1998-99 Buffalo Sabres Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 37-28-17 - 91 points
in the NHL's Northeast Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Lindy Ruff (37-28-17)
1998-99 Buffalo Sabres RosterTeam Record: 37-28-17 - 91 points
in the NHL's Northeast Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Lindy Ruff (37-28-17)
The Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ended the 1998-99 season with a record of 37 wins and 28 losses and 17 ties for 91 points in the NHL's Northeast Division.
The team netted 207 goals and yielded 175. Miroslav Satan scored 40 goals for the team, while Jason Woolley contributed 33 assists. Dominik Hasek earned 30 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 1.87 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Lindy Ruff coached the team. The 1998-99 Buffalo Sabres lost in the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miroslav Satan | L | 81 | 40 | 26 | 66 | 44 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 208 | 19.2 |
| Michael Peca | C | 82 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 81 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 199 | 13.6 |
| Michal Grosek | R | 76 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 102 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 140 | 14.3 |
| Curtis Brown | C | 78 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 56 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 128 | 12.5 |
| Dixon Ward | R | 78 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 101 | 19.8 |
| Jason Woolley | D | 80 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 62 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 154 | 6.5 |
| Brian Holzinger | C | 81 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 45 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 143 | 11.9 |
| Alexei Zhitnik | D | 81 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 96 | -6 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 185 | 3.8 |
| Vaclav Varada | R | 72 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 61 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 123 | 5.7 |
| Geoff Sanderson | L | 75 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 155 | 7.7 |
| Matthew Barnaby | R | 44 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 143 | -2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 7.7 |
| Derek Plante | C | 41 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 6.1 |
| Darryl Shannon | D | 71 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 52 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 3.8 |
| Richard Smehlik | D | 72 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 44 | -9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 4.9 |
| Wayne Primeau | C | 67 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 38 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 9.1 |
| Erik Rasmussen | C | 42 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 7.5 |
| James Patrick | D | 45 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3.2 |
| Jay McKee | D | 72 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 75 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0.0 |
| Randy Cunneyworth | L | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 |
| Rob Ray | R | 76 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 261 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0.0 |
| Stu Barnes | C | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 |
| Paul Kruse | L | 43 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 9.1 |
| Mike Wilson | D | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 2.5 |
| Joe Juneau | C | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Rhett Warrener | D | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre | D | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Domenic Pittis | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Rumun Ndur | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Dean Sylvester | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Martin Biron | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Hurlbut | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Cory Sarich | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Dominik Hasek | G | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Holland | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Dwayne Roloson | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1646 | 207 | 348 | 555 | 1561 | 184 | 49 | 91 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 10 | 2150 | 9.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwayne Roloson | 18 | 911 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 2.77 | 460 | 418 | .909 |
| Dominik Hasek | 64 | 3817 | 30 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 119 | 1.87 | 1878 | 1759 | .937 |
| Martin Biron | 6 | 281 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2.14 | 120 | 110 | .917 |
| Totals | 88 | 5009 | 37 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 171 | 2.05 | 2458 | 2287 | .930 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miroslav Satan | L | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 12.0 | |
| Michael Peca | C | 21 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 13.5 | |
| Michal Grosek | R | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 | |
| Curtis Brown | C | 21 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 20.6 | |
| Dixon Ward | R | 21 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 18.4 | |
| Jason Woolley | D | 21 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 9.3 | |
| Brian Holzinger | C | 21 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 9.4 | |
| Alexei Zhitnik | D | 21 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 52 | -6 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 58 | 6.9 | |
| Vaclav Varada | R | 21 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 13.2 | |
| Geoff Sanderson | L | 19 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 7.5 | |
| Darryl Shannon | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Richard Smehlik | D | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 | |
| Wayne Primeau | C | 19 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13.6 | |
| Erik Rasmussen | C | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 8.7 | |
| James Patrick | D | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | |
| Jay McKee | D | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | |
| Randy Cunneyworth | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Rob Ray | R | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | |
| Stu Barnes | C | 21 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 6 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 23.3 | |
| Paul Kruse | L | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Juneau | C | 20 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 10.3 | |
| Rhett Warrener | D | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 | |
| Dean Sylvester | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Dominik Hasek | G | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dwayne Roloson | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 401 | 59 | 95 | 154 | 345 | 40 | 19 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 559 | 10.6 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwayne Roloson | 4 | 139 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4.32 | 77 | 67 | .870 |
| Dominik Hasek | 19 | 1217 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 1.77 | 623 | 587 | .942 |
| Totals | 23 | 1356 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 2.04 | 700 | 654 | .934 |
