2001-02 Buffalo Sabres Statistics
Team Record: 35-35-11-1 - 82 points
Finishing 5th in the NHL's Northeast Division
Coach: Lindy Ruff (35-35-11, 1 OTL)
Location: Buffalo, New York
2001-02 Buffalo Sabres Results
The Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ended the 2001-02 season with a record of 35 wins and 35 losses (and 1 overtime losses) and 11 ties for 82 points, finishing fifth in the NHL's Northeast Division.
The Sabres scored 213 goals and allowed 200. Miroslav Satan netted 37 goals for Buffalo and accounted for 36 assists. Martin Biron earned 31 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.22 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.
Lindy Ruff coached the team.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Miroslav Satan | L | 82 | 37 | 36 | 73 | 33 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 267 | 13.9 |
Stu Barnes | C | 68 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 127 | 13.4 |
Tim Connolly | C | 82 | 10 | 35 | 45 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 126 | 7.9 |
J.P. Dumont | R | 76 | 23 | 21 | 44 | 42 | -10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 154 | 14.9 |
Maxim Afinogenov | R | 81 | 21 | 19 | 40 | 69 | -9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 234 | 9.0 |
Chris Gratton | C | 82 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 75 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 139 | 10.8 |
Curtis Brown | C | 82 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 32 | -4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 171 | 11.7 |
Alexei Zhitnik | D | 82 | 1 | 33 | 34 | 80 | -1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 0.7 |
Jason Woolley | D | 59 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 34 | -6 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 8.9 |
Vaclav Varada | R | 76 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 82 | -7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 138 | 5.1 |
Vyacheslav Kozlov | L | 38 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 68 | 13.2 |
Taylor Pyatt | L | 48 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 16.4 |
Erik Rasmussen | C | 69 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 34 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 9.0 |
James Patrick | D | 56 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 11.1 |
Dmitri Kalinin | D | 58 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 26 | -6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 3.0 |
Jay McKee | D | 81 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 43 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 4.0 |
Rhett Warrener | D | 65 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 113 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 66 | 7.6 |
Richard Smehlik | D | 60 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 5.8 |
Denis Hamel | L | 61 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 28 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 2.5 |
Brian Campbell | D | 29 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 10.0 |
Rob Ray | R | 71 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 200 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8.7 |
Eric Boulton | L | 35 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 129 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 9.5 |
Ales Kotalik | R | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
Martin Biron | G | 72 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Norm Milley | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
Bob Corkum | C | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
Rory Fitzpatrick | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
Henrik Tallinder | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
Mika Noronen | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Essensa | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1567 | 213 | 348 | 561 | 1201 | 0 | 50 | 94 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 6 | 2295 | 9.3 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Martin Biron | 72 | 4085 | 31 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 151 | 2.22 | 1781 | 1630 | .915 |
Mika Noronen | 10 | 518 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2.66 | 217 | 194 | .894 |
Bob Essensa | 9 | 350 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 2.91 | 113 | 96 | .850 |
Totals | 91 | 4953 | 35 | 36 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 191 | 2.31 | 2302 | 2111 | .917 |