1996-97 Buffalo Sabres Roster and Statistics

Record: 40-30-12 (92 points), Finished 1st in NHL Northeast Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Ted Nolan (40-30-12)

Goals For: 237 (13th of 26), Goals Against: 208 (6th of 26)
SRS: 0.31 (7th of 26), SOS: -0.04 (25th of 26)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Semi-Finals (4-1) to Philadelphia Flyers
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-3) over Ottawa Senators

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +4000

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Recent Game Results

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Buffalo Sabres	82	40	30	12	92	.561	237	208	0.31	-0.04	2.89	2.54	43	326	13.19	59	364	83.79	16	4	2090	11.3	2728	.924		5
League Average	82	35	35	11	82	.500	239	239					55	336	16.27	55	336	83.73	10	10	2444	9.8	2444	.902		5

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Buffalo Sabres
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
28	Donald Audette	ca CA	RW	27	5-8	190	R/-	6	September 23, 1969
36	Matthew Barnaby	ca CA	RW	23	6-0	189	L/-	4	May 4, 1973
6-46	Bob Boughner	ca CA	D	25	6-0	203	R/-	1	March 8, 1971
37	Curtis Brown	ca CA	C	20	6-0	200	L/-	2	February 12, 1976
12	Randy Burridge	ca CA	LW	31	5-9	188	L/-	11	January 7, 1966
17-43	Jason Dawe	ca CA	RW	23	5-10	189	L/-	3	May 29, 1973
3	Garry Galley	ca CA	D	33	6-0	202	L/-	12	April 16, 1963
18	Michal Grošek	cs CS	LW	21	6-2	207	R/-	3	June 1, 1975
39	Dominik Hašek	cs CS	G	32	6-1	166	-/L	6	January 29, 1965
19	Brian Holzinger	us US	C	24	5-11	186	R/-	2	October 10, 1972
22	Charlie Huddy	ca CA	D	37	6-0	210	L/-	16	June 2, 1959
16	Pat LaFontaine (C)	us US	C	31	5-10	182	R/-	13	February 22, 1965
10	Brad May	ca CA	LW	25	6-1	213	L/-	5	November 29, 1971
74	Jay McKee	ca CA	D	19	6-4	203	L/-	1	September 8, 1977
38	Barrie Moore	ca CA	LW	21	5-11	198	L/-	1	May 22, 1975
40	Rumun Ndur	ng NG	D	21	6-2	222	L/-	R	July 7, 1975
27	Michael Peca	ca CA	C	22	5-11	181	R/-	3	March 26, 1974
26	Derek Plante	us US	C	26	5-11	181	L/-	3	January 17, 1971
76	Wayne Primeau	ca CA	C	20	6-4	225	L/-	2	June 4, 1976
32	Rob Ray	ca CA	LW	28	6-0	217	L/-	7	June 8, 1968
5	Ed Ronan	us US	RW	28	6-0	197	R/-	5	March 21, 1968
81	Miroslav Šatan	cs CS	LW	22	6-3	191	L/-	1	October 22, 1974
93	Anatoli Semenov	su SU	C	34	6-2	190	L/-	6	March 5, 1962
8	Darryl Shannon	ca CA	D	28	6-2	208	L/-	8	June 21, 1968
31	Steve Shields	ca CA	G	24	6-3	215	-/L	1	July 19, 1972
42	Richard Šmehlík	cs CS	D	27	6-4	222	L/-	3	January 23, 1970
30	Andrei Trefilov	su SU	G	27	6-0	190	-/L	4	August 31, 1969
25	Václav Varaďa	cs CS	LW	20	6-0	208	L/-	1	April 26, 1976
15	Dixon Ward	ca CA	RW	28	6-0	200	R/-	4	September 23, 1968
4	Mike Wilson	ca CA	D	21	6-6	229	L/-	1	February 26, 1975
44	Alexei Zhitnik	su SU	D	24	5-11	225	L/-	4	October 10, 1972

