2003-04 Buffalo Sabres Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 37-34-7-4 - 85 points
Finishing 5th in the NHL's Northeast Division
Coach: Lindy Ruff (37-34-7, 4 OTL)
Location: Buffalo, New York
2003-04 Buffalo Sabres RosterTeam Record: 37-34-7-4 - 85 points
Finishing 5th in the NHL's Northeast Division
Coach: Lindy Ruff (37-34-7, 4 OTL)
Location: Buffalo, New York
2003-04 Buffalo Sabres Results
The Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ended the 2003-04 season with a record of 37 wins and 34 losses (and 4 overtime losses) and 7 ties for 85 points, finishing fifth in the NHL's Northeast Division.
The Sabres scored 220 goals and allowed 221. Miroslav Satan netted 29 goals for Buffalo, and Danny Briere and Jochen Hecht each recorded 37 assists. Martin Biron earned 26 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.52 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Briere | C | 82 | 28 | 37 | 65 | 70 | -7 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 194 | 14.4 |
| Miroslav Satan | L | 82 | 29 | 28 | 57 | 30 | -15 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 206 | 14.1 |
| J.P. Dumont | R | 77 | 22 | 31 | 53 | 40 | -9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 156 | 14.1 |
| Chris Drury | C | 76 | 18 | 35 | 53 | 68 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 152 | 11.8 |
| Jochen Hecht | C | 64 | 15 | 37 | 52 | 49 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 8.6 |
| Dmitri Kalinin | D | 77 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 118 | 8.5 |
| Maxim Afinogenov | R | 73 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 57 | -4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 148 | 11.5 |
| Alexei Zhitnik | D | 68 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 102 | -13 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 134 | 3.0 |
| Ales Kotalik | R | 62 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 41 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 142 | 10.6 |
| Curtis Brown | C | 68 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 117 | 7.7 |
| Taylor Pyatt | L | 63 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 25 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 98 | 8.2 |
| Adam Mair | C | 81 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 146 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 7.3 |
| Derek Roy | C | 49 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 12 | -8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 71 | 12.7 |
| Chris Taylor | C | 54 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 22 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 12.0 |
| James Patrick | D | 55 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 9.1 |
| Rory Fitzpatrick | D | 60 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 44 | -5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 78 | 5.1 |
| Brian Campbell | D | 53 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 12 | -8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 6.7 |
| Henrik Tallinder | D | 72 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 1.6 |
| Mike Grier | R | 14 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Milan Bartovic | R | 23 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3.3 |
| Andy Delmore | D | 37 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 29 | -5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 5.0 |
| Jay McKee | D | 43 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 6.9 |
| Jason Botterill | L | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 |
| Eric Boulton | L | 44 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 110 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Jeff Jillson | D | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0.0 |
| Andrew Peters | L | 42 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 151 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Brad Brown | D | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Martin Biron | G | 52 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mika Noronen | G | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Doug Janik | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Domenic Pittis | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jason Pominville | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Norm Milley | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Miller | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1566 | 220 | 360 | 580 | 1261 | -33 | 58 | 104 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 2 | 2301 | 9.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Biron | 52 | 2972 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 125 | 2.52 | 1442 | 1317 | .913 |
| Mika Noronen | 35 | 1796 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 77 | 2.57 | 821 | 744 | .906 |
| Ryan Miller | 3 | 178 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5.06 | 73 | 58 | .795 |
| Totals | 90 | 4946 | 37 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 217 | 2.63 | 2553 | 2336 | .915 |
