Buffalo Sabres
Why #18 at season’s end
Puckigree#18 · −1.0Standings22ndChance share (xGF% 5v5)23rdSchedule faced15th hardest
Results rank, standings, how the team drove play, and schedule strength side by side.
Final
Record39-37-6Points84Games82Goals for – against246–244
CF%50.716th of 32
GF/GP2.9823rd of 32
GA/GP2.9612th of 32
PP%16.629th of 32
PK%79.813th of 32
PDO100.217th of 32
SV% 5v5.91414th of 32
SF/GP30.915th of 32
Playoff odds
From simulations of the games left, using Team Puckigree.FinalMissed the playoffs
Highest along the way41%
Player Puckigree
How much each player adds over a replacement-level player, in goals. See them against the league →Roster total+51.0goals above replacement · 19th of 32
Forwards +18.7Defence +5.9Goalies +26.5
Goals above a replacement-level player (someone outside a team’s regular rotation): how he did against an average player, plus credit for the workload a replacement would otherwise take. About 6.2 goals make one win.
Chances
From our expected-goals model: what each shot was worth, given where and how it was taken.Where the goal difference came fromxg-v1.1
Even-strength chances EV xGD−3.4
Power play and penalty kill ST xGD−11.2
Finishing GF−xGF+0.5
Goaltending GSAx+10.1
Goal difference GD-4
Each bar starts where the last one ended. Chances are what the shots were worth; finishing and goaltending are what happened to them.
Record by the chances
Chances say39-36-784.6 pts
Actually39-37-684 pts
Results match the chances.
xGF% 5v548.923rd of 32
HDCF% 5v546.425th of 32
GF−xGF+0.516th of 32
GSAx+10.17th of 32
LeadersFull roster →
- RAlex Tuch22-37-59
- DRasmus Dahlin20-39-59
- CTage Thompson29-27-56
- RJJ Peterka28-22-50
- CDylan Cozens18-29-47
- GUkko-Pekka Luukkonen54 GP · .910
- GDevon Levi23 GP · .899
- GEric Comrie10 GP · .874
Source: NHL.com data. Results through Apr 18.