1996-97 Buffalo Sabres Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 40-30-12 - 92 points
in the NHL's Northeast Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Ted Nolan (40-30-12)
1996-97 Buffalo Sabres RosterTeam Record: 40-30-12 - 92 points
in the NHL's Northeast Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Ted Nolan (40-30-12)
The Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 40 wins and 30 losses and 12 ties for 92 points in the NHL's Northeast Division.
The team netted 237 goals and conceded 208. Donald Audette scored 28 goals for the team, while Garry Galley contributed 34 assists. Dominik Hasek earned 37 wins for the squad and a team-best 2.27 goals against average, leading qualifying goaltenders.
Ted Nolan coached the team. The 1996-97 Buffalo Sabres lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Plante | C | 82 | 27 | 26 | 53 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 191 | 14.1 |
| Brian Holzinger | C | 81 | 22 | 29 | 51 | 54 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 142 | 15.5 |
| Donald Audette | R | 73 | 28 | 22 | 50 | 48 | -6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 182 | 15.4 |
| Michael Peca | C | 79 | 20 | 29 | 49 | 80 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 137 | 14.6 |
| Jason Dawe | R | 81 | 22 | 26 | 48 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 136 | 16.2 |
| Dixon Ward | R | 79 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 36 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 93 | 14.0 |
| Matthew Barnaby | R | 68 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 249 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 121 | 15.7 |
| Garry Galley | D | 71 | 4 | 34 | 38 | 102 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 4.8 |
| Michal Grosek | R | 82 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 71 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 117 | 12.8 |
| Alexei Zhitnik | D | 80 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 95 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 170 | 4.1 |
| Randy Burridge | L | 55 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 11.8 |
| Richard Smehlik | D | 62 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 43 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 11.0 |
| Darryl Shannon | D | 82 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 112 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 4.3 |
| Mike Wilson | D | 77 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 51 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 3.5 |
| Miroslav Satan | L | 12 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 27.6 |
| Rob Ray | R | 82 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 286 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 15.6 |
| Jay McKee | D | 43 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3.4 |
| Barrie Moore | L | 31 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 4.8 |
| Pat LaFontaine | C | 13 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | -8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 5.3 |
| Bob Boughner | D | 77 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 225 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2.9 |
| Curtis Brown | C | 28 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 12.9 |
| Brad May | L | 42 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 106 | -8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 4.0 |
| Wayne Primeau | C | 45 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 64 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8.0 |
| Anatoli Semenov | C | 25 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 9.5 |
| Ed Ronan | R | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Dominik Hasek | G | 67 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rumun Ndur | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Huddy | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Shields | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vaclav Varada | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Andrei Trefilov | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1641 | 237 | 394 | 631 | 1840 | 214 | 43 | 16 | 40 | 4 | 2090 | 11.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominik Hasek | 67 | 4037 | 37 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 153 | 2.27 | 2177 | 2024 | .930 |
| Steve Shields | 13 | 789 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 2.97 | 447 | 408 | .913 |
| Andrei Trefilov | 3 | 159 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3.77 | 98 | 88 | .898 |
| Totals | 83 | 4985 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 202 | 2.43 | 2722 | 2520 | .926 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Plante | C | 12 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 15.4 | |
| Brian Holzinger | C | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 10.0 | |
| Donald Audette | R | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | -3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 12.1 | |
| Michael Peca | C | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 | |
| Jason Dawe | R | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 | |
| Dixon Ward | R | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8.7 | |
| Matthew Barnaby | R | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | |
| Garry Galley | D | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.0 | |
| Michal Grosek | R | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 16.7 | |
| Alexei Zhitnik | D | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 | |
| Randy Burridge | L | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | -5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 19.2 | |
| Richard Smehlik | D | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 | |
| Darryl Shannon | D | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 | |
| Mike Wilson | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Miroslav Satan | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Rob Ray | R | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Jay McKee | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Bob Boughner | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Brad May | L | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 32 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Wayne Primeau | C | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Ed Ronan | R | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Dominik Hasek | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Shields | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andrei Trefilov | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 230 | 27 | 45 | 72 | 220 | -19 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 296 | 9.1 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominik Hasek | 3 | 153 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.96 | 73 | 68 | .932 |
| Steve Shields | 10 | 569 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 2.74 | 360 | 334 | .928 |
| Andrei Trefilov | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 |
| Totals | 14 | 727 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 2.56 | 437 | 406 | .929 |
