1997-98 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	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%
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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 (C)	ca CA	RW	28	5-8	190	R/-	7	September 23, 1969	24 G, 20 A, 44 P
36	Matthew Barnaby	ca CA	RW	24	6-0	189	L/-	5	May 4, 1973	5 G, 20 A, 25 P
6	Bob Boughner	ca CA	D	26	6-0	203	R/-	2	March 8, 1971	1 G, 3 A, 4 P
37	Curtis Brown	ca CA	C	21	6-0	200	L/-	3	February 12, 1976	12 G, 12 A, 24 P
12	Randy Burridge	ca CA	LW	32	5-9	188	L/-	12	January 7, 1966	4 G, 6 A, 10 P
17	Jason Dawe	ca CA	RW	24	5-10	189	L/-	4	May 29, 1973	19 G, 17 A, 36 P
18	Michal Grošek	cs CS	LW	22	6-2	207	R/-	4	June 1, 1975	10 G, 20 A, 30 P
39	Dominik Hašek	cs CS	G	33	6-1	166	-/L	7	January 29, 1965	33-23-13, 2.09 GAA
19	Brian Holzinger	us US	C	25	5-11	186	R/-	3	October 10, 1972	14 G, 21 A, 35 P
21	Mike Hurlbut	us US	D	31	6-2	206	L/-	2	October 7, 1966	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
24	Paul Kruse	ca CA	LW	27	6-1	215	L/-	7	March 15, 1970	1 G, 1 A, 2 P
10	Brad May	ca CA	LW	26	6-1	213	L/-	6	November 29, 1971	4 G, 7 A, 11 P
74	Jay McKee	ca CA	D	20	6-4	203	L/-	2	September 8, 1977	1 G, 13 A, 14 P
40	Rumun Ndur	ng NG	D	22	6-2	222	L/-	1	July 7, 1975	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
45	Scott Nichol	ca CA	C	23	5-8	179	R/-	1	December 31, 1974	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
27	Michael Peca (C)	ca CA	C	23	5-11	181	R/-	4	March 26, 1974	18 G, 22 A, 40 P
26	Derek Plante	us US	C	27	5-11	181	L/-	4	January 17, 1971	13 G, 21 A, 34 P
22	Wayne Primeau	ca CA	C	21	6-4	225	L/-	3	June 4, 1976	6 G, 6 A, 12 P
9	Erik Rasmussen	us US	C	20	6-1	215	L/-	R	March 28, 1977	2 G, 3 A, 5 P
32	Rob Ray	ca CA	RW	29	6-0	217	L/-	8	June 8, 1968	2 G, 4 A, 6 P
80	Geoff Sanderson	ca CA	LW	25	6-0	190	L/-	7	February 1, 1972	4 G, 5 A, 9 P
81	Miroslav Šatan	cs CS	LW	23	6-3	191	L/-	2	October 22, 1974	22 G, 24 A, 46 P
8	Darryl Shannon	ca CA	D	29	6-2	208	L/-	9	June 21, 1968	3 G, 19 A, 22 P
31	Steve Shields	ca CA	G	25	6-3	215	-/L	2	July 19, 1972	3-6-4, 2.83 GAA
42	Richard Šmehlík	cs CS	D	28	6-4	222	L/-	4	January 23, 1970	3 G, 17 A, 20 P
25	Václav Varaďa	cs CS	RW	21	6-0	208	L/-	2	April 26, 1976	5 G, 6 A, 11 P
15	Dixon Ward	ca CA	RW	29	6-0	200	R/-	5	September 23, 1968	10 G, 13 A, 23 P
4	Mike Wilson	ca CA	D	22	6-6	229	L/-	2	February 26, 1975	4 G, 4 A, 8 P
5	Jason Woolley	ca CA	D	28	6-0	203	L/-	6	July 27, 1969	9 G, 26 A, 35 P
44	Alexei Zhitnik	su SU	D	25	5-11	225	L/-	5	October 10, 1972	15 G, 30 A, 45 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	Miroslav Šatan	23	LW	79	22	24	46	2	34	13	9	0	4	20	4	0	139	15.8	1138:11	14:24
2	Alexei Zhitnik	25	D	78	15	30	45	19	102	10	2	3	3	13	15	2	191	7.9	2076:53	26:38	ASnhl-16,Norris-12
3	Donald Audette	28	RW	75	24	20	44	10	59	14	10	0	5	16	4	0	198	12.1	1262:58	16:50
4	Michael Peca	23	C	61	18	22	40	12	57	7	6	5	1	11	7	4	132	13.6	1202:24	19:43	Selke-2
5	Jason Dawe	24	RW	68	19	17	36	10	36	14	4	1	3	11	6	0	115	16.5	1151:42	16:56
6	Jason Woolley	28	D	71	9	26	35	8	35	6	3	0	2	8	18	0	129	7.0	1261:33	17:46
7	Brian Holzinger	25	C	69	14	21	35	-2	36	8	4	2	1	11	7	3	116	12.1	1239:23	17:58
8	Derek Plante	27	C	72	13	21	34	8	26	8	5	0	1	11	9	1	150	8.7	1268:18	17:37
9	Michal Grošek	22	LW	67	10	20	30	9	60	8	2	0	1	16	4	0	114	8.8	994:32	14:51
10	Matthew Barnaby	24	RW	72	5	20	25	8	289	5	0	0	2	17	3	0	96	5.2	957:07	13:18
11	Curtis Brown	21	C	63	12	12	24	11	34	10	1	1	2	8	3	1	91	13.2	910:28	14:27
12	Dixon Ward	29	RW	71	10	13	23	9	42	8	0	2	3	11	1	1	99	10.1	1045:05	14:43
13	Darryl Shannon	29	D	76	3	19	22	26	56	2	1	0	1	16	3	0	85	3.5	1680:33	22:07
14	Richard Šmehlík	28	D	72	3	17	20	11	62	2	0	1	0	11	4	2	90	3.3	1636:50	22:44
15	Jay McKee	20	D	56	1	13	14	-1	42	1	0	0	0	5	6	2	55	1.8	1121:59	20:02
16	Wayne Primeau	21	C	69	6	6	12	9	87	4	2	0	1	5	1	0	51	11.8	771:27	11:11
17	Brad May	26	LW	36	4	7	11	2	113	4	0	0	0	7	0	0	41	9.8	366:24	10:11
18	Václav Varaďa	21	RW	27	5	6	11	0	15	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	27	18.5	329:27	12:12
19	Randy Burridge	32	LW	30	4	6	10	0	0	3	1	0	1	5	0	1	40	10.0	346:37	11:33
20	Geoff Sanderson	25	LW	26	4	5	9	6	20	4	0	0	2	3	2	0	72	5.6	434:28	16:43
21	Mike Wilson	22	D	66	4	4	8	13	48	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	52	7.7	1196:15	18:08
22	Rob Ray	29	RW	63	2	4	6	2	234	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	19	10.5	367:27	5:50
23	Erik Rasmussen	20	C	21	2	3	5	2	14	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	28	7.1	243:55	11:37
24	Bob Boughner	26	D	69	1	3	4	5	165	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	26	3.8	879:45	12:45
25	Dominik Hašek	33	G	72	0	2	2	0	12	0	0	0	0				0		4219:36	58:36	ASG,ASnhl-1,Hart-1,Pearson-1,Vezina-1
26	Paul Kruse	27	LW	12	1	1	2	1	49	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	12.5	68:09	5:41
27	Steve Shields	25	G	16	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0				0		784:49	49:03
28	Mike Hurlbut	31	D	3	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	35:15	11:45
29	Scott Nichol	23	C	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	13:51	4:37
30	Rumun Ndur	22	D	1	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12:44	12:44
	Team Totals			82	211	342	553	178	1752	145	51	15	36	226	97	17	2172	9.7	29018:05	18:33

