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2008-09 Buffalo Sabres Statistics
Team Record: 41-32-4 (SO: 0-5) - 91 points
in the NHL's Northeast Division
Coach: Lindy Ruff (41-32, 9 OTL)
The Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ended the 2008-09 season with a record of 41 wins and 32 losses (and 4 overtime losses), with a 0-5 showing in shootouts for 91 points in the NHL's Northeast Division.
The team scored 250 goals and surrendered 234. Thomas Vanek netted 40 goals for the team, 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 | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Derek Roy | C | 82 | 28 | 42 | 70 | 38 | -5 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 221 | 12.7 |
Jason Pominville | R | 82 | 20 | 46 | 66 | 18 | -4 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 239 | 8.4 |
Thomas Vanek | L | 73 | 40 | 24 | 64 | 44 | -1 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 211 | 19.0 |
Tim Connolly | C | 48 | 18 | 29 | 47 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 126 | 14.3 |
Drew Stafford | R | 79 | 20 | 25 | 45 | 29 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 10.9 |
Jaroslav Spacek | D | 80 | 8 | 37 | 45 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 6.2 |
Ales Kotalik | R | 56 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 28 | -7 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 153 | 8.5 |
Clarke MacArthur | L | 71 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 56 | -4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 15.7 |
Paul Gaustad | C | 62 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 108 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 122 | 9.8 |
Daniel Paille | L | 73 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 80 | 15.0 |
Jochen Hecht | C | 70 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 33 | -9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 173 | 6.9 |
Craig Rivet | D | 64 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 125 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 2.5 |
Toni Lydman | D | 80 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 3.0 |
Maxim Afinogenov | R | 48 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 20 | -7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 6.5 |
Adam Mair | C | 75 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 95 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 10.7 |
Andrej Sekera | D | 69 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 22 | -11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 3.6 |
Teppo Numminen | D | 57 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 22 | -4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 5.9 |
Matt Ellis | L | 45 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 9.6 |
Henrik Tallinder | D | 66 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 36 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 2.9 |
Patrick Kaleta | R | 51 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 11.4 |
Chris Butler | D | 47 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 5.6 |
Nathan Paetsch | D | 23 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9.5 |
Dominic Moore | C | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 23 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3.0 |
Mark Mancari | R | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
Andrew Peters | L | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 81 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
Nathan Gerbe | C | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0.0 |
Tim Kennedy | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Patrick Lalime | G | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Weber | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
Bench | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mikael Tellqvist | G | 6 | 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 | |
Marc-Andre Gragnani | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
Totals | 1647 | 242 | 416 | 658 | 1121 | -11 | 75 | 7 | 33 | 2505 | 9.7 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patrick Lalime | 24 | 1297 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 3.10 | 669 | 602 | .900 |
Ryan Miller | 59 | 3443 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 145 | 2.53 | 1773 | 1628 | .918 |
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 | 2567 | 2346 | .914 |