2008-09 Buffalo Sabres Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 41-32-9 (SO: 8-5) - 91 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Northeast Division
Coach: Lindy Ruff (41-32, 9 OTL)
Location: Buffalo, New York

2008-09 Buffalo Sabres Roster
2008-09 Buffalo Sabres Results

The Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ended the 2008-09 season with a record of 41 wins and 32 losses (and 9 overtime losses), with a 8-5 showing in shootouts for 91 points, finishing third in the NHL's Northeast Division.

The Sabres scored 250 goals and surrendered 234. Thomas Vanek netted 40 goals for Buffalo, and Jason Pominville accounted for 46 assists. Ryan Miller earned 34 wins for the squad and a team-best 2.53 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	SOG	SG%
Derek Roy	C	82	28	42	70	38	-5	9	21	1	0	9	221	12.7
Jason Pominville	R	82	20	46	66	18	-4	6	18	1	0	2	239	8.4
Thomas Vanek	L	73	40	24	64	44	-1	20	6	2	0	5	211	19.0
Tim Connolly	C	48	18	29	47	22	12	5	13	1	0	5	126	14.3
Drew Stafford	R	79	20	25	45	29	3	9	8	0	0	0	183	10.9
Jaroslav Spacek	D	80	8	37	45	38	2	4	18	0	0	0	130	6.2
Ales Kotalik	R	56	13	19	32	28	-7	8	10	0	0	1	153	8.5
Clarke MacArthur	L	71	17	14	31	56	-4	5	5	0	0	0	108	15.7
Paul Gaustad	C	62	12	17	29	108	4	3	5	1	0	1	122	9.8
Jochen Hecht	C	70	12	15	27	33	-9	3	2	1	2	1	173	6.9
Daniel Paille	L	73	12	15	27	20	0	0	0	0	2	2	80	15.0
Craig Rivet	D	64	2	22	24	125	4	1	10	0	1	0	80	2.5
Toni Lydman	D	80	3	20	23	70	0	0	5	0	1	0	99	3.0
Maxim Afinogenov	R	48	6	14	20	20	-7	0	7	0	0	0	93	6.5
Adam Mair	C	75	8	11	19	95	4	0	0	0	0	1	75	10.7
Andrej Sekera	D	69	3	16	19	22	-11	1	4	0	0	1	84	3.6
Teppo Numminen	D	57	2	15	17	22	-4	1	5	0	0	1	34	5.9
Matt Ellis	L	45	7	5	12	12	4	0	1	0	0	2	73	9.6
Henrik Tallinder	D	66	1	11	12	36	-2	0	1	0	0	1	35	2.9
Patrick Kaleta	R	51	4	5	9	89	1	0	0	0	0	0	35	11.4
Nathan Paetsch	D	23	2	4	6	25	3	0	1	0	0	0	21	9.5
Chris Butler	D	47	2	4	6	18	11	0	0	0	0	1	36	5.6
Dominic Moore	C	18	1	3	4	23	-1	0	0	0	0	0	33	3.0
Mark Mancari	R	7	1	1	2	4	-4	0	1	0	0	0	21	4.8
Nathan Gerbe	C	10	0	1	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	24	0.0
Andrew Peters	L	28	0	1	1	81	-2	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0
Ryan Miller	G	59	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marc-Andre Gragnani	L	4	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Mikael Tellqvist	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Kennedy	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Weber	D	7	0	0	0	19	-3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Patrick Lalime	G	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		1565	242	416	658	1105	-11	75	142	7	6	33	2505	9.7

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Ryan Miller	59	3443	34	18	6	6	5	145	2.53	1773	1628	.918
Patrick Lalime	24	1297	5	13	3	1	0	67	3.10	669	602	.900
Mikael Tellqvist	6	230	2	1	0	1	0	9	2.35	125	116	.928
Totals	89	4970	41	32	9	8	5	221	2.67	2788	2567	.921

2008-09 Buffalo Sabres Statistics

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