2001-02 Buffalo Sabres Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 35-35-11-1 - 82 points
in the NHL's Northeast Division
Coach: Lindy Ruff (35-35-11, 1 OTL)
2001-02 Buffalo Sabres RosterTeam Record: 35-35-11-1 - 82 points
in the NHL's Northeast Division
Coach: Lindy Ruff (35-35-11, 1 OTL)
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 in the NHL's Northeast Division.
The club scored 213 goals and allowed 200. Miroslav Satan netted 37 goals for the squad and accounted for 36 assists. Martin Biron earned 31 wins in front of the net for the team 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 Satan | L | 82 | 37 | 36 | 73 | 33 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 267 | 13.9 |
| Stu Barnes | C | 68 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 127 | 13.4 |
| Tim Connolly | C | 82 | 10 | 35 | 45 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 126 | 7.9 |
| J.P. Dumont | R | 76 | 23 | 21 | 44 | 42 | -10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 154 | 14.9 |
| Maxim Afinogenov | R | 81 | 21 | 19 | 40 | 69 | -9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 234 | 9.0 |
| Chris Gratton | C | 82 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 75 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 139 | 10.8 |
| Curtis Brown | C | 82 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 32 | -4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 171 | 11.7 |
| Alexei Zhitnik | D | 82 | 1 | 33 | 34 | 80 | -1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 0.7 |
| Jason Woolley | D | 59 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 34 | -6 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 8.9 |
| Vaclav Varada | R | 76 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 82 | -7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 138 | 5.1 |
| Vyacheslav Kozlov | L | 38 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 68 | 13.2 |
| Taylor Pyatt | L | 48 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 16.4 |
| Erik Rasmussen | C | 69 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 34 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 9.0 |
| James Patrick | D | 56 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 11.1 |
| Jay McKee | D | 81 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 43 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 4.0 |
| Dmitri Kalinin | D | 58 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 26 | -6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 3.0 |
| Rhett Warrener | D | 65 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 113 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 66 | 7.6 |
| Richard Smehlik | D | 60 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 5.8 |
| Denis Hamel | L | 61 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 28 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 2.5 |
| Brian Campbell | D | 29 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 10.0 |
| Rob Ray | R | 71 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 200 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8.7 |
| Eric Boulton | L | 35 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 129 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 9.5 |
| Ales Kotalik | R | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Martin Biron | G | 72 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Corkum | C | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Norm Milley | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Mika Noronen | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Essensa | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rory Fitzpatrick | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Henrik Tallinder | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1567 | 213 | 348 | 561 | 1201 | 0 | 50 | 94 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 6 | 2295 | 9.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mika Noronen | 10 | 518 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2.66 | 217 | 194 | .894 |
| Martin Biron | 72 | 4085 | 31 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 151 | 2.22 | 1781 | 1630 | .915 |
| Bob Essensa | 9 | 350 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 2.91 | 113 | 96 | .850 |
| Totals | 91 | 4953 | 35 | 36 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 191 | 2.31 | 2111 | 1920 | .910 |
