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Buffalo Sabres, 1996-97

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Northeast Division, Eastern Conference Won the Northeast Division Made the playoffs

1996-97 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
6 82 40-30-12 92 0.561 237 208 +29 24-11-6 16-19-6

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Conference Quarterfinals Ottawa Senators Won 4-3
Conference Semifinals Philadelphia Flyers Lost 1-4

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Derek Plante C 82 27 26 53 14 24 191 0
Brian Holzinger C 81 22 29 51 9 54 142 0
Donald Audette R 73 28 22 50 -6 48 182 0
Michael Peca C 79 20 29 49 26 80 137 0
Jason Dawe R 81 22 26 48 14 32 136 0
Dixon Ward L 79 13 32 45 17 36 93 0
Matthew Barnaby R 68 19 24 43 16 249 121 0
Garry Galley D 71 4 34 38 10 102 84 0
Michal Grosek L 82 15 21 36 25 71 117 0
Alexei Zhitnik D 80 7 28 35 10 95 170 0
Randy Burridge L 55 10 21 31 17 20 85 0
Richard Smehlik D 62 11 19 30 19 43 100 0
Darryl Shannon D 82 4 19 23 23 112 94 0
Mike Wilson D 77 2 9 11 13 51 57 0
Jay McKee D 43 1 9 10 3 35 29 0
Miroslav Satan R 12 8 2 10 1 4 29 0
Rob Ray R 82 7 3 10 3 286 45 0
Barrie Moore L 31 2 6 8 1 18 42 0
Bob Boughner D 77 1 7 8 12 225 34 0
Pat LaFontaine C 13 2 6 8 -8 4 38 0
Brad May L 42 3 4 7 -8 106 75 0
Curtis Brown C 28 4 3 7 4 18 31 0
Anatoli Semenov C 25 2 4 6 -3 2 21 0
Wayne Primeau C 45 2 4 6 -2 64 25 0
Ed Ronan R 18 1 4 5 4 11 10 0
Charlie Huddy D 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Ruman Ndur D 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Vaclav Varada R 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Dominik Hasek 67 37201005 2177 2024 153 2.27 0.930
Steve Shields 13 38200 447 408 39 2.96 0.913
Andrei Trefilov 3 02000 98 88 10 3.78 0.898

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 13, 1997 vs WSH L 3-8 24 38
Apr 12, 1997 @ OTT L 0-1 17 34
Apr 10, 1997 @ BOS W 5-1 24 28
Apr 7, 1997 @ HFD L 2-4 24 41
Apr 4, 1997 vs NYR W 5-1 29 21
Apr 2, 1997 vs OTT L 0-2 15 36
Apr 1, 1997 @ NYR T 1-1 (OT) 34 38
Mar 30, 1997 @ CHI L 2-3 27 22
Mar 28, 1997 @ DET L 1-2 (OT) 22 41
Mar 26, 1997 vs NYI L 2-3 (OT) 27 28
Mar 22, 1997 @ FLA L 2-3 18 32
Mar 21, 1997 @ WSH W 4-1 12 31
Mar 18, 1997 @ PIT L 3-5 26 33
Mar 17, 1997 vs BOS W 5-1 25 28
Mar 15, 1997 @ PHI W 7-5 20 44
Mar 11, 1997 vs PHI W 3-2 (OT) 24 31
Mar 9, 1997 vs NJD L 1-4 18 31
Mar 8, 1997 @ MTL T 3-3 (OT) 24 43
Mar 5, 1997 vs PIT W 4-2 27 25
Mar 1, 1997 @ OTT W 3-1 16 30
Feb 27, 1997 @ NJD L 1-4 21 38
Feb 23, 1997 vs BOS W 5-1 23 22
Feb 21, 1997 vs NYI W 5-2 25 36
Feb 18, 1997 vs CGY T 5-5 (OT) 32 42
Feb 16, 1997 vs SJS W 6-2 35 33
Feb 12, 1997 vs MTL T 2-2 (OT) 34 45
Feb 9, 1997 vs OTT W 2-1 20 33
Feb 8, 1997 @ TBL W 3-1 25 32
Feb 6, 1997 vs FLA T 1-1 (OT) 26 33
Feb 4, 1997 @ PHI T 1-1 (OT) 23 29
Feb 2, 1997 vs WSH T 2-2 (OT) 24 29
Jan 31, 1997 vs DAL W 3-1 24 35
Jan 29, 1997 vs PIT W 3-1 39 22
Jan 25, 1997 vs HFD L 1-5 36 18
Jan 24, 1997 vs EDM L 1-3 23 35
Jan 22, 1997 vs MTL W 6-1 33 33
Jan 20, 1997 vs CHI W 2-1 24 44
Jan 15, 1997 @ NYI W 2-1 24 26
Jan 12, 1997 @ PHX W 3-2 (OT) 30 34
Jan 10, 1997 @ ANA L 2-5 21 52
Jan 9, 1997 @ LAK L 3-6 31 25
Jan 7, 1997 @ SJS T 1-1 (OT) 23 43
Jan 5, 1997 vs PHX W 5-1 33 31
Jan 3, 1997 vs STL T 2-2 (OT) 39 35
Dec 31, 1996 vs NJD W 6-5 24 36
Dec 28, 1996 @ PIT L 0-2 21 29
Dec 26, 1996 vs HFD W 5-1 21 27
Dec 23, 1996 @ NJD T 0-0 (OT) 37 37
Dec 21, 1996 @ OTT W 3-2 25 29
Dec 20, 1996 vs LAK W 6-2 37 39
Dec 18, 1996 vs TBL W 5-3 25 32
Dec 14, 1996 @ BOS W 4-0 32 29
Dec 13, 1996 vs NYR L 0-3 30 26
Dec 11, 1996 @ MTL W 3-2 (OT) 29 45
Dec 7, 1996 @ HFD L 4-6 26 36
Dec 6, 1996 vs ANA T 1-1 (OT) 23 40
Dec 4, 1996 vs VAN L 6-7 (OT) 34 38
Nov 30, 1996 @ NYI W 3-2 19 29
Nov 29, 1996 vs OTT W 3-0 25 31
Nov 27, 1996 @ TBL W 3-0 20 32
Nov 26, 1996 @ FLA L 3-4 23 33
Nov 23, 1996 @ BOS W 3-2 (OT) 32 36
Nov 21, 1996 vs TOR W 6-3 34 37
Nov 19, 1996 @ TOR L 3-4 23 32
Nov 14, 1996 vs COL W 5-4 26 34
Nov 12, 1996 @ PIT L 0-3 25 38
Nov 11, 1996 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 27 31
Nov 9, 1996 @ HFD L 3-4 (OT) 26 44
Nov 7, 1996 vs PHI L 2-5 15 38
Nov 2, 1996 @ COL T 0-0 (OT) 20 32
Nov 1, 1996 @ STL W 4-2 22 36
Oct 30, 1996 @ DAL L 0-2 24 31
Oct 27, 1996 @ NYR L 4-6 33 40
Oct 26, 1996 vs HFD W 6-3 27 29
Oct 24, 1996 vs MTL W 6-3 27 30
Oct 18, 1996 @ WSH W 4-1 26 32
Oct 17, 1996 vs PIT W 4-1 30 30
Oct 15, 1996 vs TBL L 0-4 22 30
Oct 12, 1996 vs DET L 1-6 22 35
Oct 9, 1996 @ VAN W 2-1 19 35
Oct 6, 1996 @ CGY L 0-3 19 28
Oct 4, 1996 @ EDM L 3-4 19 22