1997-98 Buffalo Sabres Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 36-29-17 - 89 points
in the NHL's Northeast Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: Lindy Ruff (36-29-17)
1997-98 Buffalo Sabres RosterTeam Record: 36-29-17 - 89 points
in the NHL's Northeast Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: Lindy Ruff (36-29-17)
The Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 36 wins and 29 losses and 17 ties for 89 points in the NHL's Northeast Division.
The team scored 211 goals and conceded 187. Donald Audette netted 24 goals for the team, while Alexei Zhitnik accounted for 30 assists. Dominik Hasek earned 33 wins for the squad and a team-best 2.09 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.
Lindy Ruff coached the team. The 1997-98 Buffalo Sabres lost in the in 3rd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miroslav Satan | L | 79 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 34 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 139 | 15.8 |
| Alexei Zhitnik | D | 78 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 102 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 191 | 7.9 |
| Donald Audette | R | 75 | 24 | 20 | 44 | 59 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 198 | 12.1 |
| Michael Peca | C | 61 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 57 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 132 | 13.6 |
| Jason Dawe | R | 68 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 115 | 16.5 |
| Brian Holzinger | C | 69 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 36 | -2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 116 | 12.1 |
| Jason Woolley | D | 71 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 129 | 7.0 |
| Derek Plante | C | 72 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 150 | 8.7 |
| Michal Grosek | R | 67 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 60 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 114 | 8.8 |
| Matthew Barnaby | R | 72 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 289 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 96 | 5.2 |
| Curtis Brown | C | 63 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 91 | 13.2 |
| Dixon Ward | R | 71 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 99 | 10.1 |
| Darryl Shannon | D | 76 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 56 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 3.5 |
| Richard Smehlik | D | 72 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 62 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 3.3 |
| Jay McKee | D | 56 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 42 | -1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 1.8 |
| Wayne Primeau | C | 69 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 87 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 11.8 |
| Vaclav Varada | R | 27 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 18.5 |
| Brad May | L | 36 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 113 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 9.8 |
| Randy Burridge | L | 30 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 10.0 |
| Geoff Sanderson | L | 26 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 5.6 |
| Mike Wilson | D | 66 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 48 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 7.7 |
| Rob Ray | R | 63 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 234 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Erik Rasmussen | C | 21 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7.1 |
| Bob Boughner | D | 69 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 165 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.8 |
| Paul Kruse | L | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Dominik Hasek | G | 72 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Nichol | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Rumun Ndur | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Shields | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Hurlbut | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1564 | 211 | 342 | 553 | 1752 | 178 | 51 | 15 | 36 | 10 | 2172 | 9.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominik Hasek | 72 | 4220 | 33 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 147 | 2.09 | 2149 | 2002 | .932 |
| Steve Shields | 16 | 785 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2.83 | 408 | 371 | .909 |
| Totals | 88 | 5005 | 36 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 184 | 2.21 | 2557 | 2373 | .928 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miroslav Satan | L | 14 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | -9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 25.0 | |
| Alexei Zhitnik | D | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0.0 | |
| Donald Audette | R | 15 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 | -4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 16.1 | |
| Michael Peca | C | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 12.5 | |
| Brian Holzinger | C | 15 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 16.7 | |
| Jason Woolley | D | 15 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 6.3 | |
| Derek Plante | C | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | |
| Michal Grosek | R | 15 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 15.0 | |
| Matthew Barnaby | R | 15 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 28.0 | |
| Curtis Brown | C | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 | |
| Dixon Ward | R | 15 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 10.3 | |
| Darryl Shannon | D | 15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 | |
| Richard Smehlik | D | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | |
| Jay McKee | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Primeau | C | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | |
| Vaclav Varada | R | 15 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12.5 | |
| Geoff Sanderson | L | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 12.0 | |
| Mike Wilson | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 | |
| Rob Ray | R | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Bob Boughner | D | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Paul Kruse | L | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | |
| Dominik Hasek | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 285 | 46 | 75 | 121 | 266 | 32 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 398 | 11.6 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominik Hasek | 15 | 948 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 2.03 | 546 | 514 | .941 |
| Totals | 15 | 948 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 2.03 | 546 | 514 | .941 |
