2005-06 Buffalo Sabres Roster and Statistics

Record: 52-24-6 (110 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Northeast Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Lindy Ruff (52-24-6)

Captain: Daniel Brière , Chris Drury

Primary Arena: HSBC Arena

Goals For: 281 (5th of 30), Goals Against: 239 (10th of 30)
SRS: 0.50 (4th of 30), SOS: -0.01 (17th of 30)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Finals (4-3) to Carolina Hurricanes
Won Conference Semi-Finals (4-1) over Ottawa Senators
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-2) over Philadelphia Flyers

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +6000

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Recent Game Results

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	AvAge	GP	W	L	OL	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Buffalo Sabres	26.9	82	52	24	6	110	.671	276	234	0.50	-0.01	3.37	2.85	101	477	21.17	59	439	86.56	10	17	2510	11.0	2502	.906		2
League Average	28.3	82	41	32	9	91	.557	248	248					85	480	17.68	85	480	82.32	11	11	2458	10.1	2458	.899		4

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Buffalo Sabres
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
61	Maxim Afinogenov	su SU	RW	26	6-0	190	L/-	5	September 4, 1979
43	Martin Biron	ca CA	G	28	6-2	186	-/L	7	August 15, 1977
48	Daniel Brière (C)	ca CA	C	28	5-9	174	R/-	7	October 6, 1977
51	Brian Campbell	ca CA	D	26	5-10	192	L/-	5	May 23, 1979
19	Tim Connolly	us US	C	24	6-1	190	R/-	4	May 7, 1981
23	Chris Drury (C)	us US	C	29	5-10	191	R/-	6	August 20, 1976
17	J.P. Dumont	ca CA	RW	27	6-1	205	L/-	6	April 1, 1978
8	Rory Fitzpatrick	us US	D	31	6-2	208	R/-	7	January 11, 1975
28	Paul Gaustad	us US	C	23	6-5	227	L/-	1	February 3, 1982
25	Mike Grier	us US	RW	31	6-1	224	R/-	8	January 5, 1975
55	Jochen Hecht	de DE	LW	28	6-1	198	L/-	6	June 21, 1977
33	Doug Janik	us US	D	25	6-2	211	L/-	2	March 26, 1980
34	Jeff Jillson	us US	D	25	6-3	215	R/-	3	July 24, 1980
45	Dmitri Kalinin	su SU	D	25	6-3	210	L/-	5	July 22, 1980
12	Aleš Kotalík	cs CS	RW	27	6-1	225	R/-	3	December 23, 1978
5	Toni Lydman	fi FI	D	28	6-1	208	L/-	4	September 25, 1977
22	Adam Mair	ca CA	C	26	6-1	208	R/-	5	February 15, 1979
74	Jay McKee	ca CA	D	28	6-4	203	L/-	9	September 8, 1977
30	Ryan Miller	us US	G	25	6-2	168	-/L	2	July 17, 1980
35	Mika Noronen	fi FI	G	26	6-2	200	-/L	4	June 17, 1979
13	Jiří Novotný	cs CS	C	22	6-4	209	R/-	R	August 12, 1983
27	Teppo Numminen	fi FI	D	37	6-2	198	R/-	16	July 3, 1968
38	Nathan Paetsch	ca CA	D	22	6-0	195	L/-	R	March 30, 1983
20	Daniel Paille	ca CA	LW	21	6-1	200	L/-	R	April 15, 1984
76	Andrew Peters	ca CA	LW	25	6-4	240	L/-	1	May 5, 1980
29	Jason Pominville	ca CA	RW	23	5-11	180	R/-	1	November 30, 1982
24	Taylor Pyatt	ca CA	LW	24	6-4	230	L/-	4	August 19, 1981
9	Derek Roy	ca CA	C	22	5-9	184	L/-	1	May 4, 1983
10	Henrik Tallinder	se SE	D	27	6-4	215	L/-	3	January 10, 1979
47	Chris Thorburn	ca CA	C	22	6-3	235	R/-	R	June 3, 1983
26	Thomas Vanek	at AT	LW	22	6-2	214	R/-	R	January 19, 1984

