2001-02 Buffalo Sabres Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 35-35-11-1 - 82 points
Finishing 5th in the NHL's Northeast Division
Coach: Lindy Ruff (35-35-11, 1 OTL)
Location: Buffalo, New York
2001-02 Buffalo Sabres Roster
2001-02 Buffalo Sabres Results

The Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ended the 2001-02 season with a record of 35 wins and 35 losses (and 1 overtime losses) and 11 ties for 82 points, finishing fifth in the NHL's Northeast Division.

The Sabres scored 213 goals and allowed 200. Miroslav Satan netted 37 goals for Buffalo and accounted for 36 assists. Martin Biron earned 31 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.22 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.

Lindy Ruff coached the team.

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Scoring:

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG GTG SOG SG%
Miroslav SatanL823736733314159505026713.9
Stu BarnesC68173148266510034112713.4
Tim ConnollyC8210354534431400301267.9
J.P. DumontR7623214442-1076003115414.9
Maxim AfinogenovR8121194069-93510002349.0
Chris GrattonC8215243975015005013910.8
Curtis BrownC8220173732-443115017111.7
Alexei ZhitnikD821333480-111500001500.7
Jason WoolleyD598202834-66110020908.9
Vaclav VaradaR767162382-71301101385.1
Vyacheslav KozlovL38913221603200116813.2
Taylor PyattL481010203540000016116.4
Erik RasmussenC698111934-1000020899.0
James PatrickD5658131631200004511.1
Jay McKeeD81211134318010110504.0
Dmitri KalininD582111326-6050000673.0
Rhett WarrenerD65551011315000011667.6
Richard SmehlikD6036922-9000011525.8
Denis HamelL6126828-1010000802.5
Brian CampbellD293361200100003010.0
Rob RayR71235200-3000000238.7
Eric BoultonL35235129-1000010219.5
Ales KotalikR131342-1000000214.8
Norm MilleyR501100000000100.0
Bob CorkumC100114-2010000100.0
Martin BironG72011800000000
Mika NoronenG10000200000000
Bob EssensaG9000000000000
Rory FitzpatrickD50004-200000020.0
Henrik TallinderD20000-100000040.0
Totals15672133485611201050947635622959.3

Goaltenders:

Player GP Min W L T/OL ENG SHO GA GAA Shts SVS SV%
Martin Biron724085312810641512.2217811630.915
Mika Noronen1051843100232.66217194.894
Bob Essensa935005030172.9111396.850
Totals914953353611941912.3123022111.917


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