1995-96 Buffalo Sabres Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 33-42-7 - 73 points
Finishing 5th in the NHL's Northeast Division
Coach: Ted Nolan (33-42-7)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1995-96 Buffalo Sabres RosterTeam Record: 33-42-7 - 73 points
Finishing 5th in the NHL's Northeast Division
Coach: Ted Nolan (33-42-7)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1995-96 Buffalo Sabres Results
The Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ended the 1995-96 season with a record of 33 wins and 42 losses and 7 ties for 73 points, finishing fifth in the NHL's Northeast Division.
The Sabres netted 247 goals and allowed 262. Pat LaFontaine scored 40 goals for Buffalo and accounted for 51 assists. Dominik Hasek topped the squad with 22 wins and a team-best 2.83 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Ted Nolan coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat LaFontaine | C | 76 | 40 | 51 | 91 | 36 | -8 | 15 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 224 | 17.9 |
| Randy Burridge | L | 74 | 25 | 33 | 58 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 154 | 16.2 |
| Derek Plante | C | 76 | 23 | 33 | 56 | 28 | -4 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 203 | 11.3 |
| Garry Galley | D | 78 | 10 | 44 | 54 | 81 | -2 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 175 | 5.7 |
| Jason Dawe | R | 67 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 33 | -8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 130 | 19.2 |
| Brad May | L | 79 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 295 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 168 | 8.9 |
| Alexei Zhitnik | D | 80 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 58 | -25 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 193 | 3.1 |
| Matthew Barnaby | R | 73 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 335 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 11.5 |
| Michael Peca | C | 68 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 67 | -1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 109 | 10.1 |
| Yuri Khmylev | L | 66 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 40 | -12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 123 | 6.5 |
| Donald Audette | R | 23 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 13.0 |
| Brian Holzinger | C | 58 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 37 | -21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 14.1 |
| Mark Astley | D | 60 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 80 | -12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 2.5 |
| Dave Hannan | C | 57 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 15.0 |
| Brent Hughes | L | 76 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 148 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 8.9 |
| Mike Wilson | D | 58 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 41 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 7.7 |
| Michal Grosek | R | 22 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 18.2 |
| Charlie Huddy | D | 52 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 59 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 8.8 |
| Dane Jackson | R | 22 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 25.0 |
| Rob Ray | R | 71 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 287 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 14.3 |
| Darryl Shannon | D | 26 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8.0 |
| Rob Conn | R | 28 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 5.6 |
| Doug Bodger | D | 16 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 18 | -6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.0 |
| Scott Pearson | L | 27 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 67 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 15.4 |
| Dixon Ward | R | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 |
| Doug Houda | D | 38 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Craig Muni | D | 47 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 69 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 |
| Jay McKee | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Dominik Hasek | G | 59 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Boughner | D | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 104 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Curtis Brown | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Grant Jennings | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Wayne Primeau | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Shields | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin Biron | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrei Trefilov | G | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barrie Moore | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| John Blue | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vaclav Varada | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Scott Nichol | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1567 | 247 | 417 | 664 | 2181 | -105 | 76 | 142 | 10 | 12 | 33 | 6 | 2333 | 10.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominik Hasek | 59 | 3417 | 22 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 161 | 2.83 | 2011 | 1850 | .920 |
| Andrei Trefilov | 22 | 1094 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 3.51 | 660 | 596 | .903 |
| John Blue | 5 | 255 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3.53 | 137 | 122 | .891 |
| Steve Shields | 2 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.20 | 32 | 28 | .875 |
| Martin Biron | 3 | 119 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5.04 | 64 | 54 | .844 |
| Totals | 91 | 4960 | 33 | 42 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 254 | 3.07 | 3158 | 2904 | .920 |
