Eastern Conference · Atlantic Division
Buffalo Sabres
2016–17·33–37–12·78 points·8th in the Atlantic, 15th in the Eastern
- Points
- 78#26
- Goal differential
- −32#24
- xGF% (5v5, adj.)
- 47.7%#26
- Power play
- 24.5%#1
- Penalty kill
- 77.6%#25
- GSAx
- +4.5#12
Penalties by player
The team took 290 penalties and drew 294 (+0.05 per 60 minutes). Misconducts are left out because they don't cause a power play.
| 37 | 24 | −13 | −0.6 | 113 | Hooking (7) | |
| 23 | 31 | +8 | +0.4 | 73 | Fighting (9) | |
| 21 | 11 | −10 | −0.5 | 50 | Tripping (6) | |
| 18 | 13 | −5 | −0.1 | 58 | Roughing (3) | |
| 17 | 5 | −12 | −0.6 | 34 | Interference (5) | |
| 16 | 9 | −7 | −0.4 | 46 | Holding (3) | |
| 13 | 14 | +1 | 0.0 | 26 | Hooking (3) | |
| 13 | 3 | −10 | −0.8 | 29 | Holding (4) | |
| 12 | 10 | −2 | −0.1 | 24 | Hooking (3) | |
| 12 | 5 | −7 | −0.4 | 26 | Hooking (5) | |
| 11 | 7 | −4 | −0.2 | 22 | Roughing (4) | |
| 11 | 26 | +15 | +0.7 | 22 | Slashing (2) | |
| 10 | 9 | −1 | −0.1 | 20 | Slashing (2) | |
| 9 | 7 | −2 | −0.4 | 38 | Fighting (4) | |
| 9 | 11 | +2 | +0.3 | 21 | Roughing (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.