1995–96 Buffalo Sabres season
NHL hockey team season
1995–96 Buffalo Sabres | |
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Division | 5th Northeast |
Conference | 11th Eastern |
1995–96 record | 33–42–7 |
Home record | 19–17–5 |
Road record | 14–25–2 |
Goals for | 247 |
Goals against | 262 |
Team information | |
General manager | John Muckler |
Coach | Ted Nolan |
Captain | Pat LaFontaine |
Arena | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium |
Average attendance | 13,378 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Rochester Americans South Carolina Stingrays |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Pat LaFontaine (40) |
Assists | Pat LaFontaine (51) |
Points | Pat LaFontaine (91) |
Penalty minutes | Matthew Barnaby (335) |
Plus/minus | Mike Wilson (+13) |
Wins | Dominik Hasek (22) |
Goals against average | Dominik Hasek (2.83) |
The 1995–96 Buffalo Sabres season was the Sabres' 26th season in the National Hockey League. This was the team's final season at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, their home arena since 1970. They moved to Marine Midland Arena, which is now known as the KeyBank Center. However, the Sabres failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 1987.
Offseason
Regular season
The Sabres had the most power-play opportunities during the regular season with 477.[1]
Season standings
No. | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |
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1 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 49 | 29 | 4 | 362 | 284 | 102 |
2 | Boston Bruins | 82 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 282 | 269 | 91 |
3 | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 40 | 32 | 10 | 265 | 248 | 90 |
4 | Hartford Whalers | 82 | 34 | 39 | 9 | 237 | 259 | 77 |
5 | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 33 | 42 | 7 | 247 | 262 | 72 |
6 | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 18 | 59 | 5 | 191 | 291 | 41 |
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | Philadelphia Flyers | ATL | 82 | 45 | 24 | 13 | 282 | 208 | 103 |
2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NE | 82 | 49 | 29 | 4 | 362 | 284 | 102 |
3 | New York Rangers | ATL | 82 | 41 | 27 | 14 | 272 | 237 | 96 |
4 | Florida Panthers | ATL | 82 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 254 | 234 | 92 |
5 | Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 282 | 269 | 91 |
6 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 40 | 32 | 10 | 265 | 248 | 90 |
7 | Washington Capitals | ATL | 82 | 39 | 32 | 11 | 234 | 204 | 89 |
8 | Tampa Bay Lightning | ATL | 82 | 38 | 32 | 12 | 238 | 248 | 88 |
9 | New Jersey Devils | ATL | 82 | 37 | 33 | 12 | 215 | 202 | 86 |
10 | Hartford Whalers | NE | 82 | 34 | 39 | 9 | 237 | 259 | 77 |
11 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 33 | 42 | 7 | 247 | 262 | 73 |
12 | New York Islanders | ATL | 82 | 22 | 50 | 10 | 229 | 315 | 54 |
13 | Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 18 | 59 | 5 | 191 | 291 | 41 |
Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast
bold – Qualified for playoffs
Schedule and results
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October: 3–7–0 (home: 2–3–0; road: 1–4–0)
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November: 7–4–2 (home: 4–1–2; road: 3–3–0)
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December: 6–8–1 (home: 4–5–1; road: 2–3–0)
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January: 4–7–0 (home: 3–1–0; road: 1–6–0)
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February: 6–3–3 (home: 4–1–2; road: 2–2–1)
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March: 2–11–1 (home: 0–5–0; road: 2–6–1)
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April: 5–2–0 (home: 2–1–0; road: 3–1–0)
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only.
