The Buffalo Sabres used 40 players in the 1995-96 season, with a 35-36-11 record. Pat LaFontaine led the team with 91 points (40 goals, 51 assists) in 76 games. Dominik Hasek played the most games in goal (59).
| # | 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 | Pat LaFontaine 🇺🇸 C 31 | 76 | 🔥 3 | 40 | 51 | 91 | 1.20 | 15 | 224 | 0 | 0 | 36 | — |
| 2 | Randy Burridge 🇨🇦 LW 30 | 74 | 🔥 3 | 25 | 33 | 58 | 0.78 | 6 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 30 | — |
| 3 | Derek Plante 🇺🇸 C 25 | 76 | 🔥 1 | 23 | 33 | 56 | 0.74 | 4 | 203 | 0 | 0 | 28 | — |
| 4 | Garry Galley 🇨🇦 D 32 | 78 | 🧊 1 | 10 | 44 | 54 | 0.69 | 7 | 175 | 0 | 0 | 81 | — |
| 5 | Jason Dawe 🇨🇦 RW 22 | 67 | 🔥 3 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 0.75 | 8 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 33 | — |
| 6 | Brad May 🇨🇦 LW 24 | 79 | 🧊 2 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 0.56 | 3 | 168 | 0 | 0 | 295 | — |
| 7 | Alexei Zhitnik 🇺🇦 D 23 | 80 | 🔥 1 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 0.45 | 5 | 193 | 0 | 0 | 58 | — |
| 8 | Matthew Barnaby 🇨🇦 RW 22 | 73 | 🧊 1 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 0.42 | 0 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 335 | — |
| 9 | Michael Peca 🇨🇦 C 22 | 68 | 🔥 3 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 0.46 | 4 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 67 | — |
| 10 | Yuri Khmylev 🇷🇺 LW 31 | 66 | 🧊 1 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 0.42 | 5 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 40 | — |
| 11 | Donald Audette 🇨🇦 RW 26 | 23 | 🧊 2 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 1.09 | 8 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — |
| 12 | Brian Holzinger 🇺🇸 C 23 | 58 | 🧊 3 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 0.34 | 5 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 37 | — |
| 13 | Mark Astley 🇨🇦 D 27 | 60 | 🧊 2 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 0.33 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 80 | — |
| 14 | Dave Hannan 🇨🇦 C 34 | 57 | 🧊 6 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 0.28 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 30 | — |
| 15 | Brent Hughes 🇨🇦 LW 29 | 76 | 🔥 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0.20 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 148 | — |
| 16 | Mike Wilson 🇨🇦 D 21 | 58 | 🧊 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0.21 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 41 | — |
| 17 | Michal Grosek 🇨🇿 LW 20 | 22 | 🔥 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0.45 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 31 | — |
| 18 | Charlie Huddy 🇨🇦 D 36 | 52 | 🔥 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.19 | 2 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 59 | — |
| 19 | Dane Jackson 🇨🇦 RW 25 | 22 | 🔥 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0.41 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 41 | — |
| 20 | Rob Ray 🇨🇦 RW 27 | 71 | 🔥 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0.13 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 287 | — |
| 21 | Darryl Shannon 🇨🇦 D 27 | 26 | 🧊 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.31 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — |
| 22 | Rob Conn 🇨🇦 RW 27 | 28 | 🧊 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.25 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — |
| 23 | Doug Bodger 🇨🇦 D 29 | 16 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.31 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — |
| 24 | Scott Pearson 🇨🇦 LW 26 | 27 | 🧊 14 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.15 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 67 | — |
| 25 | Dixon Ward 🇨🇦 LW 27 | 8 | 🧊 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.50 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 26 | Doug Houda 🇨🇦 D 29 | 38 | 🧊 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.11 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 52 | — |
| 27 | Craig Muni 🇨🇦 D 33 | 47 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.09 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 69 | — |
| 28 | Bob Boughner 🇨🇦 D 25 | 31 | 🧊 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.03 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 104 | — |
| 29 | Jay McKee 🇨🇦 D 18 | 1 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 30 | Grant Jennings 🇨🇦 D 30 | 6 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 | — |
| 31 | Barrie Moore 🇨🇦 LW 20 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 32 | Scott Nichol 🇨🇦 C 21 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 33 | Vaclav Varada 🇨🇿 RW 19 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 34 | Curtis Brown 🇨🇦 C 20 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 35 | Wayne Primeau 🇨🇦 C 19 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 35 skaters | 82 | 247 | 416 | 663 | 8.09 | 76 | 2333 | 0 | 0 | 2169 |
| # | 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 23 | 2 | 1 | 2.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 4 | 37:35 | |
| 2 | Dominik Hasek 🇨🇿 G 31 | 59 | 24 | 2.73 | 0.000 | 0 | 161 | 57:54 | |
| 3 | Andrei Trefilov 🇷🇺 G 26 | 22 | 10 | 2.91 | 0.000 | 0 | 64 | 49:43 | |
| 4 | John Blue 🇺🇸 G 30 | 5 | 2 | 3.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 15 | 51:04 | |
| 5 | Martin Biron 🇨🇦 G 18 | 3 | 1 | 3.33 | 0.000 | 0 | 10 | 39:37 |
75% of this roster was born in Canada, against 62% across the league. The team leans on Czechia: 8% of its players, against 4% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 64% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 30 |
|
+13 | 422 (64%) | Burridge, Galley, Dawe, May +26 |
| United States | 4 |
|
-8 | 167 (25%) | LaFontaine, Plante, Holzinger, Blue |
| Czechia | 3 |
|
+4 | 10 (2%) | Grosek, Varada, Hasek |
| Russia | 2 |
|
-2 | 28 (4%) | Khmylev, Trefilov |
| Ukraine | 1 |
|
+1 | 36 (5%) | Zhitnik |
Pat LaFontaine led the Buffalo Sabres in scoring in 1995-96 with 91 points — 40 goals and 51 assists in 76 games. Next came Randy Burridge (58) and Derek Plante (56).
Pat LaFontaine scored 40 goals for the Buffalo Sabres in 1995-96, 15 of them on the power play.
The Buffalo Sabres dressed 40 players in 1995-96: 35 skaters and 5 goalies. Together the skaters scored 247 goals.
Dominik Hasek played the most games in goal for the Buffalo Sabres in 1995-96: 59 games, 24 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.73 goals against average. Andrei Trefilov was the backup, in 22 games.
The average age was 25.7 years. Jay McKee was the youngest at 18, and Charlie Huddy the oldest at 36.
The Buffalo Sabres used 40 players in 1995-96 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 30 in Canada, 4 in the United States and 3 in Czechia. The other 3 came from Russia and Ukraine. League-wide that season, 62% of players were born in Canada, against 75% on this roster.