Eastern Conference · Northeast Division
Buffalo Sabres
2011–12·39–32–11·89 points·3rd in the Northeast, 9th in the Eastern
- Points
- 89#18
- Goal differential
- −12#17
- xGF% (5v5, adj.)
- 49.0%#18
- Power play
- 16.7%#21
- Penalty kill
- 81.3%#20
- GSAx
- −0.6#16
Penalties by player
The team took 352 penalties and drew 354 (+0.02 per 60 minutes). Misconducts are left out because they don't cause a power play.
 Patrick Kaleta | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 116 | Roughing (14) |
 Derek Roy | 27 | 21 | −6 | −0.2 | 54 | Hooking (11) |
 Thomas Vanek | 26 | 14 | −12 | −0.5 | 52 | Tripping (6) |
 Drew Stafford | 23 | 19 | −4 | −0.2 | 46 | Tripping (5) |
 Mike Weber | 23 | 16 | −7 | −0.4 | 64 | Fighting (6) |
 Robyn Regehr | 22 | 14 | −8 | −0.3 | 56 | Roughing (4) |
 Paul Gaustad | 21 | 16 | −5 | −0.4 | 70 | Roughing (7) |
 Christian Ehrhoff | 19 | 18 | −1 | 0.0 | 47 | Tripping (7) |
 Nathan Gerbe | 16 | 26 | +10 | +0.7 | 32 | Roughing (4) |
 Cody McCormick | 16 | 11 | −5 | −0.8 | 56 | Fighting (8) |
 Tyler Myers | 15 | 6 | −9 | −0.4 | 33 | Tripping (5) |
 Jordan Leopold | 10 | 5 | −5 | −0.2 | 28 | Holding (3) |
 Marc-Andre Gragnani | 10 | 2 | −8 | −0.7 | 20 | Hooking (4) |
 Andrej Sekera | 9 | 14 | +5 | +0.2 | 18 | Delaying game puck over glass (2) |
 Ville Leino | 8 | 17 | +9 | +0.5 | 16 | Hooking (2) |
Through the season
Discipline comes and goes. Runs of long red bars are stretches when the team kept putting itself short-handed.
Penalties drawn above the line, taken below. The line is the 10-game average of drawn minus taken: above zero, the team is earning more power plays than it gives away. Click a game to open it.
Penalty profile
What the team gets called for, what it draws, and when. Teams protecting a lead tend to take more hooking and holding calls.
Penalties taken (left) against penalties drawn (right). Switch views to see what kind, in which period, and at what score.