1996–97 Round 1

Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators

The Sabres defeated the Senators 4-3.

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Series Summary

Shot attempts were even in all situations; Buffalo won the series 4-3.

4-3
RECORD
14
GF
13
GA
+1
DIFF
7.4%
PP%
80.0%
PK%
IN NET
Buffalo Hasek .926
Buffalo Shields .939
Buffalo Trefilov 1.000
TOP SKATER
Holzinger, 5.2 series Game Score (2G, 4A)

Win Probability by Game

Buffalo's chance of winning, one game at a time.

Game 1, Apr 17, 1997: OTT 1 at BUF 3. Game page

WIN PROBABILITY

Opened at 59%.

P3 20:00
100%75%50%25%0%Buffalo win chanceBUFOTT
BIGGEST SWINGS
  1. P3 05:08D. Plante (1) 55% to 85%+30
  2. P3 03:57D. Alfredsson (1) 81% to 56%-25
  3. P2 14:30B. Holzinger (1) 54% to 78%+24
  4. P3 14:09R. Burridge (1) 93% to 99%+6

Dots are goals, diamonds penalties, squares a goalie pull; navy for Buffalo.

Win DNA

Winning traits, game by game. Definitions and season win rates are on Team Stats.

Wins (4)Losses (3, 1 in overtime)
3+ scorersD combined 3+ ptsScored firstDepth goal50%100%

7 games: a small sample.

Skaters

Player
GP
Scoring
PP
Game Score
GAP+/-PIMSOGGS
Brian Holzinger
7
246+2214
0
5.2
Donald Audette
7
235+3419
1
4.9
Randy Burridge
7
303+1018
1
3.6
Dixon Ward
7
123+1615
0
3.1
Derek Plante
7
303+5413
0
3.2
Garry Galley
7
033+2413
0
2.6
Darryl Shannon
7
123+344
0
2.3
Jason Dawe
7
112049
0
2.1
Michal Grosek
7
022+585
0
1.6
Matthew Barnaby
3
022+3163
0
1.5
Brad May
5
0110143
0
0.9
Michael Peca
7
0110812
0
1.6
Richard Smehlik
7
011+3210
0
1.3
Alexei Zhitnik
7
101-11413
0
1.7
Ed Ronan
3
000041
0
0.1
Rob Ray
7
000-162
0
0.2
Wayne Primeau
6
000-124
0
0.3
Mike Wilson
7
000+427
0
0.5
Bob Boughner
6
000+171
0
0.1
Miroslav Satan
4
000-203
0
0.2
Jay McKee
1
000000
0
0.0

Goalies

GoalieGPW-LGAGAASV%SOTOI/GGS
Steve Shields53-281.80.939153:276.4
Dominik Hasek31-151.96.926051:082.6
Andrei Trefilov10-000.001.00015:110.4

A goalie is credited a game played for any appearance, relief included, so GP sums above the team's own games played by the number of relief outings.