Paul Gaustad

Inactive, former Center

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Selected by BUF in the 7th round (No. 220) of the 2000 NHL Draft, he had 231 points (89 goals, 142 assists) in 727 regular-season games for the Buffalo Sabres and the Nashville Predators. He also had 11 playoff points (2 goals, 9 assists) in 68 games.

Country:	USA
Age:	43.8 yrs (03.02.1982)
Height / Weight:	196 cm / 103 kg
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Drafted:	220th in 2000
Draft Team:	BUF
Awards:	-

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62

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Paul Gaustad

Recent Games

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	TOI/G	S	S%	PIM
03.05.2016	SJS	1	0	0	0	0	11:33	0		0
05.05.2016	SJS	1	0	0	0	0	21:34	2	0.0%	0
07.05.2016	SJS	1	0	0	0	-1	11:56	2	0.0%	0
09.05.2016	SJS	1	0	0	0	0	13:55	2	0.0%	0
12.05.2016	SJS	1	0	0	0	0	10:49	0		0
Total		5	0	0	0	-1		6	0.0%	0

Regular Season

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	TOI/G	S	S%	PIM
2002-03	Buffalo Sabres	1	0	0	0	0	5:47	0		0
2005-06	Buffalo Sabres	78	9	15	24	4	12:07	113	8.0%	65
2006-07	Buffalo Sabres	54	9	13	22	11	13:19	75	12.0%	74
2007-08	Buffalo Sabres	82	10	26	36	-4	17:10	136	7.4%	85
2008-09	Buffalo Sabres	62	12	17	29	4	16:06	122	9.8%	108
2009-10	Buffalo Sabres	65	12	10	22	-7	15:45	111	10.8%	82
2010-11	Buffalo Sabres	81	12	19	31	7	15:07	117	10.3%	101
2011-12	Buffalo Sabres	56	7	10	17	-1	15:04	62	11.3%	70
2011-12	Nashville Predators	14	0	4	4	0	13:31	13	0.0%	6
2012-13	Nashville Predators	23	2	3	5	-1	15:13	35	5.7%	20
2013-14	Nashville Predators	75	10	11	21	-6	13:48	74	13.5%	61
2014-15	Nashville Predators	73	4	10	14	7	12:25	54	7.4%	60
2015-16	Nashville Predators	63	2	4	6	-4	11:15	46	4.3%	46
Total		727	89	142	231	10		958	9.3%	778

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	TOI/G	S	S%	PIM
2005-06	Buffalo Sabres	18	0	4	4	1	12:20	13	0.0%	14
2006-07	Buffalo Sabres	7	0	1	1	-1	11:00	4	0.0%	2
2009-10	Buffalo Sabres	6	0	1	1	1	18:40	7	0.0%	8
2010-11	Buffalo Sabres	7	0	2	2	-6	19:19	14	0.0%	13
2011-12	Nashville Predators	10	1	1	2	-1	11:35	6	16.7%	5
2014-15	Nashville Predators	6	0	0	0	-1	15:55	5	0.0%	22
2015-16	Nashville Predators	14	1	0	1	0	11:40	14	7.1%	0
Total		68	2	9	11	-7		63	3.2%	64

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