Team Stats

Regular Season Playoffs

1999–00 Regular Season

Coach: Lindy Ruff

Total Players: 37

Season Summary

35-32-11-4, 85 points, a +9 goal differential.

Team Totals

213

204

10.5%

85.0%

47.9%

2.49

DIFF

PP%

PK%

FO%

GAA

NHL

20th

8th

14th

28th

13th

24th

8th

CONF

10th

5th

7th

15th

7th

12th

5th

DIV

3rd

2nd

3rd

5th

3rd

5th

2nd

ALL-TIME

30th pct

66th pct

46th pct

1st pct

82nd pct

48th pct

All-time is where 1999–00 ranks among Sabres regular seasons, as a percentile: GF, GA and DIFF since 1970–71 (55 seasons), PP% and PK% since 1977–78 (48), FO% since 1997–98 (28). GF, GA and DIFF are relative to each season's league scoring. Higher is better, GA included.

Goal differential

One dot per NHL team.

Team Leaders

POINTS

GOALS

ASSISTS

158

PIM

Curtis Brown

+19

PLUS/MINUS

Alexei Zhitnik

24:48

TOI/G

Skater Scatter

Any two stats, one dot per skater. What is xG?

Dot size is ice time per game. Above the dashed line: more Goals than xG.

X axis:

Y axis:

Min GP: 0Guides

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More cuts on the Stats Playground scatter.

Win DNA

Yes-or-no box-score traits, and how often the Sabres won with and without each. Correlation, not cause.

How this is measured

Every counting stat runs higher in a win (you score more when you win), so each game gets a yes-or-no question instead, and the win rate when yes is set against the win rate when no. The gap is the lift, in percentage points. A trait can be a symptom of a good night as much as a reason for one. Shot-attempt share (CF%) is left out: in a single game the trailing team piles up attempts, so out-attempting the opponent has gone with a lower win rate.

35-36 in 71 decided games, 1999–00 regular season, with 4 of those losses in overtime.

Wins (35)Losses (36, 4 in overtime)

The wider the gap on an axis, the more that trait separates a win from a loss.

The raw split, wins vs losses

The totals the table above deliberately doesn't lead with. Goals and points from both positions climb in wins, but the defense's share of the offense barely moves, which is why the question is who else scored, not whether the D did.

PER GAMEWINS (35)LOSSES (36)

