1995–96 Buffalo Sabres season

The 1995–96 Buffalo Sabres season was the Sabres' 27th season in the National Hockey League. The Sabres missed the playoffs for the first time since 1987. This was the team's final season at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium which is the home arena since 1970 until they move their new arena in 1996 at Marine Midland Arena now the Keybank Center

Regular season

The Sabres had the most power-play opportunities during the regular season, with 477.^[1]

Season standings

Northeast Division
No.		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
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

Eastern Conference^[2]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 7, 1995	3–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	1–0–0
2	L	October 9, 1995	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96)	1–1–0
3	L	October 13, 1995	1–4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	1–2–0
4	L	October 15, 1995	3–4	New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	1–3–0
5	W	October 18, 1995	4–1	Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	2–3–0
6	L	October 20, 1995	1–3	New York Rangers (1995–96)	2–4–0
7	W	October 22, 1995	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	3–4–0
8	L	October 24, 1995	0–3	@ Dallas Stars (1995–96)	3–5–0
9	L	October 27, 1995	4–5	@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	3–6–0
10	L	October 29, 1995	3–6	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	3–7–0
11	W	November 1, 1995	2–1	Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	4–7–0
12	T	November 3, 1995	3–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	4–7–1
13	L	November 5, 1995	3–4	Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	4–8–1
14	W	November 8, 1995	7–2	San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	5–8–1
15	L	November 11, 1995	1–4	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96)	5–9–1
16	W	November 12, 1995	6–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	6–9–1
17	W	November 15, 1995	2–1	Dallas Stars (1995–96)	7–9–1
18	W	November 18, 1995	5–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	8–9–1
19	W	November 19, 1995	6–0	Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	9–9–1
20	T	November 24, 1995	1–1 OT	New York Islanders (1995–96)	9–9–2
21	L	November 25, 1995	3–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	9–10–2
22	W	November 27, 1995	2–0	@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	10–10–2
23	L	November 29, 1995	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1995–96)	10–11–2
24	W	December 1, 1995	2–1	Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	11–11–2
25	L	December 2, 1995	4–6	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96)	11–12–2
26	L	December 7, 1995	3–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	11–13–2
27	T	December 8, 1995	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals (1995–96)	11–13–3
28	L	December 11, 1995	1–6	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	11–14–3
29	W	December 13, 1995	4–3	Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	12–14–3
30	W	December 15, 1995	5–4	New York Rangers (1995–96)	13–14–3
31	W	December 16, 1995	3–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	14–14–3
32	W	December 20, 1995	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	15–14–3
33	L	December 22, 1995	2–3 OT	Boston Bruins (1995–96)	15–15–3
34	W	December 23, 1995	4–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	16–15–3
35	L	December 26, 1995	3–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	16–16–3
36	L	December 27, 1995	3–4	Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	16–17–3
37	L	December 29, 1995	2–5	Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	16–18–3
38	L	December 31, 1995	2–5	New York Islanders (1995–96)	16–19–3
39	W	January 5, 1996	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	17–19–3
40	W	January 6, 1996	7–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	18–19–3
41	L	January 10, 1996	1–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	18–20–3
42	L	January 12, 1996	1–3	@ Calgary Flames (1995–96)	18–21–3
43	L	January 13, 1996	4–5 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	18–22–3
44	L	January 17, 1996	0–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	18–23–3
45	W	January 24, 1996	4–2	Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	19–23–3
46	L	January 26, 1996	0–1	@ Washington Capitals (1995–96)	19–24–3
47	L	January 27, 1996	3–6	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96)	19–25–3
48	L	January 30, 1996	4–5 OT	@ New York Islanders (1995–96)	19–26–3
49	W	January 31, 1996	6–1	Florida Panthers (1995–96)	20–26–3
50	L	February 3, 1996	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96)	20–27–3
51	L	February 4, 1996	2–5	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	20–28–3
52	W	February 7, 1996	2–1 OT	Boston Bruins (1995–96)	21–28–3
53	W	February 8, 1996	2–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	22–28–3
54	T	February 10, 1996	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	22–28–4
55	T	February 14, 1996	2–2 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	22–28–5
56	T	February 16, 1996	2–2 OT	New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	22–28–6
57	L	February 17, 1996	1–2 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	22–29–6
58	W	February 21, 1996	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	23–29–6
59	W	February 23, 1996	7–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	24–29–6
60	W	February 25, 1996	6–1	Florida Panthers (1995–96)	25–29–6
61	W	February 28, 1996	3–2 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	26–29–6
62	T	March 1, 1996	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1995–96)	26–29–7
63	L	March 3, 1996	0–3	Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	26–30–7
64	L	March 6, 1996	2–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	26–31–7
65	L	March 8, 1996	2–3 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	26–32–7
66	L	March 10, 1996	4–6	@ San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	26–33–7
67	W	March 13, 1996	6–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	27–33–7
68	L	March 15, 1996	1–3	Calgary Flames (1995–96)	27–34–7
69	L	March 16, 1996	1–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	27–35–7
70	L	March 18, 1996	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	27–36–7
71	L	March 22, 1996	1–4	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	27–37–7
72	W	March 23, 1996	7–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	28–37–7
73	L	March 27, 1996	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	28–38–7
74	L	March 29, 1996	5–6 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	28–39–7
75	L	March 31, 1996	5–6	Boston Bruins (1995–96)	28–40–7
76	W	April 1, 1996	6–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	29–40–7
77	L	April 3, 1996	1–5	Washington Capitals (1995–96)	29–41–7
78	W	April 5, 1996	4–3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	30–41–7
79	L	April 6, 1996	0–3	@ New York Islanders (1995–96)	30–42–7
80	W	April 10, 1996	5–2	Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	31–42–7
81	W	April 13, 1996	3–2	@ Washington Capitals (1995–96)	32–42–7
82	W	April 14, 1996	4–1	Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	33–42–7