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Derek Plante	26	C	82	27	26	53	14	24	22	5	0	6	20	5	1	191	14.1			4.3	1.3	5.6
2	Brian Holzinger	24	C	81	22	29	51	9	54	18	2	2	6	23	5	1	142	15.5			3.7	1.1	4.8
3	Donald Audette	27	RW	73	28	22	50	-6	48	20	8	0	5	16	6	0	182	15.4			4.5	0.5	5.0
4	Michael Peca	22	C	79	20	29	49	26	80	9	5	6	4	22	4	3	137	14.6			3.4	1.7	5.1
5	Jason Dawe	23	RW	81	22	26	48	14	32	17	4	1	3	17	8	1	136	16.2			3.4	1.3	4.7
6	Dixon Ward	28	RW	79	13	32	45	17	36	10	1	2	4	27	3	2	93	14.0			2.4	1.4	3.8
7	Matthew Barnaby	23	RW	68	19	24	43	16	249	17	2	0	1	22	2	0	121	15.7			3.2	1.2	4.4
8	Garry Galley	33	D	71	4	34	38	10	102	2	1	1	1	21	13	0	84	4.8			2.5	3.9	6.4
9	Michal Grošek	21	LW	82	15	21	36	25	71	14	1	0	2	17	4	0	117	12.8			1.6	1.7	3.3
10	Alexei Zhitnik	24	D	80	7	28	35	10	95	3	3	1	0	15	11	2	170	4.1			2.4	4.3	6.7
11	Randy Burridge	31	LW	55	10	21	31	17	20	6	1	3	0	16	4	1	85	11.8			1.7	1.1	2.9
12	Richard Šmehlík	27	D	62	11	19	30	19	43	9	2	0	1	15	4	0	100	11.0			2.6	4.1	6.7
13	Darryl Shannon	28	D	82	4	19	23	23	112	3	1	0	1	16	2	1	94	4.3			0.9	5.3	6.2
14	Mike Wilson	21	D	77	2	9	11	13	51	2	0	0	1	9	0	0	57	3.5			-0.3	4.4	4.1
15	Miroslav Šatan	22	LW	12	8	2	10	1	4	6	2	0	1	2	0	0	29	27.6			1.2	0.2	1.4
16	Rob Ray	28	LW	82	7	3	10	3	286	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	45	15.6			-1.6	0.9	-0.7
17	Jay McKee	19	D	43	1	9	10	3	35	1	0	0	0	6	3	0	29	3.4			0.2	2.1	2.3
18	Pat LaFontaine*	31	C	13	2	6	8	-8	4	1	1	0	0	1	5	0	38	5.3			0.4	-0.1	0.3
19	Barrie Moore	21	LW	31	2	6	8	1	18	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	42	4.8			-0.3	0.3	0.1
20	Bob Boughner	25	D	77	1	7	8	12	225	1	0	0	0	6	0	1	34	2.9			-0.7	4.3	3.6
21	Curtis Brown	20	C	28	4	3	7	4	18	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	31	12.9			-0.1	0.4	0.4
22	Brad May	25	LW	42	3	4	7	-8	106	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	75	4.0			-0.7	0.1	-0.6
23	Wayne Primeau	20	C	45	2	4	6	-2	64	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	25	8.0			-1.0	0.4	-0.6
24	Anatoli Semenov	34	C	25	2	4	6	-3	2	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	21	9.5			-0.2	0.1	-0.1
25	Ed Ronan	28	RW	18	1	4	5	4	11	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	10	10.0			-0.1	0.3	0.2
26	Dominik Hašek*	32	G	67	0	3	3	0	30	0	0	0	0				0		4037	60:15	0.0	0.0	17.2
27	Charlie Huddy	37	D	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
28	Rumun Ndur	21	D	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.2	0.1
29	Steve Shields	24	G	13	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0				0		789	60:43	0.0	0.0	2.8
30	Andrei Trefilov	27	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		159	52:53	0.0	0.0	0.5
31	Václav Varaďa	20	LW	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0			-0.2	0.1	-0.1
	Team Total			82	237	394	631	214	1828	178	43	16	40	297	81	13	2090	11.3			33.2	42.8	96.5

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Dominik Hašek*	32	67		37	20	10	153	2177	2024	.930	2.27	5	4037				74	54.4	2.42	17.2
2	Steve Shields	24	13		3	8	2	39	447	408	.913	2.96	0	789				92	3.6	3.19	2.8
3	Andrei Trefilov	27	3		0	2	0	10	98	88	.898	3.78	0	159						4.16	0.5
	Team Total				40	30	12	202	2722	2520	.926	2.43	5	4985				78	57.3	2.60	20.4