Kale Clague#38
D with Buffalo, 2022–23 to 2023–24
On-ice PDO 0.976 (5v5 on-ice shooting plus save percentage). PDO over one season is noisy, it regresses hard toward 1.000, so read it as recent puck luck rather than a skill.
See the full teammate breakdownCareer With Buffalo
All-time is the rank among the 529 skaters with a regular-season game for Buffalo since 1970–71. Ties share a rank.
Season by Season
| Season ▴ | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | Pen +/-/60 | PP | SH | GWG | SOG | S% | FO% | TOI/G | P/60 | ixG | xG/60 | GAx | CF% | FF% | GF% | xG% | PDO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–23 | 24 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 24 | -0.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 15:06 | 0.48 12th pct | 1.1 | 0.13 30th pct | -1.1 32nd pct | 53.2% 97th pct | 52.6% | 49.0% | 52.6% | 0.980 |
| 2023–24 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1.63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 12:16 | 1.63 | 0.1 | 0.16 | -0.1 | 47.8% | 40.8% | 50.0% | 76.1% | 0.976 |
| Total | 36 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 26 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.0% | – | 14:52 | 0.56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
pct under a P/60, xG/60, GAx and CF% figure is where that season ranks, as a percentile, among every Sabres defenseman season since 2016–17 with at least 12 games; a season under that floor isn't ranked. xG/60, GAx and CF% come from this site's own xG model and shift-chart reconstruction, not an NHL feed; P/60 is from official NHL totals. Higher is better throughout.
Shift Rhythm Profile
How Clague's shift length lines up with on-ice results, 2023–24 regular season. A shift under 0:30 is a quick change, usually right off a whistle. 0:30 to 0:45 is a short shift and 0:45 to 1:00 a typical one. 1:00 or more is a long shift, more likely during a delayed line change, a d-zone lockdown, or a penalty kill that ran long. Shift length is an outcome before it is a cause: a shift runs long because the unit could not change. Most of a long shift is ordinary play, though; the stretch past the one-minute mark is where a unit is really pinned, and each game page counts that time on its own. Empty-net goals against are left out.
8 of 9 of Clague's shifts over a minute were hemmed-in shifts (mostly even strength, more than 60 seconds of unbroken play).
| Shift Length | Shifts | CF% | xG% | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quick (<0:30) | 6 | 33.3% | 79.6% | 0 | 0 |
| Short (0:30-0:45) | 16 | 62.5% | 93.0% | 1 | 0 |
| Typical (0:45-1:00) | 16 | 39.1% | 50.3% | 1 | 2 |
| Long (1:00+) | 9 | 42.1% | 88.3% | 0 | 0 |