MassMutual East Division
Buffalo Sabres
2020–21·15–34–7·37 points·8th in the MassMutual East
- Points
- 37#31
- Goal differential
- −62#31
- xGF% (5v5, adj.)
- 45.7%#26
- Power play
- 21.0%#13
- Penalty kill
- 77.7%#26
- GSAx
- −17.9#30
Penalties by player
The team took 156 penalties and drew 161 (+0.09 per 60 minutes). Misconducts are left out because they don't cause a power play.
 Rasmus Ristolainen | 18 | 6 | −12 | −0.7 | 36 | Holding (4) |
 Rasmus Dahlin | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | Hooking (4) |
 Colin Miller | 12 | 11 | −1 | −0.1 | 27 | Hooking (3) |
 Brandon Montour | 12 | 2 | −10 | −0.8 | 24 | Tripping (4) |
 Matt Irwin | 8 | 3 | −5 | −0.8 | 19 | Tripping (2) |
 Tage Thompson | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | Hooking (1) |
 Jeff Skinner | 7 | 19 | +12 | +0.9 | 14 | Delaying game puck over glass (2) |
 Taylor Hall | 7 | 14 | +7 | +0.6 | 24 | Boarding (1) |
 Cody Eakin | 7 | 4 | −3 | −0.3 | 14 | Hooking (3) |
 Jacob Bryson | 6 | 4 | −2 | −0.2 | 12 | High sticking (2) |
 Sam Reinhart | 5 | 7 | +2 | +0.1 | 10 | Tripping (2) |
 Dylan Cozens | 5 | 9 | +4 | +0.4 | 16 | Fighting (2) |
 Casey Mittelstadt | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | Roughing (2) |
 Eric Staal | 4 | 2 | −2 | −0.2 | 8 | Slashing (1) |
 Riley Sheahan | 4 | 7 | +3 | +0.3 | 8 | Tripping (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.