2003-04 Buffalo Sabres Statistics
Team Record: 37-34-7-4 - 85 points
in the NHL's Northeast Division
Coach: Lindy Ruff (37-34-7, 4 OTL)
The Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ended the 2003-04 season with a record of 37 wins and 34 losses (and 4 overtime losses) and 7 ties for 85 points in the NHL's Northeast Division.
The club scored 220 goals and allowed 221. Miroslav Satan netted 29 goals for the squad, and Jochen Hecht and Danny Briere each recorded 37 assists. Martin Biron earned 26 wins in front of the net for the team and a team-best 2.52 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Briere | C | 82 | 28 | 37 | 65 | 70 | -7 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 194 | 14.4 |
| Miroslav Satan | L | 82 | 29 | 28 | 57 | 30 | -15 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 206 | 14.1 |
| J.P. Dumont | R | 77 | 22 | 31 | 53 | 40 | -9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 156 | 14.1 |
| Chris Drury | C | 76 | 18 | 35 | 53 | 68 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 152 | 11.8 |
| Jochen Hecht | C | 64 | 15 | 37 | 52 | 49 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 8.6 |
| Dmitri Kalinin | D | 77 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 118 | 8.5 |
| Maxim Afinogenov | R | 73 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 57 | -4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 148 | 11.5 |
| Alexei Zhitnik | D | 68 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 102 | -13 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 134 | 3.0 |
| Ales Kotalik | R | 62 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 41 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 142 | 10.6 |
| Curtis Brown | C | 68 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 117 | 7.7 |
| Taylor Pyatt | L | 63 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 25 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 98 | 8.2 |
| Adam Mair | C | 81 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 146 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 7.3 |
| Derek Roy | C | 49 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 12 | -8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 71 | 12.7 |
| Chris Taylor | C | 54 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 22 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 12.0 |
| Rory Fitzpatrick | D | 60 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 44 | -5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 78 | 5.1 |
| James Patrick | D | 55 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 9.1 |
| Brian Campbell | D | 53 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 12 | -8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 6.7 |
| Henrik Tallinder | D | 72 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 1.6 |
| Milan Bartovic | R | 23 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3.3 |
| Mike Grier | R | 14 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Andy Delmore | D | 37 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 29 | -5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 5.0 |
| Jay McKee | D | 43 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 6.9 |
| Jason Botterill | L | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 |
| Eric Boulton | L | 44 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 110 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Jeff Jillson | D | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0.0 |
| Andrew Peters | L | 42 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 151 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Martin Biron | G | 52 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Brown | D | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Mika Noronen | G | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Doug Janik | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Miller | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Milley | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jason Pominville | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Domenic Pittis | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1648 | 220 | 360 | 580 | 1289 | -33 | 58 | 104 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 2 | 2301 | 9.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Biron | 52 | 2971 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 125 | 2.52 | 1442 | 1317 | .913 |
| Mika Noronen | 35 | 1796 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 77 | 2.57 | 821 | 744 | .906 |
| Ryan Miller | 3 | 177 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5.08 | 73 | 58 | .795 |
| Totals | 90 | 4944 | 37 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 217 | 2.63 | 2336 | 2119 | .907 |
