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53-22-7 (113 points), Finished 1st in NHL Northeast Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 308 goals, Allowed 242 goals, SRS: 0.64 (6th of 30)
Coached by Lindy Ruff (53-22-7)
Playoffs:
Lost Conference Finals (4-1) versus Ottawa Senators
Won Conference Semi-Finals (4-2) versus New York Rangers
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-1) versus New York Islanders
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| Team | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 53 | 22 | 7 | 113 | .689 | 308 | 242 | 0.64 | 6.71 | 71 | 407 | 17.44 | 72 | 386 | 81.35 | 8 | 13 |
| League Average | 82 | 41 | 32 | 9 | 91 | .557 | 242 | 242 | 0.00 | 5.89 | 70 | 398 | 17.58 | 70 | 398 | 82.42 | 9 | 9 |
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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 | Daniel Briere | C | 5-10 | 179 | 29 | 81 | 32 | 63 | 95 | 17 | 89 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 234 | 13.7 | 1564 | 19:19 | 120 | 42 | 65 | 4 |
| 2 | Thomas Vanek | LW | 6-2 | 208 | 23 | 82 | 43 | 41 | 84 | 47 | 40 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 237 | 18.1 | 1376 | 16:47 | 121 | 36 | 39 | 1 |
| 3 | Chris Drury | C | 5-10 | 190 | 30 | 77 | 37 | 32 | 69 | 1 | 30 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 199 | 18.6 | 1446 | 18:47 | 87 | 35 | 79 | 28 |
| 4 | Jason Pominville | RW | 6-0 | 186 | 24 | 82 | 34 | 34 | 68 | 25 | 30 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 212 | 16.0 | 1428 | 17:25 | 104 | 23 | 76 | 20 |
| 5 | Derek Roy | C | 5-9 | 188 | 23 | 75 | 21 | 42 | 63 | 37 | 60 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 130 | 16.2 | 1385 | 18:28 | 98 | 25 | 58 | 22 |
| 6 | Maxim Afinogenov | RW | 6-0 | 191 | 27 | 56 | 23 | 38 | 61 | 19 | 66 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 151 | 15.2 | 955 | 17:03 | 78 | 26 | 34 | 1 |
| 7 | Jochen Hecht | LW | 6-1 | 199 | 29 | 76 | 19 | 37 | 56 | 19 | 39 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 197 | 9.6 | 1432 | 18:51 | 90 | 19 | 75 | 23 |
| 8 | Brian Campbell | D | 6-0 | 188 | 27 | 82 | 6 | 42 | 48 | 28 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 6.5 | 1794 | 21:53 | 117 | 25 | 71 | 7 |
| 9 | Ales Kotalik | RW | 6-1 | 227 | 28 | 66 | 16 | 22 | 38 | -5 | 46 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 162 | 9.9 | 958 | 14:31 | 59 | 22 | 42 | 0 |
| 10 | Dmitri Kalinin | D | 6-3 | 210 | 26 | 82 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 19 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 8.1 | 1600 | 19:31 | 80 | 6 | 88 | 33 |
| 11 | Teppo Numminen | D | 6-2 | 198 | 38 | 79 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 17 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 2.9 | 1643 | 20:48 | 100 | 26 | 91 | 34 |
| 12 | Drew Stafford | RW | 6-2 | 216 | 21 | 41 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 5 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 67 | 19.4 | 539 | 13:08 | 38 | 8 | 25 | 0 |
| 13 | Nathan Paetsch | D | 6-1 | 198 | 23 | 63 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 3.2 | 961 | 15:15 | 57 | 13 | 35 | 1 |
| 14 | Paul Gaustad | C | 6-5 | 225 | 24 | 54 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 11 | 74 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 12.0 | 719 | 13:19 | 41 | 14 | 28 | 12 |
| 15 | Jaroslav Spacek | D | 5-11 | 204 | 32 | 65 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 78 | 6.4 | 1245 | 19:09 | 72 | 16 | 53 | 17 |
| 16 | Toni Lydman | D | 6-1 | 210 | 29 | 67 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 4.5 | 1380 | 20:36 | 62 | 7 | 75 | 30 |
| 17 | Henrik Tallinder | D | 6-3 | 214 | 28 | 47 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 11.8 | 993 | 21:07 | 50 | 1 | 52 | 22 |
| 18 | Jiri Novotny | C | 6-3 | 204 | 23 | 50 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 10.0 | 616 | 12:19 | 19 | 0 | 31 | 10 |
| 19 | Daniel Paille | LW | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 6.7 | 371 | 12:47 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| 20 | Adam Mair | C | 6-1 | 208 | 27 | 82 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 128 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 2.7 | 619 | 7:33 | 17 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 21 | Dainius Zubrus | C/RW | 6-5 | 225 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 12.9 | 349 | 18:22 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 2 |
| 22 | Clarke MacArthur | LW | 5-11 | 191 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18.8 | 169 | 8:54 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 23 | Michael Ryan | C | 6-1 | 188 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 8.8 | 260 | 13:40 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 3 |
