2000-01 Buffalo Sabres Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 46-30-5-1 - 98 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Northeast Division
Postseason: 7-6
Lost NHL conference semi-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Defeated Philadelphia Flyers 4-2
Conference Semi-Finals - Lost to Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3
Coach: Lindy Ruff (46-30-5, 1 OTL)
Location: Buffalo, New York
2000-01 Buffalo Sabres RosterTeam Record: 46-30-5-1 - 98 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Northeast Division
Postseason: 7-6
Lost NHL conference semi-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Defeated Philadelphia Flyers 4-2
Conference Semi-Finals - Lost to Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3
Coach: Lindy Ruff (46-30-5, 1 OTL)
Location: Buffalo, New York
2000-01 Buffalo Sabres Results
The Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ended the 2000-01 season with a record of 46 wins and 30 losses (and 1 overtime losses) and 5 ties for 98 points, finishing second in the NHL's Northeast Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-6.
The Sabres surrendered 184 goals, fewest in the league. Buffalo netted 218 goals. Miroslav Satan scored 29 goals for the team and accounted for 33 assists. Dominik Hasek earned 37 wins for the squad and a team-best 2.11 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Lindy Ruff coached the team. The 2000-01 Buffalo Sabres lost in the NHL conference semi-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miroslav Satan | L | 82 | 29 | 33 | 62 | 36 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 206 | 14.1 |
| J.P. Dumont | R | 79 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 54 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 156 | 14.7 |
| Stu Barnes | C | 75 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 26 | -2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 160 | 11.9 |
| Chris Gratton | C | 82 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 102 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 156 | 12.2 |
| Doug Gilmour | C | 71 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 70 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 7.7 |
| Alexei Zhitnik | D | 78 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 75 | -3 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 149 | 5.4 |
| Maxim Afinogenov | R | 78 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 40 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 190 | 7.4 |
| Dave Andreychuk | L | 74 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 32 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 119 | 16.8 |
| Curtis Brown | C | 70 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 9.5 |
| Erik Rasmussen | C | 82 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 95 | 12.6 |
| Vaclav Varada | R | 75 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 81 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 112 | 8.9 |
| Jason Woolley | D | 67 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 46 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 92 | 5.4 |
| Dmitri Kalinin | D | 79 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 38 | -2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 4.5 |
| Rhett Warrener | D | 77 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 78 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 103 | 2.9 |
| Richard Smehlik | D | 56 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 7.5 |
| Vladimir Tsyplakov | L | 36 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 17.9 |
| James Patrick | D | 54 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 8.3 |
| Steve Heinze | R | 14 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 26.3 |
| Denis Hamel | L | 41 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 22 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 14.5 |
| Jay McKee | D | 74 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 76 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 1.6 |
| Rob Ray | R | 63 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 210 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 12.1 |
| Donald Audette | R | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 5.3 |
| Eric Boulton | L | 35 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 94 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Dominik Hasek | G | 67 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Taylor | C | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 |
| Mika Noronen | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Campbell | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Peter Skudra | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin Biron | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1564 | 218 | 382 | 600 | 1241 | 57 | 60 | 114 | 6 | 9 | 46 | 3 | 2204 | 9.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominik Hasek | 67 | 3904 | 37 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 137 | 2.11 | 1726 | 1589 | .921 |
| Martin Biron | 18 | 918 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 2.55 | 427 | 388 | .909 |
| Mika Noronen | 2 | 108 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.78 | 39 | 34 | .872 |
| Peter Skudra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 88 | 4930 | 46 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 181 | 2.20 | 2373 | 2192 | .924 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miroslav Satan | L | 13 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 7.5 | |
| J.P. Dumont | R | 13 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17.4 | |
| Stu Barnes | C | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 19.0 | |
| Chris Gratton | C | 13 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 27.3 | |
| Doug Gilmour | C | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 11.8 | |
| Alexei Zhitnik | D | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 | |
| Maxim Afinogenov | R | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 | |
| Dave Andreychuk | L | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 | |
| Curtis Brown | C | 13 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 17.2 | |
| Erik Rasmussen | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Vaclav Varada | R | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.0 | |
| Jason Woolley | D | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | |
| Dmitri Kalinin | D | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 | |
| Rhett Warrener | D | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | |
| Richard Smehlik | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Vladimir Tsyplakov | L | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | |
| James Patrick | D | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 | |
| Steve Heinze | R | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14.3 | |
| Jay McKee | D | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | |
| Rob Ray | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Audette | R | 13 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 9.4 | |
| Dominik Hasek | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 247 | 38 | 63 | 101 | 136 | 30 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 365 | 10.4 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominik Hasek | 13 | 833 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 2.09 | 347 | 318 | .916 |
| Totals | 13 | 833 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 2.09 | 376 | 347 | .923 |
