1998-99 Buffalo Sabres Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 37-28-17 - 91 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Northeast Division
Postseason: 14-7
Lost Stanley Cup finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Defeated Ottawa Senators 4-0
Conference Semi-Finals - Defeated Boston Bruins 4-2
Conference Finals - Defeated Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1
Stanley Cup Finals - Lost to Dallas Stars 4-2
Coach: Lindy Ruff (37-28-17)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1998-99 Buffalo Sabres RosterTeam Record: 37-28-17 - 91 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Northeast Division
Postseason: 14-7
Lost Stanley Cup finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Defeated Ottawa Senators 4-0
Conference Semi-Finals - Defeated Boston Bruins 4-2
Conference Finals - Defeated Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1
Stanley Cup Finals - Lost to Dallas Stars 4-2
Coach: Lindy Ruff (37-28-17)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1998-99 Buffalo Sabres Results
The Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ended the 1998-99 season with a record of 37 wins and 28 losses and 17 ties for 91 points, finishing fourth in the NHL's Northeast Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 14-7.
The Sabres netted 207 goals and yielded 175. Miroslav Satan scored 40 goals for Buffalo, while Jason Woolley contributed 33 assists. Dominik Hasek earned 30 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 1.87 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Lindy Ruff coached the team. The 1998-99 Buffalo Sabres lost in the Stanley Cup finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miroslav Satan | L | 81 | 40 | 26 | 66 | 44 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 208 | 19.2 |
| Michael Peca | C | 82 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 81 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 199 | 13.6 |
| Michal Grosek | R | 76 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 102 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 140 | 14.3 |
| Curtis Brown | C | 78 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 56 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 128 | 12.5 |
| Dixon Ward | R | 78 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 101 | 19.8 |
| Jason Woolley | D | 80 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 62 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 154 | 6.5 |
| Brian Holzinger | C | 81 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 45 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 143 | 11.9 |
| Alexei Zhitnik | D | 81 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 96 | -6 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 185 | 3.8 |
| Vaclav Varada | R | 72 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 61 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 123 | 5.7 |
| Geoff Sanderson | L | 75 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 155 | 7.7 |
| Matthew Barnaby | R | 44 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 143 | -2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 7.7 |
| Derek Plante | C | 41 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 6.1 |
| Darryl Shannon | D | 71 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 52 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 3.8 |
| Richard Smehlik | D | 72 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 44 | -9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 4.9 |
| Wayne Primeau | C | 67 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 38 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 9.1 |
| Erik Rasmussen | C | 42 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 7.5 |
| James Patrick | D | 45 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3.2 |
| Jay McKee | D | 72 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 75 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0.0 |
| Randy Cunneyworth | L | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 |
| Rob Ray | R | 76 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 261 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0.0 |
| Stu Barnes | C | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 |
| Paul Kruse | L | 43 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 9.1 |
| Mike Wilson | D | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 2.5 |
| Joe Juneau | C | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Rhett Warrener | D | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre | D | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Domenic Pittis | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Dean Sylvester | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Dominik Hasek | G | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Holland | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Mike Hurlbut | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Dwayne Roloson | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin Biron | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cory Sarich | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Rumun Ndur | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1564 | 207 | 348 | 555 | 1545 | 184 | 49 | 91 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 10 | 2150 | 9.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominik Hasek | 64 | 3817 | 30 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 119 | 1.87 | 1877 | 1758 | .937 |
| Dwayne Roloson | 18 | 911 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 2.77 | 460 | 418 | .909 |
| Martin Biron | 6 | 281 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2.14 | 120 | 110 | .917 |
| Totals | 88 | 5009 | 37 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 171 | 2.05 | 2628 | 2457 | .935 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miroslav Satan | L | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 12.0 | |
| Michael Peca | C | 21 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 13.5 | |
| Michal Grosek | R | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 | |
| Curtis Brown | C | 21 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 20.6 | |
| Dixon Ward | R | 21 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 18.4 | |
| Jason Woolley | D | 21 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 9.3 | |
| Brian Holzinger | C | 21 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 9.4 | |
| Alexei Zhitnik | D | 21 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 52 | -6 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 58 | 6.9 | |
| Vaclav Varada | R | 21 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 13.2 | |
| Geoff Sanderson | L | 19 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 7.5 | |
| Darryl Shannon | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Richard Smehlik | D | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 | |
| Wayne Primeau | C | 19 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13.6 | |
| Erik Rasmussen | C | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 8.7 | |
| James Patrick | D | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | |
| Jay McKee | D | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | |
| Randy Cunneyworth | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Rob Ray | R | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | |
| Stu Barnes | C | 21 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 6 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 23.3 | |
| Paul Kruse | L | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Juneau | C | 20 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 10.3 | |
| Rhett Warrener | D | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 | |
| Dean Sylvester | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Dominik Hasek | G | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dwayne Roloson | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 401 | 59 | 95 | 154 | 345 | 40 | 19 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 559 | 10.6 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominik Hasek | 19 | 1217 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 1.77 | 587 | 551 | .939 |
| Dwayne Roloson | 4 | 139 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4.32 | 67 | 57 | .851 |
| Totals | 23 | 1356 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 46 | 2.04 | 700 | 654 | .934 |