Forward goals3.291.58

Defense goals0.510.11

Forward points7.833.89

Defense points2.060.64

Different goal scorers3.291.58

D share of points21%14%

D share of shots27%27%

Skaters

Player	No.	GP	G	A	PTS ▾	+/-	PIM	PP	SH	GWG	SOG	G/60	A/60	P/60	SOG/60	S%	FO%	TOI/G
Miroslav Satan	81	81	33	34	67	+16	32	5	3	5	265	1.19	1.22	2.41	9.54	12.5%	14.3%	20:35
Curtis Brown	37	74	22	29	51	+19	42	5	0	4	149	0.98	1.29	2.28	6.65	14.8%	48.6%	18:11
Stu Barnes	14	82	20	25	45	-3	16	8	2	2	137	0.84	1.05	1.89	5.77	14.6%	48.5%	17:23
Michael Peca	19	73	20	21	41	+6	67	2	0	3	144	0.82	0.87	1.69	5.93	13.9%	48.6%	19:57
Vaclav Varada	26	76	10	27	37	+12	62	0	0	0	140	0.53	1.42	1.95	7.39	7.1%	0.0%	14:58
Michal Grosek	22	61	11	23	34	+12	35	2	0	2	96	0.66	1.39	2.05	5.80	11.5%	25.0%	16:17
Maxim Afinogenov	61	65	16	18	34	-4	41	2	0	2	128	1.12	1.26	2.39	8.99	12.5%	0.0%	13:09
Jason Woolley	15	74	8	25	33	+14	52	2	0	2	113	0.36	1.14	1.50	5.13	7.1%	0.0%	17:51
Geoff Sanderson	8	67	13	13	26	+4	22	4	0	3	136	0.90	0.90	1.80	9.44	9.6%	100.0%	12:54
Brian Holzinger	19	59	7	17	24	+4	30	0	1	2	81	0.49	1.18	1.67	5.63	8.6%	45.6%	14:38
Dixon Ward	12	71	11	9	20	+1	41	1	2	2	101	0.67	0.54	1.21	6.11	10.9%	50.0%	13:58
Vladimir Tsyplakov	29	34	6	13	19	+17	10	0	0	1	46	0.77	1.68	2.45	5.94	13.0%	0.0%	13:41
Doug Gilmour	93	11	3	14	17	+3	12	2	0	0	13	0.86	4.03	4.89	3.74	23.1%	51.4%	18:58
Jay McKee	74	78	5	12	17	+5	50	1	0	1	84	0.18	0.44	0.62	3.08	6.0%	0.0%	20:58
Erik Rasmussen	10	67	8	6	14	+1	43	0	0	2	76	0.63	0.47	1.10	5.95	10.5%	44.6%	11:27
James Patrick	3	66	5	8	13	+8	22	0	0	3	40	0.28	0.45	0.74	2.27	12.5%	0.0%	15:59
Alexei Zhitnik	44	74	2	11	13	-6	95	1	0	0	139	0.07	0.36	0.43	4.54	1.4%	0.0%	24:48
Wayne Primeau	18	41	5	7	12	-8	38	2	0	1	40	0.66	0.93	1.59	5.30	12.5%	45.6%	11:03
Richard Smehlik	2	64	2	9	11	+13	50	0	0	0	67	0.09	0.40	0.49	2.98	3.0%	0.0%	21:04
Chris Gratton	77	14	1	7	8	+1	15	0	0	0	34	0.26	1.80	2.06	8.74	2.9%	54.3%	16:40
Brian Campbell	51	12	1	4	5	-2	4	0	0	0	10	0.32	1.27	1.58	3.16	10.0%	0.0%	15:48
Rob Ray	32	69	1	3	4	0	158	0	0	0	17	0.21	0.62	0.83	3.51	5.9%	0.0%	4:13
Cory Sarich	16	42	0	4	4	+2	35	0	0	0	49	0.00	0.32	0.32	3.95	0.0%	0.0%	17:42
Rhett Warrener	44	61	0	3	3	+18	89	0	0	0	68	0.00	0.15	0.15	3.37	0.0%	0.0%	19:51
Chris Taylor	16	11	1	1	2	-2	2	0	0	0	15	0.50	0.50	1.00	7.51	6.7%	45.6%	10:54
Domenic Pittis	38	7	1	0	1	+1	6	0	0	0	6	0.75	0.00	0.75	4.49	16.7%	44.6%	11:27
Jason Holland	53	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.00	0.43	0.43	3.44	0.0%	0.0%	15:31
Denis Hamel	14	3	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	3	2.05	0.00	2.05	6.15	33.3%	0.0%	9:45
Doug Houda	6	1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	–	0.0%	9:10
Mike Hurlbut	32	1	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.83	0.0%	0.0%	12:25
Paul Kruse	29	11	0	0	0	-2	43	0	0	0	7	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.11	0.0%	0.0%	6:15
Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre	34	11	0	0	0	-1	15	0	0	0	10	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.59	0.0%	0.0%	15:11
Dmitri Kalinin	45	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.67	0.0%	0.0%	16:53
David Moravec	64	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.87	0.0%	50.0%	15:15
Total	–	–	213	344	557		1145	37	8	35	2228	–	–	–	–	9.6%	–	–

Goalies

Player	No.	GP	W ▾	L	T	GAA	SV%	SO
Martin Biron	43	41	19	18	2	2.42	.909	5
Dominik Hasek	39	35	15	11	6	2.21	.919	3
Dwayne Roloson	30	14	1	7	3	2.84	.884	0
Total	–	–	35	36	11	–	–	8

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. The Total row leaves GP out for that reason.