Eastern Conference · Atlantic Division
Buffalo Sabres
2021–22·32–39–11·75 points·5th in the Atlantic, 11th in the Eastern
- Points
- 75#24
- Goal differential
- −58#26
- xGF% (5v5, adj.)
- 45.7%#28
- Power play
- 21.2%#16
- Penalty kill
- 76.4%#23
- GSAx
- −24.0#27
Skaters
Everyone who played for the Sabres. Traded players show only their games for this team. Use Columns for advanced stats.
 Tage ThompsonC · #72 | 78 | 38 | 30 | 68 | −17 | 17:53 | 253 | 15.0% | 16 | 24.3 | +13.7 | 48.8% |
 Jeff SkinnerLW · #53 | 80 | 33 | 30 | 63 | −14 | 17:06 | 262 | 12.6% | 11 | 31.4 | +1.6 | 50.2% |
 Rasmus DahlinD · #26 | 80 | 13 | 40 | 53 | −22 | 24:01 | 170 | 7.6% | 21 | 7.6 | +5.4 | 45.9% |
 Victor OlofssonLW · #71 | 72 | 20 | 29 | 49 | −16 | 15:23 | 164 | 12.2% | 12 | 15.1 | +4.9 | 44.4% |
 Kyle OkposoRW · #21 | 74 | 21 | 24 | 45 | −15 | 16:47 | 174 | 12.1% | 14 | 14.8 | +6.2 | 45.5% |
 Dylan CozensC · #24 | 79 | 13 | 25 | 38 | −19 | 15:54 | 160 | 8.1% | 9 | 16.5 | −3.5 | 46.1% |
 Alex TuchRW · #89 | 50 | 12 | 26 | 38 | −3 | 18:25 | 139 | 8.6% | 8 | 17.1 | −5.1 | 53.4% |
 Rasmus AsplundC · #74 | 80 | 8 | 19 | 27 | −5 | 14:17 | 130 | 6.2% | 4 | 13.5 | −5.5 | 50.8% |
 Vinnie HinostrozaC · #29 | 62 | 13 | 12 | 25 | −11 | 13:52 | 92 | 14.1% | 1 | 8.3 | +4.7 | 44.8% |
 Peyton KrebsC · #19 · traded | 48 | 7 | 15 | 22 | −20 | 14:45 | 46 | 15.2% | 10 | 5.1 | +1.9 | 40.1% |
 Casey MittelstadtC · #37 | 40 | 6 | 13 | 19 | −14 | 16:07 | 79 | 7.6% | 7 | 7.3 | −1.3 | 45.7% |
 Henri JokiharjuD · #10 | 60 | 3 | 16 | 19 | −8 | 21:53 | 83 | 3.6% | 4 | 3.1 | −0.1 | 44.0% |
 Zemgus GirgensonsC · #28 | 56 | 10 | 8 | 18 | −7 | 14:47 | 92 | 10.9% | 4 | 9.3 | +0.7 | 47.2% |
 Colin MillerD · #33 | 38 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 18:59 | 48 | 4.2% | 3 | 1.7 | +0.3 | 45.3% |
 Cody EakinC · #20 | 69 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −15 | 13:35 | 74 | 5.4% | 2 | 5.1 | −1.1 | 39.4% |
 Mark PysykD · #13 | 68 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −4 | 17:49 | 64 | 4.7% | 0 | 3.6 | −0.6 | 44.4% |
 Jacob BrysonD · #78 | 73 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −9 | 18:20 | 43 | 2.3% | 7 | 1.4 | −0.4 | 48.2% |
 Mattias SamuelssonD · #23 | 42 | 0 | 10 | 10 | −10 | 20:00 | 44 | 0.0% | 0 | 2.1 | −2.1 | 45.4% |
 Anders BjorkLW · #96 | 58 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −14 | 12:02 | 51 | 9.8% | 0 | 4.5 | +0.5 | 38.6% |
 Robert HaggD · #18 · traded | 48 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −9 | 17:01 | 45 | 2.2% | 0 | 1.9 | −0.9 | 44.0% |
 Will ButcherD · #4 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −10 | 16:29 | 35 | 5.7% | 2 | 2.5 | −0.5 | 45.2% |
 Brett MurrayLW · #57 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −3 | 12:59 | 14 | 14.3% | 1 | 2.6 | −0.6 | 43.2% |
 Casey FitzgeraldD · #45 | 36 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −19 | 16:53 | 41 | 0.0% | 0 | 1.4 | −1.4 | 46.7% |
 Drake CaggiulaLW · #91 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −4 | 14:38 | 23 | 8.7% | 1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 41.2% |
 Mark JankowskiLW · #17 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +2 | 13:39 | 14 | 14.3% | 0 | 1.5 | +0.5 | 43.0% |
 Arttu RuotsalainenC · #25 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −1 | 11:53 | 23 | 8.7% | 0 | 1.7 | +0.3 | 46.4% |
 John HaydenC · #15 | 55 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −12 | 10:51 | 65 | 3.1% | 0 | 5.6 | −3.6 | 40.8% |
 Owen PowerD · #25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 22:05 | 10 | 20.0% | 0 | 0.6 | +1.4 | 54.3% |
 Jack QuinnRW · #22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14:53 | 6 | 16.7% | 1 | 0.3 | +0.7 | 29.2% |
 Ethan ProwD · #6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 12:44 | 2 | 50.0% | 0 | 0.2 | +0.8 | 42.1% |
Goalies
Save percentage treats every shot alike; GSAx credits goalies for the difficulty of the shots they faced.
 Craig Anderson#41 | 31 | 31 | 17 | 12 | 2 | .897 | 3.12 | 0 | −7.4 | .750 |
 Dustin Tokarski#31 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 12 | 5 | .899 | 3.27 | 1 | −8.6 | .802 |
 Aaron Dell#80 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .893 | 4.03 | 0 | −6.0 | .727 |
 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen#1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | .917 | 2.74 | 0 | +1.2 | .793 |
 Malcolm Subban#47 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .871 | 4.85 | 0 | −5.2 | .500 |
 Michael Houser#32 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .948 | 2.00 | 0 | +2.0 | .833 |
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
69th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.
- 1st pair
- 2nd pair
- 3rd pair
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
1st pair- Goals /600.4189th pct
- Assists /601.2588th pct
- ixG /600.2467th pct
- Shots /605.3174th pct
Play-driving
3rd pair- xGF% (5v5)45.9%24th pct
- CF% (5v5)50.5%62nd pct
- Relative xGF%+0.358th pct
- xGA /60 (lower is better)2.7231st pct
Usage
1st pair- TOI per game24:0192nd pct
- PP time share65.5%94th pct
- PK time share20.8%33rd pct
- Quality of competition24.3%82nd 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.