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
Skaters
Everyone who played for the Sabres. Traded players show only their games for this team. Use Columns for advanced stats.
 Jack EichelC · #15 | 61 | 24 | 33 | 57 | −13 | 19:55 | 249 | 9.6% | 24 | 19.4 | +4.6 | 47.8% |
 Ryan O'ReillyC · #90 | 72 | 20 | 35 | 55 | −1 | 21:28 | 189 | 10.6% | 24 | 17.7 | +2.3 | 49.8% |
 Sam ReinhartC · #23 | 80 | 17 | 30 | 47 | −11 | 17:00 | 178 | 9.6% | 17 | 26.3 | −9.3 | 51.2% |
 Rasmus RistolainenD · #55 | 79 | 6 | 39 | 45 | −9 | 26:28 | 186 | 3.2% | 25 | 9.6 | −3.6 | 46.3% |
 Kyle OkposoRW · #21 | 65 | 19 | 26 | 45 | −7 | 18:58 | 156 | 12.2% | 23 | 18.3 | +0.7 | 47.9% |
 Evander KaneLW · #9 | 70 | 28 | 15 | 43 | −17 | 19:12 | 260 | 10.8% | 8 | 19.3 | +8.7 | 47.8% |
 Brian GiontaRW · #12 | 82 | 15 | 20 | 35 | −11 | 16:36 | 149 | 10.1% | 7 | 14.0 | +1.0 | 46.7% |
 Matt MoulsonLW · #26 | 81 | 14 | 18 | 32 | −4 | 11:36 | 134 | 10.4% | 18 | 15.8 | −1.8 | 53.1% |
 Marcus FolignoLW · #82 | 80 | 13 | 10 | 23 | −1 | 15:28 | 97 | 13.4% | 0 | 12.2 | +0.8 | 49.0% |
 Jake McCabeD · #29 | 76 | 3 | 17 | 20 | −7 | 20:42 | 79 | 3.8% | 4 | 4.1 | −1.1 | 44.8% |
 Cody FransonD · #6 | 68 | 3 | 16 | 19 | −5 | 18:29 | 93 | 3.2% | 2 | 3.3 | −0.3 | 50.8% |
 Zemgus GirgensonsC · #28 | 75 | 7 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 13:10 | 112 | 6.3% | 0 | 10.1 | −3.1 | 46.1% |
 Tyler EnnisRW · #63 | 51 | 5 | 8 | 13 | −10 | 12:50 | 89 | 5.6% | 3 | 6.3 | −1.3 | 46.7% |
 Johan LarssonLW · #22 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 11 | −7 | 16:51 | 49 | 12.2% | 1 | 6.1 | −0.1 | 47.4% |
 Zach BogosianD · #47 | 56 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −17 | 20:05 | 73 | 2.7% | 1 | 3.2 | −1.2 | 48.4% |
 William CarrierLW · #48 | 41 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −1 | 9:00 | 50 | 10.0% | 0 | 4.4 | +0.6 | 50.5% |
 Justin FalkD · #41 | 52 | 0 | 8 | 8 | −3 | 13:42 | 33 | 0.0% | 0 | 1.4 | −1.4 | 50.2% |
 Taylor FedunD · #38 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 7 | +3 | 13:22 | 24 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.9 | −0.9 | 48.5% |
 Josh GorgesD · #4 | 66 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −3 | 18:27 | 40 | 2.5% | 0 | 1.5 | −0.5 | 48.3% |
 Evan RodriguesC · #71 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −7 | 12:56 | 51 | 7.8% | 1 | 3.0 | +1.0 | 41.5% |
 Dmitry KulikovD · #77 | 47 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −26 | 21:54 | 42 | 4.8% | 3 | 2.2 | −0.2 | 44.2% |
 Nick BaptisteRW · #73 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 9:14 | 16 | 18.8% | 0 | 1.2 | +1.8 | 41.9% |
 Justin BaileyRW · #56 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10:38 | 36 | 5.6% | 0 | 2.5 | −0.5 | 40.5% |
 Derek GrantC · #27 · traded | 40 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −3 | 9:55 | 34 | 0.0% | 0 | 3.9 | −3.9 | 43.5% |
 Nicolas DeslauriersLW · #44 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −6 | 7:25 | 26 | 0.0% | 0 | 1.9 | −1.9 | 36.7% |
 Hudson FaschingRW · #52 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 10:25 | 6 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.8 | −0.8 | 45.5% |
 Cole SchneiderLW · #10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 7:09 | 6 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.1 | −0.1 | 46.4% |
 Cal O'ReillyC · #19 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −6 | 7:56 | 3 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.2 | −0.2 | 35.8% |
 C.J. SmithLW · #49 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 11:32 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.1 | −0.1 | 43.2% |
 Alex NylanderLW · #70 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 12:20 | 4 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.1 | −0.1 | 33.0% |
Goalies
Save percentage treats every shot alike; GSAx credits goalies for the difficulty of the shots they faced.
 Robin Lehner#40 | 59 | 58 | 23 | 26 | 8 | .920 | 2.68 | 2 | −4.4 | .722 |
 Anders Nilsson#31 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 4 | .923 | 2.67 | 1 | +9.2 | .726 |
 Linus Ullmark#35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 3.06 | 0 | −0.4 | .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
53rd percentile among qualified goalies, blending goaltending 75%, usage 25%.
- Starter
- Backup
- Third string / AHL
Goaltending
Backup- Save %.92073rd pct
- GSAx−4.431st pct
- GSAx /60-0.0831st pct
- High-danger SV%.72230th pct
- Medium-danger SV%.85821st pct
- Low-danger SV%.97888th pct
- Rebound control+0.2751st pct
- GAA (lower is better)2.6836th pct
Usage
Starter- Games started5877th pct
- Shots faced /6033.6595th pct
- xG faced /602.6047th 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.