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
16 | Pat LaFontaine | C | 76 | 40 | 51 | 91 | −8 | 36 |
12 | Randy Burridge | LW | 74 | 25 | 33 | 58 | 0 | 30 |
26 | Derek Plante | C | 76 | 23 | 33 | 56 | −4 | 28 |
3 | Garry Galley | D | 78 | 10 | 44 | 54 | −2 | 81 |
43 | Jason Dawe | RW | 67 | 25 | 25 | 50 | −8 | 33 |
10 | Brad May | LW | 79 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 6 | 295 |
44 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 80 | 6 | 30 | 36 | −25 | 58 |
36 | Matthew Barnaby | RW | 73 | 15 | 16 | 31 | −2 | 335 |
27 | Michael Peca | C | 68 | 11 | 20 | 31 | −1 | 67 |
13 | Yuri Khmylev‡ | LW | 66 | 8 | 20 | 28 | −12 | 40 |
28 | Donald Audette | RW | 23 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 18 |
19 | Brian Holzinger | C | 58 | 10 | 10 | 20 | −21 | 37 |
21 | Mark Astley | D | 60 | 2 | 18 | 20 | −12 | 80 |
41 | Dave Hannan‡ | C | 57 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 30 |
17 | Brent Hughes | LW | 76 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −9 | 148 |
34 | Mike Wilson | D | 58 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 41 |
18 | Michal Grosek† | LW | 22 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 31 |
22 | Charlie Huddy‡ | D | 52 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 59 |
24 | Dane Jackson | RW | 22 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 41 |
32 | Rob Ray | RW | 71 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −8 | 287 |
8[a] | Darryl Shannon† | D | 26 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 20 |
25 | Rob Conn | W | 28 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −9 | 18 |
8 | Doug Bodger‡ | D | 16 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −6 | 18 |
33 | Scott Pearson | LW | 27 | 4 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 67 |
15 | Dixon Ward | RW | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
6 | Doug Houda | D | 38 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 52 |
5 | Craig Muni‡ | D | 47 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −12 | 69 |
4 | Bob Boughner† | D | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 104 |
39 | Dominik Hasek | G | 59 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
38 | Jay McKee | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
00 | Martin Biron | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | John Blue† | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
37 | Curtis Brown | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Grant Jennings | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
37 | Barrie Moore | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
45 | Scott Nichol | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
76 | Wayne Primeau | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 | Steve Shields | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
30 | Andrei Trefilov | G | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
9 | Vaclav Varada† | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only.
Regular season | |||||||||||
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
39 | Dominik Hasek | 59 | 22 | 30 | 6 | 2011 | 161 | 2.83 | .920 | 2 | 3417 |
30 | Andrei Trefilov | 22 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 660 | 64 | 3.51 | .903 | 0 | 1094 |
1 | John Blue† | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 137 | 15 | 3.52 | .891 | 0 | 255 |
31 | Steve Shields | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 3.19 | .875 | 0 | 75 |
00 | Martin Biron | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 10 | 5.05 | .844 | 0 | 119 |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Dominik Hasek | [4] |
Milestones
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Charlie Huddy | March 8, 1996 | [5] |
Transactions
Draft picks
Buffalo's draft picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft held at the Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta.[6]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 14 | Jay McKee | ![]() | Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL) |
1 | 16 | Martin Biron | ![]() | Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL) |
2 | 42 | Mark Dutiaume | ![]() | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
3 | 68 | Mathieu Sunderland | ![]() | Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL) |
4 | 94 | Matt Davidson | ![]() | Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) |
5 | 111 | Marian Menhart | ![]() | HC Litvínov (Czech Republic) |
5 | 119 | Kevin Popp | ![]() | Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) |
5 | 123 | Daniel Bienvenue | ![]() | Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL) |
7 | 172 | Brian Scott | ![]() | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) |
8 | 198 | Mike Zanutto | ![]() | Oshawa Generals (OHL) |
9 | 224 | Rob Skrlac | ![]() | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
See also
Notes
- ^ Shannon wore number 29 in his first two games.
References
- "Buffalo Sabres 1995-96 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
- "1995-96 Buffalo Sabres Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
- ^ "1995-96 NHL Summary".
- ^ "1995–1996 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
- ^ "1995-96 Buffalo Sabres Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 1996". NHL.com. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ Bailey, Budd (March 8, 1996). "COUNT ON IT: HUDDY'S SET TO HIT 1,000". Buffalo News. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ "1995 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
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