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Buffalo Sabres, 1997-98

Be the GM of the Buffalo Sabres Take over the 2026-27 team: trade, manage the cap and simulate the season.

Northeast Division, Eastern Conference Made the playoffs

1997-98 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
10 82 36-29-17 89 0.543 211 187 +24 20-13-8 16-16-9

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Conference Quarterfinals Philadelphia Flyers Won 4-1
Conference Semifinals Montréal Canadiens Won 4-0
Eastern Conference Finals Washington Capitals Lost 2-4

Roster

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

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Miroslav Satan R 79 22 24 46 2 34 139 29
Alexei Zhitnik D 78 15 30 45 19 102 191 122
Donald Audette R 75 24 20 44 10 59 198 29
Michael Peca C 61 18 22 40 12 57 132 109
Jason Dawe R 68 19 17 36 10 36 115 52
Brian Holzinger C 69 14 21 35 -2 36 116 26
Jason Woolley D 71 9 26 35 8 35 129 41
Derek Plante C 72 13 21 34 8 26 150 16
Michal Grosek L 67 10 20 30 9 60 114 55
Matthew Barnaby R 72 5 20 25 8 289 96 70
Curtis Brown C 63 12 12 24 11 34 91 61
Dixon Ward L 71 10 13 23 9 42 99 44
Darryl Shannon D 76 3 19 22 26 56 85 63
Richard Smehlik D 72 3 17 20 11 62 90 87
Jay McKee D 56 1 13 14 -1 42 55 81
Wayne Primeau C 69 6 6 12 9 87 51 63
Brad May L 36 4 7 11 2 113 41 51
Vaclav Varada R 27 5 6 11 0 15 27 37
Randy Burridge L 30 4 6 10 0 0 40 22
Geoff Sanderson L 26 4 5 9 6 20 72 17
Mike Wilson D 66 4 4 8 13 48 52 74
Rob Ray R 63 2 4 6 2 234 19 72
Erik Rasmussen C 21 2 3 5 2 14 28 22
Bob Boughner D 69 1 3 4 5 165 26 110
Paul Kruse L 12 1 1 2 1 49 8 17
Mike Hurlbut D 3 0 0 0 -1 2 3 4
Ruman Ndur D 1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1
Scott Nichol C 3 0 0 0 0 4 5 1
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Dominik Hasek 72 332313013 2149 2002 147 2.09 0.932
Steve Shields 16 36400 408 371 37 2.83 0.909

