1996-97 Buffalo Sabres Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts

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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%
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Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
28	Donald Audette	ca CA	RW	27	5-8	190	R/-	6	September 23, 1969	28 G, 22 A, 50 P
36	Matthew Barnaby	ca CA	RW	23	6-0	189	L/-	4	May 4, 1973	19 G, 24 A, 43 P
6-46	Bob Boughner	ca CA	D	25	6-0	203	R/-	1	March 8, 1971	1 G, 7 A, 8 P
37	Curtis Brown	ca CA	C	20	6-0	200	L/-	2	February 12, 1976	4 G, 3 A, 7 P
12	Randy Burridge	ca CA	LW	31	5-9	188	L/-	11	January 7, 1966	10 G, 21 A, 31 P
17-43	Jason Dawe	ca CA	RW	23	5-10	189	L/-	3	May 29, 1973	22 G, 26 A, 48 P
3	Garry Galley	ca CA	D	33	6-0	202	L/-	12	April 16, 1963	4 G, 34 A, 38 P
18	Michal Grošek	cs CS	LW	21	6-2	207	R/-	3	June 1, 1975	15 G, 21 A, 36 P
39	Dominik Hašek	cs CS	G	32	6-1	166	-/L	6	January 29, 1965	37-20-10, 2.27 GAA
19	Brian Holzinger	us US	C	24	5-11	186	R/-	2	October 10, 1972	22 G, 29 A, 51 P
22	Charlie Huddy	ca CA	D	37	6-0	210	L/-	16	June 2, 1959	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
16	Pat LaFontaine (C)	us US	C	31	5-10	182	R/-	13	February 22, 1965	2 G, 6 A, 8 P
10	Brad May	ca CA	LW	25	6-1	213	L/-	5	November 29, 1971	3 G, 4 A, 7 P
74	Jay McKee	ca CA	D	19	6-4	203	L/-	1	September 8, 1977	1 G, 9 A, 10 P
38	Barrie Moore	ca CA	LW	21	5-11	198	L/-	1	May 22, 1975	2 G, 6 A, 8 P
40	Rumun Ndur	ng NG	D	21	6-2	222	L/-	R	July 7, 1975	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
27	Michael Peca	ca CA	C	22	5-11	181	R/-	3	March 26, 1974	20 G, 29 A, 49 P
26	Derek Plante	us US	C	26	5-11	181	L/-	3	January 17, 1971	27 G, 26 A, 53 P
76	Wayne Primeau	ca CA	C	20	6-4	225	L/-	2	June 4, 1976	2 G, 4 A, 6 P
32	Rob Ray	ca CA	LW	28	6-0	217	L/-	7	June 8, 1968	7 G, 3 A, 10 P
5	Ed Ronan	us US	RW	28	6-0	197	R/-	5	March 21, 1968	1 G, 4 A, 5 P
81	Miroslav Šatan	cs CS	LW	22	6-3	191	L/-	1	October 22, 1974	8 G, 2 A, 10 P
93	Anatoli Semenov	su SU	C	34	6-2	190	L/-	6	March 5, 1962	2 G, 4 A, 6 P
8	Darryl Shannon	ca CA	D	28	6-2	208	L/-	8	June 21, 1968	4 G, 19 A, 23 P
31	Steve Shields	ca CA	G	24	6-3	215	-/L	1	July 19, 1972	3-8-2, 2.96 GAA
42	Richard Šmehlík	cs CS	D	27	6-4	222	L/-	3	January 23, 1970	11 G, 19 A, 30 P
30	Andrei Trefilov	su SU	G	27	6-0	190	-/L	4	August 31, 1969	0-2-0, 3.78 GAA
25	Václav Varaďa	cs CS	LW	20	6-0	208	L/-	1	April 26, 1976	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
15	Dixon Ward	ca CA	RW	28	6-0	200	R/-	4	September 23, 1968	13 G, 32 A, 45 P
4	Mike Wilson	ca CA	D	21	6-6	229	L/-	1	February 26, 1975	2 G, 9 A, 11 P
44	Alexei Zhitnik	su SU	D	24	5-11	225	L/-	4	October 10, 1972	7 G, 28 A, 35 P

