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1996–97 Buffalo Sabres
Northeast Division Champions
Division	1st Northeast
Conference	2nd Eastern
1996–97 record	40–30–12
Home record	24–11–6
Road record	16–19–6
Goals for	237
Goals against	208
Team information
General Manager	John Muckler
Coach	Ted Nolan
Captain	Pat LaFontaine
Arena	Marine Midland Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Donald Audette (28)
Assists	Garry Galley (34)
Points	Derek Plante (53)
Penalties in minutes	Rob Ray (286)
Plus/minus	Mike Peca (+26)
Wins	Dominik Hasek (37)
Goals against average	Dominik Hasek (2.27)

<1995–96	1997–98>

The 1996–97 Buffalo Sabres season was the Sabres' 28th season in the National Hockey League. The Sabres allowed the fewest shorthanded goals (4) and scored the most shorthanded goals (16) in the league.

Contents

1 Offseason
- 1.1 NHL Draft
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Season standings
- 2.2 Game log
3 Playoffs
4 Player stats
- 4.1 Regular season
- 4.2 Playoffs
5 Awards and records
6 References

Offseason

NHL Draft

Regular season

Season standings

Northeast Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Buffalo Sabres	82	40	30	12	237	208	92
2	6	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	38	36	8	285	280	84
3	7	Ottawa Senators	82	31	36	15	226	234	77
4	8	Montreal Canadiens	82	31	36	15	249	276	77
5	10	Hartford Whalers	82	32	39	11	226	256	75
6	13	Boston Bruins	82	26	47	9	234	300	61

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 4, 1996	3–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	0–1–0
2	L	October 6, 1996	0–3	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97)	0–2–0
3	W	October 9, 1996	2–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	1–2–0
4	L	October 12, 1996	1–6	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	1–3–0
5	L	October 15, 1996	0–4	Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97)	1–4–0
6	W	October 17, 1996	4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97)	2–4–0
7	W	October 18, 1996	4–1	@ Washington Capitals (1996–97)	3–4–0
8	W	October 24, 1996	6–3	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97)	4–4–0
9	W	October 26, 1996	6–3	Hartford Whalers (1996–97)	5–4–0
10	L	October 27, 1996	4–6	@ New York Rangers (1996–97)	5–5–0
11	L	October 30, 1996	0–2	@ Dallas Stars (1996–97)	5–6–0
12	W	November 1, 1996	4–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97)	6–6–0
13	T	November 2, 1996	0–0 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	6–6–1
14	L	November 7, 1996	2–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97)	6–7–1
15	L	November 9, 1996	3–4 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97)	6–8–1
16	W	November 11, 1996	3–2 OT	Florida Panthers (1996–97)	7–8–1
17	L	November 12, 1996	0–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97)	7–9–1
18	W	November 14, 1996	5–4	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	8–9–1
19	L	November 19, 1996	3–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	8–10–1
20	W	November 21, 1996	6–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	9–10–1
21	W	November 23, 1996	3–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1996–97)	10–10–1
22	L	November 26, 1996	3–4	@ Florida Panthers (1996–97)	10–11–1
23	W	November 27, 1996	3–0	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97)	11–11–1
24	W	November 29, 1996	3–0	Ottawa Senators (1996–97)	12–11–1
25	W	November 30, 1996	3–2	@ New York Islanders (1996–97)	13–11–1
26	L	December 4, 1996	6–7 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	13–12–1
27	T	December 6, 1996	1–1 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	13–12–2
28	L	December 7, 1996	4–6	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97)	13–13–2
29	W	December 11, 1996	3–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97)	14–13–2
30	L	December 13, 1996	0–3	New York Rangers (1996–97)	14–14–2
31	W	December 14, 1996	4–0	@ Boston Bruins (1996–97)	15–14–2
32	W	December 18, 1996	5–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97)	16–14–2
33	W	December 20, 1996	6–2	Los Angeles Kings (1996–97)	17–14–2
34	W	December 21, 1996	3–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97)	18–14–2
35	T	December 23, 1996	0–0 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97)	18–14–3
36	W	December 26, 1996	5–1	Hartford Whalers (1996–97)	19–14–3
37	L	December 28, 1996	0–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97)	19–15–3
38	W	December 31, 1996	6–5	New Jersey Devils (1996–97)	20–15–3
39	T	January 3, 1997	2–2 OT	St. Louis Blues (1996–97)	20–15–4
40	W	January 5, 1997	5–1	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	21–15–4
41	T	January 7, 1997	1–1 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97)	21–15–5
42	L	January 9, 1997	3–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97)	21–16–5
43	L	January 10, 1997	2–5	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	21–17–5
44	W	January 12, 1997	3–2 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	22–17–5
45	W	January 15, 1997	2–1	@ New York Islanders (1996–97)	23–17–5
46	W	January 20, 1997	2–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	24–17–5
47	W	January 22, 1997	6–1	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97)	25–17–5
48	L	January 24, 1997	1–3	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	25–18–5
49	L	January 25, 1997	1–5	Hartford Whalers (1996–97)	25–19–5
50	W	January 29, 1997	3–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97)	26–19–5
51	W	January 31, 1997	3–1	Dallas Stars (1996–97)	27–19–5
52	T	February 2, 1997	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals (1996–97)	27–19–6
53	T	February 4, 1997	1–1 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97)	27–19–7
54	T	February 6, 1997	1–1 OT	Florida Panthers (1996–97)	27–19–8
55	W	February 8, 1997	3–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97)	28–19–8
56	W	February 9, 1997	2–1	Ottawa Senators (1996–97)	29–19–8
57	T	February 12, 1997	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97)	29–19–9
58	W	February 16, 1997	6–2	San Jose Sharks (1996–97)	30–19–9
59	T	February 18, 1997	5–5 OT	Calgary Flames (1996–97)	30–19–10
60	W	February 21, 1997	5–2	New York Islanders (1996–97)	31–19–10
61	W	February 23, 1997	5–1	Boston Bruins (1996–97)	32–19–10
62	L	February 27, 1997	1–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97)	32–20–10
63	W	March 1, 1997	3–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97)	33–20–10
64	W	March 5, 1997	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97)	34–20–10
65	T	March 8, 1997	3–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97)	34–20–11
66	L	March 9, 1997	1–4	New Jersey Devils (1996–97)	34–21–11
67	W	March 11, 1997	3–2 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97)	35–21–11
68	W	March 15, 1997	7–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97)	36–21–11
69	W	March 17, 1997	5–1	Boston Bruins (1996–97)	37–21–11
70	L	March 18, 1997	3–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97)	37–22–11
71	W	March 21, 1997	4–1	@ Washington Capitals (1996–97)	38–22–11
72	L	March 22, 1997	2–3	@ Florida Panthers (1996–97)	38–23–11
73	L	March 26, 1997	2–3 OT	New York Islanders (1996–97)	38–24–11
74	L	March 28, 1997	1–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	38–25–11
75	L	March 30, 1997	2–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	38–26–11
76	T	April 1, 1997	1–1 OT	@ New York Rangers (1996–97)	38–26–12
77	L	April 2, 1997	0–2	Ottawa Senators (1996–97)	38–27–12
78	W	April 4, 1997	5–1	New York Rangers (1996–97)	39–27–12
79	L	April 7, 1997	2–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97)	39–28–12
80	W	April 10, 1997	5–1	@ Boston Bruins (1996–97)	40–28–12
81	L	April 12, 1997	0–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97)	40–29–12
82	L	April 13, 1997	3–8	Washington Capitals (1996–97)	40–30–12

