Team Stats

1974–75 Regular Season

Coach: Floyd Smith
Total Players: 28
Related1974–75 game results1974–75 standingsRound 2 vs CHI breakdownRound 3 vs MTL breakdownFinal vs PHI breakdown
Season Summary

49-16-15, 113 points, a +114 goal differential.

Team Totals
354
240
+114
3.00
GF
GA
DIFF
GAA
NHL
2nd
6th
2nd
6th
CONF
2nd
3rd
2nd
3rd
DIV
1st
1st
1st
1st
ALL-TIME
99th pct
72nd pct
97th pct

All-time is where 1974–75 ranks among Sabres regular seasons, as a percentile: GF, GA and DIFF since 1970–71 (55 seasons). GF, GA and DIFF are relative to each season's league scoring. Higher is better, GA included.

Goal differential
LEAGUE MED +22BUF +114-265+149
One dot per NHL team.
Team Leaders
100
POINTS
60
ASSISTS
+61
PLUS/MINUS

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.

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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.

49-16 in 65 decided games, 1974–75 regular season.
Wins (49)Losses (16)
3+ scorersD combined 3+ ptsScored firstDepth goal50%100%

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 (49)LOSSES (16)
Forward goals5.041.88
Defense goals0.370.38
Forward points11.695.06
Defense points2.311.25
Different goal scorers4.272.25
D share of points16%20%
D share of shots23%32%

Skaters

PlayerNo.GPGAPTS+/-PIMPPSHGWGSOGS%
Rene Robert14744060100+775140326415.2%
Gilbert Perreault1168395796+136120824316.0%
Rick Martin768524395+572210629717.5%
Don Luce1480334376+614518624513.5%
Rick Dudley1778313970+2911640622913.5%
Jim Lorentz2572254570+171860614517.2%
Craig Ramsay1080263864+512617720112.9%
Danny Gare1878313162+397550227011.5%
Jerry Korab2279124456+411843212185.5%
Peter McNab853222143+1381019124.2%
Brian Spencer2173122941+17771011279.4%
Fred Stanfield1732122133+946027715.6%
Jocelyn Guevremont26472532+33324001594.4%
Bill Hajt247632629+46681001072.8%
Jim Schoenfeld66811920+351840001480.7%
Larry Carriere238011112+11111000831.2%
Norm Gratton2325369+221001618.8%
Lee Fogolin250224+1592001513.3%
Larry Mickey623202+12000633.3%
Paul McIntosh36011+3500010.0%
Gerry Meehan153011-3200040.0%
Mike Robitaille253011+2000040.0%
Bryan McSheffrey263000+1000010.0%
Morris Titanic1917000-4000060.0%
Total3545639171201831749295712.0%

Goalies

PlayerNo.GPWLTGAASV%SO
Gary Bromley30502611113.10.8734
Roger Crozier12317212.62.9043
Gerry Desjardins3096212.79.9050
Rocky Farr2870123.93.8760
Total4916157

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.