Buffalo Sabres
Why #23 at season’s end
Puckigree#23 · −2.8Standings26thChance share (xGF% 5v5)27thSchedule faced11th hardest
Results rank, standings, how the team drove play, and schedule strength side by side.
Final
Record36-39-7Points79Games82Goals for – against269–289
CF%49.815th of 32
GF/GP3.2310th of 32
GA/GP3.5030th of 32
PP%18.824th of 32
PK%76.323rd of 32
PDO100.511th of 32
SV% 5v5.89929th of 32
SF/GP27.820th of 32
Playoff odds
From simulations of the games left, using Team Puckigree.FinalMissed the playoffs
Highest along the way42%
Player Puckigree
How much each player adds over a replacement-level player, in goals. See them against the league →Roster total+36.2goals above replacement · 27th of 32
Forwards +35.5Defence +3.5Goalies −2.7
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−15.5
Power play and penalty kill ST xGD−4.5
Finishing GF−xGF+29.3
Goaltending GSAx−19.2
Goal difference GD-10
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 say38-38-682.4 pts
Actually36-39-779 pts
3.4 points behind their chances.
xGF% 5v547.427th of 32
HDCF% 5v546.626th of 32
GF−xGF+29.32nd of 32
GSAx−19.227th of 32
LeadersFull roster →
- CTage Thompson44-28-72
- RJJ Peterka27-41-68
- DRasmus Dahlin17-51-68
- RAlex Tuch36-31-67
- LJason Zucker21-32-53
- GUkko-Pekka Luukkonen55 GP · .887
- GJames Reimer22 GP · .901
- GDevon Levi9 GP · .872
Source: NHL.com data. Results through Apr 17.