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	Matthew Barnaby	24	RW	15	7	6	13	6	22	4	3	0	1				25	28.0	265:33	17:42
2	Donald Audette	28	RW	15	5	8	13	-4	10	2	3	0	2				31	16.1	224:52	14:59
3	Jason Woolley	28	D	15	2	9	11	8	12	1	1	0	1				32	6.3	295:45	19:43
4	Dixon Ward	29	RW	15	3	8	11	8	6	3	0	0	0				29	10.3	284:38	18:59
5	Brian Holzinger	25	C	15	4	7	11	-2	18	2	1	1	0				24	16.7	262:47	17:31
6	Michal Grošek	22	LW	15	6	4	10	5	28	4	2	0	3				40	15.0	262:00	17:28
7	Miroslav Šatan	23	LW	14	5	4	9	-9	4	1	4	0	1				20	25.0	156:13	11:10
8	Václav Varaďa	21	RW	15	3	4	7	3	18	3	0	0	0				24	12.5	227:20	15:09
9	Darryl Shannon	29	D	15	2	4	6	0	8	1	0	1	0				15	13.3	350:23	23:22
10	Michael Peca	23	C	13	3	2	5	4	8	3	0	0	1				24	12.5	252:08	19:24
11	Wayne Primeau	21	C	14	1	3	4	-1	6	1	0	0	0				10	10.0	128:56	9:13
12	Geoff Sanderson	26	LW	14	3	1	4	0	4	2	1	0	1				25	12.0	169:03	12:05
13	Bob Boughner	26	D	14	0	4	4	9	15	0	0	0	0				7	0.0	161:33	11:32
14	Derek Plante	27	C	11	0	3	3	1	10	0	0	0	0				13	0.0	176:16	16:01
15	Curtis Brown	21	C	13	1	2	3	6	10	0	1	0	0				23	4.3	229:45	17:40
16	Alexei Zhitnik	25	D	15	0	3	3	1	36	0	0	0	0				24	0.0	412:38	27:31
17	Richard Šmehlík	28	D	15	0	2	2	3	6	0	0	0	0				12	0.0	373:16	24:53
18	Paul Kruse	27	LW	1	1	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	0				2	50.0	8:47	8:47
19	Mike Wilson	22	D	15	0	1	1	-4	13	0	0	0	0				16	0.0	275:42	18:23
20	Rob Ray	29	RW	10	0	0	0	-2	24	0	0	0	0				2	0.0	37:31	3:45
21	Jay McKee	20	D	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0				0		7:23	7:23
22	Dominik Hašek	33	G	15	0	0	0		4	0	0	0		0	0	0			947:55	63:12
	Team Totals			15	46	75	121	32	266	28	16	2	10	0	0	0	398	11.6	5510:24	19:20

