Team Stats

Regular Season Playoffs

2006–07 Playoffs

Coach: Lindy Ruff

Total Players: 21

Season Summary

9-7 in the playoffs, a +5 goal differential.

Team Totals

12.5%

81.3%

49.5%

2.44

DIFF

PP%

PK%

FO%

GAA

Team Leaders

POINTS

GOALS

ASSISTS

PIM

+10

PLUS/MINUS

Toni Lydman

23:41

TOI/G

Skater Scatter

Any two stats, one dot per skater. What is xG?

Dot size is ice time per game. Above the dashed line: more Goals than xG.

X axis:

Y axis:

Min GP: 0Guides

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More cuts on the Stats Playground scatter.

Win DNA

Yes-or-no box-score traits, and how often the Sabres won with and without each. Correlation, not cause.

How this is measured

Every counting stat runs higher in a win (you score more when you win), so each game gets a yes-or-no question instead, and the win rate when yes is set against the win rate when no. The gap is the lift, in percentage points. A trait can be a symptom of a good night as much as a reason for one. Shot-attempt share (CF%) is left out: in a single game the trailing team piles up attempts, so out-attempting the opponent has gone with a lower win rate.

9-7 in 16 decided games, 2006–07 playoffs, with 3 of those losses in overtime.

Wins (9)Losses (7, 3 in overtime)

The wider the gap on an axis, the more that trait separates a win from a loss.

The raw split, wins vs losses

The totals the table above deliberately doesn't lead with. Goals and points from both positions climb in wins, but the defense's share of the offense barely moves, which is why the question is who else scored, not whether the D did.

PER GAMEWINS (9)LOSSES (7)

Forward goals3.221.14

Defense goals0.440.43

Forward points8.333.57

Defense points1.780.86

Different goal scorers3.111.57

D share of points18%19%

D share of shots23%16%

Skaters

Player	No.	GP	G	A	PTS ▾	+/-	PIM	PP	GWG	SOG	G/60	A/60	P/60	SOG/60	S%	FO%	TOI/G
Daniel Brière	48	16	3	12	15	+3	16	2	1	49	0.54	2.16	2.69	8.80	6.1%	54.4%	20:53
Chris Drury	23	16	8	5	13	+3	2	3	3	43	1.45	0.90	2.35	7.77	18.6%	51.1%	20:45
Jason Pominville	29	16	4	6	10	+2	0	0	0	40	0.84	1.26	2.10	8.38	10.0%	50.0%	17:54
Thomas Vanek	26	16	6	4	10	+2	10	1	2	36	1.37	0.91	2.28	8.21	16.7%	25.0%	16:27
Maxim Afinogenov	61	15	5	4	9	+3	6	3	2	36	1.30	1.04	2.34	9.35	13.9%	100.0%	15:24
Tim Connolly	19	16	0	9	9	+6	4	0	0	25	0.00	1.99	1.99	5.54	0.0%	45.3%	16:56
Dainius Zubrus	15	15	0	8	8	+1	8	0	0	25	0.00	1.72	1.72	5.36	0.0%	35.7%	18:38
Brian Campbell	51	16	3	4	7	0	14	2	0	29	0.52	0.69	1.21	5.02	10.3%	0.0%	21:39
Derek Roy	9	16	2	5	7	+3	14	0	0	19	0.42	1.04	1.45	3.95	10.5%	45.6%	18:03
Jochen Hecht	55	16	4	1	5	+2	10	0	1	45	0.85	0.21	1.06	9.54	8.9%	28.6%	17:41
Adam Mair	22	16	1	4	5	+5	10	0	0	10	0.50	1.99	2.48	4.96	10.0%	80.0%	7:33
Dmitri Kalinin	45	16	2	3	5	+9	14	0	0	16	0.41	0.62	1.03	3.30	12.5%	0.0%	18:11
Teppo Numminen	27	16	0	4	4	+10	4	0	0	9	0.00	0.77	0.77	1.73	0.0%	0.0%	19:33
Toni Lydman	5	16	2	2	4	-5	14	0	0	14	0.32	0.32	0.63	2.22	14.3%	0.0%	23:41
Ales Kotalik	12	16	2	2	4	-3	8	0	0	34	0.60	0.60	1.20	10.21	5.9%	57.1%	12:29
Drew Stafford	21	10	2	2	4	+3	4	0	0	16	1.01	1.01	2.02	8.09	12.5%	50.0%	11:52
Henrik Tallinder	20	16	0	2	2	-4	10	0	0	12	0.00	0.32	0.32	1.90	0.0%	0.0%	23:40
Paul Gaustad	28	7	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	4	0.00	0.78	0.78	3.12	0.0%	51.8%	11:00
Jaroslav Spacek	6	16	0	0	0	+3	10	0	0	15	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.84	0.0%	0.0%	14:39
Daniel Paille	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	–	–	–	–	0.0%	0.0%	4:52
Total	–	–	44	78	122		160	11	9	478	–	–	–	–	9.2%	–	–

Goalies

Player	No.	GP	W ▾	L	GAA	SV%	SO
Ryan Miller	30	16	9	7	2.22	.922	0
Total	–	–	9	7	–	–	0

A goalie is credited a game played for any appearance, relief included, so GP sums above the team's own games played by the number of relief outings. The Total row leaves GP out for that reason.