Playoffs

The Sabres defeated the Ottawa Senators in the first round, but lost to the Philadelphia Flyers in the second round.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Plante, DerekDerek Plante	C	82	27	26	53	24	14	5	0	6
Holzinger, BrianBrian Holzinger	C	81	22	29	51	54	9	2	2	6
Audette, DonaldDonald Audette	RW	73	28	22	50	48	-6	8	0	5
Peca, MichaelMichael Peca	C	79	20	29	49	80	26	5	6	4
Dawe, JasonJason Dawe	RW	81	22	26	48	32	14	4	1	3
Ward, DixonDixon Ward	RW	79	13	32	45	36	17	1	2	4
Barnaby, MatthewMatthew Barnaby	RW	68	19	24	43	249	16	2	0	1
Galley, GarryGarry Galley	D	71	4	34	38	102	10	1	1	1
Grosek, MichalMichal Grosek	LW	82	15	21	36	71	25	1	0	2
Zhitnik, AlexeiAlexei Zhitnik	D	80	7	28	35	95	10	3	1	0
Burridge, RandyRandy Burridge	LW	55	10	21	31	20	17	1	3	0
Smehlik, RichardRichard Smehlik	D	62	11	19	30	43	19	2	0	1
Shannon, DarrylDarryl Shannon	D	82	4	19	23	112	23	1	0	1
Wilson, MikeMike Wilson	D	77	2	9	11	51	13	0	0	1
Satan, MiroslavMiroslav Satan	LW	12	8	2	10	4	1	2	0	1
Ray, RobRob Ray	RW	82	7	3	10	286	3	0	0	1
McKee, JayJay McKee	D	43	1	9	10	35	3	0	0	0
LaFontaine, PatPat LaFontaine	C	13	2	6	8	4	-8	1	0	0
Moore, BarrieBarrie Moore	LW	31	2	6	8	18	1	1	0	0
Boughner, BobBob Boughner	D	77	1	7	8	225	12	0	0	0
Brown, CurtisCurtis Brown	C/LW	28	4	3	7	18	4	0	0	1
May, BradBrad May	LW	42	3	4	7	106	-8	1	0	1
Primeau, WayneWayne Primeau	C	45	2	4	6	64	-2	1	0	0
Semenov, AnatoliAnatoli Semenov	C/LW	25	2	4	6	2	-3	1	0	1
Ronan, EdEd Ronan	RW	18	1	4	5	11	4	0	0	0
Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	G	67	0	3	3	30	0	0	0	0
Huddy, CharlieCharlie Huddy	D	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Ndur, RumunRumun Ndur	D	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Shields, SteveSteve Shields	G	13	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Trefilov, AndreiAndrei Trefilov	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Varada, VaclavVaclav Varada	RW	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	4037	67	37	20	10	153	2.27	5	2177	2024	.930
Shields, SteveSteve Shields	789	13	3	8	2	39	2.97	0	447	408	.913
Trefilov, AndreiAndrei Trefilov	159	3	0	2	0	10	3.77	0	98	88	.898
Team:	4985	82	40	30	12	202	2.43	5	2722	2520	.926

