1997-98 Buffalo Sabres Roster and Statistics

Record: 36-29-17 (89 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Northeast Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Lindy Ruff (36-29-17)

Captain: Donald Audette , Michael Peca

Goals For: 211 (17th of 26), Goals Against: 187 (3rd of 26)
SRS: 0.29 (9th of 26), SOS: 0.00 (14th of 26)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Finals (4-2) to Washington Capitals
Won Conference Semi-Finals (4-0) over Montreal Canadiens
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-1) over Philadelphia Flyers

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +1500

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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	36	29	17	89	.543	211	187	0.29	0.00	2.57	2.28	51	396	12.88	65	413	84.26	15	12	2172	9.7	2560	.927		13
League Average	82	35	35	13	82	.500	216	216					57	380	15.08	57	380	84.92	10	10	2242	9.6	2242	.904		6

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	Flag	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
28	Donald Audette (C)	ca	RW	28	5-8	190	R/-	7	September 23, 1969	24 G, 20 A, 44 P
36	Matthew Barnaby	ca	RW	24	6-0	189	L/-	5	May 4, 1973	5 G, 20 A, 25 P
6	Bob Boughner	ca	D	26	6-0	203	R/-	2	March 8, 1971	1 G, 3 A, 4 P
37	Curtis Brown	ca	C	21	6-0	200	L/-	3	February 12, 1976	12 G, 12 A, 24 P
12	Randy Burridge	ca	LW	32	5-9	188	L/-	12	January 7, 1966	4 G, 6 A, 10 P
17	Jason Dawe	ca	RW	24	5-10	189	L/-	4	May 29, 1973	19 G, 17 A, 36 P
18	Michal Grošek	cs	LW	22	6-2	207	R/-	4	June 1, 1975	10 G, 20 A, 30 P
39	Dominik Hašek	cs	G	33	6-1	166	-/L	7	January 29, 1965	33-23-13, 2.09 GAA
19	Brian Holzinger	us	C	25	5-11	186	R/-	3	October 10, 1972	14 G, 21 A, 35 P
21	Mike Hurlbut	us	D	31	6-2	206	L/-	2	October 7, 1966	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
24	Paul Kruse	ca	LW	27	6-1	215	L/-	7	March 15, 1970	1 G, 1 A, 2 P
10	Brad May	ca	LW	26	6-1	213	L/-	6	November 29, 1971	4 G, 7 A, 11 P
74	Jay McKee	ca	D	20	6-4	203	L/-	2	September 8, 1977	1 G, 13 A, 14 P
40	Rumun Ndur	ng	D	22	6-2	222	L/-	1	July 7, 1975	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
45	Scott Nichol	ca	C	23	5-8	179	R/-	1	December 31, 1974	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
27	Michael Peca (C)	ca	C	23	5-11	181	R/-	4	March 26, 1974	18 G, 22 A, 40 P
26	Derek Plante	us	C	27	5-11	181	L/-	4	January 17, 1971	13 G, 21 A, 34 P
22	Wayne Primeau	ca	C	21	6-4	225	L/-	3	June 4, 1976	6 G, 6 A, 12 P
9	Erik Rasmussen	us	C	20	6-1	215	L/-	R	March 28, 1977	2 G, 3 A, 5 P
32	Rob Ray	ca	RW	29	6-0	217	L/-	8	June 8, 1968	2 G, 4 A, 6 P
80	Geoff Sanderson	ca	LW	25	6-0	190	L/-	7	February 1, 1972	4 G, 5 A, 9 P
81	Miroslav Šatan	cs	LW	23	6-3	191	L/-	2	October 22, 1974	22 G, 24 A, 46 P
8	Darryl Shannon	ca	D	29	6-2	208	L/-	9	June 21, 1968	3 G, 19 A, 22 P
31	Steve Shields	ca	G	25	6-3	215	-/L	2	July 19, 1972	3-6-4, 2.83 GAA
42	Richard Šmehlík	cs	D	28	6-4	222	L/-	4	January 23, 1970	3 G, 17 A, 20 P
25	Václav Varaďa	cs	RW	21	6-0	208	L/-	2	April 26, 1976	5 G, 6 A, 11 P
15	Dixon Ward	ca	RW	29	6-0	200	R/-	5	September 23, 1968	10 G, 13 A, 23 P
4	Mike Wilson	ca	D	22	6-6	229	L/-	2	February 26, 1975	4 G, 4 A, 8 P
5	Jason Woolley	ca	D	28	6-0	203	L/-	6	July 27, 1969	9 G, 26 A, 35 P
44	Alexei Zhitnik	su	D	25	5-11	225	L/-	5	October 10, 1972	15 G, 30 A, 45 P

