Eastern Conference · Atlantic Division

Buffalo Sabres

2014–15·23–51–8·54 points·8th in the Atlantic, 16th in the Eastern

Seasons

Points: 54#30
Goal differential: −116#30
xGF% (5v5, adj.): 38.9%#30
Power play: 13.4%#30
Penalty kill: 75.1%#30
GSAx: −11.6#24

Splits

Home and away, month by month, and against each part of the league.


Home	41	14–22–5	33	0.40	79	117	42.6%
Away	41	9–29–3	21	0.26	74	152	36.4%
October	11	2–8–1	5	0.23	12	36	35.0%
November	13	6–6–1	13	0.50	28	39	39.9%
December	14	6–7–1	13	0.46	30	52	40.7%
January	12	0–12–0	0	0.00	18	51	34.2%
February	13	5–6–2	12	0.46	28	31	39.8%
March	13	2–8–3	7	0.27	24	41	45.2%
April	6	2–4–0	4	0.33	13	19	38.4%
Division rivals	30	10–16–4	24	0.40	59	92	39.6%
Rest of conference	24	6–16–2	14	0.29	39	79	38.1%
Other conference	28	7–19–2	16	0.29	55	98	40.0%


MTL	4	3–0–1	7	0.88	9	7	37.9%
TOR	4	2–1–1	5	0.63	13	12	44.8%
CAR	3	2–1–0	4	0.67	9	11	31.6%
BOS	4	1–1–2	4	0.50	6	12	44.0%
SJS	2	2–0–0	4	1.00	6	2	42.8%
WSH	3	1–1–1	3	0.50	6	10	42.8%
ARI	2	1–0–1	3	0.75	7	5	61.6%
CBJ	3	1–2–0	2	0.33	7	9	38.0%
FLA	5	1–4–0	2	0.20	9	14	37.7%
LAK	2	1–1–0	2	0.50	1	2	29.0%

On the road

58,904 km of travel between arenas over the season, drawn leg by leg.

Leg ending in a win Overtime or shootout loss Regulation loss Home arena

Rest

Does a day off help? Back-to-backs are the second game on consecutive nights.

Rest days

Points percentage and 5-on-5 expected-goals share by days since the previous game. The count in grey is how many of those games came against a better-rested opponent.

Points %xGF% (5v5)

Back-to-back

19 GP · 4–14–1 · 14 vs fresher opponent

23.7%

33.8%

1 day

38 GP · 13–21–4 · 3 vs fresher opponent

39.5%

40.3%

2 days

13 GP · 3–8–2 · 1 vs fresher opponent

30.8%

38.0%

3+ days

11 GP · 3–7–1 · 0 vs fresher opponent

31.8%

47.5%

Pulling the goalie

Model-based

38 times this season the Sabres were trailing late and sent out an extra attacker. Earlier pulls are bolder. The dark tick is the league median for each deficit.

Scored with the extra attacker Conceded an empty-net goal Neither League median

Close and late

Model-based

Does the team raise its game when it counts?

When it matters

The Sabres in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late

Expected goals share

39.6%

35.3%

Goals share

36.3%

34.7%

Shooting %

7.7%

9.0%

Save %

.911

.906