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 19, 1998 vs OTT L 1-2 27 51
Apr 18, 1998 @ MTL T 3-3 (OT) 20 24
Apr 15, 1998 @ NJD L 4-5 (OT) 20 41
Apr 13, 1998 vs PHI W 2-1 24 31
Apr 11, 1998 @ OTT T 4-4 (OT) 37 36
Apr 10, 1998 vs MTL W 2-1 27 29
Apr 8, 1998 vs CAR W 3-1 27 16
Apr 5, 1998 vs OTT L 0-1 22 33
Apr 3, 1998 vs BOS W 5-4 25 26
Apr 1, 1998 vs LAK W 4-0 28 37
Mar 29, 1998 @ DET L 2-4 26 38
Mar 27, 1998 @ EDM W 1-0 29 20
Mar 26, 1998 @ VAN W 5-2 24 23
Mar 24, 1998 @ CGY W 2-0 21 29
Mar 21, 1998 vs BOS L 1-2 31 32
Mar 19, 1998 vs FLA W 6-1 26 32
Mar 17, 1998 vs CHI L 3-5 30 42
Mar 15, 1998 vs PIT W 3-0 28 22
Mar 14, 1998 @ PIT L 1-2 38 19
Mar 12, 1998 vs SJS W 3-1 24 39
Mar 10, 1998 @ NYI T 2-2 (OT) 32 22
Mar 7, 1998 @ MTL W 2-1 26 32
Mar 6, 1998 vs NYI L 2-4 30 22
Mar 2, 1998 @ NYR W 1-0 18 33
Mar 1, 1998 @ WSH W 3-0 20 36
Feb 26, 1998 @ BOS T 1-1 (OT) 21 33
Feb 25, 1998 vs TOR T 2-2 (OT) 28 35
Feb 7, 1998 @ MTL W 4-1 22 34
Feb 6, 1998 vs PIT T 2-2 (OT) 34 37
Feb 4, 1998 vs BOS T 2-2 (OT) 31 26
Feb 2, 1998 @ TBL W 7-3 32 38
Feb 1, 1998 @ FLA W 5-2 29 31
Jan 30, 1998 vs PHX T 3-3 (OT) 28 36
Jan 27, 1998 vs STL T 3-3 (OT) 25 19
Jan 23, 1998 vs TBL W 4-1 36 36
Jan 21, 1998 vs CAR W 2-1 37 33
Jan 20, 1998 @ PHI L 0-3 29 30
Jan 15, 1998 vs VAN W 6-2 32 44
Jan 14, 1998 @ TOR W 4-1 27 37
Jan 10, 1998 @ SJS L 2-5 18 42
Jan 8, 1998 @ LAK T 2-2 (OT) 31 26
Jan 7, 1998 @ ANA W 3-2 29 32
Jan 2, 1998 vs COL T 2-2 (OT) 36 33
Dec 31, 1997 vs OTT W 3-0 29 36
Dec 29, 1997 vs NJD L 1-3 23 19
Dec 27, 1997 @ CAR L 1-4 27 24
Dec 26, 1997 vs NYR W 3-0 26 28
Dec 23, 1997 vs DET L 1-3 27 30
Dec 21, 1997 @ NYR W 2-0 23 33
Dec 19, 1997 vs MTL W 1-0 20 42
Dec 17, 1997 @ NYI L 0-4 28 29
Dec 15, 1997 @ DAL L 4-8 26 35
Dec 12, 1997 vs CAR W 3-2 (OT) 28 37
Dec 11, 1997 @ BOS L 1-2 18 27
Dec 6, 1997 @ OTT L 0-3 25 24
Dec 5, 1997 vs TBL W 4-0 18 38
Dec 3, 1997 vs ANA W 4-0 25 29
Dec 1, 1997 @ PHI T 1-1 (OT) 17 26
Nov 28, 1997 vs NYR T 3-3 (OT) 23 30
Nov 26, 1997 vs PHI L 1-3 27 25
Nov 24, 1997 @ PIT L 1-5 22 45
Nov 22, 1997 vs NYI W 6-1 33 29
Nov 20, 1997 @ BOS W 5-0 24 29
Nov 15, 1997 vs NJD L 2-3 24 32
Nov 13, 1997 vs WSH L 2-3 25 35
Nov 10, 1997 vs EDM T 4-4 (OT) 40 25
Nov 8, 1997 @ PIT T 2-2 (OT) 38 31
Nov 6, 1997 vs FLA L 2-4 30 25
Nov 1, 1997 @ FLA W 4-3 (OT) 30 23
Oct 31, 1997 @ CAR W 3-2 (OT) 24 25
Oct 28, 1997 @ COL L 2-3 21 19
Oct 26, 1997 @ PHX L 1-6 24 30
Oct 22, 1997 vs CGY W 4-1 21 18
Oct 19, 1997 @ CHI L 2-5 17 47
Oct 17, 1997 vs MTL L 1-5 22 42
Oct 15, 1997 @ CAR T 3-3 (OT) 28 37
Oct 11, 1997 @ NJD L 2-3 26 30
Oct 9, 1997 vs WSH W 5-2 32 31
Oct 7, 1997 vs DAL L 2-4 17 30
Oct 5, 1997 @ TBL T 1-1 (OT) 37 31
Oct 3, 1997 @ WSH L 2-6 23 34
Oct 1, 1997 @ STL W 3-1 19 35