Team Stats

2000–01 Regular Season

Coach: Lindy Ruff
Total Players: 29
Related2000–01 game results2000–01 standingsRound 1 vs PHI breakdownRound 2 vs PIT breakdown
Season Summary

46-30-5-1, 98 points, a +34 goal differential.

Team Totals
218
184
+34
16.1%
88.0%
50.0%
2.24
GF
GA
DIFF
PP%
PK%
FO%
GAA
NHL
16th
1st
7th
17th
1st
14th
1st
CONF
9th
1st
3rd
9th
1st
6th
1st
DIV
4th
1st
2nd
4th
1st
2nd
1st
ALL-TIME
45th pct
86th pct
77th pct
24th pct
99th pct
84th pct

All-time is where 2000–01 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
LEAGUE MED +2BUF +34-83+100
One dot per NHL team.
Team Leaders
210
PIM
+15
PLUS/MINUS
24:15
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.

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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.

46-31 in 77 decided games, 2000–01 regular season, with 1 of those losses in overtime.
Wins (46)Losses (31, 1 in overtime)
3+ scorersD combined 3+ ptsScored firstDepth goal50%100%

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 (46)LOSSES (31)
Forward goals2.931.48
Defense goals0.460.19
Forward points7.093.55
Defense points2.021.26
Different goal scorers3.071.61
D share of points22%26%
D share of shots26%26%

Skaters

PlayerNo.GPGAPTS+/-PIMPPSHGWGSOGG/60A/60P/60SOG/60S%FO%TOI/G
Miroslav Satan8182293362+5368242061.061.212.287.5614.1%36.4%19:56
J-P Dumont7179232851+1549051561.161.422.587.8914.7%33.3%15:01
Stu Barnes1475192443-2263251600.801.011.806.7011.9%48.3%19:06
Chris Gratton778219214001025051560.951.052.007.8112.2%57.3%14:37
Doug Gilmour937173138+370400910.331.451.784.267.7%51.0%18:02
Alexei Zhitnik447882937-3755011490.250.921.174.735.4%0.0%24:15
Maxim Afinogenov6178142236+1403051900.741.161.9110.067.4%0.0%14:32
Dave Andreychuk25742013330328041191.350.882.238.0516.8%49.7%12:00
Curtis Brown3770102232+15342101050.521.141.665.439.5%50.4%16:34
Vaclav Varada2675102131-2812021120.501.051.555.628.9%0.0%15:57
Erik Rasmussen1082121931051103950.641.011.655.0412.6%43.7%13:47
Jason Woolley156751823046403920.260.931.194.745.4%0.0%17:22
Dmitri Kalinin457941822-238200880.150.690.843.374.5%100.0%19:50
Rhett Warrener447731619+10780021030.110.610.733.942.9%0.0%20:24
Richard Smehlik25631215+64001400.170.660.832.217.5%0.0%19:25
Vladimir Tsyplakov29367714+210000391.031.032.075.7517.9%0.0%11:18
James Patrick3544913+912100480.260.580.843.098.3%0.0%17:16
Steve Heinze57145712+68101191.391.953.345.2926.3%0.0%15:24
Jay McKee747411011+976000620.040.420.462.591.6%0.0%19:24
Denis Hamel14418311-222113551.070.401.477.3414.5%33.9%10:58
Rob Ray32634610+2210001330.681.011.695.5712.1%100.0%5:38
Donald Audette2812268+112101380.571.722.3010.915.3%0.0%17:25
Eric Boulton3635123-194000200.300.600.906.025.0%0.0%5:42
Chris Taylor1614022+16000210.000.770.778.080.0%50.7%11:08
Brian Campbell518000-2200070.000.000.003.350.0%0.0%15:40
Total21837959712196064622049.9%

Goalies

PlayerNo.GPWLTGAASV%SO
Dominik Hasek3967372442.11.92111
Martin Biron43187712.55.9092
Mika Noronen3122002.77.8720
Peter Skudra110000.000
Total4631513

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.