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Buffalo Sabres

2019–20·30–31–8·68 points·6th in the Atlantic, 13th in the Eastern

Points
68#25
Goal differential
−22#25
xGF% (5v5, adj.)
48.0%#24
Power play
17.3%#22
Penalty kill
75.7%#30
GSAx
−21.8#29

Penalties by player

The team took 210 penalties and drew 224 (+0.20 per 60 minutes). Misconducts are left out because they don't cause a power play.

Rasmus Ristolainen196−13−0.546Hooking (5)
Rasmus Dahlin1912−7−0.438Interference (5)
Henri Jokiharju162−14−0.732Tripping (8)
Jake McCabe158−7−0.341High sticking (4)
Brandon Montour146−8−0.528Tripping (5)
Johan Larsson138−5−0.326Slashing (4)
Jack Eichel1235+23+0.934Tripping (4)
Colin Miller119−2−0.122Tripping (4)
Kyle Okposo101000.028Tripping (3)
Marcus Johansson1013+3+0.220Holding (3)
Jeff Skinner921+12+0.718High sticking (3)
Sam Reinhart611+5+0.220Roughing (2)
Jimmy Vesey610+4+0.315High sticking (1)
Zemgus Girgensons56+1+0.110Tripping (2)
Evan Rodrigues56+1+0.110Holding (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: 3.5 taken per game
210 taken · 224 drawnNet +14Most taken in a game: 9 (Oct 16 at ANA)
1050510204060Drawn ↑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
44
Tripping
52
23
Hooking
35
22
Holding
23
28
Slashing
17
21
Roughing
21
20
High sticking
17
21
Interference
10
5
Cross checking
12
4
Too many men on the ice
6
2
Delaying game puck over glass
6
1
Holding the stick
6
3
Boarding
3