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Sabres Buffalo Sabres
Season 1996-1997
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Record
40-30-0
Points
92
Streak
-
Last 10
-
Goals
237-208
GF-GA
Differential
-
Season total
Point %
56.1%
Standings pace
PP %
13.2%
Power play
PK %
-
Penalty kill
Faceoff %
-
Draws won
GF / GP
2.89
Goals for
GA / GP
2.54
Goals against
SF / GP
25.49
Shots for
SA / GP
33.27
Shots against
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
Derek Plante
53
0.65 P/GP
Brian Holzinger
51
0.63 P/GP
Donald Audette
50
0.68 P/GP
Michael Peca
49
0.62 P/GP
Jason Dawe
48
0.59 P/GP
Dixon Ward
45
0.57 P/GP
Matthew Barnaby
43
0.63 P/GP
Garry Galley
38
0.54 P/GP
Michal Grosek
36
0.44 P/GP
Alexei Zhitnik
35
0.44 P/GP
Randy Burridge
31
0.56 P/GP
Richard Smehlik
30
0.48 P/GP
Darryl Shannon
23
0.28 P/GP
Mike Wilson
11
0.14 P/GP
Miroslav Satan
10
0.83 P/GP
Rob Ray
10
0.12 P/GP
Jay McKee
10
0.23 P/GP
Barrie Moore
8
0.26 P/GP
Pat LaFontaine
8
0.62 P/GP
Bob Boughner
8
0.10 P/GP
Curtis Brown
7
0.25 P/GP
Brad May
7
0.17 P/GP
Anatoli Semenov
6
0.24 P/GP
Wayne Primeau
6
0.13 P/GP
Ed Ronan
5
0.28 P/GP
Charlie Huddy
0
0.00 P/GP
Ruman Ndur
0
0.00 P/GP
Vaclav Varada
0
0.00 P/GP
#
Player
Player
Pos
GP
G
A
P
+/−
PIM
S
S%
TOI/GP
P/GP
1
Derek Plante
BUF
C
82
27
26
53
+14
24
191
14.10
—
0.65
2
Brian Holzinger
BUF
C
81
22
29
51
+9
54
142
15.50
—
0.63
3
Donald Audette
BUF
RW
73
28
22
50
-6
48
182
15.40
—
0.68
4
Michael Peca
BUF
C
79
20
29
49
+26
80
137
14.60
—
0.62
5
Jason Dawe
BUF
RW
81
22
26
48
+14
32
136
16.20
—
0.59
6
Dixon Ward
BUF
LW
79
13
32
45
+17
36
93
14.00
—
0.57
7
Matthew Barnaby
BUF
RW
68
19
24
43
+16
249
121
15.70
—
0.63
8
Garry Galley
BUF
D
71
4
34
38
+10
102
84
4.80
—
0.54
9
Michal Grosek
BUF
LW
82
15
21
36
+25
71
117
12.80
—
0.44
10
Alexei Zhitnik
BUF
D
80
7
28
35
+10
95
170
4.10
—
0.44
11
Randy Burridge
BUF
LW
55
10
21
31
+17
20
85
11.80
—
0.56
12
Richard Smehlik
BUF
D
62
11
19
30
+19
43
100
11.00
—
0.48
13
Darryl Shannon
BUF
D
82
4
19
23
+23
112
94
4.30
—
0.28
14
Mike Wilson
BUF
D
77
2
9
11
+13
51
57
3.50
—
0.14
15
Miroslav Satan
BUF
RW
12
8
2
10
+1
4
29
27.60
—
0.83
16
Rob Ray
BUF
RW
82
7
3
10
+3
286
45
15.60
—
0.12
17
Jay McKee
BUF
D
43
1
9
10
+3
35
29
3.40
—
0.23
18
Barrie Moore
BUF
LW
31
2
6
8
+1
18
42
4.80
—
0.26
19
Pat LaFontaine
BUF
C
13
2
6
8
-8
4
38
5.30
—
0.62
20
Bob Boughner
BUF
D
77
1
7
8
+12
225
34
2.90
—
0.10
21
Curtis Brown
BUF
C
28
4
3
7
+4
18
31
12.90
—
0.25
22
Brad May
BUF
LW
42
3
4
7
-8
106
75
4.00
—
0.17
23
Anatoli Semenov
BUF
C
25
2
4
6
-3
2
21
9.50
—
0.24
24
Wayne Primeau
BUF
C
45
2
4
6
-2
64
25
8.00
—
0.13
25
Ed Ronan
BUF
RW
18
1
4
5
+4
11
10
10.00
—
0.28
26
Charlie Huddy
BUF
D
1
0
0
0
-1
0
0
0.00
—
0.00
27
Ruman Ndur
BUF
D
2
0
0
0
+1
2
0
0.00
—
0.00
28
Vaclav Varada
BUF
RW
5
0
0
0
0
2
2
0.00
—
0.00
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1996 Draft Class
Full draft board-
7
Erik Rasmussen
-
27
Cory Sarich
-
33
Darren Oene
-
54
Francois Methot
-
87
Kurt Walsh
-
106
Mike Martone
-
115
Alexei Tezikov
-
142
Ryan Davis
-
161
Darren Mortier
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222
Scott Buhler