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Record: 53-22-7 (113 points), Finished 1st in NHL Northeast Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Lindy Ruff (53-22-7)
Goals For: 308 (1st of 30), Goals Against: 242 (13th of 30)
SRS: 0.64 (6th of 30), SOS: -0.16 (28th of 30)
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 | SOS | TG/G | PP | PPO | PP% | PPA | PPOA | PK% | SH | SHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 53 | 22 | 7 | 113 | .689 | 308 | 242 | 0.64 | -0.16 | 6.71 | 71 | 407 | 17.44 | 72 | 386 | 81.35 | 8 | 13 |
| League Average | 82 | 41 | 32 | 9 | 91 | .557 | 242 | 242 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.89 | 70 | 398 | 17.58 | 70 | 398 | 82.42 | 9 | 9 |
| No. | Player | Pos | Age | Ht | Wt | S/C | Exp | Birth Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Maxim Afinogenov | RW | 27 | 6-0 | 190 | L/- | 6 | September 4, 1979 | 23 G, 38 A, 61 P |
| 43 | Martin Biron | G | 29 | 6-2 | 173 | -/L | 8 | August 15, 1977 | 12-4-1, 3.04 GAA |
| 48 | Danny Briere | C | 29 | 5-10 | 179 | R/- | 8 | October 6, 1977 | 32 G, 63 A, 95 P |
| 51 | Brian Campbell | D | 27 | 5-10 | 190 | L/- | 6 | May 23, 1979 | 6 G, 42 A, 48 P |
| 33 | Mike Card | D | 20 | 6-1 | 201 | R/- | R | February 18, 1986 | 0 G, 0 A, 0 P |
| 35 | Ty Conklin | G | 30 | 6-1 | 185 | -/L | 3 | March 30, 1976 | 1-2-0, 3.44 GAA |
| 19 | Tim Connolly | C | 25 | 6-1 | 190 | R/- | 5 | May 7, 1981 | 1 G, 0 A, 1 P |
| 23 | Chris Drury | C | 30 | 5-10 | 191 | R/- | 7 | August 20, 1976 | 37 G, 32 A, 69 P |
| 3 | Michael Funk | D | 20 | 6-4 | 199 | L/- | R | August 15, 1986 | 0 G, 2 A, 2 P |
| 28 | Paul Gaustad | C | 24 | 6-5 | 220 | L/- | 2 | February 3, 1982 | 9 G, 13 A, 22 P |
| 55 | Jochen Hecht | C | 29 | 6-1 | 198 | L/- | 7 | June 21, 1977 | 19 G, 37 A, 56 P |
| 36 | Patrick Kaleta | RW | 20 | 6-1 | 206 | R/- | R | June 8, 1986 | 0 G, 2 A, 2 P |
| 45 | Dmitri Kalinin | D | 26 | 6-3 | 210 | L/- | 6 | July 22, 1980 | 7 G, 22 A, 29 P |
| 12 | Ales Kotalik | RW | 28 | 6-1 | 225 | R/- | 4 | December 23, 1978 | 16 G, 22 A, 38 P |
| 5 | Toni Lydman | D | 29 | 6-1 | 208 | L/- | 5 | September 25, 1977 | 2 G, 17 A, 19 P |
| 41 | Clarke MacArthur | LW | 21 | 6-0 | 191 | L/- | R | April 6, 1985 | 3 G, 4 A, 7 P |
| 22 | Adam Mair | C | 27 | 6-1 | 208 | R/- | 6 | February 15, 1979 | 2 G, 9 A, 11 P |
| 25 | Mark Mancari | RW | 21 | 6-3 | 225 | R/- | R | July 11, 1985 | 0 G, 1 A, 1 P |
| 30 | Ryan Miller | G | 26 | 6-2 | 175 | -/L | 3 | July 17, 1980 | 40-16-6, 2.73 GAA |
| 13 | Jiri Novotny | C | 23 | 6-3 | 204 | R/- | 1 | August 12, 1983 | 6 G, 7 A, 13 P |
| 27 | Teppo Numminen | D | 38 | 6-2 | 198 | R/- | 17 | July 3, 1968 | 2 G, 27 A, 29 P |
| 38 | Nathan Paetsch | D | 23 | 6-0 | 195 | L/- | 1 | March 30, 1983 | 2 G, 22 A, 24 P |
| 20 | Daniel Paille | LW | 22 | 6-0 | 200 | L/- | 1 | April 15, 1984 | 3 G, 8 A, 11 P |
| 76 | Andrew Peters | LW | 26 | 6-4 | 240 | L/- | 2 | May 5, 1980 | 1 G, 1 A, 2 P |
| 29 | Jason Pominville | RW | 24 | 6-0 | 185 | R/- | 2 | November 30, 1982 | 34 G, 34 A, 68 P |
| 9 | Derek Roy | C | 23 | 5-9 | 184 | L/- | 2 | May 4, 1983 | 21 G, 42 A, 63 P |
| 37 | Michael Ryan | C | 26 | 6-1 | 188 | L/- | R | May 16, 1980 | 3 G, 2 A, 5 P |
| 44 | Andrej Sekera | D | 20 | 6-0 | 201 | L/- | R | June 8, 1986 | 0 G, 0 A, 0 P |
| 6 | Jaroslav Spacek | D | 32 | 6-0 | 210 | L/- | 7 | February 11, 1974 | 5 G, 16 A, 21 P |
| 21 | Drew Stafford | RW | 21 | 6-2 | 214 | R/- | R | October 30, 1985 | 13 G, 14 A, 27 P |
| 10 | Henrik Tallinder | D | 28 | 6-4 | 210 | L/- | 4 | January 10, 1979 | 4 G, 10 A, 14 P |
| 26 | Thomas Vanek | LW | 23 | 6-2 | 205 | R/- | 1 | January 19, 1984 | 43 G, 41 A, 84 P |
| 15 | Dainius Zubrus | RW | 28 | 6-5 | 225 | L/- | 9 | June 16, 1978 | 4 G, 4 A, 8 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 | 29 | 81 | 32 | 63 | 95 | 33 | 17 | 89 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 42 | 0 | 21 | 234 | 13.7 | 1564 | 19:19 | 8.4 | 1.6 | 10.0 |
| 2 | Thomas Vanek | LW | 23 | 82 | 43 | 41 | 84 | 33 | 47 | 40 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 7 | 237 | 18.1 | 1376 | 16:47 | 8.9 | 2.7 | 11.6 |
| 3 | Chris Drury | C | 30 | 77 | 37 | 32 | 69 | 28 | 1 | 30 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 199 | 18.6 | 1446 | 18:47 | 6.6 | 0.9 | 7.5 |
