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Buffalo Sabres

2025–26·50–23–9·109 points·1st in the Atlantic, 2nd in the Eastern·Clinched division

Points
109#4
Goal differential
+43#5
xGF% (5v5, adj.)
50.8%#14
Power play
19.5%#21
Penalty kill
81.9%#4
GSAx
+16.4#6

Splits

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

Home4126–10–5570.7014511851.3%
Away4124–13–4520.6313812250.0%
October114–4–3110.50333549.7%
November146–7–1130.46415152.2%
December1411–3–0220.79473547.4%
January1510–4–1210.70614350.4%
February64–1–190.75211748.4%
March1511–2–2240.80554053.4%
April74–2–190.64251952.3%
Division rivals2616–6–4360.69998349.6%
Rest of conference2413–10–1270.56707050.7%
Other conference3221–7–4460.721148751.5%
TOR43–0–170.88171353.9%
TBL43–0–170.88211540.4%
FLA43–1–060.7514951.5%
NYI33–0–061.0011558.6%
NYR32–1–040.6710953.1%
BOS41–1–240.50111255.0%
OTT32–1–040.67121038.1%
MTL42–2–040.50131351.8%
DET32–1–040.67111154.5%
EDM22–0–041.009456.2%

On the road

52,326 km of travel between arenas over the season, drawn leg by leg.

2025-10-11: to Boston, 642 km (L)2025-10-13: to Buffalo, 642 km (L)2025-10-20: to Montreal, 514 km (L)2025-10-22: to Buffalo, 514 km (W)2025-10-25: to Toronto, 95 km (OTL)2025-10-28: to Buffalo, 95 km (OTL)2025-10-30: to Boston, 642 km (OTL)2025-11-01: to Buffalo, 642 km (SOW)2025-11-08: to Raleigh, 786 km (L)2025-11-12: to Salt Lake City, 2,930 km (L)2025-11-13: to Denver, 596 km (L)2025-11-15: to Detroit, 1,858 km (OTW)2025-11-17: to Buffalo, 347 km (W)2025-11-26: to Pittsburgh, 286 km (L)2025-11-28: to Buffalo, 286 km (L)2025-11-29: to St. Paul, 1,161 km (SOW)2025-12-01: to Buffalo, 1,161 km (W)2025-12-03: to Philadelphia, 453 km (L)2025-12-05: to Winnipeg, 2,045 km (L)2025-12-08: to Calgary, 1,201 km (L)2025-12-09: to Edmonton, 282 km (OTW)2025-12-11: to Vancouver, 817 km (W)2025-12-14: to Seattle, 192 km (W)2025-12-18: to Buffalo, 3,399 km (W)2025-12-21: to Newark, 457 km (W)2025-12-23: to Ottawa, 527 km (OTW)2025-12-27: to Buffalo, 358 km (W)2025-12-29: to St. Louis, 1,063 km (W)2025-12-31: to Dallas, 881 km (W)2026-01-03: to Columbus, 1,469 km (L)2026-01-06: to Buffalo, 472 km (W)2026-01-08: to New York, 468 km (W)2026-01-10: to Buffalo, 468 km (W)2026-01-19: to Raleigh, 786 km (L)2026-01-20: to Nashville, 726 km (W)2026-01-22: to Montreal, 1,517 km (W)2026-01-24: to Elmont, 532 km (W)2026-01-27: to Toronto, 568 km (W)2026-01-29: to Buffalo, 95 km (W)2026-02-02: to Sunrise, 1,863 km (W)2026-02-03: to Tampa, 289 km (OTL)2026-02-05: to Buffalo, 1,691 km (L)2026-02-25: to Newark, 457 km (W)2026-02-27: to Sunrise, 1,717 km (W)2026-02-28: to Tampa, 289 km (W)2026-03-03: to Buffalo, 1,691 km (W)2026-03-05: to Pittsburgh, 286 km (W)2026-03-07: to Buffalo, 286 km (W)2026-03-17: to Paradise, 3,179 km (W)2026-03-19: to San Jose, 614 km (W)2026-03-21: to Los Angeles, 491 km (W)2026-03-22: to Anaheim, 45 km (OTL)2026-03-25: to Buffalo, 3,513 km (OTL)2026-04-02: to Ottawa, 358 km (L)2026-04-04: to Washington, 717 km (L)2026-04-06: to Buffalo, 469 km (W)2026-04-08: to New York, 468 km (W)2026-04-09: to Buffalo, 468 km (W)2026-04-13: to Chicago, 731 km (W)2026-04-15: to Buffalo, 731 km (SOL)BuffaloBostonMontrealTorontoRaleighSalt Lake CityDenverDetroitPittsburghSt. PaulPhiladelphiaWinnipegCalgaryEdmontonVancouverSeattleNewarkOttawaSt. LouisDallasColumbusNew YorkNashvilleElmontSunriseTampaParadiseSan JoseLos AngelesAnaheimWashingtonChicago
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
13 GP · 9–1–3 · 10 vs fresher opponent
80.8%
43.9%
1 day
50 GP · 30–17–3 · 9 vs fresher opponent
63.0%
51.6%
2 days
13 GP · 7–3–3 · 1 vs fresher opponent
65.4%
52.2%
3+ days
5 GP · 4–1–0 · 0 vs fresher opponent
80.0%
54.8%

Pulling the goalie

29 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.

0:001:002:003:004:005:006:00Down 1Down 2+time left when the goalie came off →
Scored with the extra attacker Conceded an empty-net goal Neither League median

Close and late

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
50.5%
49.0%
Goals share
54.1%
54.4%
Shooting %
12.3%
13.7%
Save %
.907
.910