The Buffalo Sabres used 24 players in the 1996-97 playoffs, with a 5-6-1 record. Derek Plante led the team with 10 points (4 goals, 6 assists) in 12 games. Steve Shields played the most games in goal (10).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derek Plante 🇺🇸 C 26 | 12 | 🔥 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0.83 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 2 | Donald Audette 🇨🇦 RW 27 | 11 | 🔥 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.82 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 3 | Brian Holzinger 🇺🇸 C 24 | 12 | 🧊 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.58 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 4 | Randy Burridge 🇨🇦 LW 31 | 12 | 🔥 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.50 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 5 | Michal Grosek 🇨🇿 LW 21 | 12 | 🔥 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.50 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 6 | Garry Galley 🇨🇦 D 33 | 12 | 🔥 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.50 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 7 | Dixon Ward 🇨🇦 LW 28 | 12 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.42 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 8 | Darryl Shannon 🇨🇦 D 28 | 12 | 🧊 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.42 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 9 | Matthew Barnaby 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 8 | 🔥 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.50 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 36 | — |
| 10 | Jason Dawe 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 11 | 🧊 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.27 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 11 | Brad May 🇨🇦 LW 25 | 10 | 🧊 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 32 | — |
| 12 | Michael Peca 🇨🇦 C 23 | 10 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 13 | Richard Smehlik 🇨🇿 D 27 | 12 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 14 | Ed Ronan 🇺🇸 RW 29 | 6 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 15 | Alexei Zhitnik 🇺🇦 D 24 | 12 | 🧊 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — |
| 16 | Rob Ray 🇨🇦 RW 28 | 12 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | — |
| 17 | Mike Wilson 🇨🇦 D 22 | 10 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 18 | Bob Boughner 🇨🇦 D 26 | 11 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.09 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | — |
| 19 | Wayne Primeau 🇨🇦 C 20 | 9 | 🧊 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 20 | Jay McKee 🇨🇦 D 19 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 21 | Miroslav Satan 🇸🇰 RW 22 | 7 | 🧊 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 21 skaters | 12 | 27 | 45 | 72 | 6.00 | 8 | 296 | 0 | 0 | 209 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ▼ | GAA — sort by goals against average ⇅ | SV% — sort by save percentage ⇅ | SV — sort by saves ⇅ | GA — sort by goals against ⇅ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Shields 🇨🇦 G 24 | 10 | 4 | 2.60 | 0.000 | 0 | 26 | 56:57 | |
| 2 | Dominik Hasek 🇨🇿 G 32 | 3 | 2 | 1.67 | 0.000 | 0 | 5 | 51:08 | |
| 3 | Andrei Trefilov 🇷🇺 G 27 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 5:11 |
62% of this roster was born in Canada, against 60% across the league. The team leans on Czechia: 12% of its players, against 5% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 62% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 15 |
|
+2 | 45 (62%) | Audette, Burridge, Galley, Ward +11 |
| Czechia | 3 |
|
+7 | 8 (11%) | Grosek, Smehlik, Hasek |
| United States | 3 |
|
-6 | 18 (25%) | Plante, Holzinger, Ronan |
| Russia | 1 |
|
-2 | 0 | Trefilov |
| Slovakia | 1 |
|
+3 | 0 | Satan |
| Ukraine | 1 |
|
+3 | 1 (1%) | Zhitnik |
Derek Plante led the Buffalo Sabres in scoring in the 1996-97 playoffs with 10 points — 4 goals and 6 assists in 12 games. Next came Donald Audette (9) and Brian Holzinger (7).
Randy Burridge scored 5 goals for the Buffalo Sabres in the 1996-97 playoffs, 3 of them on the power play.
The Buffalo Sabres dressed 24 players in the 1996-97 playoffs: 21 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 27 goals.
Steve Shields played the most games in goal for the Buffalo Sabres in the 1996-97 playoffs: 10 games, 4 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.60 goals against average. Dominik Hasek was the backup, in 3 games.
The average age was 25.5 years. Jay McKee was the youngest at 19, and Garry Galley the oldest at 33.
The Buffalo Sabres used 24 players in the 1996-97 playoffs with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 15 in Canada, 3 in Czechia and 3 in the United States. The other 3 came from Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine. League-wide that season, 60% of players were born in Canada, against 62% on this roster.