10 | 69 | 18 | -18 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 0.80 | 8.9 | 916 | 16:22 |
| 21 | Adam Mair | C | 6-1 | 208 | 26 | 40 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.18 | 2 | 0.06 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 0 | -2 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1.00 | 5.0 | 320 | 7:59 |
| 22 | Jiri Novotny | C | 6-3 | 209 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.21 | 1 | 0.09 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1.07 | 13.3 | 171 | 12:15 |
| 23 | Dan Paille | LW | 6-0 | 197 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.21 | 1 | 0.08 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1.07 | 6.7 | 145 | 10:24 |
| 24 | Chris Thorburn | C | 6-3 | 225 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 | 0.0 | 14 | 6:52 |
| 25 | Nathan Paetsch | D | 6-1 | 198 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 16 | 15:38 | |
| 26 | Jeff Jillson | D | 6-3 | 215 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 | 0.0 | 29 | 14:40 |
| 27 | Andrew Peters | LW | 6-4 | 247 | 25 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.21 | 0.0 | 91 | 3:16 |
| Team Total | 82 | 276 | 487 | 763 | 9.30 | 276 | 3.37 | 276 | 101 | 239 | 59 | 0 | 1144 | 165 | 101 | 10 | 47 | 2510 | 30.61 | 11.0 |
| 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 | Ryan Miller | G | 6-2 | 166 | 25 | 48 | 2862 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 63 | .670 | 1 | 124 | 2.60 | 1440 | 1316 | .914 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Martin Biron | G | 6-3 | 163 | 28 | 35 | 1934 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 45 | .703 | 1 | 93 | 2.89 | 980 | 887 | .905 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Mika Noronen | G | 6-2 | 200 | 26 | 4 | 169 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 12 | 4.26 | 77 | 65 | .844 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team Total | 82 | 4965 | 52 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 229 | 2.77 | 2497 | 2268 | .908 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Briere | C | 5-10 | 179 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 1.06 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 2.61 | 17.0 | 338 | 18:48 |
| 2 | Chris Drury | C | 5-10 | 190 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 1.00 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 2.33 | 21.4 | 348 | 19:20 |
| 3 | Derek Roy | C | 5-9 | 188 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0.83 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 1.83 | 15.2 | 307 | 17:03 |
| 4 | J.P. Dumont | RW | 6-1 | 205 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0.78 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 1.39 | 28.0 | 300 | 16:39 |
| 5 | Ales Kotalik | RW | 6-1 | 227 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0.61 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 2.83 | 7.8 | 275 | 15:15 |
| 6 | Tim Connolly | C | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1.38 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1.38 | 45.5 | 140 | 17:29 |
| 7 | Jason Pominville | RW | 6-0 | 186 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.56 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 1.22 | 22.7 | 219 | 12:11 |
| 8 | Henrik Tallinder | D | 6-3 | 214 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.57 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.86 | 16.7 | 312 | 22:16 |
| 9 | Jochen Hecht | LW | 6-1 | 191 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.53 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 2.40 | 5.6 | 262 | 17:29 |
| 10 | Mike Grier | RW | 6-1 | 225 | 31 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.44 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 1.78 | 9.4 | 293 | 16:17 |
| 11 | Maxim Afinogenov | RW | 6-0 | 191 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.44 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 2.39 | 7.0 | 304 | 16:53 |
| 12 | Brian Campbell | D | 6-0 | 191 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.33 | -5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1.61 | 0.0 | 369 | 20:29 |
| 13 | Jay McKee | D | 6-4 | 203 | 28 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.29 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 1.24 | 9.5 | 345 | 20:17 |
| 14 | Taylor Pyatt | LW | 6-4 | 230 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.36 | -2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1.21 | 0.0 | 156 | 11:08 |
| 15 | Toni Lydman | D | 6-1 | 204 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.28 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.78 | 7.1 | 415 | 23:03 |
| 16 | Rory Fitzpatrick | D | 6-2 | 208 | 31 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.36 | -1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.27 | 0.0 | 189 | 17:12 |
| 17 | Paul Gaustad | C | 6-5 | 225 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.22 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.72 | 0.0 | 222 | 12:21 |
| 18 | Thomas Vanek | LW | 6-2 | 208 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.20 | -1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1.60 | 12.5 | 107 | 10:45 |
| 19 | Teppo Numminen | D | 6-2 | 198 | 37 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.17 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.58 | 14.3 | 225 | 18:45 |
| 20 | Dmitri Kalinin | D | 6-3 | 206 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1.38 | 0.0 | 135 | 16:53 |
| 21 | Doug Janik | D | 6-2 | 209 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.80 | 25.0 | 52 | 10:30 |
| 22 | Jiri Novotny | C | 6-3 | 209 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.75 | 0.0 | 42 | 10:27 |
| 23 | Nathan Paetsch | D | 6-1 | 198 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 0.0 | 12 | 12:06 |
| 24 | Adam Mair | C | 6-1 | 208 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.67 | 0.0 | 28 | 9:17 |
| 25 | Jeff Jillson | D | 6-3 | 215 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.25 | 0.0 | 47 | 11:41 |
| Team Total | 18 | 60 | 106 | 166 | 9.22 | 220 | 39 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 505 | 28.06 | 11.9 |
| 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 | Ryan Miller | G | 6-2 | 166 | 25 | 18 | 1123 | 11 | 7 | 22 | .611 | 1 | 48 | 2.56 | 522 | 474 | .908 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Team Total | 82 | 1123 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 48 | 2.56 | 522 | 474 | .908 |