| 4 | Jason Pominville | RW | 24 | 82 | 34 | 34 | 68 | 27 | 25 | 30 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 11 | 212 | 16.0 | 1428 | 17:25 | 6.2 | 1.8 | 8.1 |
| 5 | Derek Roy | C | 23 | 75 | 21 | 42 | 63 | 22 | 37 | 60 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 8 | 130 | 16.2 | 1385 | 18:28 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 6.8 |
| 6 | Maxim Afinogenov | RW | 27 | 56 | 23 | 38 | 61 | 22 | 19 | 66 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 151 | 15.2 | 955 | 17:03 | 5.8 | 1.3 | 7.1 |
| 7 | Jochen Hecht | C | 29 | 76 | 19 | 37 | 56 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 197 | 9.6 | 1432 | 18:51 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 5.1 |
| 8 | Brian Campbell | D | 27 | 82 | 6 | 42 | 48 | 14 | 28 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 8 | 92 | 6.5 | 1794 | 21:53 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 7.6 |
| 9 | Ales Kotalik | RW | 28 | 66 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 14 | -5 | 46 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 162 | 9.9 | 958 | 14:31 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 3.1 |
| 10 | Dmitri Kalinin | D | 26 | 82 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 86 | 8.1 | 1600 | 19:31 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 5.0 |
| 11 | Teppo Numminen | D | 38 | 79 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 69 | 2.9 | 1643 | 20:48 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 4.4 |
| 12 | Drew Stafford | RW | 21 | 41 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 19.4 | 539 | 13:08 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| 13 | Nathan Paetsch | D | 23 | 63 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 62 | 3.2 | 961 | 15:15 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 3.4 |
| 14 | Paul Gaustad | C | 24 | 54 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 74 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 75 | 12.0 | 719 | 13:19 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.9 |
| 15 | Jaroslav Spacek | D | 32 | 65 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 20 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 78 | 6.4 | 1245 | 19:09 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 4.1 |
| 16 | Toni Lydman | D | 29 | 67 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 4.5 | 1380 | 20:36 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 2.8 |
| 17 | Henrik Tallinder | D | 28 | 47 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 11.8 | 993 | 21:07 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
| 18 | Jiri Novotny | C | 23 | 50 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 5 | -2 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 10.0 | 616 | 12:19 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| 19 | Daniel Paille | LW | 22 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 6.7 | 371 | 12:47 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
| 20 | Adam Mair | C | 27 | 82 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | -1 | 128 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 2.7 | 619 | 7:33 | -0.5 | 0.3 | -0.2 |
| 21 | Dainius Zubrus | RW | 28 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | -3 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 12.9 | 349 | 18:22 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| 22 | Clarke MacArthur | LW | 21 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18.8 | 169 | 8:54 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| 23 | Michael Ryan | C | 26 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | -8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 8.8 | 260 | 13:40 | 0.1 | -0.2 | -0.1 |
| 24 | Andrew Peters | LW | 26 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 125 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 | 219 | 3:46 | -0.3 | 0.1 | -0.2 |
| 25 | Michael Funk | D | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 17 | 3:26 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| 26 | Patrick Kaleta | RW | 20 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 48 | 6:49 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| 27 | Ryan Miller | G | 26 | 63 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3692 | 58:36 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.7 | ||||