| 24 | Andrew Peters | LW | 6-4 | 247 | 26 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 125 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 | 219 | 3:46 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | Michael Funk | D | 6-4 | 199 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 17 | 3:26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Patrick Kaleta | RW | 5-11 | 198 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 48 | 6:49 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Ryan Miller | G | 6-2 | 170 | 26 | 63 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3692 | 58:36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | Tim Connolly | C | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 26 | 13:07 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Mark Mancari | RW | 6-3 | 225 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 19 | 6:12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | Martin Biron | G | 6-3 | 180 | 29 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1066 | 56:08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | Mike Card | D | 6-1 | 201 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4:34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 32 | Ty Conklin | G | 6-0 | 184 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 227 | 45:28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | Andrej Sekera | D | 6-0 | 197 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7:31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 82 | 298 | 534 | 832 | 299 | 1182 | 219 | 71 | 8 | 43 | 2417 | 12.3 | 1475 | 351 | 1097 | 273 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Miller | G | 6-2 | 170 | 26 | 63 | 3692 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 168 | 2.73 | 1886 | 1718 | .911 | 2 |
| 2 | Martin Biron | G | 6-3 | 180 | 29 | 19 | 1066 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 54 | 3.04 | 533 | 479 | .899 | 0 |
| 3 | Ty Conklin | G | 6-0 | 184 | 30 | 5 | 227 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3.44 | 120 | 107 | .892 | 0 |
| Team Total | 82 | 4985 | 53 | 22 | 7 | 235 | 2.83 | 2539 | 2304 | .907 | 2 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Briere | C | 5-10 | 179 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 6.1 | 334 | 20:53 |
| 2 | Chris Drury | C | 5-10 | 190 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 18.6 | 332 | 20:45 |
| 3 | Thomas Vanek | LW | 6-2 | 208 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 16.7 | 263 | 16:27 |
| 4 | Jason Pominville | RW | 6-0 | 186 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 10.0 | 286 | 17:54 |
| 5 | Maxim Afinogenov | RW | 6-0 | 191 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 13.9 | 231 | 15:24 |
| 6 | Tim Connolly | C | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 | 271 | 16:56 |
| 7 | Dainius Zubrus | C/RW | 6-5 | 225 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 | 280 | 18:38 |
| 8 | Brian Campbell | D | 6-0 | 188 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10.3 | 346 | 21:39 |
| 9 | Derek Roy | C | 5-9 | 188 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 | 289 | 18:03 |
| 10 | Jochen Hecht | LW | 6-1 | 199 | 29 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 8.9 | 283 | 17:41 |
| 11 | Dmitri Kalinin | D | 6-3 | 210 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 | 291 | 18:11 |
| 12 | Adam Mair | C | 6-1 | 208 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 121 | 7:33 |
| 13 | Ales Kotalik | RW | 6-1 | 227 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5.9 | 200 | 12:29 |
| 14 | Toni Lydman | D | 6-1 | 210 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.3 | 379 | 23:41 |
| 15 | Drew Stafford | RW | 6-2 | 216 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 | 119 | 11:52 |
| 16 | Teppo Numminen | D | 6-2 | 198 | 38 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | 313 | 19:33 |
| 17 | Henrik Tallinder | D | 6-3 | 214 | 28 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | 379 | 23:40 |
| 18 | Paul Gaustad | C | 6-5 | 225 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 77 | 10:60 |
| 19 | Ryan Miller | G | 6-2 | 170 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1029 | 64:19 | |
| 20 | Daniel Paille | LW | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 4:52 |
| 21 | Jaroslav Spacek | D | 5-11 | 204 | 32 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 | 234 | 14:39 |
| Team Total | 16 | 44 | 78 | 122 | 42 | 162 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 478 | 9.2 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Miller | G | 6-2 | 170 | 26 | 16 | 1029 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 2.22 | 489 | 451 | .922 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 16 | 1029 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 2.22 | 489 | 451 | .922 | 0 |