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
LaFontaine, PatPat LaFontaine	C	76	40	51	91	36	-8	15	3	7
Burridge, RandyRandy Burridge	LW	74	25	33	58	30	0	6	0	3
Plante, DerekDerek Plante	C	76	23	33	56	28	-4	4	0	5
Galley, GarryGarry Galley	D	78	10	44	54	81	-2	7	1	2
Dawe, JasonJason Dawe	RW	67	25	25	50	33	-8	8	1	0
May, BradBrad May	LW	79	15	29	44	295	6	3	0	4
Zhitnik, AlexeiAlexei Zhitnik	D	80	6	30	36	58	-25	5	0	0
Barnaby, MatthewMatthew Barnaby	RW	73	15	16	31	335	-2	0	0	0
Peca, MichaelMichael Peca	C	68	11	20	31	67	-1	4	3	1
Khmylev, YuriYuri Khmylev	LW	66	8	20	28	40	-12	5	1	1
Audette, DonaldDonald Audette	RW	23	12	13	25	18	0	8	0	1
Holzinger, BrianBrian Holzinger	C	58	10	10	20	37	-21	5	0	1
Astley, MarkMark Astley	D	60	2	18	20	80	-12	0	0	0
Hannan, DaveDave Hannan	C	57	6	10	16	30	2	1	1	2
Hughes, BrentBrent Hughes	LW	76	5	10	15	148	-9	0	0	0
Wilson, MikeMike Wilson	D	58	4	8	12	41	13	1	0	1
Grosek, MichalMichal Grosek	LW	22	6	4	10	31	0	2	0	1
Huddy, CharlieCharlie Huddy	D	52	5	5	10	59	-5	2	0	1
Jackson, DaneDane Jackson	RW	22	5	4	9	41	3	0	0	1
Ray, RobRob Ray	RW	71	3	6	9	287	-8	0	0	0
Shannon, DarrylDarryl Shannon	D	26	2	6	8	20	10	0	0	0
Conn, RobRob Conn	W	28	2	5	7	18	-9	0	0	0
Bodger, DougDoug Bodger	D	16	0	5	5	18	-6	0	0	0
Pearson, ScottScott Pearson	LW	27	4	0	4	67	-4	0	0	1
Ward, DixonDixon Ward	RW	8	2	2	4	6	1	0	0	1
Houda, DougDoug Houda	D	38	1	3	4	52	3	0	0	0
Muni, CraigCraig Muni	D	47	0	4	4	69	-12	0	0	0
Boughner, BobBob Boughner	D	31	0	1	1	104	3	0	0	0
Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	G	59	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
McKee, JayJay McKee	D	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Biron, MartinMartin Biron	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blue, JohnJohn Blue	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brown, CurtisCurtis Brown	C/LW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jennings, GrantGrant Jennings	D	6	0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0
Moore, BarrieBarrie Moore	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nichol, ScottScott Nichol	C	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Primeau, WayneWayne Primeau	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shields, SteveSteve Shields	G	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Trefilov, AndreiAndrei Trefilov	G	22	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Varada, VaclavVaclav Varada	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	3417	59	22	30	6	161	2.83	2	2011	1850	.920
Trefilov, AndreiAndrei Trefilov	1094	22	8	8	1	64	3.51	0	660	596	.903
Blue, JohnJohn Blue	255	5	2	2	0	15	3.53	0	137	122	.891
Shields, SteveSteve Shields	75	2	1	0	0	4	3.20	0	32	28	.875
Biron, MartinMartin Biron	119	3	0	2	0	10	5.04	0	64	54	.844
Team:	4960	82	33	42	7	254	3.07	2	2904	2650	.913

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

NHL All-Star Game

Dominik Hasek, Eastern Conference

References

Sabres on Hockey Database

↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1996.html
↑ "1995–1996 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
↑ "1995-96 Buffalo Sabres Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-12.

Buffalo Sabres

Founded in 1970 Based in Buffalo, New York

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	Expansion Draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owner Terrence Pegula President Russ Brandon General Manager Tim Murray Head coach Dan Bylsma Team captain Brian Gionta Current roster

Arenas	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium HarborCenter (practice) KeyBank Center

Affiliates	AHL Rochester Americans ECHL Elmira Jackals

Owners	Knox/Knox/Swados/Strawbridge Rigas Golisano/Quinn Pegula

General managers	Imlach Anderson Bowman Meehan Muckler Regier LaFontaine (de facto) Murray

Head coaches	Imlach Smith Crozier Smith Pronovost Inglis Bowman Neilson Roberts Bowman Schoenfeld Bowman Ramsay Sator Dudley Muckler Nolan Ruff Rolston Nolan Bylsma

Media	Sabres Hockey Network WGR 550 MSG Western New York Broadcasters

Culture and lore	"The French Connection" Ted Darling Rick Jeanneret The Fog Game No Goal 2008 NHL Winter Classic 2011 NHL Premiere Taro Tsujimoto Ronan Tynan Ryan Vinz Hockey Night Live! HarborCenter Buffalo Sabres Alumni Hockey Team Buffalo Jr. Sabres Buffalo Bandits Sabretooth Sabre Dance

Buffalo Sabres seasons

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

1995–96 NHL season

Northeast Division	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Ottawa Pittsburgh

Atlantic Division	Florida New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Tampa Bay Washington

Central Division	Chicago Dallas Detroit St. Louis Toronto Winnipeg

Pacific Division	Anaheim Calgary Colorado Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver

See also	Draft Rat trick Legion of Doom Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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1995–96 Buffalo Sabres season

Regular season

Season standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

Awards and records

See also

References