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
Splits
Home and away, month by month, and against each part of the league.
| Home | 28 | 8–16–4 | 20 | 0.36 | 62 | 96 | 45.2% |
| Away | 28 | 7–18–3 | 17 | 0.30 | 72 | 100 | 45.9% |
| January | 10 | 4–4–2 | 10 | 0.50 | 28 | 31 | 48.4% |
| February | 9 | 2–6–1 | 5 | 0.28 | 14 | 25 | 46.4% |
| March | 16 | 1–13–2 | 4 | 0.13 | 33 | 65 | 45.3% |
| April | 16 | 6–8–2 | 14 | 0.44 | 46 | 55 | 45.3% |
| May | 5 | 2–3–0 | 4 | 0.40 | 13 | 20 | 40.8% |
| Division rivals | 56 | 15–34–7 | 37 | 0.33 | 134 | 196 | 45.6% |
| Rest of conference | 0 | 0–0–0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – |
| Other conference | 0 | 0–0–0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – |
On the road
11,487 km of travel between arenas over the season, drawn leg by leg.
Rest
Does a day off help? Back-to-backs are the second game on consecutive nights.
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
14 GP · 4–9–1 · 3 vs fresher opponent
32.1%
45.2%
1 day
36 GP · 9–22–5 · 2 vs fresher opponent
31.9%
45.8%
2 days
3 GP · 2–0–1 · 0 vs fresher opponent
83.3%
46.2%
3+ days
2 GP · 0–2–0 · 0 vs fresher opponent
0.0%
40.8%
Pulling the goalie
36 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
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
44.6%
38.7%
Goals share
40.6%
39.3%
Shooting %
8.4%
9.8%
Save %
.902
.911