2002-03 Buffalo Sabres Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 27-37-10-8 - 72 points
in the NHL's Northeast Division
Coach: Lindy Ruff (27-37-10, 8 OTL)
2002-03 Buffalo Sabres RosterTeam Record: 27-37-10-8 - 72 points
in the NHL's Northeast Division
Coach: Lindy Ruff (27-37-10, 8 OTL)
The Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ended the 2002-03 season with a record of 27 wins and 37 losses (and 8 overtime losses) and 10 ties for 72 points in the NHL's Northeast Division.
The team scored 190 goals and gave up 219. Miroslav Satan netted 26 goals for the team and accounted for 49 assists. Martin Biron topped the squad with 17 wins and a team-best 2.56 goals against average, leading regularly-used goaltenders.
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 | 79 | 26 | 49 | 75 | 20 | -3 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 240 | 10.8 |
| Chris Gratton | C | 66 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 86 | -5 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 187 | 8.0 |
| Ales Kotalik | R | 68 | 21 | 14 | 35 | 30 | -2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 138 | 15.2 |
| J.P. Dumont | R | 76 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 44 | -14 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 135 | 10.4 |
| Stu Barnes | C | 68 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 20 | -13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 124 | 8.9 |
| Curtis Brown | C | 74 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 144 | 10.4 |
| Taylor Pyatt | L | 78 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 38 | -8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 12.7 |
| Jochen Hecht | C | 49 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 145 | 6.9 |
| Tim Connolly | C | 80 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 32 | -28 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 159 | 7.5 |
| Dmitri Kalinin | D | 65 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 57 | -7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 9.6 |
| Alexei Zhitnik | D | 70 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 85 | -5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 138 | 2.2 |
| Brian Campbell | D | 65 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 20 | -8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 2.2 |
| Adam Mair | C | 79 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 146 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 7.2 |
| James Patrick | D | 69 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 26 | -3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 6.3 |
| Henrik Tallinder | D | 46 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 28 | -3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 8.1 |
| Danny Briere | C | 14 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 17.9 |
| Vaclav Varada | R | 44 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 23 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 10.9 |
| Maxim Afinogenov | R | 35 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 6.5 |
| Rhett Warrener | D | 50 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0.0 |
| Eric Boulton | L | 58 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 178 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3.0 |
| Jason Botterill | L | 17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Jay McKee | D | 59 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 49 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0.0 |
| Chris Taylor | C | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Rory Fitzpatrick | D | 36 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | -7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3.4 |
| Jason Woolley | D | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 29 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0.0 |
| Denis Hamel | L | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 4.9 |
| Norm Milley | R | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Milan Bartovic | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Martin Biron | G | 54 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean McMorrow | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Radoslav Hecl | D | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Houda | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jaroslav Kristek | R | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Rob Ray | R | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Doug Janik | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Mika Noronen | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Gaustad | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Miller | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1643 | 190 | 324 | 514 | 1276 | -144 | 51 | 96 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 5 | 2345 | 8.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Miller | 15 | 912 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 2.63 | 410 | 370 | .902 |
| Mika Noronen | 16 | 891 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 2.42 | 411 | 375 | .912 |
| Martin Biron | 54 | 3170 | 17 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 135 | 2.56 | 1468 | 1333 | .908 |
| Totals | 85 | 4973 | 27 | 45 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 211 | 2.55 | 2289 | 2078 | .908 |
