Eastern Conference · Atlantic Division
Buffalo Sabres
2017–18·25–45–12·62 points·8th in the Atlantic, 16th in the Eastern
- Points
- 62#31
- Goal differential
- −80#31
- xGF% (5v5, adj.)
- 45.6%#31
- Power play
- 19.1%#20
- Penalty kill
- 77.9%#22
- GSAx
- −34.8#30
Skaters
Everyone who played for the Sabres. Traded players show only their games for this team. Use Columns for advanced stats.
 Jack EichelC · #15 | 67 | 25 | 39 | 64 | −25 | 20:09 | 246 | 10.2% | 20 | 21.9 | +3.1 | 47.9% |
 Ryan O'ReillyC · #90 | 81 | 24 | 37 | 61 | −23 | 20:49 | 230 | 10.4% | 23 | 22.6 | +1.4 | 48.6% |
 Sam ReinhartC · #23 | 82 | 25 | 25 | 50 | −24 | 17:06 | 188 | 13.3% | 21 | 24.2 | +0.8 | 49.2% |
 Kyle OkposoRW · #21 | 76 | 15 | 29 | 44 | −34 | 17:02 | 161 | 9.3% | 21 | 17.1 | −2.1 | 41.4% |
 Rasmus RistolainenD · #55 | 73 | 6 | 35 | 41 | −25 | 26:30 | 182 | 3.3% | 23 | 8.8 | −2.8 | 46.3% |
 Evander KaneLW · #9 · traded | 61 | 20 | 20 | 40 | −14 | 19:23 | 227 | 8.8% | 9 | 24.1 | −4.1 | 49.6% |
 Jason PominvilleRW · #29 | 82 | 16 | 18 | 34 | −17 | 14:54 | 168 | 9.5% | 7 | 12.4 | +3.6 | 48.6% |
 Evan RodriguesC · #71 | 48 | 7 | 18 | 25 | −10 | 13:56 | 91 | 7.7% | 6 | 6.8 | +0.2 | 46.6% |
 Marco ScandellaD · #6 | 82 | 5 | 17 | 22 | −15 | 23:19 | 138 | 3.6% | 4 | 6.2 | −1.2 | 45.5% |
 Benoit PouliotLW · #67 | 74 | 13 | 6 | 19 | −8 | 13:41 | 83 | 15.7% | 1 | 8.5 | +4.5 | 43.0% |
 Johan LarssonLW · #22 | 80 | 4 | 13 | 17 | −30 | 14:07 | 86 | 4.7% | 0 | 8.1 | −4.1 | 39.4% |
 Zemgus GirgensonsC · #28 | 71 | 7 | 8 | 15 | −12 | 13:43 | 113 | 6.2% | 0 | 9.1 | −2.1 | 46.5% |
 Scott WilsonC · #20 · traded | 49 | 6 | 8 | 14 | −17 | 13:58 | 85 | 7.1% | 1 | 6.6 | −0.6 | 44.4% |
 Jake McCabeD · #19 | 53 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −11 | 19:30 | 53 | 5.7% | 1 | 1.7 | +1.3 | 45.9% |
 Victor AntipinD · #93 | 47 | 0 | 10 | 10 | −9 | 15:17 | 40 | 0.0% | 1 | 1.5 | −1.5 | 45.3% |
 Nathan BeaulieuD · #82 | 59 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −19 | 15:57 | 67 | 1.5% | 1 | 3.2 | −2.2 | 45.0% |
 Jordan NolanC · #17 | 69 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −13 | 9:48 | 50 | 8.0% | 0 | 4.8 | −0.8 | 42.3% |
 Casey NelsonD · #8 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −14 | 18:47 | 48 | 6.3% | 0 | 2.2 | +0.8 | 43.4% |
 Nick BaptisteRW · #13 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 9:58 | 45 | 8.9% | 1 | 4.2 | −0.2 | 43.2% |
 Brendan GuhleD · #45 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −6 | 18:06 | 37 | 0.0% | 0 | 1.6 | −1.6 | 48.5% |
 Casey MittelstadtC · #37 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | +1 | 14:01 | 9 | 11.1% | 1 | 0.7 | +0.3 | 47.5% |
 Jacob JosefsonC · #10 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −4 | 11:23 | 35 | 5.7% | 0 | 3.3 | −1.3 | 36.0% |
 Justin BaileyRW · #95 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −2 | 11:17 | 19 | 15.8% | 0 | 1.5 | +1.5 | 44.0% |
 Seth GriffithC · #25 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −6 | 10:34 | 15 | 13.3% | 1 | 1.5 | +0.5 | 43.7% |
 Josh GorgesD · #4 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 14:56 | 15 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.5 | −0.5 | 47.5% |
 Justin FalkD · #41 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −16 | 16:05 | 36 | 2.8% | 0 | 1.1 | −0.1 | 42.7% |
 Taylor FedunD · #27 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 14:41 | 8 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.1 | −0.1 | 51.6% |
 Zach BogosianD · #47 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −9 | 19:09 | 29 | 0.0% | 0 | 1.1 | −1.1 | 51.7% |
 Alex NylanderLW · #92 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 12:52 | 2 | 50.0% | 0 | 0.6 | +0.4 | 43.2% |
 Matt TennysonD · #5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | 17:58 | 25 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.8 | −0.8 | 38.9% |
Goalies
Save percentage treats every shot alike; GSAx credits goalies for the difficulty of the shots they faced.
 Robin Lehner#40 | 53 | 50 | 14 | 26 | 9 | .908 | 3.01 | 3 | −13.4 | .742 |
 Chad Johnson#31 | 36 | 29 | 10 | 16 | 3 | .891 | 3.55 | 0 | −23.9 | .663 |
 Linus Ullmark#35 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .935 | 2.00 | 0 | +1.1 | .667 |
 Adam Wilcox#32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 0 | +1.5 | 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
Backup
26th percentile among qualified goalies, blending goaltending 75%, usage 25%.
- Starter
- Backup
- Third string / AHL
Goaltending
Backup- Save %.90835th pct
- GSAx−13.415th pct
- GSAx /60-0.2817th pct
- High-danger SV%.74244th pct
- Medium-danger SV%.85621st pct
- Low-danger SV%.96324th pct
- Rebound control−0.3435th pct
- GAA (lower is better)3.0122nd pct
Usage
Starter- Games started5065th pct
- Shots faced /6032.8281st pct
- xG faced /602.7342nd 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.