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53-22-7 (113 points), Finished 1st in NHL Northeast Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 308 goals, Allowed 242 goals, SRS: 0.64 (6th of 30)
Coached by Lindy Ruff (53-22-7)
Playoffs:
Lost Conference Finals (4-1) to Ottawa Senators
Won Conference Semi-Finals (4-2) over New York Rangers
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-1) over New York Islanders
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2006-07 Statistics / Games
| Team | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 53 | 22 | 7 | 113 | .689 | 308 | 242 | 0.64 | 6.71 | 71 | 407 | 17.44 | 72 | 386 | 81.35 | 8 | 13 |
| League Average | 82 | 41 | 32 | 9 | 91 | .557 | 242 | 242 | 0.00 | 5.89 | 70 | 398 | 17.58 | 70 | 398 | 82.42 | 9 | 9 |
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| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | GC | GC/G | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Briere | C | 5-10 | 179 | 29 | 81 | 32 | 63 | 95 | 1.17 | 34 | 0.41 | 120 | 42 | 65 | 4 | 17 | 89 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 234 | 2.89 | 13.7 | 1564 | 19:19 |
| 2 | Thomas Vanek | LW | 6-2 | 208 | 23 | 82 | 43 | 41 | 84 | 1.02 | 33 | 0.40 | 121 | 36 | 39 | 1 | 47 | 40 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 237 | 2.89 | 18.1 | 1376 | 16:47 |
| 3 | Chris Drury | C | 5-10 | 190 | 30 | 77 | 37 | 32 | 69 | 0.90 | 27 | 0.36 | 87 | 35 | 79 | 28 | 1 | 30 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 199 | 2.58 | 18.6 | 1446 | 18:47 |
| 4 | Jason Pominville | RW | 6-0 | 186 | 24 | 82 | 34 | 34 | 68 | 0.83 | 26 | 0.32 | 104 | 23 | 76 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 212 | 2.59 | 16.0 | 1428 | 17:25 |
| 5 | Derek Roy | C | 5-9 | 188 | 23 | 75 | 21 | 42 | 63 | 0.84 | 22 | 0.30 | 98 | 25 | 58 | 22 | 37 | 60 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 130 | 1.73 | 16.2 | 1385 | 18:28 |
| 6 | Maxim Afinogenov | RW | 6-0 | 192 | 27 | 56 | 23 | 38 | 61 | 1.09 | 22 | 0.39 | 78 | 26 | 34 | 1 | 19 | 66 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 151 | 2.70 | 15.2 | 955 | 17:03 |
| 7 | Jochen Hecht | LW | 6-1 | 196 | 29 | 76 | 19 | 37 | 56 | 0.74 | 20 | 0.26 | 90 | 19 | 75 | 23 | 19 | 39 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 197 | 2.59 | 9.6 | 1432 | 18:51 |
| 8 | Brian Campbell | D | 6-0 | 191 | 27 | 82 | 6 | 42 | 48 | 0.59 | 15 | 0.18 | 117 | 25 | 71 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 1.12 | 6.5 | 1794 | 21:53 |
| 9 | Ales Kotalik | RW | 6-2 | 227 | 28 | 66 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 0.58 | 14 | 0.21 | 59 | 22 | 42 | 0 | -5 | 46 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 162 | 2.45 | 9.9 | 958 | 14:31 |
| 10 | Teppo Numminen | D | 6-2 | 198 | 38 | 79 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 0.37 | 9 | 0.11 | 100 | 26 | 91 | 34 | 17 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 0.87 | 2.9 | 1643 | 20:48 |
| 11 | Dmitri Kalinin | D | 6-3 | 215 | 26 | 82 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 0.35 | 10 | 0.12 | 80 | 6 | 88 | 33 | 19 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 1.05 | 8.1 | 1600 | 19:31 |
| 12 | Drew Stafford | RW | 6-2 | 213 | 21 | 41 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 0.66 | 10 | 0.25 | 38 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 67 | 1.63 | 19.4 | 539 | 13:08 |
| 13 | Nathan Paetsch | D | 6-1 | 198 | 23 | 63 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 0.38 | 7 | 0.11 | 57 | 13 | 35 | 1 | 10 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0.98 | 3.2 | 961 | 15:15 |
| 14 | Paul Gaustad | C | 6-5 | 214 | 24 | 54 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 0.41 | 8 | 0.15 | 41 | 14 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 74 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 1.39 | 12.0 | 719 | 13:19 |
| 15 | Jaroslav Spacek | D | 5-11 | 204 | 32 | 65 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 0.32 | 7 | 0.11 | 72 | 16 | 53 | 17 | 20 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 78 | 1.20 | 6.4 | 1245 | 19:09 |
| 16 | Toni Lydman | D | 6-1 | 204 | 29 | 67 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 0.28 | 6 | 0.09 | 62 | 7 | 75 | 30 | 10 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 0.66 | 4.5 | 1380 | 20:36 |
| 17 | Henrik Tallinder | D | 6-3 | 214 | 28 | 47 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 0.30 | 5 | 0.10 | 50 | 1 | 52 | 22 | 19 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0.72 | 11.8 | 993 | 21:07 |
| 18 | Jiri Novotny | C | 6-3 | 209 | 23 | 50 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0.26 | 5 | 0.10 | 19 | 0 | 31 | 10 | -2 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1.20 | 10.0 | 616 | 12:19 |
| 19 | Adam Mair | C | 6-1 | 208 | 27 | 82 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0.13 | 4 | 0.04 | 17 | 0 | 18 | 0 | -1 | 128 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 0.89 | 2.7 | 619 | 7:33 |
| 20 | Daniel Paille | LW | 6-0 | 197 | 22 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0.38 | 4 | 0.13 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 1.55 | 6.7 | 371 | 12:47 |
| 21 | Dainius Zubrus | C | 6-5 | 225 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.42 | 3 | 0.16 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 2 | -3 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1.63 | 12.9 | 349 | 18:22 |
| 22 | Clarke MacArthur | LW | 6-0 | 195 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.37 | 3 | 0.14 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.84 | 18.8 | 169 | 8:54 |
| 23 | Michael Ryan | C | 6-1 | 188 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.26 | 2 | 0.11 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 3 | -8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 1.79 | 8.8 | 260 | 13:40 |
