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Record: 39-31-12 (90 points), Finished 4th in NHL Northeast Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Lindy Ruff (39-31-12)
Goals For: 255 (4th of 30), Goals Against: 242 (22nd of 30)
SRS: 0.05 (16th of 30), SOS: -0.11 (19th of 30)
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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 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 90 | .549 | 255 | 242 | 0.05 | -0.11 | 6.06 | 66 | 366 | 18.03 | 56 | 333 | 83.18 | 9 | 8 |
| League Average | 82 | 41 | 32 | 9 | 91 | .555 | 228 | 228 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.57 | 62 | 351 | 17.75 | 62 | 351 | 82.25 | 8 | 8 |
| No. | Player | Pos | Age | Ht | Wt | S/C | Exp | Birth Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Maxim Afinogenov | RW | 28 | 6-0 | 190 | L/- | 7 | September 4, 1979 | 10 G, 18 A, 28 P |
| 56 | Steve Bernier | RW | 22 | 6-3 | 220 | R/- | 2 | March 31, 1985 | 3 G, 6 A, 9 P |
| 51 | Brian Campbell | D | 28 | 5-10 | 190 | L/- | 7 | May 23, 1979 | 5 G, 38 A, 43 P |
| 19 | Tim Connolly | C | 26 | 6-1 | 190 | R/- | 6 | May 7, 1981 | 7 G, 33 A, 40 P |
| 3 | Michael Funk | D | 21 | 6-4 | 199 | L/- | 1 | August 15, 1986 | 0 G, 0 A, 0 P |
| 28 | Paul Gaustad | C | 25 | 6-5 | 220 | L/- | 3 | February 3, 1982 | 10 G, 26 A, 36 P |
| 17 | Marc-Andre Gragnani | LW | 20 | 6-2 | 201 | L/- | R | March 11, 1987 | 0 G, 0 A, 0 P |
| 55 | Jochen Hecht | C | 30 | 6-1 | 198 | L/- | 8 | June 21, 1977 | 22 G, 27 A, 49 P |
| 36 | Patrick Kaleta | RW | 21 | 6-1 | 206 | R/- | 1 | June 8, 1986 | 3 G, 2 A, 5 P |
| 45 | Dmitri Kalinin | D | 27 | 6-3 | 210 | L/- | 7 | July 22, 1980 | 1 G, 7 A, 8 P |
| 12 | Ales Kotalik | RW | 29 | 6-1 | 225 | R/- | 5 | December 23, 1978 | 23 G, 20 A, 43 P |
| 5 | Toni Lydman | D | 30 | 6-1 | 208 | L/- | 6 | September 25, 1977 | 4 G, 22 A, 26 P |
| 41 | Clarke MacArthur | LW | 22 | 6-0 | 191 | L/- | 1 | April 6, 1985 | 8 G, 7 A, 15 P |
| 22 | Adam Mair | C | 28 | 6-1 | 208 | R/- | 7 | February 15, 1979 | 5 G, 12 A, 17 P |
| 30 | Ryan Miller | G | 27 | 6-2 | 175 | -/L | 4 | July 17, 1980 | 36-27-10, 2.64 GAA |
| 27 | Teppo Numminen | D | 39 | 6-2 | 198 | R/- | 18 | July 3, 1968 | 0 G, 0 A, 0 P |
| 38 | Nathan Paetsch | D | 24 | 6-0 | 195 | L/- | 2 | March 30, 1983 | 2 G, 7 A, 9 P |
| 20 | Daniel Paille | LW | 23 | 6-0 | 200 | L/- | 2 | April 15, 1984 | 19 G, 16 A, 35 P |
| 76 | Andrew Peters | LW | 27 | 6-4 | 240 | L/- | 3 | May 5, 1980 | 1 G, 1 A, 2 P |
| 29 | Jason Pominville | RW | 25 | 6-0 | 185 | R/- | 3 | November 30, 1982 | 27 G, 53 A, 80 P |
| 4 | Nolan Pratt | D | 32 | 6-3 | 207 | L/- | 10 | August 14, 1975 | 1 G, 6 A, 7 P |
| 9 | Derek Roy | C | 24 | 5-9 | 184 | L/- | 3 | May 4, 1983 | 32 G, 49 A, 81 P |
| 37 | Michael Ryan | C | 27 | 6-1 | 188 | L/- | 1 | May 16, 1980 | 4 G, 4 A, 8 P |
| 44 | Andrej Sekera | D | 21 | 6-0 | 201 | L/- | 1 | June 8, 1986 | 2 G, 6 A, 8 P |
| 6 | Jaroslav Spacek | D | 33 | 6-0 | 210 | L/- | 8 | February 11, 1974 | 9 G, 23 A, 32 P |
| 21 | Drew Stafford | RW | 22 | 6-2 | 214 | R/- | 1 | October 30, 1985 | 16 G, 22 A, 38 P |
| 10 | Henrik Tallinder | D | 29 | 6-4 | 210 | L/- | 5 | January 10, 1979 | 1 G, 17 A, 18 P |
| 35 | Jocelyn Thibault | G | 33 | 5-11 | 169 | -/L | 13 | January 12, 1975 | 3-4-2, 3.31 GAA |
| 26 | Thomas Vanek | LW | 24 | 6-2 | 205 | R/- | 2 | January 19, 1984 | 36 G, 28 A, 64 P |
| 34 | Mike Weber | D | 20 | 6-2 | 211 | L/- | R | December 16, 1987 | 0 G, 3 A, 3 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 | Derek Roy | C | 24 | 78 | 32 | 49 | 81 | 30 | 13 | 46 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 17 | 218 | 14.7 | 1636 | 20:58 | 7.4 | 2.1 | 9.5 |
| 2 | Jason Pominville | RW | 25 | 82 | 27 | 53 | 80 | 28 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 25 | 232 | 11.6 | 1637 | 19:58 | 6.7 | 2.2 | 8.9 |
| 3 | Thomas Vanek | LW | 24 | 82 | 36 | 28 | 64 | 26 | -5 | 64 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 240 | 15.0 | 1382 | 16:51 | 6.7 | 1.1 | 7.8 |
| 4 | Jochen Hecht | C | 30 | 75 | 22 | 27 | 49 | 19 | 1 | 38 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 229 | 9.6 | 1449 | 19:19 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 4.8 |
| 5 | Ales Kotalik | RW | 29 | 79 | 23 | 20 | 43 | 17 | -5 | 58 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 207 | 11.1 | 1212 | 15:21 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 4.5 |
| 6 | Brian Campbell | D | 28 | 63 | 5 | 38 | 43 | 13 | -1 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 102 | 4.9 | 1582 | 25:06 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 6.0 |
| 7 | Tim Connolly | C | 26 | 48 | 7 | 33 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 111 | 6.3 | 896 | 18:41 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 3.4 |
