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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.

Evander Kane3724−13−0.6113Hooking (7)
Marcus Foligno2331+8+0.473Fighting (9)
Josh Gorges2111−10−0.550Tripping (6)
Rasmus Ristolainen1813−5−0.158Roughing (3)
Cody Franson175−12−0.634Interference (5)
Zach Bogosian169−7−0.446Holding (3)
Jake McCabe1314+10.026Hooking (3)
Justin Falk133−10−0.829Holding (4)
Kyle Okposo1210−2−0.124Hooking (3)
Dmitry Kulikov125−7−0.426Hooking (5)
Brian Gionta117−4−0.222Roughing (4)
Jack Eichel1126+15+0.722Slashing (2)
Johan Larsson109−1−0.120Slashing (2)
Nicolas Deslauriers97−2−0.438Fighting (4)
William Carrier911+2+0.321Roughing (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: 3.8 taken per game
290 taken · 294 drawnNet +4Most taken in a game: 8 (Oct 30 at WPG)
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
37
Hooking
61
36
Tripping
35
34
Roughing
30
32
Holding
24
30
Interference
25
19
High sticking
26
22
Fighting
22
21
Slashing
18
11
Cross checking
15
10
Delaying game puck over glass
8
8
Too many men on the ice
4
5
Unsportsmanlike conduct
6