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	Miroslav Šatan	23	LW	79	22	24	46	2	34	13	9	0	4	20	4	0	139	15.8			4.1	0.9	5.0
2	Alexei Zhitnik	25	D	78	15	30	45	19	102	10	2	3	3	13	15	2	191	7.9			4.6	5.0	9.6
3	Donald Audette	28	RW	75	24	20	44	10	59	14	10	0	5	16	4	0	198	12.1			4.3	1.2	5.4
4	Michael Peca	23	C	61	18	22	40	12	57	7	6	5	1	11	7	4	132	13.6			3.8	1.1	4.9
5	Jason Dawe	24	RW	68	19	17	36	10	36	14	4	1	3	11	6	0	115	16.5			3.2	1.1	4.3
6	Brian Holzinger	25	C	69	14	21	35	-2	36	8	4	2	1	11	7	3	116	12.1			2.5	0.7	3.2
7	Jason Woolley	28	D	71	9	26	35	8	35	6	3	0	2	8	18	0	129	7.0			3.1	3.8	6.9
8	Derek Plante	27	C	72	13	21	34	8	26	8	5	0	1	11	9	1	150	8.7			2.2	1.1	3.2
9	Michal Grošek	22	LW	67	10	20	30	9	60	8	2	0	1	16	4	0	114	8.8			1.6	1.1	2.7
10	Matthew Barnaby	24	RW	72	5	20	25	8	289	5	0	0	2	17	3	0	96	5.2			0.4	1.1	1.5
11	Curtis Brown	21	C	63	12	12	24	11	34	10	1	1	2	8	3	1	91	13.2			1.4	1.1	2.5
12	Dixon Ward	29	RW	71	10	13	23	9	42	8	0	2	3	11	1	1	99	10.1			0.8	1.1	1.8
13	Darryl Shannon	29	D	76	3	19	22	26	56	2	1	0	1	16	3	0	85	3.5			1.0	5.5	6.5
14	Richard Šmehlík	28	D	72	3	17	20	11	62	2	0	1	0	11	4	2	90	3.3			0.9	4.1	5.0
15	Jay McKee	20	D	56	1	13	14	-1	42	1	0	0	0	5	6	2	55	1.8			0.4	2.5	2.8
16	Wayne Primeau	21	C	69	6	6	12	9	87	4	2	0	1	5	1	0	51	11.8			-0.7	1.1	0.3
17	Václav Varaďa	21	RW	27	5	6	11	0	15	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	27	18.5			0.6	0.3	0.9
18	Brad May	26	LW	36	4	7	11	2	113	4	0	0	0	7	0	0	41	9.8			0.2	0.5	0.7
19	Randy Burridge	32	LW	30	4	6	10	0	0	3	1	0	1	5	0	1	40	10.0			0.3	0.3	0.6
20	Geoff Sanderson	25	LW	26	4	5	9	6	20	4	0	0	2	3	2	0	72	5.6			0.4	0.5	0.9
21	Mike Wilson	22	D	66	4	4	8	13	48	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	52	7.7			-0.1	4.0	3.9
22	Rob Ray	29	RW	63	2	4	6	2	234	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	19	10.5			-1.6	0.7	-0.8
23	Erik Rasmussen	20	C	21	2	3	5	2	14	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	28	7.1			-0.1	0.3	0.2
24	Bob Boughner	26	D	69	1	3	4	5	165	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	26	3.8			-0.9	3.5	2.6
25	Paul Kruse	27	LW	12	1	1	2	1	49	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	12.5			-0.1	0.2	0.0
26	Dominik Hašek*	33	G	72	0	2	2	0	12	0	0	0	0				0		4220	58:36	0.0	0.0	18.6
27	Mike Hurlbut	31	D	3	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0			-0.1	0.1	0.0
28	Rumun Ndur	22	D	1	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	-0.1
29	Scott Nichol	23	C	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0			-0.1	0.0	-0.1
30	Steve Shields	25	G	16	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0				0		785	49:03	0.0	0.0	2.6
	Team Total			82	211	342	553	178	1752	145	51	15	36	226	97	17	2172	9.7			31.9	42.6	95.7

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*	33	72		33	23	13	147	2149	2002	.932	2.09	13	4220				73	54.5	2.46	18.6
2	Steve Shields	25	16		3	6	4	37	408	371	.909	2.83	0	785				97	1.3	3.36	2.6
	Team Total				36	29	17	184	2557	2373	.928	2.21	13	5005				77	55.7	2.60	21.2