| 8 | Drew Stafford | RW | 22 | 64 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 14 | 3 | 51 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 103 | 15.5 | 866 | 13:32 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 4.2 |
| 9 | Paul Gaustad | C | 25 | 82 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 12 | -4 | 85 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 136 | 7.4 | 1407 | 17:10 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| 10 | Daniel Paille | LW | 23 | 77 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 17.3 | 1022 | 13:16 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 4.2 |
| 11 | Jaroslav Spacek | D | 33 | 60 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 42 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 95 | 9.5 | 1379 | 22:59 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 5.8 |
| 12 | Maxim Afinogenov | RW | 28 | 56 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 10 | -16 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 114 | 8.8 | 899 | 16:03 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 1.6 |
| 13 | Toni Lydman | D | 30 | 82 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 74 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 4.7 | 1776 | 21:40 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 4.3 |
| 14 | Henrik Tallinder | D | 29 | 71 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 70 | 1.4 | 1494 | 21:02 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
| 15 | Adam Mair | C | 28 | 72 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | -2 | 66 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 8.1 | 638 | 8:52 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 16 | Clarke MacArthur | LW | 22 | 37 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 15.7 | 539 | 14:34 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.5 |
| 17 | Steve Bernier | RW | 22 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 8.6 | 240 | 14:06 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| 18 | Nathan Paetsch | D | 24 | 59 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 4.1 | 804 | 13:38 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| 19 | Michael Ryan | C | 27 | 46 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | -4 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 6.7 | 455 | 9:53 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| 20 | Andrej Sekera | D | 21 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 7.1 | 726 | 19:37 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 21 | Dmitri Kalinin | D | 27 | 46 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | -7 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 1.7 | 798 | 17:20 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| 22 | Nolan Pratt | D | 32 | 55 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 | 744 | 13:31 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 23 | Patrick Kaleta | RW | 21 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 11.5 | 253 | 6:19 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| 24 | Mike Weber | D | 20 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | 267 | 16:41 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 25 | Andrew Peters | LW | 27 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -4 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 | 138 | 3:09 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| 26 | Ryan Miller | G | 27 | 76 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4475 | 58:53 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.3 | ||||
| 27 | Michael Funk | D | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 46 | 11:37 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.2 |
| 28 | Marc-Andre Gragnani | LW | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 13 | 6:18 | 0.0 | -0.1 | -0.1 |
| 29 | Teppo Numminen | D | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 16 | 16:03 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Jocelyn Thibault | G | 33 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 507 | 42:15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | ||||
| Team Total | 82 | 251 | 454 | 705 | 32 | 990 | 176 | 66 | 9 | 35 | 2478 | 10.1 | 48.8 | 32.7 | 94.1 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Age | GP | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | GPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Miller | G | 27 | 76 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 197 | 2104 | 1907 | .906 | 2.64 | 3 | 4474 | 12.3 |
| 2 | Jocelyn Thibault | G | 33 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 214 | 186 | .869 | 3.31 | 2 | 507 | 0.3 |
| Team Total | 82 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 225 | 2318 | 2093 | .903 | 2.71 | 5 | 4981 | 12.6 |