2006-07 Buffalo Sabres Statistics
Team Record: 53-22-7 (SO: 10-4) - 113 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Northeast Division
Postseason: 9-7
Lost NHL conference finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Defeated New York Islanders 4-1
Conference Semi-Finals - Defeated New York Rangers 4-2
Conference Finals - Lost to Ottawa Senators 4-1
Coach: Lindy Ruff (53-22, 7 OTL)
Location: Buffalo, New York
2006-07 Buffalo Sabres Results
The Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ended the 2006-07 season with a record of 53 wins and 22 losses (and 7 overtime losses), with a 10-4 showing in shootouts for 113 points, finishing first in the NHL's Northeast Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 9-7.
The Sabres paced the circuit with 308 goals. Buffalo allowed 242 goals. Thomas Vanek scored 43 goals for the squad, while Chris Drury, Jason Pominville and Danny Briere each netted 30 or more also. Danny Briere contributed 63 assists. Ryan Miller earned 40 wins for the team and a team-best 2.73 goals against average, leading regularly-used goaltenders.
Lindy Ruff coached the team. The 2006-07 Buffalo Sabres lost in the NHL conference finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Briere | C | 81 | 32 | 63 | 95 | 89 | 17 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 234 | 13.7 |
| Thomas Vanek | L | 82 | 43 | 41 | 84 | 40 | 47 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 237 | 18.1 |
| Chris Drury | C | 77 | 37 | 32 | 69 | 30 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 199 | 18.6 |
| Jason Pominville | R | 82 | 34 | 34 | 68 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 212 | 16.0 |
| Derek Roy | C | 75 | 21 | 42 | 63 | 60 | 37 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 130 | 16.2 |
| Maxim Afinogenov | R | 56 | 23 | 38 | 61 | 66 | 19 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 151 | 15.2 |
| Jochen Hecht | C | 76 | 19 | 37 | 56 | 39 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 197 | 9.6 |
| Brian Campbell | D | 82 | 6 | 42 | 48 | 35 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 6.5 |
| Ales Kotalik | R | 66 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 46 | -5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 162 | 9.9 |
| Dmitri Kalinin | D | 82 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 36 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 8.1 |
| Teppo Numminen | D | 79 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 32 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 2.9 |
| Drew Stafford | R | 41 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 67 | 19.4 |
| Nathan Paetsch | D | 63 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 50 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 3.2 |
| Paul Gaustad | C | 54 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 74 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 12.0 |
| Jaroslav Spacek | D | 65 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 62 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 78 | 6.4 |
| Toni Lydman | D | 67 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 4.5 |
| Henrik Tallinder | D | 47 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 11.8 |
| Jiri Novotny | C | 50 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 26 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 10.0 |
| Daniel Paille | L | 29 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 6.7 |
| Adam Mair | C | 82 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 128 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 2.7 |
| Dainius Zubrus | R | 19 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 12.9 |
| Clarke MacArthur | L | 19 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18.8 |
| Michael Ryan | L | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 8.8 |
| Andrew Peters | L | 58 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 125 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Patrick Kaleta | R | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Miller | G | 63 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Funk | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Tim Connolly | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Mark Mancari | R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Martin Biron | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Card | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ty Conklin | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrej Sekera | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1561 | 298 | 534 | 832 | 1182 | 299 | 71 | 134 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 0 | 2417 | 12.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Miller | 63 | 3692 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 168 | 2.73 | 1886 | 1718 | .911 |
| Martin Biron | 19 | 1066 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 3.04 | 533 | 479 | .899 |
| Ty Conklin | 5 | 227 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3.44 | 120 | 107 | .892 |
| Totals | 87 | 4985 | 53 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 235 | 2.83 | 2774 | 2539 | .915 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Briere | C | 16 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 6.1 | |
| Thomas Vanek | L | 16 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 16.7 | |
| Chris Drury | C | 16 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 18.6 | |
| Jason Pominville | R | 16 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 10.0 | |
| Derek Roy | C | 16 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 | |
| Maxim Afinogenov | R | 15 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 13.9 | |
| Jochen Hecht | C | 16 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 8.9 | |
| Brian Campbell | D | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10.3 | |
| Ales Kotalik | R | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5.9 | |
| Dmitri Kalinin | D | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 | |
| Teppo Numminen | D | 16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Drew Stafford | R | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 | |
| Paul Gaustad | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Jaroslav Spacek | D | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 | |
| Toni Lydman | D | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.3 | |
| Henrik Tallinder | D | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | |
| Daniel Paille | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Adam Mair | C | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | |
| Dainius Zubrus | R | 15 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 | |
| Ryan Miller | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Connolly | C | 16 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 304 | 44 | 78 | 122 | 162 | 42 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 478 | 9.2 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Miller | 16 | 1029 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 2.22 | 489 | 451 | .922 |
| Totals | 16 | 1029 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 2.22 | 527 | 489 | .928 |
