2002-03 Buffalo Sabres Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 27-37-10-8 - 72 points
Finishing 5th in the NHL's Northeast Division
Coach: Lindy Ruff (27-37-10, 8 OTL)
Location: Buffalo, New York
2002-03 Buffalo Sabres RosterTeam Record: 27-37-10-8 - 72 points
Finishing 5th in the NHL's Northeast Division
Coach: Lindy Ruff (27-37-10, 8 OTL)
Location: Buffalo, New York
2002-03 Buffalo Sabres Results
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, finishing fifth in the NHL's Northeast Division.
The Sabres scored 190 goals and gave up 219. Miroslav Satan netted 26 goals for Buffalo 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 |
| Rory Fitzpatrick | D | 36 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | -7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3.4 |
| Chris Taylor | C | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 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 | |
| Ryan Miller | G | 15 | 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 |
| Mika Noronen | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
| Doug Janik | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Rob Ray | R | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Jaroslav Kristek | R | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Paul Gaustad | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean McMorrow | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1561 | 190 | 324 | 514 | 1246 | -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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Biron | 54 | 3170 | 17 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 135 | 2.56 | 1468 | 1333 | .908 |
| 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 |
| Totals | 85 | 4973 | 27 | 45 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 211 | 2.55 | 2500 | 2289 | .916 |