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Maxim Afinogenov	26	RW	77	22	51	73	6	84	11	11	0	3	31	20	0	241	9.1	1258	16:20	5.6	1.8	7.4
2	Chris Drury	29	C	81	30	37	67	-11	32	12	16	2	5	16	21	0	172	17.4	1466	18:06	5.2	1.4	6.6
3	Aleš Kotalík	27	RW	82	25	37	62	-3	62	15	10	0	5	19	18	0	261	9.6	1276	15:34	4.8	1.5	6.2
4	Daniel Brière	28	C	48	25	33	58	3	48	14	11	0	4	15	17	1	147	17.0	915	19:04	5.4	1.2	6.7
5	Tim Connolly	24	C	63	16	39	55	5	28	9	7	0	3	20	16	3	99	16.2	1134	18:00	3.6	1.6	5.2
6	Thomas Vanek	22	LW	81	25	23	48	-11	72	14	11	0	4	10	13	0	204	12.3	1193	14:44	3.6	1.1	4.7
7	Derek Roy	22	C	70	18	28	46	1	57	12	5	1	1	18	10	0	151	11.9	1192	17:02	2.8	1.5	4.3
8	Brian Campbell	26	D	79	12	32	44	-14	16	7	5	0	5	10	22	0	105	11.4	1399	17:43	3.8	2.2	6.0
9	Jochen Hecht	28	LW	64	18	24	42	10	34	12	4	2	4	19	4	1	179	10.1	1160	18:07	2.5	1.8	4.3
10	J.P. Dumont	27	RW	54	20	20	40	-1	38	11	9	0	4	9	11	0	116	17.2	864	16:00	3.3	1.0	4.4
11	Teppo Numminen	37	D	75	2	38	40	6	36	2	0	0	0	18	20	0	60	3.3	1463	19:30	2.4	3.9	6.3
12	Jason Pominville	23	RW	57	18	12	30	-4	22	6	10	2	2	7	5	0	124	14.5	805	14:07	2.3	0.8	3.2
13	Paul Gaustad	23	C	78	9	15	24	4	65	9	0	0	0	14	1	0	113	8.0	946	12:08	0.5	1.3	1.8
14	Mike Grier	31	RW	81	7	16	23	-7	28	7	0	0	4	15	0	1	109	6.4	1164	14:22	-0.5	1.2	0.7
15	Henrik Tallinder	27	D	82	6	15	21	10	74	5	0	1	1	11	1	3	79	7.6	1668	20:21	0.7	4.7	5.3
16	Dmitri Kalinin	25	D	55	2	16	18	14	54	2	0	0	0	11	5	0	47	4.3	922	16:45	0.9	3.2	4.1
17	Toni Lydman	28	D	75	1	16	17	9	82	1	0	0	0	13	3	0	68	1.5	1623	21:38	-0.2	4.5	4.3
18	Jay McKee	28	D	75	5	11	16	0	57	4	0	1	0	10	0	1	50	10.0	1354	18:03	0.4	3.2	3.6
19	Taylor Pyatt	24	LW	41	6	6	12	-1	33	6	0	0	1	4	2	0	62	9.7	461	11:14	0.4	0.5	0.9
20	Rory Fitzpatrick	31	D	56	4	5	9	-18	50	2	2	0	1	2	3	0	45	8.9	916	16:22	0.2	0.8	1.0
21	Adam Mair	26	C	40	2	5	7	-2	47	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	40	5.0	320	7:59	-0.1	0.3	0.3
22	Jiří Novotný	22	C	14	2	1	3	-5	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	15	13.3	171	12:15	0.0	0.0	0.0
23	Daniel Paille	21	LW	14	1	2	3	5	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	15	6.7	145	10:24	0.0	0.4	0.3
24	Ryan Miller	25	G	48	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		2862	59:37	0.0	0.0	10.6
25	Martin Biron	28	G	35	0	1	1	0	10	0	0	0	0				0		1934	55:16	0.0	0.0	6.3
26	Nathan Paetsch	22	D	1	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		16	15:38	0.1	0.0	0.0
27	Chris Thorburn	22	C	2	0	1	1	-1	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0	14	6:52	0.1	0.0	0.0
28	Jeff Jillson	25	D	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	29	14:40	0.0	0.1	0.0
29	Mika Noronen	26	G	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0		169	42:08	0.0	0.0	0.0
30	Andrew Peters	25	LW	28	0	0	0	-2	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	91	3:16	-0.3	0.0	-0.2
	Team Total			82	276	487	763	-8	1144	165	101	10	47	281	193	10	2510	11.0			47.5	39.9	104.4

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Ryan Miller	25	48		30	14	3	124	1440	1316	.914	2.60	1	2862				87	18.2	2.66	10.6
2	Martin Biron	28	35		21	8	3	93	980	887	.905	2.88	1	1934				96	3.8	2.95	6.3
3	Mika Noronen	26	4		1	2	0	12	77	65	.844	4.27	0	169						4.27	0.0
	Team Total				52	24	6	229	2497	2268	.908	2.77	2	4965				93	17.5	2.83	17.0