| 28 | Tim Connolly | C | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 26 | 13:07 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| 29 | Mark Mancari | RW | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 19 | 6:12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Martin Biron | G | 29 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1066 | 56:08 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | ||||
| 31 | Mike Card | D | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4:34 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 32 | Ty Conklin | G | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 227 | 45:28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | ||||
| 33 | Andrej Sekera | D | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7:31 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Team Total | 82 | 298 | 534 | 832 | 299 | 1182 | 219 | 71 | 8 | 43 | 2417 | 12.3 | 61.5 | 35.8 | 113.4 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Age | GP | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | GPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Miller | G | 26 | 63 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 168 | 1886 | 1718 | .911 | 2.73 | 2 | 3692 | 12.7 |
| 2 | Martin Biron | G | 29 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 54 | 533 | 479 | .899 | 3.04 | 0 | 1066 | 2.9 |
| 3 | Ty Conklin | G | 30 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 120 | 107 | .892 | 3.44 | 0 | 227 | 0.6 |
| Team Total | 82 | 53 | 22 | 7 | 235 | 2539 | 2304 | .907 | 2.83 | 2 | 4985 | 16.1 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | SH | PP | S | S% | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danny Briere | C | 29 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 6.1 | 334 | 20:53 | |||
| 2 | Chris Drury | C | 30 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 18.6 | 332 | 20:45 | |||
| 3 | Thomas Vanek | LW | 23 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 16.7 | 263 | 16:27 | |||
| 4 | Jason Pominville | RW | 24 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 10.0 | 286 | 17:54 | |||
| 5 | Maxim Afinogenov | RW | 27 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 13.9 | 231 | 15:24 | |||
| 6 | Tim Connolly | C | 25 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 | 271 | 16:56 | |||
| 7 | Dainius Zubrus | RW | 28 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 | 280 | 18:38 | |||
| 8 | Brian Campbell | D | 27 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10.3 | 346 | 21:39 | |||
| 9 | Derek Roy | C | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 | 289 | 18:03 | |||
| 10 | Jochen Hecht | C | 29 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 8.9 | 283 | 17:41 | |||
| 11 | Dmitri Kalinin | D | 26 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 | 291 | 18:11 | |||
| 12 | Adam Mair | C | 27 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 121 | 7:33 | |||
| 13 | Ales Kotalik | RW | 28 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5.9 | 200 | 12:29 | |||
| 14 | Toni Lydman | D | 29 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.3 | 379 | 23:41 | |||
| 15 | Drew Stafford | RW | 21 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 | 119 | 11:52 | |||
| 16 | Teppo Numminen | D | 38 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | 313 | 19:33 | |||
| 17 | Henrik Tallinder | D | 28 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | -4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | 379 | 23:40 | |||
| 18 | Paul Gaustad | C | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 77 | 10:60 | |||
| 19 | Ryan Miller | G | 26 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1029 | 64:19 | ||||
| 20 | Daniel Paille | LW | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 4:52 | |||
| 21 | Jaroslav Spacek | D | 32 | 16 | 0 | 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 | Age | GP | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Miller | G | 26 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 489 | 451 | .922 | 2.22 | 0 | 1029 | |
| Team Total | 16 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 489 | 451 | .922 | 2.22 | 0 | 1029 |