Team Stats

1975–76 Regular Season

Coach: Floyd Smith
Total Players: 25
Related1975–76 game results1975–76 standingsRound 1 vs STL breakdownRound 2 vs NYI breakdown
Season Summary

46-21-13, 105 points, a +99 goal differential.

Team Totals
339
240
+99
3.00
GF
GA
DIFF
GAA
NHL
2nd
6th
4th
6th
CONF
1st
3rd
2nd
3rd
DIV
1st
2nd
1st
2nd
ALL-TIME
95th pct
68th pct
95th pct

All-time is where 1975–76 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 -1BUF +99-170+163
One dot per NHL team.
Team Leaders

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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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.

46-21 in 67 decided games, 1975–76 regular season.
Wins (46)Losses (21)
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 (46)LOSSES (21)
Forward goals4.911.86
Defense goals0.460.33
Forward points11.854.33
Defense points2.241.14
Different goal scorers4.072.05
D share of points16%21%
D share of shots24%28%

Skaters

PlayerNo.GPGAPTS+/-PIMPPSHGWGSOGS%
Gilbert Perreault11804469113+1736140423718.6%
Rene Robert1472355287+1653110427312.8%
Rick Martin780493786+2367180732715.0%
Danny Gare1879502373+3212981930316.5%
Craig Ramsay1080224971+443411013416.4%
Don Luce1477214970+37422222149.8%
Peter McNab879243256+181630312519.2%
Jocelyn Guevremont280124052+47576032295.2%
Fred Stanfield1780183048+5421311216.1%
Jim Lorentz2575172441+31821411614.7%
Jerry Korab2265132841+18853011468.9%
Brian Spencer2177132639+13700018415.5%
Jacques Richard1573122335+33130510411.5%
Bill Hajt248062127+41480001175.1%
Jim Schoenfeld65622224+401140001121.8%
Lee Fogolin258099+1564000610.0%
Gary McAdam153112302000128.3%
Paul McIntosh342011-56100090.0%
Ken Breitenbach237000+460000
Terry Martin251000000000
Morris Titanic192000+1000020.0%
Total33953787693773646271712.5%

Goalies

PlayerNo.GPWLTGAASV%SO
Gerry Desjardins30552915112.95.8902
Al Smith29149323.07.8810
Roger Crozier1118202.61.8881
Gary Bromley3010107.00.7940
Total4621133

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.