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Buffalo Sabres

2015–16·35–36–11·81 points·7th in the Atlantic, 14th in the Eastern

Points
81#23
Goal differential
−16#19
xGF% (5v5, adj.)
46.6%#27
Power play
18.9%#12
Penalty kill
82.6%#9
GSAx
−2.7#18

Penalties by player

The team took 278 penalties and drew 310 (+0.38 per 60 minutes). Misconducts are left out because they don't cause a power play.

Evander Kane3632−4−0.291Roughing (5)
Josh Gorges2911−18−0.772Interference (10)
Marcus Foligno2328+5+0.379Fighting (5)
Zach Bogosian2315−8−0.368Roughing (9)
Mark Pysyk165−11−0.832Interference (5)
Jake McCabe1514−10.051Holding (3)
Mike Weber145−9−1.032Hooking (3)
Nicolas Deslauriers1419+5+0.459Fighting (5)
Cody Franson132−11−0.726Hooking (4)
Rasmus Ristolainen1218+6+0.233Interference (4)
Johan Larsson1217+5+0.327Hooking (5)
Jack Eichel1128+17+0.722Interference (2)
Zemgus Girgensons927+18+1.020Holding (2)
David Legwand74−3−0.214Tripping (2)
Brian Gionta67+10.012Hooking (2)

Through the season

Discipline comes and goes. Runs of long red bars are stretches when the team kept putting itself short-handed.

Discipline, game by game

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.

DrawnTaken10-game netLeague average: 4.0 taken per game
278 taken · 310 drawnNet +32Most taken in a game: 11 (Mar 16 vs MTL)
105051020406080Drawn ↑Taken ↓

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.

Penalty profile

Penalties taken (left) against penalties drawn (right). Switch views to see what kind, in which period, and at what score.

TakenDrawn
35
Hooking
52
36
Tripping
49
41
Interference
28
34
Roughing
35
20
Holding
23
16
Slashing
26
21
Fighting
20
16
High sticking
19
13
Cross checking
15
8
Boarding
6
6
Unsportsmanlike conduct
7
9
Too many men on the ice
3