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
Skaters
Everyone who played for the Sabres. Traded players show only their games for this team. Use Columns for advanced stats.
 Sam ReinhartC · #23 | 54 | 25 | 15 | 40 | −28 | 19:32 | 130 | 19.2% | 16 | 16.4 | +8.6 | 49.0% |
 Victor OlofssonLW · #68 | 56 | 13 | 19 | 32 | −23 | 17:24 | 129 | 10.1% | 15 | 11.8 | +1.2 | 44.0% |
 Rasmus DahlinD · #26 | 56 | 5 | 18 | 23 | −36 | 21:36 | 115 | 4.3% | 11 | 5.8 | −0.8 | 48.1% |
 Casey MittelstadtC · #37 | 41 | 10 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 15:53 | 61 | 16.4% | 6 | 7.9 | +2.1 | 46.4% |
 Taylor HallLW · #71 · traded | 37 | 2 | 17 | 19 | −21 | 18:41 | 88 | 2.3% | 6 | 11.0 | −9.0 | 52.1% |
 Jack EichelC · #9 | 21 | 2 | 16 | 18 | −9 | 20:30 | 61 | 3.3% | 9 | 6.6 | −4.6 | 54.5% |
 Rasmus RistolainenD · #55 | 49 | 4 | 14 | 18 | −18 | 22:17 | 73 | 5.5% | 7 | 5.2 | −1.2 | 42.9% |
 Jeff SkinnerLW · #53 | 53 | 7 | 7 | 14 | −11 | 14:31 | 111 | 6.3% | 1 | 11.5 | −4.5 | 50.2% |
 Tage ThompsonC · #72 | 38 | 8 | 6 | 14 | −6 | 13:52 | 96 | 8.3% | 3 | 10.2 | −2.2 | 45.2% |
 Brandon MontourD · #62 · traded | 38 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −13 | 20:32 | 72 | 6.9% | 1 | 4.1 | +0.9 | 44.4% |
 Riley SheahanC · #15 | 53 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −8 | 13:18 | 44 | 9.1% | 0 | 3.5 | +0.5 | 44.1% |
 Dylan CozensC · #24 | 41 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −15 | 14:21 | 62 | 6.5% | 1 | 7.1 | −3.1 | 43.3% |
 Kyle OkposoRW · #21 | 35 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −1 | 13:53 | 45 | 4.4% | 0 | 4.4 | −2.4 | 41.1% |
 Colin MillerD · #33 | 48 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −20 | 18:00 | 64 | 6.3% | 4 | 2.5 | +1.5 | 45.9% |
 Rasmus AsplundC · #74 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 11 | +1 | 12:51 | 34 | 20.6% | 0 | 4.0 | +3.0 | 45.3% |
 Eric StaalC · #21 · traded | 32 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −20 | 15:34 | 59 | 5.1% | 3 | 6.2 | −3.2 | 48.5% |
 Curtis LazarC · #20 · traded | 33 | 5 | 4 | 9 | −4 | 13:37 | 35 | 14.3% | 0 | 5.2 | −0.2 | 48.8% |
 Jacob BrysonD · #78 | 38 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 19:03 | 24 | 4.2% | 1 | 1.1 | −0.1 | 45.2% |
 Henri JokiharjuD · #10 | 46 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −11 | 18:23 | 50 | 6.0% | 0 | 1.8 | +1.2 | 45.3% |
 Tobias RiederLW · #13 | 44 | 5 | 2 | 7 | −9 | 12:15 | 63 | 7.9% | 0 | 5.5 | −0.5 | 39.1% |
 Cody EakinC · #20 | 46 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −9 | 12:56 | 39 | 7.7% | 0 | 3.9 | −0.9 | 34.9% |
 Arttu RuotsalainenC · #25 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 6 | −9 | 13:59 | 28 | 17.9% | 0 | 2.3 | +2.7 | 39.0% |
 Anders BjorkLW · #96 · traded | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −5 | 17:02 | 19 | 15.8% | 0 | 2.0 | +1.0 | 49.0% |
 Jake McCabeD · #19 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 19:11 | 15 | 6.7% | 0 | 0.7 | +0.3 | 59.2% |
 Steven FogartyC · #17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 11:44 | 5 | 20.0% | 0 | 0.6 | +0.4 | 44.5% |
 Drake CaggiulaLW · #91 · traded | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −5 | 12:19 | 15 | 13.3% | 0 | 1.4 | +0.6 | 54.8% |
 Matt IrwinD · #44 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −10 | 16:15 | 27 | 0.0% | 0 | 1.0 | −1.0 | 41.6% |
 Mattias SamuelssonD · #54 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −8 | 18:02 | 10 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.2 | −0.2 | 44.5% |
 Brandon DavidsonD · #88 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 15:20 | 7 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.1 | −0.1 | 42.5% |
 Jean-Sebastien DeaC · #38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5:33 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.2 | −0.2 | 59.2% |
Goalies
Save percentage treats every shot alike; GSAx credits goalies for the difficulty of the shots they faced.
 Linus Ullmark#35 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 3 | .917 | 2.63 | 0 | +0.5 | .694 |
 Carter Hutton#40 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .886 | 3.47 | 0 | −5.6 | .717 |
 Dustin Tokarski#31 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 2 | .904 | 3.54 | 0 | −4.0 | .745 |
 Jonas Johansson#35 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .884 | 3.79 | 0 | −4.3 | .813 |
 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen#1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .906 | 3.88 | 0 | −0.6 | .846 |
 Michael Houser#32 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .901 | 3.46 | 0 | −3.8 | .813 |
Player cards
Pick a player to see where they rank among everyone at their position, and who they most resemble statistically.
Overall rating
2nd pair
68th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.
- 1st pair
- 2nd pair
- 3rd pair
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
1st pair- Goals /600.2568th pct
- Assists /600.8972nd pct
- ixG /600.2981st pct
- Shots /605.7083rd pct
Play-driving
3rd pair- xGF% (5v5)48.1%38th pct
- CF% (5v5)48.9%38th pct
- Relative xGF%+3.784th pct
- xGA /60 (lower is better)2.6027th pct
Usage
2nd pair- TOI per game21:3671st pct
- PP time share70.2%97th pct
- PK time share2.2%5th pct
- Quality of competition24.9%79th pct
Percentiles among defencemen with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 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.