1996–97 Buffalo Sabres
Season record and every player who suited up
40-30-12 · 92 points · 237 goals for, 208 against · Northeast Division · 6th in the league
Regular season · Skaters
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/− | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Plante | C | 82 | 27 | 26 | 53 | 14 | 24 |
| Brian Holzinger | C | 81 | 22 | 29 | 51 | 9 | 54 |
| Donald Audette | R | 73 | 28 | 22 | 50 | -6 | 48 |
| Michael Peca | C | 79 | 20 | 29 | 49 | 26 | 80 |
| Jason Dawe | R | 81 | 22 | 26 | 48 | 14 | 32 |
| Dixon Ward | L | 79 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 17 | 36 |
| Matthew Barnaby | R | 68 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 16 | 249 |
| Garry Galley | D | 71 | 4 | 34 | 38 | 10 | 102 |
| Michal Grosek | L | 82 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 25 | 71 |
| Alexei Zhitnik | D | 80 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 10 | 95 |
| Randy Burridge | L | 55 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 17 | 20 |
| Richard Smehlik | D | 62 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 19 | 43 |
| Darryl Shannon | D | 82 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 112 |
| Mike Wilson | D | 77 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 51 |
| Miroslav Satan | R | 12 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 4 |
| Rob Ray | R | 82 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 286 |
| Jay McKee | D | 43 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 35 |
| Barrie Moore | L | 31 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| Pat LaFontaine | C | 13 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -8 | 4 |
| Bob Boughner | D | 77 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 225 |
| Curtis Brown | C | 28 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| Brad May | L | 42 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 106 |
| Wayne Primeau | C | 45 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 64 |
| Anatoli Semenov | C | 25 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 2 |
| Ed Ronan | R | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| Vaclav Varada | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ruman Ndur | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Charlie Huddy | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
Regular season · Goalies
| Player | Pos | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GAA | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominik Hasek | G | 67 | 37 | 20 | 10 | 2.27 | 0.930 | 5 | |
| Steve Shields | G | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2.96 | 0.913 | 0 | |
| Andrei Trefilov | G | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.78 | 0.898 | 0 |
Playoffs · Skaters
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/− | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Plante | C | 12 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 |
| Donald Audette | R | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 6 |
| Brian Holzinger | C | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| Randy Burridge | L | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 2 |
| Michal Grosek | L | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| Garry Galley | D | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| Dixon Ward | L | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| Darryl Shannon | D | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| Matthew Barnaby | R | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 36 |
| Jason Dawe | R | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| Brad May | L | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 32 |
| Michael Peca | C | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 8 |
| Richard Smehlik | D | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Alexei Zhitnik | D | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -9 | 16 |
| Ed Ronan | R | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| Bob Boughner | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Rob Ray | R | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 28 |
| Mike Wilson | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Miroslav Satan | R | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Jay McKee | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Primeau | C | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 |
Playoffs · Goalies
| Player | Pos | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GAA | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Shields | G | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2.74 | 0.922 | 1 | ||
| Dominik Hasek | G | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.96 | 0.926 | 0 | ||
| Andrei Trefilov | G | 1 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 |