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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	33	72	33	23	13	147	2149	2002	.932	2.09	13	4219:36	73	54.5	2.46	18.6	0	2	2	12	ASG,ASnhl-1,Hart-1,Pearson-1,Vezina-1
2	Steve Shields	25	16	3	6	4	37	408	371	.909	2.83	0	784:49	97	1.3	3.36	2.6	0	0	0	17
	Team Totals		82	36	29	17	184	2557	2373	.928	2.21	13	5004:25	77	55.7	2.60	21.2	0	2	2	29

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	Dominik Hašek	33	15	10	5	0	32	514	482	.938	2.03	1	947:55	66	16.2	0	0	0	4
	Team Totals		15	10	5	0	32	514	482	.938	2.03	1	947:55	66	16.2	0	0	0	4

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Miscellaneous Stats

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Miscellaneous Stats Table
					Adjusted				Plus/Minus					Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	OPS	DPS	PS	Awards
1	Miroslav Šatan	23	LW	79	25	27	52	21.0	64	25	38	1	2	4.1	0.9	5.0
2	Alexei Zhitnik	25	D	78	17	34	51	18.6	103	31	80	27	19	4.6	5.0	9.6	ASnhl-16,Norris-12
3	Donald Audette	28	RW	75	27	23	50	21.0	68	26	33	1	10	4.3	1.2	5.4
4	Michael Peca	23	C	61	21	25	46	18.3	63	22	49	20	12	3.8	1.1	4.9	Selke-2
5	Jason Dawe	24	RW	68	22	19	41	17.2	51	16	44	19	10	3.2	1.1	4.3
6	Brian Holzinger	25	C	69	16	24	40	15.3	54	16	58	18	-2	2.5	0.7	3.2
7	Jason Woolley	28	D	71	10	30	40	13.6	72	34	30	0	8	3.1	3.8	6.9
8	Derek Plante	27	C	72	15	24	39	14.7	51	16	52	25	8	2.2	1.1	3.2
9	Michal Grošek	22	LW	67	11	23	34	12.3	41	8	24	0	9	1.6	1.1	2.7
10	Matthew Barnaby	24	RW	72	6	23	29	9.6	36	4	26	2	8	0.4	1.1	1.5
11	Curtis Brown	21	C	63	14	14	28	11.5	41	8	29	7	11	1.4	1.1	2.5
12	Dixon Ward	29	RW	71	11	15	26	10.1	40	1	47	17	9	0.8	1.1	1.8
13	Darryl Shannon	29	D	76	3	22	25	7.6	71	14	57	26	26	1.0	5.5	6.5
14	Richard Šmehlík	28	D	72	3	19	22	6.8	68	12	75	30	11	0.9	4.1	5.0
15	Jay McKee	20	D	56	1	15	16	4.6	38	8	46	15	-1	0.4	2.5	2.8
16	Wayne Primeau	21	C	69	7	7	14	5.7	24	4	18	7	9	-0.7	1.1	0.3
17	Brad May	26	LW	36	5	8	13	4.9	12	0	10	0	2	0.2	0.5	0.7
18	Václav Varaďa	21	RW	27	6	7	13	5.2	13	0	13	0	0	0.6	0.3	0.9
19	Randy Burridge	32	LW	30	5	7	12	4.6	12	1	14	3	0	0.3	0.3	0.6
20	Geoff Sanderson	25	LW	26	5	6	11	4.4	17	7	5	1	6	0.4	0.5	0.9
21	Mike Wilson	22	D	66	5	5	10	4.1	37	0	45	21	13	-0.1	4.0	3.9
22	Rob Ray	29	RW	63	2	5	7	2.5	14	2	10	0	2	-1.6	0.7	-0.8
23	Erik Rasmussen	20	C	21	2	3	5	1.9	12	0	10	0	2	-0.1	0.3	0.2
24	Bob Boughner	26	D	69	1	3	4	1.4	29	0	35	11	5	-0.9	3.5	2.6
25	Paul Kruse	27	LW	12	1	1	2	0.8	2	0	1	0	1	-0.1	0.2	0.0
26	Scott Nichol	23	C	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
27	Mike Hurlbut	31	D	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	2	1	-1	-0.1	0.1	0.0
28	Rumun Ndur	22	D	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0	-1	0.0	0.0	-0.1