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					Scoring					Goals				Assists			Shots		Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	EV	PP	SH	SOG	SPCT	TOI	ATOI	Awards
1	Derek Plante	26	C	82	27	26	53	14	24	22	5	0	6	20	5	1	191	14.1
2	Brian Holzinger	24	C	81	22	29	51	9	54	18	2	2	6	23	5	1	142	15.5
3	Donald Audette	27	RW	73	28	22	50	-6	48	20	8	0	5	16	6	0	182	15.4
4	Michael Peca	22	C	79	20	29	49	26	80	9	5	6	4	22	4	3	137	14.6			Selke-1
5	Jason Dawe	23	RW	81	22	26	48	14	32	17	4	1	3	17	8	1	136	16.2
6	Dixon Ward	28	RW	79	13	32	45	17	36	10	1	2	4	27	3	2	93	14.0
7	Matthew Barnaby	23	RW	68	19	24	43	16	249	17	2	0	1	22	2	0	121	15.7
8	Garry Galley	33	D	71	4	34	38	10	102	2	1	1	1	21	13	0	84	4.8			ASnhl-20
9	Michal Grošek	21	LW	82	15	21	36	25	71	14	1	0	2	17	4	0	117	12.8
10	Alexei Zhitnik	24	D	80	7	28	35	10	95	3	3	1	0	15	11	2	170	4.1
11	Randy Burridge	31	LW	55	10	21	31	17	20	6	1	3	0	16	4	1	85	11.8
12	Richard Šmehlík	27	D	62	11	19	30	19	43	9	2	0	1	15	4	0	100	11.0
13	Darryl Shannon	28	D	82	4	19	23	23	112	3	1	0	1	16	2	1	94	4.3
14	Mike Wilson	21	D	77	2	9	11	13	51	2	0	0	1	9	0	0	57	3.5
15	Jay McKee	19	D	43	1	9	10	3	35	1	0	0	0	6	3	0	29	3.4
16	Miroslav Šatan	22	LW	12	8	2	10	1	4	6	2	0	1	2	0	0	29	27.6
17	Rob Ray	28	LW	82	7	3	10	3	286	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	45	15.6
18	Pat LaFontaine	31	C	13	2	6	8	-8	4	1	1	0	0	1	5	0	38	5.3
19	Bob Boughner	25	D	77	1	7	8	12	225	1	0	0	0	6	0	1	34	2.9
20	Barrie Moore	21	LW	31	2	6	8	1	18	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	42	4.8
21	Curtis Brown	20	C	28	4	3	7	4	18	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	31	12.9
22	Brad May	25	LW	42	3	4	7	-8	106	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	75	4.0
23	Wayne Primeau	20	C	45	2	4	6	-2	64	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	25	8.0
24	Anatoli Semenov	34	C	25	2	4	6	-3	2	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	21	9.5
25	Ed Ronan	28	RW	18	1	4	5	4	11	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	10	10.0
26	Dominik Hašek	32	G	67	0	3	3	0	30	0	0	0	0				0		4036:59		ASG,ASnhl-1,Hart-1,Pearson-1,Vezina-1
27	Rumun Ndur	21	D	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Steve Shields	24	G	13	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0				0		789:19
29	Andrei Trefilov	27	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		158:39
30	Václav Varaďa	20	LW	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
31	Charlie Huddy	37	D	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			82	237			214	1828	178	43	16	40				2090	11.3

Standard Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists			Shots		Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	EV	PP	SH	SOG	SPCT	TOI	ATOI	Awards
1	Derek Plante	26	C	12	4	6	10	4	4	3	1	0	2				26	15.4
2	Donald Audette	27	RW	11	4	5	9	-3	6	1	3	0	0				33	12.1
3	Brian Holzinger	24	C	12	2	5	7	-3	8	1	0	1	1				20	10.0
4	Randy Burridge	31	LW	12	5	1	6	-5	2	2	3	0	0				26	19.2
5	Garry Galley	33	D	12	0	6	6	2	14	0	0	0	0				22	0.0
6	Michal Grošek	21	LW	12	3	3	6	3	8	3	0	0	0				18	16.7
7	Dixon Ward	28	RW	12	2	3	5	2	6	1	0	1	1				23	8.7
8	Darryl Shannon	28	D	12	2	3	5	-1	8	1	1	0	0				8	25.0
9	Matthew Barnaby	23	RW	8	0	4	4	2	36	0	0	0	0				12	0.0
10	Jason Dawe	23	RW	11	2	1	3	-2	6	2	0	0	0				19	10.5
11	Brad May	25	LW	10	1	1	2	-2	32	1	0	0	0				7	14.3
12	Michael Peca	22	C	10	0	2	2	-3	8	0	0	0	0				20	0.0
13	Richard Šmehlík	27	D	12	0	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	0				17	0.0
14	Rob Ray	28	RW	12	0	1	1	-3	28	0	0	0	0				4	0.0
15	Ed Ronan	28	RW	6	1	0	1	-1	6	1	0	0	1				6	16.7
16	Bob Boughner	25	D	11	0	1	1	0	9	0	0	0	0				1	0.0
17	Mike Wilson	21	D	10	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	0				8	0.0
18	Alexei Zhitnik	24	D	12	1	0	1	-9	16	1	0	0	0				16	6.3
19	Jay McKee	19	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				1	0.0
20	Dominik Hašek	32	G	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0		0	0	0			153:24
21	Wayne Primeau	20	C	9	0	0	0	-2	6	0	0	0	0				4	0.0
22	Miroslav Šatan	22	LW	7	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0				5	0.0
23	Steve Shields	24	G	10	0	0	0		9	0	0	0		0	0	0			569:35
24	Andrei Trefilov	27	G	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0			5:11
	Team Totals			12	27			-19	220	17	8	2	5				296	9.1