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Plante, DerekDerek Plante	C	12	4	6	10	4	4	1	0	2
Audette, DonaldDonald Audette	RW	11	4	5	9	6	-3	3	0	0
Holzinger, BrianBrian Holzinger	C	12	2	5	7	8	-3	0	1	0
Burridge, RandyRandy Burridge	LW	12	5	1	6	2	-5	3	0	0
Grosek, MichalMichal Grosek	LW	12	3	3	6	8	3	0	0	0
Galley, GarryGarry Galley	D	12	0	6	6	14	2	0	0	0
Shannon, DarrylDarryl Shannon	D	12	2	3	5	8	-1	1	0	0
Ward, DixonDixon Ward	RW	12	2	3	5	6	2	0	0	1
Barnaby, MatthewMatthew Barnaby	RW	8	0	4	4	36	2	0	0	0
Dawe, JasonJason Dawe	RW	11	2	1	3	6	-2	0	0	0
May, BradBrad May	LW	10	1	1	2	32	-2	0	0	0
Peca, MichaelMichael Peca	C	10	0	2	2	8	-3	0	0	0
Smehlik, RichardRichard Smehlik	D	12	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
Ronan, EdEd Ronan	RW	6	1	0	1	6	-1	0	0	1
Zhitnik, AlexeiAlexei Zhitnik	D	12	1	0	1	16	-9	0	0	0
Boughner, BobBob Boughner	D	11	0	1	1	9	0	0	0	0
Ray, RobRob Ray	RW	12	0	1	1	28	-3	0	0	0
Wilson, MikeMike Wilson	D	10	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0
Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	G	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
McKee, JayJay McKee	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Primeau, WayneWayne Primeau	C	9	0	0	0	6	-2	0	0	0
Satan, MiroslavMiroslav Satan	LW	7	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Shields, SteveSteve Shields	G	10	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0
Trefilov, AndreiAndrei Trefilov	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Shields, SteveSteve Shields	570	10	4	6	26	2.74	1	334	308	.922
Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	153	3	1	1	5	1.96	0	68	63	.926
Trefilov, AndreiAndrei Trefilov	5	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	4	4	1.000
Team:	728	12	5	7	31	2.55	1	406	375	.924

^[1]

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Dominik Hasek, Hart Memorial Trophy
Dominik Hasek, Lester B. Pearson Award
Dominik Hasek, Vezina Trophy
Dominik Hasek, NHL First Team All-Star^[2]
Seymour Knox, Lester Patrick Trophy^[3]
Pat Lafontaine, Lester Patrick Trophy^[3]
Mike Peca, Frank J. Selke Trophy

NHL All-Star Game

Dominik Hasek, Eastern Conference

References

Sabres on Hockey Database

^ "1996-97 Buffalo Sabres Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BUF/1997.html. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 237, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 978-0-920445-98-3
^ ^a ^b Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.426, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6

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Culture/lore	"The French Connection" • Ted Darling • Rick Jeanneret • The Fog Game • No Goal • 2008 NHL Winter Classic • 2011 NHL Premiere • Taro Tsujimoto • Ronan Tynan

Arenas	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium • First Niagara Center

Affiliates	Rochester Americans (AHL) • Gwinnett Gladiators (ECHL)

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v · d · e1996–97 NHL season by team

Northeast Division	Boston • Buffalo • Hartford • Montreal • Ottawa • Pittsburgh

Atlantic Division	Florida • New Jersey • NY Islanders • NY Rangers • Philadelphia • Tampa Bay • Washington

Central Division	Chicago • Dallas • Detroit • Phoenix • St. Louis • Toronto

Pacific Division	Anaheim • Calgary • Colorado • Edmonton • L.A. • San Jose • Vancouver

See also	1996 NHL Entry Draft • Stanley Cup Playoffs • Stanley Cup Finals

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