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.
==Offseason==
===NHL Draft===
==Regular season==
===Season standings===
===Game log===
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 stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	76	40	51	91 	36 	-8 	15 	3 	7
 	LW 	74	25	33	58 	30 	0 	6 	0 	3
 	C 	76	23	33	56 	28 	-4 	4 	0 	5
 	D 	78	10	44	54 	81 	-2 	7 	1 	2
 	RW 	67	25	25	50 	33 	-8 	8 	1 	0
 	LW 	79	15	29	44 	295	6 	3 	0 	4
 	D 	80	6 	30	36 	58 	-25	5 	0 	0
 	RW 	73	15	16	31 	335	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	68	11	20	31 	67 	-1 	4 	3 	1
 	LW 	66	8 	20	28 	40 	-12	5 	1 	1
 	RW 	23	12	13	25 	18 	0 	8 	0 	1
 	C 	58	10	10	20 	37 	-21	5 	0 	1
 	D 	60	2 	18	20 	80 	-12	0 	0 	0
 	C 	57	6 	10	16 	30 	2 	1 	1 	2
 	LW 	76	5 	10	15 	148	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	58	4 	8 	12 	41 	13 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	22	6 	4 	10 	31 	0 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	52	5 	5 	10 	59 	-5 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	22	5 	4 	9 	41 	3 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	71	3 	6 	9 	287	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	26	2 	6 	8 	20 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	W 	28	2 	5 	7 	18 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	16	0 	5 	5 	18 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	27	4 	0 	4 	67 	-4 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	8 	2 	2 	4 	6 	1 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	38	1 	3 	4 	52 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	47	0 	4 	4 	69 	-12	0 	0 	0
 	D 	31	0 	1 	1 	104	3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	59	0 	1 	1 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	1 	1 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C/LW	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	0 	0 	28 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	22	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3417	59	22	30	6	161	2.83	2 	2011	1850	.920
 	1094	22	8 	8 	1	64 	3.51	0 	660 	596 	.903
 	255 	5 	2 	2 	0	15 	3.53	0 	137 	122 	.891
 	75 	2 	1 	0 	0	4 	3.20	0 	32 	28 	.875
 	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
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
==Transactions==
==Farm teams==
==See also==
* 1995–96 NHL season
==References==
* Sabres on Hockey Database
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Buffalo Sabres season, 1995–96
Buffalo Sabres season, 1995–96