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39-31-12 (90 points), Finished 4th in NHL Northeast Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 255 goals, Allowed 242 goals, SRS: 0.05 (15th of 30)
Coached by Lindy Ruff (39-31-12)
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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 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 90 | .549 | 255 | 242 | 0.05 | 6.06 | 66 | 366 | 18.03 | 56 | 333 | 83.18 | 9 | 8 |
| League Average | 82 | 41 | 32 | 9 | 91 | .555 | 228 | 228 | 0.00 | 5.57 | 62 | 351 | 17.75 | 62 | 351 | 82.25 | 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 | Derek Roy | C | 5-9 | 188 | 24 | 78 | 32 | 49 | 81 | 13 | 46 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 218 | 14.7 | 1636 | 20:58 | 119 | 39 | 84 | 17 |
| 2 | Jason Pominville | RW | 6-0 | 186 | 25 | 82 | 27 | 53 | 80 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 232 | 11.6 | 1637 | 19:58 | 102 | 37 | 73 | 24 |
| 3 | Thomas Vanek | LW | 6-2 | 208 | 24 | 82 | 36 | 28 | 64 | -5 | 64 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 240 | 15.0 | 1382 | 16:51 | 94 | 37 | 62 | 0 |
| 4 | Jochen Hecht | LW | 6-1 | 199 | 30 | 75 | 22 | 27 | 49 | 1 | 38 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 229 | 9.6 | 1449 | 19:19 | 67 | 13 | 78 | 25 |
| 5 | Ales Kotalik | RW | 6-1 | 227 | 29 | 79 | 23 | 20 | 43 | -5 | 58 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 207 | 11.1 | 1212 | 15:21 | 64 | 36 | 34 | 1 |
| 6 | Brian Campbell | D | 6-0 | 188 | 28 | 63 | 5 | 38 | 43 | -1 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 4.9 | 1582 | 25:06 | 92 | 28 | 79 | 14 |
| 7 | Tim Connolly | C | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | 48 | 7 | 33 | 40 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 111 | 6.3 | 896 | 18:41 | 66 | 31 | 42 | 11 |
| 8 | Drew Stafford | RW | 6-2 | 216 | 22 | 64 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 3 | 51 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 103 | 15.5 | 866 | 13:32 | 44 | 5 | 36 | 0 |
| 9 | Paul Gaustad | C | 6-5 | 225 | 25 | 82 | 10 | 26 | 36 | -4 | 85 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 136 | 7.4 | 1407 | 17:10 | 61 | 24 | 52 | 11 |
| 10 | Daniel Paille | LW | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | 77 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 110 | 17.3 | 1022 | 13:16 | 41 | 0 | 43 | 11 |
| 11 | Jaroslav Spacek | D | 5-11 | 204 | 33 | 60 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 7 | 42 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 95 | 9.5 | 1379 | 22:59 | 94 | 34 | 65 | 12 |
| 12 | Maxim Afinogenov | RW | 6-0 | 191 | 28 | 56 | 10 | 18 | 28 | -16 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 114 | 8.8 | 899 | 16:03 | 42 | 13 | 45 | 0 |
| 13 | Toni Lydman | D | 6-1 | 210 | 30 | 82 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 1 | 74 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 4.7 | 1776 | 21:40 | 71 | 6 | 99 | 35 |
| 14 | Henrik Tallinder | D | 6-3 | 214 | 29 | 71 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 1.4 | 1494 | 21:02 | 57 | 1 | 80 | 29 |
| 15 | Adam Mair | C | 6-1 | 208 | 28 | 72 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -2 | 66 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 8.1 | 638 | 8:52 | 23 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
| 16 | Clarke MacArthur | LW | 5-11 | 191 | 22 | 37 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 15.7 | 539 | 14:34 | 28 | 3 | 22 | 0 |
| 17 | Steve Bernier | RW | 6-2 | 225 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 8.6 | 240 | 14:06 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| 18 | Nathan Paetsch | D | 6-1 | 198 | 24 | 59 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 4.1 | 804 | 13:38 | 37 | 5 | 30 | 1 |
| 19 | Michael Ryan | C | 6-1 | 188 | 27 | 46 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 6.7 | 455 | 9:53 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 2 |
| 20 | Andrej Sekera | D | 6-0 | 197 | 21 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 7.1 | 726 | 19:37 | 36 | 4 | 34 | 7 |
| 21 | Dmitri Kalinin | D | 6-3 | 210 | 27 | 46 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -7 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1.7 | 798 | 17:20 | 25 | 6 | 33 | 7 |
| 22 | Nolan Pratt | D | 6-3 | 207 | 32 | 55 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 | 744 | 13:31 | 22 | 0 | 26 | 5 |
| 23 | Patrick Kaleta | RW | 5-11 | 198 | 21 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 11.5 | 253 | 6:19 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 24 | Mike Weber | D | 6-2 | 211 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | 267 | 16:41 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 25 | Andrew Peters | LW | 6-4 | 247 | 27 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 | 138 | 3:09 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | Ryan Miller | G | 6-2 | 170 | 27 | 76 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4475 | 58:53 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | Michael Funk | D | 6-4 | 199 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 46 | 11:37 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | Marc-Andre Gragnani | D | 6-1 | 180 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 13 | 6:18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | Teppo Numminen | D | 6-2 | 198 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 16 | 16:03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Jocelyn Thibault | G | 5-11 | 169 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 507 | 42:15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 82 | 251 | 454 | 705 | 32 | 990 | 176 | 66 | 9 | 35 | 2478 | 10.1 | 1241 | 328 | 1096 | 215 |
| 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 | 27 | 76 | 4474 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 197 | 2.64 | 2104 | 1907 | .906 | 3 |
| 2 | Jocelyn Thibault | G | 5-11 | 169 | 33 | 12 | 507 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 3.31 | 214 | 186 | .869 | 2 |
| Team Total | 82 | 4981 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 225 | 2.71 | 2318 | 2093 | .903 | 5 |