Team Stats

Regular SeasonPlayoffs

2002–03 Regular Season

Coach: Lindy Ruff

Total Players: 38

Season Summary

27-37-10-8, 72 points, a -29 goal differential.

Team Totals

190

219

-29

14.4%

85.4%

50.1%

2.67

DIFF

PP%

PK%

FO%

GAA

NHL

25th

13th

24th

20th

7th

15th

13th

CONF

12th

6th

11th

10th

3rd

9th

6th

DIV

5th

3rd

5th

4th

2nd

3rd

ALL-TIME

10th pct

46th pct

19th pct

18th pct

84th pct

88th pct

All-time is where 2002–03 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

178

PIM

C. Brown, J. Hecht

PLUS/MINUS

Alexei Zhitnik

26:33

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.

27-45 in 72 decided games, 2002–03 regular season, with 8 of those losses in overtime.

Wins (27)Losses (45, 8 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 (27)LOSSES (45)

Forward goals3.331.49

Defense goals0.410.16

Forward points7.963.49

Defense points2.260.89

Different goal scorers3.191.58

D share of points22%20%

D share of shots25%23%

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	79	26	49	75	-3	20	11	1	3	240	0.92	1.74	2.66	8.52	10.8%	20.0%	21:23
Chris Gratton	77	66	15	29	44	-5	86	4	0	2	187	0.83	1.61	2.44	10.35	8.0%	58.9%	16:26
J-P Dumont	71	76	14	21	35	-14	44	2	0	2	135	0.73	1.10	1.83	7.07	10.4%	20.0%	15:04
Ales Kotalik	12	68	21	14	35	-2	30	4	0	2	138	1.22	0.81	2.03	7.98	15.2%	51.3%	15:15
Stu Barnes	14	68	11	21	32	-13	20	2	1	2	124	0.53	1.00	1.53	5.92	8.9%	49.0%	18:29
Curtis Brown	37	74	15	16	31	+4	40	3	4	4	144	0.72	0.77	1.49	6.92	10.4%	49.5%	16:53
Taylor Pyatt	9	78	14	14	28	-8	38	2	0	0	110	0.76	0.76	1.53	6.00	12.7%	25.0%	14:06
Jochen Hecht	55	49	10	16	26	+4	30	2	0	2	145	0.68	1.09	1.78	9.91	6.9%	30.3%	17:55
Tim Connolly	19	80	12	13	25	-28	32	6	0	2	159	0.56	0.61	1.17	7.46	7.5%	42.8%	16:00
Alexei Zhitnik	44	70	3	18	21	-5	85	0	0	1	138	0.10	0.58	0.68	4.46	2.2%	0.0%	26:33
Dmitri Kalinin	45	65	8	13	21	-7	57	3	1	0	83	0.34	0.55	0.89	3.53	9.6%	0.0%	21:41
Brian Campbell	51	65	2	17	19	-8	20	0	0	1	90	0.10	0.84	0.94	4.45	2.2%	0.0%	18:40
Adam Mair	22	79	6	11	17	-4	146	0	1	1	83	0.43	0.79	1.22	5.94	7.2%	51.2%	10:37
James Patrick	3	69	4	12	16	-3	26	2	0	1	63	0.18	0.55	0.74	2.90	6.3%	100.0%	18:55
Henrik Tallinder	20	46	3	10	13	-3	28	1	0	0	37	0.20	0.66	0.85	2.43	8.1%	0.0%	19:53
Daniel Brière	48	14	7	5	12	+1	12	5	0	1	39	1.68	1.20	2.89	9.38	17.9%	50.0%	17:49
Vaclav Varada	26	44	7	4	11	-2	23	1	0	0	64	0.59	0.34	0.93	5.42	10.9%	53.8%	16:07
Maxim Afinogenov	61	35	5	6	11	-12	21	2	0	2	77	0.64	0.77	1.41	9.85	6.5%	50.0%	13:24
Rhett Warrener	44	50	0	9	9	+1	63	0	0	0	47	0.00	0.59	0.59	3.09	0.0%	0.0%	18:14
Eric Boulton	36	58	1	5	6	+1	178	0	0	0	33	0.16	0.79	0.94	5.19	3.0%	33.3%	6:35
Jason Botterill	28	17	1	4	5	+1	14	1	0	0	20	0.33	1.31	1.63	6.54	5.0%	40.0%	10:48
Jay McKee	74	59	0	5	5	-16	49	0	0	0	44	0.00	0.27	0.27	2.39	0.0%	0.0%	18:45
Chris Taylor	16	11	1	3	4	-1	2	0	0	0	10	0.39	1.18	1.57	3.92	10.0%	47.4%	13:55
Rory Fitzpatrick	8	36	1	3	4	-7	16	0	0	0	29	0.10	0.29	0.39	2.84	3.4%	0.0%	17:02
Jason Woolley	15	14	0	3	3	-1	29	0	0	0	29	0.00	0.80	0.80	7.78	0.0%	0.0%	15:59
Denis Hamel	14	25	2	0	2	-4	17	0	0	1	41	0.38	0.00	0.38	7.77	4.9%	25.0%	12:40
Norman Milley	14	8	0	2	2	-2	6	0	0	0	8	0.00	1.41	1.41	5.62	0.0%	50.0%	10:41
Milan Bartovic	26	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.03	0.00	2.03	10.13	20.0%	100.0%	9:52
Doug Houda	6	1	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.74	0.0%	0.0%	12:39
Rob Ray	32	41	0	0	0	-5	92	0	0	0	14	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.66	0.0%	33.3%	4:24
Jaroslav Kristek	29	6	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	4	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.44	0.0%	0.0%	11:37
Doug Janik	37	6	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.30	0.0%	0.0%	7:42
Paul Gaustad	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	–	42.9%	5:48
Sean McMorrow	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	0.0%	1:27
Radoslav Hecl	21	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.28	0.0%	0.0%	10:01
Total	–	–	190	323	513		1234	51	8	27	2345	–	–	–	–	8.1%	–	–

Goalies

Player	No.	GP	W ▾	L	T	GAA	SV%	SO
Martin Biron	43	54	17	28	6	2.56	.908	4
Ryan Miller	30	15	6	8	1	2.63	.902	1
Mika Noronen	31	16	4	9	3	2.42	.912	1
Total	–	–	27	45	10	–	–	6

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.