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Goalie Stats

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Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats															Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	Shots	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	GA%-	GSAA	GAA/A	GPS	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Dominik Hašek	32	67	37	20	10	153	2177	2024	.930	2.27	5	4036:59	74	54.4	2.42	17.2	0	3	3	30	ASG,ASnhl-1,Hart-1,Pearson-1,Vezina-1
2	Steve Shields	24	13	3	8	2	39	447	408	.913	2.96	0	789:19	92	3.6	3.19	2.8	0	0	0	4
3	Andrei Trefilov	27	3	0	2	0	10	98	88	.898	3.78	0	158:39	107	-0.7	4.16	0.5	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals		82	40	30	12	202	2722	2520	.926	2.43	5	4984:57	78	57.3	2.60	20.4	0	3	3	34

Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats													Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	Shots	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	GA%-	GSAA	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Steve Shields	24	10	4	6	0	26	334	308	.922	2.74	1	569:35	82	5.8	0	0	0	9
2	Dominik Hašek	32	3	1	1	0	5	68	63	.926	1.96	0	153:24	77	1.5	0	0	0	2
3	Andrei Trefilov	27	1				0	4	4	1.000	.00	0	5:11	0	0.4	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals		12	5	7	0	31	406	375	.924	2.55	1	728:10	80	7.7	0	0	0	11

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Miscellaneous Stats

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Miscellaneous Stats Table
								Plus/Minus					Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	OPS	DPS	PS	Awards
1	Derek Plante	26	C	82	28	27	55	22.6	82	19	62	13	14	4.3	1.3	5.6
2	Brian Holzinger	24	C	81	23	30	53	20.7	75	17	67	18	9	3.7	1.1	4.8
3	Donald Audette	27	RW	73	29	23	52	22.1	65	20	51	0	-6	4.5	0.5	5.0
4	Michael Peca	22	C	79	21	30	51	19.6	73	14	65	32	26	3.4	1.7	5.1	Selke-1
5	Jason Dawe	23	RW	81	23	27	50	19.9	73	19	52	12	14	3.4	1.3	4.7
6	Dixon Ward	28	RW	79	13	33	46	16.1	59	6	54	18	17	2.4	1.4	3.8
7	Matthew Barnaby	23	RW	68	20	25	45	17.7	58	8	36	2	16	3.2	1.2	4.4
8	Garry Galley	33	D	71	4	35	39	11.7	83	26	61	14	10	2.5	3.9	6.4	ASnhl-20
9	Michal Grošek	21	LW	82	15	22	37	14.2	65	7	34	1	25	1.6	1.7	3.3
10	Alexei Zhitnik	24	D	80	7	29	36	11.7	92	22	86	26	10	2.4	4.3	6.7
11	Randy Burridge	31	LW	55	10	22	32	11.5	48	11	28	8	17	1.7	1.1	2.9
12	Richard Šmehlík	27	D	62	11	20	31	11.5	76	14	59	16	19	2.6	4.1	6.7
13	Darryl Shannon	28	D	82	4	20	24	7.6	78	4	74	23	23	0.9	5.3	6.2
14	Mike Wilson	21	D	77	2	9	11	3.6	54	0	68	27	13	-0.3	4.4	4.1
15	Jay McKee	19	D	43	1	9	10	3.0	35	7	28	3	3	0.2	2.1	2.3
16	Rob Ray	28	LW	82	7	3	10	4.6	18	0	16	1	3	-1.6	0.9	-0.7
17	Miroslav Šatan	22	LW	12	8	2	10	4.9	12	3	8	0	1	1.2	0.2	1.4
18	Pat LaFontaine	31	C	13	2	6	8	2.7	11	6	13	0	-8	0.4	-0.1	0.3
19	Barrie Moore	21	LW	31	2	6	8	2.7	11	1	12	3	1	-0.3	0.3	0.1
20	Bob Boughner	25	D	77	1	7	8	2.5	41	0	38	9	12	-0.7	4.3	3.6
21	Brad May	25	LW	42	3	4	7	2.7	14	6	16	0	-8	-0.7	0.1	-0.6
22	Curtis Brown	20	C	28	4	3	7	3.0	12	0	8	0	4	-0.1	0.4	0.4
23	Anatoli Semenov	34	C	25	2	4	6	2.2	9	2	17	7	-3	-0.2	0.1	-0.1
24	Wayne Primeau	20	C	45	2	4	6	2.2	7	1	8	0	-2	-1.0	0.4	-0.6
25	Ed Ronan	28	RW	18	1	4	5	1.6	8	0	4	0	4	-0.1	0.3	0.2
26	Václav Varaďa	20	LW	5	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	0.1	-0.1
27	Charlie Huddy	37	D	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0	-1	0.0	0.0	0.0
28	Rumun Ndur	21	D	2	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0.2	0.1