2008-09 Buffalo Sabres Statistics
Team Record: 41-32-9 (SO: 8-5) - 91 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Northeast Division
Coach: Lindy Ruff (41-32, 9 OTL)
Location: Buffalo, New York
2008-09 Buffalo Sabres Results
The Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ended the 2008-09 season with a record of 41 wins and 32 losses (and 9 overtime losses), with a 8-5 showing in shootouts for 91 points, finishing third in the NHL's Northeast Division.
The Sabres scored 250 goals and surrendered 234. Thomas Vanek netted 40 goals for Buffalo, and Jason Pominville accounted for 46 assists. Ryan Miller earned 34 wins for the squad and a team-best 2.53 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% |
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Derek Roy | C | 82 | 28 | 42 | 70 | 38 | -5 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 221 | 12.7 |
Jason Pominville | R | 82 | 20 | 46 | 66 | 18 | -4 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 239 | 8.4 |
Thomas Vanek | L | 73 | 40 | 24 | 64 | 44 | -1 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 211 | 19.0 |
Tim Connolly | C | 48 | 18 | 29 | 47 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 126 | 14.3 |
Drew Stafford | R | 79 | 20 | 25 | 45 | 29 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 10.9 |
Jaroslav Spacek | D | 80 | 8 | 37 | 45 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 6.2 |
Ales Kotalik | R | 56 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 28 | -7 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 153 | 8.5 |
Clarke MacArthur | L | 71 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 56 | -4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 15.7 |
Paul Gaustad | C | 62 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 108 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 122 | 9.8 |
Jochen Hecht | C | 70 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 33 | -9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 173 | 6.9 |
Daniel Paille | L | 73 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 80 | 15.0 |
Craig Rivet | D | 64 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 125 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 2.5 |
Toni Lydman | D | 80 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 3.0 |
Maxim Afinogenov | R | 48 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 20 | -7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 6.5 |
Adam Mair | C | 75 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 95 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 10.7 |
Andrej Sekera | D | 69 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 22 | -11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 3.6 |
Teppo Numminen | D | 57 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 22 | -4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 5.9 |
Matt Ellis | L | 45 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 9.6 |
Henrik Tallinder | D | 66 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 36 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 2.9 |
Patrick Kaleta | R | 51 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 11.4 |
Chris Butler | D | 47 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 5.6 |
Nathan Paetsch | D | 23 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9.5 |
Dominic Moore | C | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 23 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3.0 |
Mark Mancari | R | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
Nathan Gerbe | C | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0.0 |
Andrew Peters | L | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 81 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
Patrick Lalime | G | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ryan Miller | G | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Marc-Andre Gragnani | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
Mikael Tellqvist | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tim Kennedy | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Mike Weber | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
Totals | 1565 | 242 | 416 | 658 | 1105 | -11 | 75 | 142 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 2505 | 9.7 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ryan Miller | 59 | 3443 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 145 | 2.53 | 1773 | 1628 | .918 |
Patrick Lalime | 24 | 1297 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 3.10 | 669 | 602 | .900 |
Mikael Tellqvist | 6 | 230 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2.35 | 125 | 116 | .928 |
Totals | 89 | 4970 | 41 | 32 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 221 | 2.67 | 2788 | 2567 | .921 |