2007-08 Buffalo Sabres Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 39-31-3 (SO: 0-9) - 90 points
in the NHL's Northeast Division
Coach: Lindy Ruff (39-31, 12 OTL)
2007-08 Buffalo Sabres RosterTeam Record: 39-31-3 (SO: 0-9) - 90 points
in the NHL's Northeast Division
Coach: Lindy Ruff (39-31, 12 OTL)
The Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ended the 2007-08 season with a record of 39 wins and 31 losses (and 3 overtime losses), with a 0-9 showing in shootouts for 90 points in the NHL's Northeast Division.
The club scored 255 goals and allowed 242. Thomas Vanek netted 36 goals for the squad, and Derek Roy tallied 30 or more as well. Jason Pominville accounted for 53 assists. Ryan Miller earned 36 wins for the team and a team-best 2.64 goals against average, leading regularly-used goaltenders.
Lindy Ruff coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Roy | C | 78 | 32 | 49 | 81 | 46 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 218 | 14.7 |
| Jason Pominville | R | 82 | 27 | 53 | 80 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 232 | 11.6 |
| Thomas Vanek | L | 82 | 36 | 28 | 64 | 64 | -5 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 240 | 15.0 |
| Jochen Hecht | C | 75 | 22 | 27 | 49 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 229 | 9.6 |
| Ales Kotalik | R | 79 | 23 | 20 | 43 | 58 | -5 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 207 | 11.1 |
| Brian Campbell | D | 63 | 5 | 38 | 43 | 12 | -1 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 4.9 |
| Tim Connolly | C | 48 | 7 | 33 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 111 | 6.3 |
| Drew Stafford | R | 64 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 103 | 15.5 |
| Paul Gaustad | C | 82 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 85 | -4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 136 | 7.4 |
| Daniel Paille | L | 77 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 110 | 17.3 |
| Jaroslav Spacek | D | 60 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 42 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 95 | 9.5 |
| Maxim Afinogenov | R | 56 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 42 | -16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 114 | 8.8 |
| Toni Lydman | D | 82 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 74 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 4.7 |
| Henrik Tallinder | D | 71 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 70 | 1.4 |
| Adam Mair | C | 72 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 66 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 8.1 |
| Clarke MacArthur | L | 37 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 15.7 |
| Steve Bernier | R | 17 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 8.6 |
| Nathan Paetsch | D | 59 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 4.1 |
| Michael Ryan | L | 46 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 30 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 6.7 |
| Andrej Sekera | D | 37 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 7.1 |
| Dmitri Kalinin | D | 46 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 32 | -7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1.7 |
| Nolan Pratt | D | 55 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Patrick Kaleta | R | 40 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 11.5 |
| Mike Weber | D | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Andrew Peters | L | 44 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 100 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Ryan Miller | G | 76 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Teppo Numminen | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jocelyn Thibault | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Funk | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Marc-Andre Gragnani | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1645 | 251 | 454 | 705 | 1004 | 32 | 66 | 9 | 35 | 2478 | 10.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Miller | 76 | 4474 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 197 | 2.64 | 2104 | 1907 | .906 |
| Jocelyn Thibault | 12 | 507 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 3.31 | 214 | 186 | .869 |
| Totals | 88 | 4981 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 225 | 2.71 | 2318 | 2093 | .903 |
