Eastern Conference · Northeast Division
Buffalo Sabres
2011–12·39–32–11·89 points·3rd in the Northeast, 9th in the Eastern
- Points
- 89#18
- Goal differential
- −12#17
- xGF% (5v5, adj.)
- 49.0%#18
- Power play
- 16.7%#21
- Penalty kill
- 81.3%#20
- GSAx
- −0.6#16
Skaters
Everyone who played for the Sabres. Traded players show only their games for this team. Use Columns for advanced stats.
| 82 | 30 | 43 | 73 | −7 | 19:41 | 235 | 12.8% | 26 | 20.9 | +9.1 | 48.5% | |
| 78 | 26 | 35 | 61 | −6 | 16:56 | 204 | 12.7% | 24 | 24.4 | +1.6 | 47.3% | |
| 80 | 20 | 30 | 50 | +5 | 17:39 | 226 | 8.8% | 6 | 22.0 | −2.0 | 51.1% | |
| 80 | 17 | 27 | 44 | −7 | 19:19 | 176 | 9.7% | 11 | 17.1 | −0.1 | 51.0% | |
| 48 | 15 | 19 | 34 | +11 | 16:10 | 82 | 18.3% | 4 | 8.2 | +6.8 | 49.4% | |
| 66 | 5 | 27 | 32 | −2 | 23:03 | 136 | 3.7% | 11 | 7.3 | −2.3 | 51.3% | |
| 71 | 8 | 17 | 25 | −2 | 15:55 | 78 | 10.3% | 1 | 9.0 | −1.0 | 49.4% | |
| 62 | 6 | 19 | 25 | +2 | 14:12 | 137 | 4.4% | 0 | 9.9 | −3.9 | 46.4% | |
| 79 | 10 | 14 | 24 | +4 | 22:22 | 110 | 9.1% | 5 | 5.6 | +4.4 | 49.1% | |
| 65 | 8 | 15 | 23 | +2 | 13:10 | 100 | 8.0% | 8 | 9.4 | −1.4 | 49.5% | |
| 55 | 8 | 15 | 23 | +5 | 22:29 | 84 | 9.5% | 7 | 5.9 | +2.1 | 47.2% | |
| 52 | 10 | 10 | 20 | −6 | 12:24 | 89 | 11.2% | 3 | 10.6 | −0.6 | 47.1% | |
| 56 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −1 | 15:05 | 62 | 11.3% | 0 | 5.7 | +1.3 | 46.4% | |
| 69 | 3 | 10 | 13 | +3 | 19:36 | 88 | 3.4% | 1 | 4.6 | −1.6 | 49.6% | |
| 14 | 6 | 7 | 13 | +6 | 15:49 | 23 | 26.1% | 3 | 2.8 | +3.2 | 53.6% | |
| 44 | 1 | 11 | 12 | +10 | 16:23 | 35 | 2.9% | 7 | 1.6 | −0.6 | 51.1% | |
| 63 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 13:09 | 69 | 7.2% | 0 | 6.1 | −1.1 | 48.7% | |
| 60 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 9:43 | 85 | 3.5% | 0 | 6.2 | −3.2 | 51.6% | |
| 34 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 10:05 | 32 | 9.4% | 0 | 4.5 | −1.5 | 48.6% | |
| 22 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +1 | 16:50 | 40 | 10.0% | 0 | 3.9 | +0.1 | 45.5% | |
| 25 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 17:50 | 23 | 4.3% | 1 | 1.1 | −0.1 | 51.9% | |
| 20 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −7 | 17:16 | 51 | 5.9% | 4 | 5.0 | −2.0 | 41.4% | |
| 15 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +2 | 19:18 | 22 | 13.6% | 1 | 1.5 | +1.5 | 57.8% | |
| 27 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −1 | 11:56 | 36 | 8.3% | 1 | 3.3 | −0.3 | 47.6% | |
| 76 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −12 | 18:38 | 49 | 2.0% | 0 | 1.9 | −0.9 | 45.4% | |
| 51 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −19 | 18:35 | 51 | 2.0% | 0 | 1.8 | −0.8 | 44.1% | |
| 50 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −7 | 7:50 | 43 | 2.3% | 0 | 3.2 | −2.2 | 56.2% | |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11:26 | 11 | 9.1% | 0 | 1.1 | −0.1 | 46.0% | |
| 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:07 | 14 | 7.1% | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 46.1% | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4:55 | 3 | 33.3% | 0 | 0.2 | +0.8 | 32.0% |
Goalies
Save percentage treats every shot alike; GSAx credits goalies for the difficulty of the shots they faced.
| 61 | 60 | 31 | 21 | 7 | .916 | 2.54 | 6 | −1.6 | .703 | |
| 26 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 4 | .917 | 2.70 | 1 | +0.6 | .764 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .944 | 1.38 | 0 | +0.4 | 1.000 |
Player cards
Pick a player to see where they rank among everyone at their position, and who they most resemble statistically.
Overall rating
Starter
61st percentile among qualified goalies, blending goaltending 75%, usage 25%.
- Starter
- Backup
- Third string / AHL
Goaltending
Starter- Save %.91655th pct
- GSAx−1.636th pct
- GSAx /60-0.0336th pct
- High-danger SV%.70322nd pct
- Medium-danger SV%.88270th pct
- Low-danger SV%.96647th pct
- Rebound control+0.6168th pct
- GAA (lower is better)2.5449th pct
Usage
Starter- Games started6075th pct
- Shots faced /6030.3474th pct
- xG faced /602.5257th pct
Percentiles among goalies with 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).
Most similar players this season
Who plays the tough minutes?
Coaches shelter some players with offensive-zone starts and weaker opponents, and trust others with the hardest assignments. Skaters with 100+ minutes at 5-on-5.
Across: share of zone starts in the attacking end (sheltered usage to the right). Up: quality of the opponents faced. Bubble size is 5-on-5 ice time; colour is relative xGF%, blue when the team does better with the player on the ice.