1995-96 Buffalo Sabres Statistics
Team Record: 33-42-7 - 73 points
in the NHL's Northeast Division
Coach: Ted Nolan (33-42-7)
The Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ended the 1995-96 season with a record of 33 wins and 42 losses and 7 ties for 73 points in the NHL's Northeast Division.
The club netted 247 goals and allowed 262. Pat LaFontaine scored 40 goals for the squad and accounted for 51 assists. Dominik Hasek topped the team with 22 wins and a team-best 2.83 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Ted Nolan coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat LaFontaine | C | 76 | 40 | 51 | 91 | 36 | -8 | 15 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 224 | 17.9 |
| Randy Burridge | L | 74 | 25 | 33 | 58 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 154 | 16.2 |
| Derek Plante | C | 76 | 23 | 33 | 56 | 28 | -4 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 203 | 11.3 |
| Garry Galley | D | 78 | 10 | 44 | 54 | 81 | -2 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 175 | 5.7 |
| Jason Dawe | R | 67 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 33 | -8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 130 | 19.2 |
| Brad May | L | 79 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 295 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 168 | 8.9 |
| Alexei Zhitnik | D | 80 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 58 | -25 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 193 | 3.1 |
| Matthew Barnaby | R | 73 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 335 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 11.5 |
| Michael Peca | C | 68 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 67 | -1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 109 | 10.1 |
| Yuri Khmylev | L | 66 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 40 | -12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 123 | 6.5 |
| Donald Audette | R | 23 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 13.0 |
| Brian Holzinger | C | 58 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 37 | -21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 14.1 |
| Mark Astley | D | 60 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 80 | -12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 2.5 |
| Dave Hannan | C | 57 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 15.0 |
| Brent Hughes | L | 76 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 148 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 8.9 |
| Mike Wilson | D | 58 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 41 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 7.7 |
| Michal Grosek | R | 22 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 18.2 |
| Charlie Huddy | D | 52 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 59 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 8.8 |
| Dane Jackson | R | 22 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 25.0 |
| Rob Ray | R | 71 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 287 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 14.3 |
| Darryl Shannon | D | 26 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8.0 |
| Rob Conn | R | 28 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 5.6 |
| Doug Bodger | D | 16 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 18 | -6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.0 |
| Scott Pearson | L | 27 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 67 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 15.4 |
| Dixon Ward | R | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 |
| Doug Houda | D | 38 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Craig Muni | D | 47 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 69 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 |
| Bob Boughner | D | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 104 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Jay McKee | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Dominik Hasek | G | 59 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Shields | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curtis Brown | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Primeau | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin Biron | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrei Trefilov | G | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vaclav Varada | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Barrie Moore | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Grant Jennings | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Scott Nichol | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| John Blue | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1649 | 247 | 417 | 664 | 2195 | -105 | 76 | 142 | 10 | 12 | 33 | 6 | 2333 | 10.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei Trefilov | 22 | 1094 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 3.51 | 660 | 596 | .903 |
| Dominik Hasek | 59 | 3417 | 22 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 161 | 2.83 | 2011 | 1850 | .920 |
| John Blue | 5 | 255 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3.53 | 137 | 122 | .891 |
| Steve Shields | 2 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.20 | 32 | 28 | .875 |
| Martin Biron | 3 | 119 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5.04 | 64 | 54 | .844 |
| Totals | 91 | 4960 | 33 | 42 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 254 | 3.07 | 2904 | 2650 | .913 |