| 24 | Andrew Peters | LW | 6-4 | 226 | 26 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.03 | 1 | 0.01 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 125 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.33 | 5.3 | 219 | 3:46 |
| 25 | Patrick Kaleta | RW | 6-0 | 195 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.29 | 1 | 0.08 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.86 | 0.0 | 48 | 6:49 |
| 26 | Michael Funk | D | 6-4 | 213 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.40 | 1 | 0.11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | 0.0 | 17 | 3:26 |
| 27 | Tim Connolly | C | 6-1 | 193 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 | 1 | 0.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 | 50.0 | 26 | 13:07 |
| 28 | Mark Mancari | RW | 6-3 | 220 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 0.09 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 0.0 | 19 | 6:12 |
| 29 | Mike Card | D | 6-0 | 189 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 18 | 4:34 | |
| 30 | Andrej Sekera | D | 6-0 | 199 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 15 | 7:31 | |
| Team Total | 82 | 298 | 534 | 832 | 10.15 | 298 | 3.63 | 298 | 71 | 242 | 72 | 67 | 1182 | 219 | 71 | 8 | 43 | 2417 | 29.48 | 12.3 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Miller | G | 6-2 | 175 | 26 | 63 | 3692 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 86 | .694 | 2 | 168 | 2.73 | 1886 | 1718 | .911 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Martin Biron | G | 6-3 | 163 | 29 | 19 | 1066 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 25 | .735 | 0 | 54 | 3.04 | 533 | 479 | .899 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 3 | Ty Conklin | G | 6-0 | 184 | 30 | 5 | 227 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 13 | 3.44 | 120 | 107 | .892 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team Total | 82 | 4985 | 53 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 235 | 2.83 | 2539 | 2304 | .907 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Briere | C | 5-10 | 179 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 0.94 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 3.06 | 6.1 | 334 | 20:53 |
| 2 | Chris Drury | C | 5-10 | 190 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 0.81 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 2.69 | 18.6 | 332 | 20:45 |
| 3 | Jason Pominville | RW | 6-0 | 186 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0.63 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2.50 | 10.0 | 286 | 17:54 |
| 4 | Thomas Vanek | LW | 6-2 | 208 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0.63 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 2.25 | 16.7 | 263 | 16:27 |
| 5 | Tim Connolly | C | 6-1 | 193 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0.56 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1.56 | 0.0 | 271 | 16:56 |
| 6 | Maxim Afinogenov | RW | 6-0 | 192 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0.60 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 2.40 | 13.9 | 231 | 15:24 |
| 7 | Dainius Zubrus | C | 6-5 | 225 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0.53 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1.67 | 0.0 | 280 | 18:38 |
| 8 | Brian Campbell | D | 6-0 | 191 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.44 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1.81 | 10.3 | 346 | 21:39 |
| 9 | Derek Roy | C | 5-9 | 188 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.44 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1.19 | 10.5 | 289 | 18:03 |
| 10 | Jochen Hecht | LW | 6-1 | 196 | 29 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.31 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 2.81 | 8.9 | 283 | 17:41 |
| 11 | Dmitri Kalinin | D | 6-3 | 215 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.31 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1.00 | 12.5 | 291 | 18:11 |
| 12 | Adam Mair | C | 6-1 | 208 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.31 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.63 | 10.0 | 121 | 7:33 |
| 13 | Drew Stafford | RW | 6-2 | 213 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.40 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1.60 | 12.5 | 119 | 11:52 |
| 14 | Teppo Numminen | D | 6-2 | 198 | 38 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.25 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.56 | 0.0 | 313 | 19:33 |
| 15 | Toni Lydman | D | 6-1 | 204 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.25 | -5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.88 | 14.3 | 379 | 23:41 |
| 16 | Ales Kotalik | RW | 6-2 | 227 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.25 | -3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2.13 | 5.9 | 200 | 12:29 |
| 17 | Henrik Tallinder | D | 6-3 | 214 | 28 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.13 | -4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.75 | 0.0 | 379 | 23:40 |
| 18 | Paul Gaustad | C | 6-5 | 214 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.14 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.57 | 0.0 | 77 | 10:60 |
| 19 | Daniel Paille | LW | 6-0 | 197 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0.0 | 5 | 4:52 |
| 20 | Jaroslav Spacek | D | 5-11 | 204 | 32 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.94 | 0.0 | 234 | 14:39 |
| Team Total | 16 | 44 | 78 | 122 | 7.63 | 162 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 478 | 29.88 | 9.2 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Miller | G | 6-2 | 175 | 26 | 16 | 1029 | 9 | 7 | 18 | .563 | 0 | 38 | 2.22 | 489 | 451 | .922 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Team Total | 82 | 1029 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 2.22 | 489 | 451 | .922 |